Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-06

words fairly tripped over each other as
he ran on.
This thing / am going 20 tell you
now,' he said, prefacing one or his
narratives. affected me very seriously,
at the time"
Lured Girls to His Twenty fourth
Street Place.
Continuing he described in detail the
alleged experiences Of a girl whom he
said White had tried to wrong when
she was but 16. He said that after
winning her confidence by a display II
disinterested friendship White lured the
girl to bis place on Twenty fourth
street New York. The girl escaped
through a lucky chance he said and /.
later obtained a large sum OF money
from White under threat OF a suit
After that. he continued. White had
the girl boycotted so that for several
years she could not obtain an engage
ment at any theater in New York
The incident as related occurred
within a month of the events in the
Madison Square tower room narrated
at the trial by Evelyn Nesbit Thaw.
This woman now" concluded Thaw,
''is one of the foremost actresses on
the American stage"
Mae McKenzie's story had been told
earlier in the day. but Jerome evident
ly, wanted to hear il from the lips of
the prisoner. Thaw repeated Il, be-
ginning like magazine story: During
the fall OF a certain year a girl came
to New York from Boston. She was
young and unsophisticated," etc.
Kept Places for Immoral Purposes.
According to Thaw these we're not
all of the tales he could tell about the
man he killed. He gave the location
OF four places he said White main
tained for immoral purposes. One was
in Maryland, near Baltimore, Thaw
said, and II was called The Blind"
The others were In New York
Only once did the speaker say
word in his dead enemy's favor. 'T
believe he said at the conclusion OF
his narrative, that White really was
kind at times. He rather liked to be
good than otherwise.
Endearins Terms by Miss MeKenzis.
Mr.. Jerome's only effort to defend
the memory of the late architect att
er his legal skirmish early in the day
was an effort to prove that Miss Nc
Kenzie and White we're on good terms.
He produced several letters signed
May" and beginning. "Oh. Stanford"
and Stan, dear" -.-,,-,
In one OF these the writer urged
White to hurry bis return 20 New
York and said: II know where sassy
ball will be given" and followed
with remarks regarding the uncon-
ventional costumes that the young
females" would wear
Prisoners Mother in Tears.
The aged Mrs. Thaw's appearance
on the stand was pathetic Before
she had spoken two minutes her feel
ings overcame her and she paused.
Thaw kept his seat. but his extreme
agitation was very evident. A few
minutes later his mother stopped
again. Tears came TO her eyes, she
put her palm leaf fan before her face
and bowed her head. Then Thaw could
not restrain himself. SprinKing to
his feet he ran to the witness stand
and put his arm about his mothers
shoulder. patted her hair and whis-
pered to her.
Mrs. Thaw nearly broke down on
two more occasions before she finished
and once Josiah Thaw came to her as
sistance But despite her tears she
insisted on having It over" The 9TH
er witnesses today included two for
mer teachers and a school friend of
Thaw's. who declared that he seemed
perfectly normal when they knew him.