Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-30
Counsel for Plaintiff Calls Attor-
ney Hartridge to Prove That
Merrill Woman Received Money
for Abuse of Thaw.
ATTORNEY FOR THAW
FAILS TO FIND REPORT
SHOWING ACCOUNTS
Mrs. Susan Merrill Is in Court
While Counsel Fights for Evi-
dence, and Thaw and Jerome
Await Second Days Ordeal.
(By Associated Press,)


| WHITE PLAINS, n. Y, July 29.-Pale
and somewhat haggard, although still
confident of his ability to prove himself
sane and ht for release from the asylum,
Harry K. Thaw appeared in the supreme
court room today for the second days
examination by District Attorney Je-
rome.
Thaw's examination was delayed few
moments while his attorney called Cliff
ford w. Hartridge, Thaw's former couh-
I sell 1t was from Hartridge that Susan
Merrill said she received $4,000 to be
paid women, alleged to have been abused
by Thaw in her New York lodging house.
to keep them quiet. The money, she tes-
tiehd, came from the Thaw family.
This morning Mr.. Morschauser tried to
get possession of the books containing the
accounts of those payments. which Mrs.
Merrill said she had turned over to Hart
ridge. He failed because the witness said
the account books had been destroyed and
other memorandum books lost.
Thaw's attorney brought out the fact
that Hartridge was suing Mrs. William
c. Thaw for a balance claimed for his
legal services, which he alleges consist
ed largely In suppressing revelations dam
aging to Thaw and his family.
Susan Merrill was in court again to-
day.
MONEY WAS PAID.
Replying TO questions by Mr.. Jerome.
Mr.. Hartridge said that he had paid up
considerable sums OF money and that
/ his instructions were general and did
not come from Mr.. Thaw. Mr.. Hartridge
was not instructed as to whom he should
nay 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.. Haruridge
also was TO tell Mrs. Merrill to keep
quiet about what happened In her house,
, and to keep every body else quiet
Mr.. Hartridge said he received fnys-
terious telegram from Thaw addressed to
Roger O'Mara, ex-chief of detectives of
Pittsburg. directing him TO get three
tin boxes kept by certain Miss Bell
in the Highlands exchange in that city.
Let nobody else have them" said the
message to O'Mara. Another message con-
tanned in this telegram told Miss Bell"
| to deliver the boxes to O'Mara, and eau
toned her also ito let nobody else have
them"
JEROME QUESTIONS WITNESS.
Were you ever sent to anybody by
Thaw to get a whip?" asked Jerome.
NO" said HartridRe
Mr.. Hartridge produced the original
manuscript 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.. Jerome be al
lowed to read the paper tn 'he court. Ia
answer to q question If he knew a Mrs.
= Reid" Hartridge said he knew a number
| of Mrs. Reds"
MRS. THAW'S SUIT
On cross examination, Mr.. Morschauser
reverted 70 Hartridge's suit against Mrs.
| William c. Thaw. at involves about
$s3, 900 now" remarked the witness, but
IT may involve more"
Hartridge admitted that he had already
received 100000 from Mrs. Thaw, but
said it was for various purposes"
Going back to the OMary telegram,
Hartridge said that he understood that
Miss Bellies was Mrs Harry X. Thaw's
house number in Pittsburg.
An hours recess was taken when Hart
ridge finished because the district attor-
ney was not ready TO call Susan Merrill.
He said he expected to put her on the
stand this afternoon before Thaw.
THAw ON. STAND.
Harry K. Thaw resumed the witness
stand this afternoon again to testify in
his own behalf in his proceeding to secure
his release from the Matteawan asylum
Although he asserted that he was not
medically insane when he shot Stanford
White, Thaw said that he might have had
"brainstorm' as described by DR..
Britton d. Evans, but that II he did It
was not because of a sudden attack of
! jealousy. Susan Merrill. Thaw's former
landlady, again told of instances in which
she said Thaw whipped young women
and Clifford w. Hartridge testified that
I the account books showing the money
! he had paid out in the Thaw case, refer
red to by Mrs. Merrill, were destroyed,
| but that the money from Mrs. Thaw."