Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-29
HARRY X. THAW TAKES THE
STAND IN HIS OWN BEHALF.
CONTINUED from Page One.)


How do you explain all the troubl,
and expense that Mr.. Hartridge, YOU
former counsel, went to in order to gc
this whip that was presented yester-
day." asked Mr.. Jerome.
HE never went to any expense
answered Thaw, but he amended this
by saying that he had heard that il
had cost $40 of which Hartridge paid
half and Daniel O'Reilly half
The witness said that on one occa-
sion. at least, he had deceived DR.
Evans, the alienist. though not inten-
tionally, ''at least he told me so the
other day." he added. DIR Evan;
might have thought the irritation
displayed at this time indicated brain
storm, and I think DR.. Flint or DR.
Macdonald or any of your alienists
might have made the same mistake
Had you any reason to believe, as
Is limited in your mothers pamphlet,
said Jerome, that I was Influenced
against you by malevolent motives?"
No. really didn't think So"
Did you think l was influenced BY
another motive than a desire to per.
form my duty?"
We'll l did think you might have
been moved by whim," answered
Ihaw, and he went on to explain tina,
after his acQuittal he was told tina,
jerome had said that if he remained ir
the Matteawan asylum for 30 days hi
Jerome) would be satisfied. The MAJ
who told him that, he said, was his
former attorney, Russell Peabody, nov
dead
The first evidence Thaw gave of an,
hesitation was when Jerome probe(
further into the events leading up t.
the shooting and questioned him re.
garding the early relations with Eyelvl
Nesbit. The witness fenced desperate
ly and picked his words carefully witt
an evident desire to present this par,
OF his career in the best possible light
AT this psychological moment, Evely,
Nesbit Thaw, herself slid into a sea.
among the witnesses. If Jerome had
planned her appearance to confus.
Thaw he could not have brought he
In at more telling juncture. s4 ..
Young Mrs. Thaw looked more girl
ish than at any time of her former
appearance. She wore juvenile one
rcd and blue plaid coat. Her straw
nat was of blue that matched he
dress
Thaw insisted that Miss Nesbit was
well taken care Of in Europe and in
Paris, he said, her chaperone was the
same who two years later had gone
abroad with the daughters of one O,
the most prominent financiers in the
Omitted States. He recalled his anxiet,
to marry her and repeated the story OF
her reluctance for reasons associated
with her alleged treatment by White.
Thaw seized the chance to display his
keenness when Jerome in reading one
OF his letters made mistake in al
a'gebraic equation it contained. Thaw
said the record was wrong and read
from the original letter the mathemati.
al expression as it should be. jerome
produced number of letters written
by Thaw to his wife before their mar.
rage and presumably given to the dis.
trict attorney by Evelyn Thaw since
her break with the witness Severa,
of these breathed a spirit of sadness
and Of devotion to the recipient. TIL.
object OF the peoples attorney in pre-
senting them in evidence was clea,
when it was found that nearly all bore
npon Miss Nesbits relations with
White.
In one letter Thaw drew for Mis-.
Nesbi:s dedication a picture of theil
future happiness in Pittsburg. -f.
'YoOr reputation as beauty woul(
spread over the whole world" he wrote
I'VE would own Pittsburg. I would set
tie down AMI lie a senator" W'
Thaw stated that after Whites deatf
ne was exceedingly sorry for certain
charges he had made against the archi,
tect in his will. This instrument wa.
drawn in 1905 on the day of his mar
riage. .ft
The codicil set aside $4,000 to b,
used in investigating Thaw's death il
case it occurred under suspicious cir.
| cumstances and this clause has beer
| advanced as evidence of an unsoun,
mind. Thaw explained that it ha.
nothing to do with the White matter
It was inserted, he said, on account ;,
his recollection Of q. trip in 1905 t,