The Washington herald., 1909-07-28

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and young. who had sat open-mouthed
during the course OF the days proceed
! ings took the hint from the bench The
rest looked slyly at one another and
| stayed Mrs. Morrill,. comfortably stout
and overlooking from every opening in a
! pink. walstless dress I'm ripples OF pink
| flesh, was sworn and took the stand.
! Thaw looked az her in a half-startled way
and she gave him back hts glance with a
| cheerful assumption Of acQuaiutanceship
/ Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, who was sltting
I over against the line OF windows opposite
! the witness stand leaned far 70 one side
and studied the complacent features OF
! Jerome's surprise witness.
Met ThRw In 1902.
I first met Mr.. Thaw IN 1902" said
she. 1T was at Mrs. Gray's place. az
30 West FOrty-siXth street. where 7 was
! housekeeper Il was in tho spring that
/ first met him. when he came there as
q visitor, but I didn't know him as Mr..
Thaw; It was as MI Reid that I met
him. Sometimes he went under the name
OF Munroe. and he had some other
names, TOO, which have forgotten.
When I first met him he had rooms
there at Mrs. Gray's. Just saw him pass
/ Ing In and out IN the fall Of 1906. when
1 left Mrs. Gray's Gnd took I'D en- apart
ment house OF my own. at 2u West
Forty-third street. he came along too and
| rented three rooms OF me-"
did he tell you why he wanted those
rooms?" Queried Jerome.
Yes; he said that he was IN tbe the
atrical business-in the business Of r1It-
ting young women on the stage-and he
wanted those rooms 20 do business IN
lie said he was engaged IN placing young
women at good salaries. Many letters
came to him addressed 10 Reid & Nun
roe Sometimes the girls used 10 cali
him Prof. Munroe"
When first those unexpected bits OF tes-
tlmony began 20 drop from the willing
ups OK the former apartment house
keeper there wns a stirring OF greedy
spectators in their seats and a focusing
OF eyes on the man who seeks 10 have
his sanity established. Thaw sat with
his eyes fixed on the pad IN front OF him.
Jerome continued TO ply the witness He
asked how long Thaw had kept the rooms
m the Forty-third street house.
Took Three Rooms.
I moved away from there IN Aprn
1906" said Mrs. Morrill, I took a house
at 2oS West B1fty-fourth street Reid. or
Thaw, moved with me; he had three
rooms there also"
Were there any occurrences OF an IN
usual nature that happened while YOU oo-
cupied the apartments IN Forty-thfrd
street?''
I should say there was" the witness
vocferated- He had a great many call
ers-chiefy girls. He would send out for
lunch, then there would be sounds from
HIS room that sounded like sounds OF
Quarrenng"
Jerome asked the witness TO specify
more explicitly. With momentary show
Of reluctance, tnged with maidenly con-
fusion, the witness asked Justice Mills #
she really must answer. He assured her
that she really must.
'One time-and this is only one OF the
times-Thaw had visitors in his rooms. I
heard hollering. and went in there; I
went IN through the bedroom I saw him
IN the act OF striking a young girl with a
dog whip. he was striking her on the
bare flesh; there were welts on her body
and legs. The girl yelled that he was
trying to murder her"
hAO Nhip IN his Hands.
Mrs. Morrill, gave indications Of run
ming along faster than her interrogation
wished Jerome stopped her and asked
her specifically II she had ever seen
Thaw with a whip in his hands while
young girls were in hts rooms witness
said she had twice seen him with 4 whip
in his hands. and she had seen other
whips in Thaw's room. She had seen two |
dog whips and a riding crop.
Jerome called for the mysterious bundle
which Hartridge had disgorged from his |
valise on the day before and which had |
been marked for evidence. though not /
opened. He ripped of the paper and !
brought out a slender dog whip about |
three feet long. which had an ornamental !
ivory handle Jerome hlcked the lash
sharply against the papers on his desk
and then held the whip out to the wit |
ness.
rs that one Of the whips you saw
Thaw user"
Sure. that's one OF them. He had that
and a crop with leather thing on one
end
Was Beating a Girl
Inc HISL IiIhe ne was Dealing the glrI /
with the crop; the dog whip was on the |
parlor table The girl had her waist /
on, and he was beating her on the bare
skin. The second time
Wait a minute. On the occasions that
you saw women In Thaw's rooms, were /
they dressed or undressed?"
Sometimes they were only half |
dressed was the cryptic answer Of the
witness
The second time that I saw Thaw /
beating girls. I ran into his rooms. and /
there were two young girls. Thaw was
in the act OF beating them on their
bare flesh, AS soon as he saw me he |
dropped his whip-he was using a dog
whip that tine-and he ran into the ]