Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-30
JEROME CONCLUDES HIS
iNQCiSiTiON OF THAW
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whipped from making trouble. did not
ccme from Thaw himse.f. He said that
he had received $103,GGa from Mrs. Will
liam Thaw, but mad used a large part of
it for various purposes connected with
his employment by the family.
Evelyn Thaw was an interested auditor
in court again today, but her husband on
the stand ignored her presence. She nat
urally looked at him but he resolutely
refused to look at her. Indications are
that the hearing will last at least a week
longer.
White Plains, N. Y, July 29.-Pale
and somewhat haggard, although still
confident of his ability to prove himself
sane and fit for release from the asy-
lum, Harry *. Thaw appeared in the
supreme court room today for the sec
ond days examination by District At
torney Jerome
ThaWs examination was delayed
while his attorney called Clifford w.
Hartridge, Thaw's former counsel.
Hartridge is the man from whom Su-
san Merrill said she received $25, 900
paid to women alleged to have been
abused by ThaW in her New York
lodging house to keep them quiet. The
money, she testified, came from the
Thaw family. This morning Mr. Mar
schauser tried to get possession of the
books containing the accounts of these
payments, which Mrs. Merrill said she
had turned over to Hartridge. He fail
ed because the witness said the ac-
count books had been destroyed and
other memorandum books lost. Thaw's
attorneys brought out the fact that
Hartridge was suing Mrs. William c.
Thaw for a balance claimed for his le-
gal services, which he alleges consist
ed largely in suppressing revelations
damaging to Thaw and his family.
Susan Merrill was in court again
today, wearing her third new dress
Tuesday she had a pink suit, yesterday
a light blue one; today she wore a
white lingerie costume.
Replying to questions by Mr.. Jerome,
Mr.. Hartridge said that he had paid
out considerable sums of money and
that mis- instructions were general and
did not come from Mr.. Thaw. Mr.
Hartridge was not instructed as to
whom he should pay the money. He
added that Thaw gave him small
amounts of money for Mrs. Merrill
and sent word to her that "Mr. Reid
says to say nothing" Mr.. Hartridge
also was to tell Mrs. Merrill 20 keep
quiet about what happened in her
house and to keep everybody else quiet
and to obtain from her letters to Mr.
Reid Mr.. Hartridge said he received
a mysterious telegram Thaw addressed
to ROber O'Mara, chief of DEF actives
in Pittsburg, directing him to g. t three
tin boxes keut by certain Miss Belf'
in the "Highlands" exchange in that
city. Let nobody else have them said
the message to O'Mara. Another mes
sage contained in this telegram told
Miss BelP' to deliver the boxes to
O'Mara and cautioned her also to "let
noby else have them"
Were you ever sent to anybody by
Thaw to get a Whip" asked jerome.
NO" said Hartridgc.
Mr.. Hartridge produced the original
of several statements
which Thaw gave to the newspapers in
1906 Thaw's counsel objected to the
reading of some of these statements,
but in one case requested that Mr.. Jer-
ONE be allowd to read the paper to the
the court In answer to a question if he
Knew a Mrs Reid" Hartridge said he
knew number of Mrs. Reds"
On cross-eXamination Mr.. Morschaus-
n reverted to Hartridge's suit against
Mrs. William c. Thaw. 1T involves
about $95,000." remarked the witness,
but it may involve more"
Hartridge admitted that he had al
'eady received 100000 from Mrs. Thaw,
,ut said it was for various purposes"
Going back to the O'Mara telegram,
partridge said that he understood that
Miss Bell was Mrs. Harry K Thaws
in Pittsburg.