The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-07-29


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At this moment Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
herself slid into a seat among the wit
nesseS. If Jerome had planned her ap-
pearance to confuse the witness, ne
could not have brought her in at a more
telling juncture Thaw insisted that
Miss Nesbit was well taken care of in
Europe and in Paris. He recalled his
anxiety to marry her and repeated the
story Of her reluctance for reasons as
sociated with her alleged treatment by
White
Able to Correct Mistake.
Thaw seized the chance to display his
keenness when Jerome. in reading one
of his letters, made a mistake in an al
gebraic equation it contained. Thaw
said the record was wrong. and read
from the original the mathematical ex-
preston as it should be-
Jerome produced a number of letters
written by ThaW 10 his wife before their
marriage, and presumably given to the
district attorney by Evelyn Thaw since
[ her break with the witness. The object
of the peoples attorney I'm presenting
| them in evidence was clear when il was
found that nearly all bore upon Miss
Nesblts relations with White.
I'm one letter Thaw drew for Miss Mes
bits benefit a picture of their future
happiness in Pittsburg.
Ambition to Be Senator.
Your reputation as a beauty would
spread over the whole world" wrote
Fhaw. I'VE could own Pittsburg. i
would settle down and be senator"
Thaw stated that after Whites death
he was exceedingly sorry for certain
charges he had made against the archi-
tect in his viii This instrument was
drawn in 1905 on the day of his mar
Tiage.
The codiciI set aside $500 to be used
IN investigating Thaw's death in case il
occurred under suspicious circum-
stances, and this clause has been ad-
Nanced as evidence of en- unsound mind
Thaw explained that it had nothing to
do with the White matter 1t was in
serted, he said, on account of his recol-
lection of trip in 1905 to Mount Olym-
pus, ia Blthynia, Asia Minor where ne
learned that travellers were frequently
murdered by bandits and outlaws. The
father of a certain Mr.. Mcmillan, he
was told, while i'm Asia Minor, had Of
fered large sums for the recovery of
the body of his son, lest in this neigh
borhood. Thinking that l might some
day revisit Bithynia or some other
equally dangerous neighborhood," said
Thaw, I made this provision"
Conscience Did Not Bother.
Did it touch you with remorse or
horror that You had taken a human
life?" asked jerome.
Somewhat, but the circumstances di-
minished those feelings"
What circumstances? p"
Well for one thing, all the legal
squabbling that was going on"
jerome asked Thaw if he would not
prefer private examination by alienists
CHOSEN by both sides, rather than sub
NIT 10 questioning in open court,
which neCessitated dragging in such a
quantity of unsavory details. Thaw an
swered that lie had had enough of being
examined by experts, and now preferred
TO let the court decide.
Il even prefer TO have these things
dragged out" he said, If YOU insist
upon dragging them out"
Jerome devoted nearly an hour read
ing letters sent by Thaw TO Antbopv
Comstock. containing charges against
White. Thaw said he had signed as
sumed names to these, because he
thought he could be more useful I'm fer
rettng out the crimes if his identity was
kept secret.
The allegations i'm these letters were
part Of the evidence at the homicide
trials
Have YOU maintained your interest in
the suppressing of such crimes?" asked
jerome
Il lost my interest in them reDlted
Thaw, "on June Is, 1906. CThe day he |
shot White)
Thaw will continue his testimony to-