The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-06
WHITES DEEDS
AGAIN Barred
Shows Foundation For
Thaw's Decisions,
wIDENs SCOPE OF TRIAL
Justice Mills Admits Letter to
Young Woman.
Attorneys for Prisoner Attempt
Through It to Prove Thaw's Hat
red Against stanford White
Well Grounded.
wDENs SCOPE OF TRIAL

white Plains. Aug. 5.-More Of those
stories which have stained the memory
Of the eminent architect, Stanford
White. stories that parallel the tale OF
the Madison Square Garden tower
rooms. as told by Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
were related at the Thaw sanity hear
ing before Justice Mills today.
They were told first by witnesses
called in Harry X. Thaws behalf and
then by Thaw himself. who took the
stand hoping to show that what he
sions." as the state oontended and that
this phase of the States attack on his
sanity IL unfounded.
Between these unsavory accounts,
like q Jewel held up to view between
soiled fingers. came an illustration of
mother love and flial affection that
brought tears even to the eyes of
those eager-faced women who had re-
fused to leave the court room when
warned of the kind OF testimony that
was to come. This was the appear
ance on the stand of Mrs. Mary -Copley
Thaw. the prisoners white-haired
mother.
q Adjournment was taken today just
after Thaw had left the stand. He
may be called again tomorrow. The
attorneys will sum up on Saturday and
Justice Mills hopes to render q decision
some time next week.
Charles Morsohauser started of the
day by calling to the stand David N.
Carvalho. the New York handwriting
expert. Mr. Carvalho told of episodes
connecting Stanford White with two
young women whom. 1t is alleged,
White tried to ruin. Both theseN wo-
men allowed the use OF their names.
tress. who appeared several times at
the trials with Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
The other name was given as Sue Par
ker.
From Miss Mckenzie Thaw's attorney
had obtained a note which figured in
the trials as the mushroom letter. 4"
White was represented as the author.
It was read in court today. 1t was
concerning this letter that Miss Nc
Kenzie had said. according to Thaw.
that her father would kill both her
and White II he had seen the contents.
Mr.. Carvalho testified as to an af-
hdavit which. he said. Sue Parker"
made, describing an alleged attempt
of White to ruin her when she first
came to New York as a young chorus
girl, In addition. he placed in EVIL
dence number OF letters said to have
been written by White to Mics Par
ker, which she sold to Thaw attorneys
before the first trial for $500. The
letters were not read today.
1t was at the beginning of the after
noon session that Thaw took the stand :.
Then the New York District Attorney
seemed anxious to let him tell all he
knew, and he led him through one
sordid story after another, evidently
with the hope that the witnesses pal
No HI 70 foI h.
would show Justice Mills that he was
insane on the subject. And Thaw was
eager to tell. The words fairly trip
ped over each other as he ran on.
This thing I am going to tell you
now" he said, prefacing one of his
narratives. affected me very Serious
ly "a the time"
Continuing, he described in detail the
alleged experience of a girl whom,
he said. White tried to wrong when
she was but 16. He said that after
of disinterested friendship. White lured
the girl to his place on Twenty-fourth
Street. New York. The girl escaped
through a lucky chance, he said. and
later obtained q large sum of money
from White under threat of a suit AZ
ter that he continued, White had the
girl boycotted so that for several years
she could not obtain an engagement in
any theatre in New York.
The incident. AZ related. occurred
within a month of the events in the
Madison Square tower room. mar
rated at the trial by Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw.
This woman now" concluded Thaw.
'is one of the foremost actresses on
the American stage"
According to Thaw. these were not
all of the tales he could tell about the
man he killed. He gave the location
of four places. he said, white main
tainedN for immoral purposes. One was
in Maryland near Baltimore. Thaw
said 1t was called THE Blind" The
others were In New York.
The aged Mrs. Thaws appearance
on the stand was pathetic. Before
she had spoken two minutes her feel
ings overcame her and she paused
Despite her tears. she insisted on
having it over The other witnesses
today included two former teachers
and a school friend of Thaws. who de-
clared that he seemed perfectly nor
NAL when he knew him.