Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1909-07-28
Some Altogether New Testi-
mOny Being Produced to
to Prove His Insanity.
FAMOUS WHIP SHOWN
Woman Swears That Thaw
Beat Young Girls Answer
ing His Advertisements.
spectal bu unitsd prsan Wtre.


White Plains, n. Y, July u.s.
Harry X. Thaw was called to the wit
ness stand to testify In his own be-
half when court opened this morning.
Fearing to tire the witness out Law
yer Morschauser waived direct exam
ination, giving Thaw to District At
torney Jerome, who began a nN<cl-
less cross-examination.
Thaw was nervous as a result of
last nights coaching and the testi-
mony yesterday of Mrs. Merrill.
Thaw, in answer TO the first ques-
tion, declared he was in court to Sc
cure his release from Matteawan.
Jerome reviewed sarcastically
Whites killing. Were you crazy
when you shot White?" he asked.
Thaw said he was legally crazy at
that time.
Jerome intimated alleged immoral
practices at Harvard by Thaw which
the latter denied strenuously.
The witness whispered frequently
with Justice Mills, intending evident
ly to explain certain answers to Je-
rome's questions. Thaw was angry
at times.
Jerome asked Thaw If he studied
hypnotism before he married.
Very little" he replied. Prof.
Ferris gave me several lessons but 1
wasn't much interested.
Ibid you study because you-
thought White dominated Eyelynf"
That entered into the matter re-
piled Thaw.
did you think White exercised a
hypnotic influence over her?"
From her remarks, thought this
was quite possible. He certainly had
a strong influence over the woman"
Thaw denounced Abe Hummel's al
legged Matchmaking scheme.
Thaw denied that Evelyn Threatens
ed to sue for a divorce because he
fiogged girls.
Jerome asked If he ever wrote to
Evelyn lewd letters containing lewd
drawings.
| A long, bitter argument followed
between counsel and Thaw was ex-
cused 2 few minutes while Peter B.
0iney, Of the first Thaw Iunacy COM
sanssion, Identified the insanity com-
I mission s records
Thaw's composure was perfect
Yesterday Thaw heard woman's
tNCAtAhO4g lAdN ldAC lis PaAAAu AttSU
flush. He saw a pearl handled dog
whip exhibited and he heard the wit
ness swear that she had seen him
WELD it on the bare flesh of young
girls.
The witness was Mrs. Susan Mer-
, rili, buxom, pink checked woman OF
about thirty-fve years. and she opened
new chapter in the life OF Stanford
Whites slayer She told Of alleged
acts of his between 1902 and 1906,
when he was young bachelor about
New York, before the tragedy on the
Madison Square roof garden that re.
suited in his being placed in the state
asylum for the criminal insane, from
which he is now trying to escape by
proving himself sane.
Says He Took 200 Girls There.
Her testimony was that during the
/ three years named she kept in sueeem
sion two New York lodging hou4
/ where Thaw rented rooms under as.
sumed names and to which he brought
at various times more than 200 girls.
After Thaw's Imprisonment, she said,
she paid these women at least $25,o0d
as the price of their silence and to
keep them from bRthering Thaw's
wife or his mother One of them
who, she said, passed as Thsw's wife
I under the name of Mrs. Reid, received
$1,000. The money came from Thaw.
After telling OF Thaw's engaging the
rooms the bearing of the evidence
upon the question Of the prisoners
mental condition became apparent, fol
at this point the mysterious package
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