The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-05
Letters Of the Late Stanford
White to Young Women.
Submitted in Evidence at the
Habeas Corpus Hearing.
CARVALHO ON STAND.
Proves to he a Valuable Wit
ness for the Prisoner.
Affidavit of One of Whites
Victims Is Read.

White. Plains, n. Y. Aug. By
admitting a letter written by Stan
ford White to a young woman, Justice
Mills today widened the scope of the
opening on the petition of Harry K
Thaw for release from Matteawan.
The name of the person to whom the
letter was addressed did not transpire.
Its introduction was in furtherance
of the declared purpose of Mr..
Morschauser, Thaw's counsel. to show
that the prisoners beliefs regarding
practices of White and his wealthy
male associates were not. as the state
holds, simple deIusions of dis
ordered raind. David y. CarvaIho,
the handwriting expert who sat by
ThaW during the first trial, today,
testified ThaW was worried by his
counsel" He spoke little. said the
witness and made his suggestions
mainly by notes.
4 can't say that he ever dictated
to his lawyers" he asserted. Thaw
told Mr.. Carvalho the latter said that
plan to place him before a sanity
commission instead of on trial When
ThaW refused this suggestion Judge
Olcott withdrew from the case.
The witness said 6S letters pur-
porting to come from Stanford White
were submitted to him and he pro-
nounced them genuine. The witness
told of ThaW having discussed with
him letter alleged to have been
written by White to a girl whom
Mr.. Carvalho mentioned as May"
ThaW said this girl told him she had
burned the letter because she feared
if her father saw it he would kill
both White and her. The letter was
admitted in evidence against the pro-
test of District Attorney Jerome who
expressed regret that some testimony
should be brought out. The letter
was dated April II and was as fol-
lows.
One of Whites Letters.
4 am the most awfulest fraud
when it comes to letter writing. 1t is
no use. I have what Peter Dooling
calls 'writephobia' and d bad case at
that. [ am glad you are having such
a good time. A dose of hope after all
is the very best medicine any of us
can take. Whatever you do, however.
do not come back prettier or more
alluring than you were. for under
those circumstances I could not be re-
spOnsible for my actions and then
there would be real trouble
by the way when is that fall boat
going to sail?
The social whirl has opened and
is really quite good.
seriously when are you coming
back:
lovingly"
Instead of d name the letter was
signed with what the witness described
as d hand opened with what looked like
quills extending from it.
Jerome explained that this was
Stanford Whites regular signature in
letters to his friends.
Mr. CarvalhO then took up the Sue
Parker episode He said that wo-
man of this name made a sworn state
ment after the events alleged to have
taken place between her and White.
She produced a. bundle of letters which
she said White had written her ana
offered them for sale to Thaw's attor-
neys for $1,000.
The letters were finally bought. the
witness said. for $500 with the under
standing that the owner was to receive
$500 more if they could be used at the
first trial.
Sue Parker's Affidavit.
The woman's affidavit. Mr.. Carvalho
said. described in detail how White
had first met her when she was II years