The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-21
TELLS STORY
OF HER SHAME

fO0nfNnuH0
the Tweuty-fourth Street house occur
red after her mother had been sent-1y
STANFORD White to visit friends IN
Pitfsburg. Mrs. Thaw said 1t was the
day after she had gone with 5.snlo.e
white to studio In East Pwensy-s !.
ond Street to have some photosl Sp
taken in costume that she received Z
note. from him asking her TO lunen
Win a party at the Twenty-fourtn
street house after the theatre. sne
rvas nlavinr az the Casino at the time.
Z Alone with White.
swhen we got to the house there We
no one there except Mr.. Wnlte an
myself" continued the witness an la
Ia said: They have all turned me
down !. hut r,ever mind. Well have our
supper and then I'll show you all over
the house. You have never seen ~.
Mrs. Thaw's voice broke at last wnen
she told of all that happened and Pne
went on with some difficulty. TnaW
broke down completely amp wepL lne
witness speedily regained ner r,,n
ure and resumed her narration. Tne
story varied in no detail from the mar
rative Of last year.
sAfr. Thaw. when I told him. got
s;ery exoited and walked up and down
me room ana rnoaned and sobbed. HIS
ewes were wild" said the witness. He
bit his nails and said: My GOO! my
How long aid that keep upT' asked
Mr.. Littleton.
"Ali night"
.swhat did Mr.. Thaw do when you
had concludedT'
4He said il was not my fault and he
thought just as much of me as ever.
He said he wanted me to marry him.
ana i said ii would make him the
- \ fri
people knew Of what had happened TO
me. He wanted to know a lot ABOUT
my mother and how often she mad seen
stanford White, and what he had done
for her told him my mother did not
know anything about 1t"
Mr.. Jerome would not allow any
questions to be asked until the witness
had comnIeteIy exhausted her memory
OF the conversation with Thaw, Hls
constant objections did much to de-
crease the effectiveness offhe recital.
..For several days after ! had told
him about Stanford White" said the
witness. "Mr. Thaw would sit for hours
looking into space. When would
speak TO him, 1t was always some little
time before he could answer"
ibid Mr.. Thaw ask you anything
about your early life2"
Yes, sir"
what did you tell himT'
Mr.. Jerome objected.
Her Early Life.
II sustain the objection" ruled Jus
tice Bowling, 'ias TO anything that oc-
CURED prior to the meeting of the wit
ness with Stanford White"
Mr.. Littleton had sought to get the
story of the girls early life. of her
hardships and the poverty of her fam
fly before the jury on Friday during
his direct examination Of the witness.
n a. g-A- -
was sustained. Mr.. Littleton argued
that the early life story of the witness
had a great deal to do with impressjng
Thaw with the truth other story and
thus had direct effect as to inducing
insanity.
Upon this presentation of the matter
Justice Downing reversed his former
ruling and allowed the witness to pro-
coed. When Mrs. Thaw started to tell
Of conversations with Thaw as to hop
ing to be great actress some day. Mr..
Jerome objected and Justice Bowling
r-geastsA that the testimony be made
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tFN ' cut aw had
a4 s'r 4E ung girls
pIuSaiiS, 49, ~ to Thaw
when he sought her out upon his re-
turn from Paris several weeks later.
She told Thaw also of being taken
by White to the ONCE of Abraham H.
Humnnel and signing a paper there
Thaw was very much excited over It
all and told her she had been very fool
fsh; that she ought to have known him
better than to believe the stories told
her by White and his friends. III
AlidavfG Incident.
Mrs. Thaw~ told again OF the burning
Of the affidavit she had signed in HUM
mel's Office. She had tried to get posi-
session of it---not knowing what it had
contained when she signed it--but
Stanford White would not let her see
anything more than her signature be-
fore It was burned. ~
Mr.. Littleton made no attempt to
shield the fact, as was done on direct
examination last year. that the witness
and Thaw lived together both in this