The Washington times., 1909-07-16

me a lot of questions in rapid fire sue
CeSsiOn and then to- COME back into
court and tell the judge that l brushed
a fly of my nose when there. was no
fly there. Now. ] want the judge TO see
Just how I act and L am glad that he
took that view of the case too.
AS for the alienists, / think this de-
cision will discount their testimony
pretty muen. OF course they will be
put on the stand and testify that act
like a paTanOidC.
Willing To Be Questioned.
They can ask me any question about
my life or my ideas and l will answer
all of them. I have refused to answer
such questions heretofore because the
questions were not always fair. But
now 1 will answer anything they ask.
If the questions are unfair. the judge
will rule them out
This is the first fair chance I have
had to prove that 1 am sane--I am
sure I shall vim
Thaw declared he could prove his
wife's statement that he threatened to
kill her TO be absolutely false. He will
continue to support her, he says. as
hong as they are married.
The one thing thaS the present hearing
has brought out is that ThaW and
Evelyn will never live together again.
life, now, he declared. and l have no
feeling, one way or another. about her.
Evelyn On Stand.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, testifying here
as State witness against her husband
in answer TO questions Of Assistant At
torney General Roger Clark. swore that
during a visit to Thaw in the Mattea-
wan Asylum last year Thaw had told
Der that when he got out of the asylum
he supposed he would have to kill
her" She also said Thaw told her he
missed killing Stanford White by only
two minutes on the day before the &C
tual murder on the Madison Square
Roof Garden. Thaw denied his wife's
story.
Mrs. Thaw was called as the first wit
ness at yesterday afternoons session
Of court She was composed, and
/ though reluctant witness, her answers
were prompt and to the point. Justice
| Mills had ruled that a threat against
life was not a confidential communica-
ton between husband and wife, and
| that, provided what young Mrs. ThaW
had 10 say did not tend 10 Incrfminate
her she would have to tell what threats
( Thaw had made.
Mrs Thawo was on the stand less
| than ten minutes. II had been expected
that Mr.. Morschauser, Thaw's lawyer
would cross-examine her at great
length. but he asked her only two OF
three questions She identified four let
ters for him that she had written Ia
! Thaw since the killing of Stanford
White.
Thaw Watches Wife.
Thaw kept his eyes glued on his Wife
face while she was testifying against
him, but he, too. kept his nerve, and
there was no sign Of an outbreak on his
part. Anthony Comstoc<, Of the Society
for the Suppression Of Vice. sat beside
Thaw while Mrs. Thaw was testifyinz
/ Directly behind him were his mother
his sister, the former Countess Of Var
mouth. and Mr.. and Mrs. josiah Thaw
ThaW's wife came to White Plains
unattended and stood behind the jufy
| box while waiting to be called. The
/ courtroom was packed TO the doors al
this time, at least half Of those in the
hot little room being women. Many Of
them had stayed in court all during
luncheon recess for fear that if they
lett they might not be allowed to re-
enter.