The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-07-28

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Ibest possible light. At this moment.
| Evelyn Nesblt Thaw herself slid into
seat among the witnesses. If Je-
( rome had planned her appearance TO
| confuse the witness, he could not
have brought her at moro
telling ggjuncture. Thaw insisted that
| Miss Nesbit was we'll taken care OF In
| Europe and In Paris. He recalled his
anxiety 10 mary her and repeated the
story OF her reluctance for reasons
| associated with her alleged treatment
| b. White.
Thaw seized the chance 10 display
| his keenness when Jerome, in reading
one Of his letters, made a mistake in
an algebraic equation It contained.
Thaw said the record was wrong and
read from the original the mathemati-
cal expression as 1t should be
Jerome produced number OF let
ters written by Thaw to his wife be-
fore their marriage. and presumably
given to the district attorney by Eve
lyn Thaw since her break with the
witness The object of the peoples
attorney in presenting them in ed-
deDce was clear when 1t was found
that nearly all bore upon Miss Mes
bits relations with White.
In one letter. ThHw drew for Miss
Nesbits bsnefit a picture OF their fu-
Jure happiness in Plttsburg
Your reputation as a beauty would
spread over the whole world" wrote
Thaw. we could own Plttsburg.
would settle down and he a senator"
White Plains. y. Y. July 27.-Harry
K. Thaw sat in the supreme court
here today and heard a woman's tes-
timony that made his pallid face flush.
He saw a pearl handled dog whip OK
hibited and be heard the witness swear
she had seen him WELD II on the bare
flesh OF girls. The prisoners wife
heard most OF the testimony, which
was of such a nature that Justice Mills
preceded its presentation with the
warning that mo woman should stay
in the court room unless she Is will
ing 10 hear everything" Two girls
left
The witness was Mrs. Susan Mer-
rill, buXom woman Of about thirty
five years, and she opened new chap
ter in the life of Stanford Whites
slayer. She told OF alleged acts of his
between 1902 and 1905. when he was
bachelor about New York before the
tragedy on the Madison Square roof
garden that resulted in his being
placed in the state asylum for the
criminal insane from which he Is now
trying to escape by proving himself
sane.
Her testimony was in marked con-
trast to that Of two alienists who gave
Thaw a clean bill Of health, declaring
that in their opinion he was sane. She
testified that during the three years
named she kept In succession two
New York lodging houses, where
Thaw rented rooms under assumed
names and to which he brought at
various times more than two hundred
girls. After Thaw's imprisonment. she
said. she paid these women at least
$25 900 as the price OF their silence
and TO keep them from bothering
Thnw's wife or his mother" One of
them who she said passed as Thaw's
wife, received $1,000, The money came
from Thaw
The mysterious package brought to
court yesterday by Clifford w. Hart
ridge. Thaw'S former counsel, was un-
wrapped and a pearl handled whip
about three feet long was brought into
view With this before the eyes of
the court and spectators the woman
related a series of stories about find
ing Thaw on several occasions lashlng
the girls upon their bare arms and
bodies Thaw, she said. had posed as
a theatrical agent and had lured the
girls to his rooms with promises OF
engagements. When she demonstrated
with him. she testified. his excuse was
that the girls were not smart enough
and could not fill their positions and
deserved beating She testified fur
ther that Thaw had frequently behaved
violently and that she considered his
acts irrational.
Her testimony was stopped when
Mr.. Jerome intimated that 1t might
injure innocent persons Under cross
examination by Charles Morschauser,
counsel for Thaw. the witness was at
tackled fiercely. He brought out the
fact that she had recently been ar
rested on n charge of perjury after
an unsuccessful suit to recover $780,
600 damages from a man,
The woman emphatically denied that
she had kept any Of the money that
passed from Thaw through her hands.
Then why did you stand for all
this from Mr. Thaw?" asked MI
MorschauseT.
.'Oh, | felt sorry for him." was her
answer.
EVELYN Nesbit Thaw appeared dur
ing the proceedings today, but she did
not testify. She smiled at Thaw sew
eral times but he paid no attention TO
! her
Aside from Mrs. Merrills testimony
| the alienlsts took up the remainder OF
! the proceedings and testified In Thaw's
| behalf
DR.. Brltton d. Evans. who made a
report two years ago declaring Thaw
Insane said today that he had re-
yerscd this opinion. He admitted the
report was prepared to bolster Thaw's
this evening but It was almost dark
side of the case when he was seeking
10 avoid the electric chair.