Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-05
STAMFORD WHITES
LETTERS! |. I ADMITTED
Aim Of ThaW's Counsel is to.
Show That His Belief About
Practises Not Decisions.
ATTY. JEROME PRO TESTED i.
He Expressed Regret That Such 1cs-
tinony Should be Brought
8s5 Out.

w mite Plains. ~ r., Aug. 5.--By adj
Uniting al letter written by Stanford
White to q young woman, Justice Mills
today Widened the scope of the hearing
on the petition of Harry X. Thaw for
release from NIatteawan. The name Of
the person TO whom the letter was az :
dressed did not transpire It's introduce
ton was In furtherance of the declared
pnrpose Of Mr.! N1orschauser, Thaw, S
counsel. to show that the prisoner S be-
lfefs regarding practises of White and
his wealthy male associates were not.
as the state holds, simply delusions Of
a disordered mind
David N Carvalho, the handwriting
expert who sat by Tflaw during the first
trial, said IS letters purporting to come
from Stanford White were submitted
q nun nm at ina time and lie, pronounced
them genuine @
The witness told Of Tlaw's having
discussed with him a letter alleged to
have! been written by White to a girl
Whom Mr.. Carvalno mentioned as
4 May Thaw had said this Girl told
him she had burned the letter because.
she feared If her father saw t he would
kill both White and her. The letter was
admitted aA in evidence against the pro-
test OF Dist Atty. j Jerome, who ey-5
pressed regret that such testimony
should be brought out.
WHITES LETTER.
The letter was dated April II and was
as follows:
Il am the most awfullest fraud when
lit comes to letter writing 1t is no
use. ! have what Peter Dooling calls
f'Writephobia,' and bad case at that.
II Am glad you are having such good
time. a doze of hope after all is the
best medicine any of us can take.
Whatever You do, however. do not come
back prettier or more alluring than you
were, for under those circumstances
could not be responsible for my actions
and then there would be real trouble
by the way when is that fall boat
going to sail?
THE social whirl has opened and Is
Seriously, when are you coming
back? LOVINGLY,
Instead of a name, the letter was
signed with what the witness described
as hand opened with what looked like
porcupne auills5 extending from it.
Jerome explained that this was STAN
ford Whites regular sigma lures in let
tiers: to his friends.
Mr. Carvalho then took up the Sue
Parker episode
He said that woman OF this name
made a sworn statement after the
events alleged to have taken place be-
tween her and White. She produced
a bundle of letters which she said White
had written her and offered them for
sale to Thaw's attorneys for $1,000.
Tho letters were finally bought. tho
,,.itness said for s5flT with, tho ,,r.f3er-
standing that the owner, was to receive
$500 more if they could be used at the
first trial.
A RUINED GIRL.
The woman.s affidavit, Mr.. CaryaIlo
said. described In detail how White had
first met her when she was II years
Old and later taken her to a place
known as the Eagles Nest, . given
her wine and either ruined her or ATM
to- Asked why she was will
Ing to tell this story regarding a. man
who, after all, had been kind to her,
AR. Caryalho testified that the girl
said:
He has taken from me more than
I ever get from him, and now that he |
is dead. and am destitute. feel JUS
tilted in selling the letters for what I |
can get"
'Ehaw took the stand long enough to |
identity the letters as having been
given to him. When Mr.. Carvalho re-
sumed he testified that he had told |
Thaw he believed these letters were !
Whites and that In measure they
Miss Parker's story.
Crossrexamined by Mr.. Jerome, |
Mr.. Garyalho admitted there WAS Moth /
ing obscene in the Parker letters. moth
ing to prove absolutely her story OF