Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-28

ncy Caravan got her in your Office, spat
in her face, and got her to tell lot
of lies about me. But of course |
don't say this is true
Thaw was in the midst of his testi-
mony and apparently unruffied by the
ordeal when the court took the noon
recess
Begins to Show Excitement.
The first evidence given by Thaw If
any excitement was when Jerome
probed further into the events leading
Up to the shooting and questioned him
regarding his early relations with Eve
| Ign Nesbit. Witness measured his
words carefully with an evident desire
to present this part of his career in
the best possible light AT this mo-
ment EVELYN Nesbit Thaw slid into a
seat among the Witnesses. II Jerome
had planned her appearance to con-
fuse fhe witness he could not have
brought her at a more telling juncture
Made Face Flush.
! White Plains. N. Y, July IS
| Harry *. Thaw sat in the supreme
court here yesterday and heard a
| womans testimony that made his
pallid face flush. He saw pearl
handled dog whip exhibited and he
heard the witness swear that she had
seen him WELD il on the bare flesh
of young girls. The prisoners wife,
L no hna nd Nf
the testimony, which was of such a
nature that Justice Mills preceded its
presentation with the warning that
l"no woman should stay in the court
room unless she is willing to hear
everything" Two girls left the
room.
New Chapter of Tragedy.
The witness was Mrs. Susan Mer-
lrill. a buXom, pink checked woman
of about 80 years, and she opened a
new chapter in the life of Stanford
Whites slayer. She told of alleged
lacts of his between 1902 and 1905,
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
Estate asylum for the criminal insane,
from which he is now trying to es-
cape by proving himself sane.
brought Girls to Rooms.
Her testimony was in marked con-
traSt to that of two alienists who
went on the stand and gave Thaw
clean bill of health, declaring that
in their opinion he was sane, Sum-
married. her testimony was that dur
ing the three years named she kept
in succession two New York lodging
houses, where Thaw rented rooms
under assumed names and to which
he brought at various times more
than 200 girls. After Thaw's i'm
prisonment, she said, she paid these
women at least $4,000 as the price
of their silence and to keep them
from bothering Thaws wife or moth
er," One of them, who. She said.
passed as Thaw's wife, received
$4,000. The money came from
Thaw.
Says Thaw I.ashed Girls.
After telling of Thaw's engaging
the rooms, the bearing of the evil
idence upon the question of the pris-
! oner's mental condition became APP
parent, for at this point the myster-
iOuS package which was brought to
court yesterday by Clifford w. Hart
ridge. 1naw's former counsel. was
unwrapped and pearl handled whip.
about three feet long was brought
into view. With this before the eyes
Of court and spectators, the woman
related series of stories about find
ing 1haw on several occasions lash
ing the girls upon their bare arms
and bodies.
Counsel Attacks Witness.
DIstrict Attorney Jerome had full
charge of the case and it was he who
brought out the damaging testimony.
Miss Merrill's testimony was stopped
when Mr.. Jerome intimated that it
might injure innocent persons. I'm
der cross examination by Charles
M0raschauser. counsel for Thaw, the
witness was attacked fiercely. He
succeeded in bringing out the fact
that she had been recently arrested
on charge of perjury after an I'M
successful suit to recover 100000
damages from man.
Hi nv RalI. Dead