Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-07-16
Gid Wife SWearS Prisoner
Threatened to XIII Her I'M
mediateIy on Securing His
Release From MadhouSe.
TESTIMONY FORCED FROM
RELUCTANT YOUNG WOMAN
Despite Shabby Treatment of
Husbands Relatives She.
Protests Desire to Shield Him
From Penalty of Mad Talk.

IBy Morning Journal Special Leased Wirel
White Plains, y. Y, July 15.--Eye-
lyn Nesbit Thaw went on the stand
here today ana gave damaging testi-
m0ny against her husband Harry H.
ThaW. 1t was the strongest point
scored so far by the state in it's fight
to keep ThaW in the asylum for the
criminal insane at Mattawan He de-
mands his release through habeas
corpus proceedings on the ground that
he is a sane man. When today's ses-
sion was concluded, adjournment was
taken until July 26
For three days the state has been
trying to bring out that ThaW threat
ened his Wife's lie on one of her Wis
its to MatteWan The state wished to
show irrationality on Thaw's part
Blocked al first by objections which
We're sustained by the court ThaW's
attorney at last failed to show what
the alleged conversation at Mattawan
, was confidential as between man and
wife.
Whether assumed or not Mrs
,,ThaW expressed apprehension while |
testifying, She was quoted afterward |
as saying chat She testified because, of |
the treatment she received at the hands |
oi the ThaW family. but on the sfand |
she apparently struggled hard not to |
tell
Did Harry X Thaw threaten to
.uNe Sour ne she was asked a. |
fve.E' r, pS Depu'F Attorney Genera
NJ
~ 49," ne az any lhle say thls to you |
,'i, '''S III supst"h'e' shai nav 10
kill you when | get out OF here?
Evelyn ThaW turned appealingly to
Justice Mills. She begged to be al
.p"Vu hot 20 answer because sne sald
sue knew she would incur ThaW |
e'5riaslins anlnosltyi ana her atu-
'uuO @ "uioa.eu she pelieNe" ne hlsht
o"l' "u' MS allVSed threat She also
urged with some show of feeling that
9"g M Mas sun nav Wlle ana no mat
d,d ~" ie "au threatened hef sne
U'u p NOT want To teslllE against nm.
But the court ruled that the only |
possible grounds on which she could
el'i.e 70 answer were thal II Woulu
,"u 10 crlliilhale hef ana n" added
W uiu hot see now that would be
"prnCaple ~ TO ner SITUATION
uer she sald IN low voice;
us rs h7 ana,
',l i'"l were ms exact Woros de-
''Iueu MT clarke
He said: When | get out of here
suppose l VIII nave to KIN you.
WhN uld ne say that?
W. were discussing ms mehtal
v"''ul uoh' had asked nm what ne
"''n' ana ne sald; Gu know was
mo N.Y. crazy on the night that shot
HIte' asked him again ana ne
s'lu on know that | missed White
pS Two minutes on the day before.
testimony after court said ne was not
surprised at her attitude, but he en-
Pi'o,callN denied that he ever threat
O'eu iler ne 1T is PLAIN to every
u"e thdt her story is not true, ne
@"lo. ,s. never threatened to XIII her
p"S,' she says one thing ana then
"""tner-
on Whites life on me dav before the
npihlcide was committed? - he was
"shtd'
IL ! mad you would have learned
pVIore thls. replied ThaW.
~ Adolph Meyer of the New YORK
s'dtr luhacy commission testified that
ne '7lked with Thaw about the rea-
,"us ,,,,ls winch led him 10 shoot stanford
"hi'e' principally alleged debauching
On Young girls. which Thaw said was
carried on Whites various rendez-
''uS'
~ anthony COmstock. president of the
Nv ", YORK Society for Suppression OF
,,i rice' described his efforts to assist
VA" Va" TO get sufficient evidence OF
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