The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-08-18
EVELYN NE9B|T
FEARS HUSBAND
WILL SLAY HER
Police and a Private Detective
Assigned to Duty as Guards
for Dancer When Thaw's
Escape Is Made Known.
TELLS OF THREAT
AT WHITE PLAINS
Woman Over Whom Tragedy
at Madison Square Garden
Occurred Talks of Moth
erhood and Little Boy.
BY VIOLA ROGERS.

BY international News Service.
NEW YORK, Aug. 17.-Under the
protection Of the police and a private
detective, the latter hired by Arthur
Hammerstein, Evelyn Nesbit Tbaw
went to and from the Victoria theater
on business connected with her vau-
deville engagement there, in mortal
fear of her life. For with her hus
band. Harry X. Thaw, roaming at large,
the beautiful young woman who is now
doing dance with Jack Clifford at
Hammersiein 5 and over whom the ia
nous Madison Square garden tragedy
occurred, believes that her life is in
danger.
For the first time today Evelyn told
of the last words between herself and
and are they now 10 her that she feels
that anything may happen to me
now with Harry out OF the asylum. +"
Thaw's Threat.
ftI will have to finish YOU 10 com.
plete my job, are the words which
froze the blood of the Young wife
when with an almost maniacal smile
Thaw addressed her for the last time
just as she had concluded testifying
e. Il
animation into his sanity now more
than two years ago,
FAnd what's more, he meant it
know that look on his face. | know
how remorseless ne is In what be de-
termines to do, said the young WON
an. ] knew il only last summer when
at the hearing, again at White Plains
and behind the big palm leaf fan he
used all during the hearing, be made
ugly faces and stared and glared sui
leply at me mt frequent intervals while
the hearing was proceeding. -
No Longer "Child Wife"
The Evelyn Nesbit of today is a
far different creature from the little
round-faced Evelyn Nesbit 1 saw and
interviewed shortly after the killing
Of Stanford White in 1906. She seemed
little more than child then, and there
was a pathOs and helplessuess about
her that is no longer to be seen. Eve
lyu Thaw is now woman-a woman
with poise, with self-possessiou and
understanding and with a remarkable
calm and a complete belief in her
self
"Harry can do me no harm unless
he does harm TO my little boy, said
Evelyn this evening. ''That boy is
my all--my present, my future, my
everything. Nobody can know what
it all means auS why motherhood is
such hallowed thing, except she who
has borne child. There is such
beauty in the thought that God has
entrusted human soul and a haby's
life TO your care and being
'sBy the way, Mrs. Thsw,' ] asked
"did Harry know when the little ops
was born?"
Kept Birth Secret.
mo. / purposey kept 4, from him and
Russell was a year old before the story of
his birth appeared In the papers Only
few close friends knew. and they were
pledged 10 secrecy. What I have to say
regarding the birth and paternity OF my
little boy will ali come out In good time
do not want TO go into that now.
can prove all I have TO say about our
boy but there is reason for doing go
now. Later the world will know all OF
the facts"
Mrs, Thaw then went on to say that
she prepared for motherhood with the
greatest care.
''I went abroad where my baby might
pc born in an environment serene and
luet. was so everjoyed al the thought
of having little one that I wanted to