New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-07
EVELYN THAW,
HERE YESTERDAY,
GOESBACK HOME
Returns to Chateaugay
After Conference with
Cook and Flint.
FORMER TESTIMONY
TO BE READ TO JURY
81 Did as | Was Told TO Do" "
Says Dancer, Leaving for
the Montreal Express,


Twenty minutes before the Montreal
express train "Buffalonean" pulled out
Of the Grand Central at 1884 o'clock
last night slender young woman. in a
fetching black and white suit, strolled
into the station in company with three
friends. She chatted with them amiably
about score OF unimportant things,
laughed a farewell and then said:
Come, porter"
Unnoticed by persons in the huge
terminal building. Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw. the woman brought hundreds Of
miles, supposedly under subpoena to
testify against her husband, started
back for the refreshing woods around
Chateaugay Lake. With her departure
another element Of mystery was added
to the Thaw case.
She was leaving without testifying
against her husband by permission Of
Deputy Attorney General Cook. His
decision 70 allow Mrs. Thaw to return
north after getting a certificate Of ner-
vousness does not mean that her story
will not be used against Thaw. Under
the law the testimony she gave at pre-
vious hearings can a,be read into the
record.
The advantage Of this to the state
Il that Mrs. Thaw cannot be cross
examined on many things the lawyers
for Thaw might like to know about
things that might put her in an ODD
light before the jury. Another ad-
vantage is that her testimony gwen
in this way. is less likely to be OF the
boomerang kind than is that OF wite
delivered in person for the purpose OF
keeping her husband in a madhouse
From Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's own
point of view, she had busy but un'
eventful day. The most important
thing I did was TO buy new hat and
some shoes for Russell" she said in an
interview arranged late in the after
noon.
All shopping considerations aside
however. a remarkable series OF cpl
sodes happened TO the wife OF Harry
Thaw between s:45 a. m. when she ar
rived in the city, and s:S4 last night
when she went away.
She had breakfast at the Waldorf.
After breakfast there was telephone
talk with DR.. Austin Flint. who ar
ranged to have Deputy Attorney Cen
eral Frank X. Cook come to his once
for conference with Mrs. Thaw.
As result of this conference, and
with the consent of the Deputy Attor-
ney General and DR.. Flint, she was eH-
amined in the afternoon by Or. Ser
nays Livingston, Of 536 West llStn
street. who confirmed the contents OF
her medical certificate, brought all the
wav from Chatesugay Lake. She was
in a highly nervous condition, the phy-
.ician said. and il would be unwise for
her 70 attempt the ordeal OF taxing the
witness stand against Harry Thaw.
After this medical opinion had been
registered Evelyn Nesbit Thaw went
shoppinQ. She spent the latter part OF
the afternoon at her home. q west
Eleventh Street, where she received
delegation of newspaper reporters ana
fold them frankly all the events that
had preceded. She dined with friends,
had plenty Of time TO catch the Mon
treal express and made good her prom
ise Of the early morning that she knew
what she was about when she made
reservations for the return trip last
night. Sc much for Evelyn's day IN
the city. Y,.-
where witnesses were telling about
Harry K. Thaw's college cut up" days,
Justice Hendrick and twelve jurymen
waited all morning for Evelyn Nesoit
Thaw.
when court reopened after luncheon
Deputy Attorney General Cook gravely
ann Iunced that Evelyn had disappeared
and that all efforts TO find her had been
unsuccessful. Jurors and spectators
glanced significantly at one another
when the court was informed that no
one could be found who had seen her
after she had started ostensibly for her
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