The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-16

Stanford White and he said-there were no improper motivea"
 In answer to . question as to, what the effect of the result of Whites death had been. Thaw replied that there was less danger now than be- fore" and that most people thought he had acted properly under tho oireum- stances.
 Mir Morschauser declared that Dr. Meyer was testifying merely as . lay man, and not as an expert. In answer 10 . question by the States attorney. Because he was one of the few wit nesses who had talked with Thaw about the White homicide. Deputy At torney General Clark said the cross examination would be important. and he asked Thaw's counsel to consent to the admission of the record of Thaw's second trial in order to facilitate mat ters.
 MT. Morschauser. however, said he was not yet ready to consent to the admission of the trial records in evi- denoe.
 Tells Tragic Tale Agais. Mir. Clark ask ed the witness to give the details of the conversation about the shooting of White T asked him to describe the incl. dents of that evening. 'Did you see White before you went out?" I asked him. He said he did not. We went down the aisle and stopped to speak to someone and then saw White giar- ing at me. He put down his hand and there was disturbance and the shoot- Ing had been one,'--those were Thaw's words." the witness said. The witness said he asked Thaw if he remembered the three shots and he said he did not.
 The witness said Thaw had later de- clined to say anything further about the shooting on the advice os a prom inent lawyer. Asked who this lawyer was. the witness could not at first re- member. but finally said 1t was ex- Senator John C. spooner, of Wisconsin.
 On the second and third interviews with Thaw. Dr. Meyer said they talk ed on the subject of young girls" or innocent girls" .T ' The witness said Thaw told him in answer to his questions that he had read of several incidents where Mir. White had enticed young girls away and robbed them of their virtue.
 sLaid Traps For 0ipis.'
 "Thaw said that White was. given to such practices and laid his traps for young giris," the witness said. ''He named several girls and dates, but said that he had not all the evidence. which would be necessary to institute crim- final proceedings against White"
 Thaw told the witness from what he knew of White. he was convinced White sought out only young and vir- tuous girls and that he was not alone In such practices but that other men in Whites set did the same thing, the witness testified.
 Asked what he thought the result of Whites death would have on such practices. Thaw said he thought it would stop them. Dr. Meyer testified.
 Dr. Meyer said Thaw told him that revenge was not his motive in shoot- ing White.
 Evelyn Nesbit Tfaw was called as a witness by the State at the opening of the afternoon session.
 Justice Mills having ruled that the witness could answer the questions in regard to the threat made to kill her by her husband during conversation at Matteawan asylum. Deputy Attor- ney General Clark asked her:
 Did Harry K. Thaw say this to you. or this in substapce. T shall have to kill you when get out of here?' :" Mrs. Thaw appealed to the court and
  answer the question.
 she Appeals To Judge. Can I claim a privilege on the ground that it would tend to incrfn- mate mef' asked Mrs. Thaw. Justice Mills said she could not | claim a privilege on the account. Turning to the court with tears in her eyes. Mrs. Thaw said. 'T don't want to answer that ques- HdH: II pfaess Hhs9 in a terribiss posi- ton. My husband will refuse to, sup porf me the mtuutAsf enswer it and I will incur his everlasting enmity, I know if. am very much afraid to answer 1t.
 'T don't care how he has treated me-" she continued. T am still mar ried to him and I don't want to an- swer it."
 Justice Mills quietly instructed the witness to answer and she said with long drawn sigh:
 'Yes. he did"
 Mr. Clark asked her to give MT. rhaw's exact words.
 "He said: I suppose shall have to Kill you next when I get out of here.'" she replied. Mrs. Thaw further testi- fled that during the same conversation Harry Thaw told her he was not crazy on the night he shot Stanford White.
 "sEissed Him Night Before."
 "I only missed him by minute on the night before," the witness said her husband told her.
 Thaw sat with his eyes intentiy up- on his wife as she testified and shook his head when she told of the threat.
 On cross examination Thaw's coun- sel asked the witness if she recalled a conversation at Matteawan in Novem- Der. 1908. when something was said of warning against Dr. Flint. the aiienist.
 "Yes, I warned Harry that some per- sons were coming to Matteawan, among whom was Dr. Flint and told him he had better keep out of sight"
 MT. Morschauser had the witness identify a number of letters either in Thaw's or her own handwriting. Mrs. Thaw was almost fiippant at this point. When one was handed to her she read 1t, smiled broadly. then blushed per. ceptibly and hid her face behind her palm leaf fan. She caught her hus- bands eye at this time and he smiled back and then hastily looked away,
 Mrs Thaw was excused and Anthony Q. Comstock. president of the New York Society for the Suppression of