The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-01-08
WITNESSES IN THAW TRIAL
GIRL SAYSSHE WILL FIX THAW
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By Southwestern Press.
New York. Jan. s.-Miss Ida 81
monton. the former close friend and
associate OF Mrs Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw. IL expected to be one Of
the most sensational witnesses for
the prosecution at the trial OF the
murderer Of stanford White. Upon
several occasions Miss Simonton has
publicly declared that she would fix
Thaw.' and that her testimony
would have much to do in sending
him 70 the electric chair.
The testimony Of Miss Simonton
vas very much desired by District
Attorney Jerome during the first
trial. but the young woman could
not be found and was reported to
have been in Africa. Now she has
returned with a blare Of nesspa-
per trumpets. Miss Simonton was
Evelyn Nesbits closet friend be-
fore the marriage Of the latter with
the Pittsburs millionaire. She was
called 10 Europe to bring back Mrs.
c. J. Holman. Evelyn Thaw's moth
or. back 10 America at the time
Evelyn and Thaw were making a
merry tour Of the continent. 1t is
declared that Miss Simonton is IA
miliar with many OF Thaw's esca-
pades and alleged brutalities and
that the story she will have to tell
upon the witness stand will be a
spicy one.
Martin ". IAttleton. chief counsel
for Thaw. scouts the idea that Miss
simonton's testimony will have any
important bearing on the trial, and
declares that her public statement
that she would "flx Thaw" is suff.
cicnt 70 condemn her testimony in
advance as being inspired by malice.
II is known that detectives for the
defense have. OF late been engaged
In ferreting out Miss Simonton's his
tory, and II is minated that they
have discovered facts that will tend
TO dlscredit her as witness.
4 new and important witness for
the defense will be anthony Com
stock. head OF the Society for the
/ Suppression OF Vice, and Thaw's
attorneys are confident that his tes-
| tlmony will do much to establish
| the theory that the young Millionaire
was insane at the time OF Staying
| White. Comstock viii produce and
| Identify several letters he received
| from Thaw. relating 10 Whites al
legged orgies with young girls in
/ Madison Square Garden tower. and
/ asking the anti-yice crusaders inter
| yentiOn In these communications
Thaw denounced White sayagely as
human brute whose principal occu-
/ patton was sucking the blood OF in
nocent girls" and asserted that II
the proper authorities did not put
stop to such bestialitles God will
inspire an ayenger to slay the devil"
| The letters abound in statements
tending to show that Thaw was a
mOnomaniac on the subject OF the
wrong doings Of White,
The letters TO Coms,ock followed
the employment by Thaw OF sew
cral private detectives to watch
Stanford White. These sleuths re-
ported to him the alleged reyels Of
White In his studies. Armed with
those reports, Thaw called upon An
thony Comstock and attempted to
induce the reformer to use his in
fluence and that of his society to
put an end to Whites orgies. after
several interviews with Thaw and
the receipt OF n number of letters,
Comstock decided that the young
millionaire was of unsound mind and
that the charges against White
were probably nothing more than
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