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Got $50 for Coming.

she's got thirty OF my good dollars
with her as a witness fee" Mr.. Cook
later said with every outward and visi-
BILE sign OF sincerity. He added that
he would just give anything TO have her
back.
The writ was signed during the after
noon. Deputy Sheriffs Frank X. Bow
ers and Joseph II. Miller We're then in
structed to leave on the Montreal En-
press last night at 3 "a O'Clock. the same
train which young Mrs. Thaw had taken
back to the mountains the night before
after assuring everybody-and being
backed up in her statement by the
states chief a%lienist. DR.. Austin
Flint-that the State had no further
interest in her. Mr.. Stanchfield seemed
immensely more pleased over the send
ing for Mrs. Thaw than did the States
counsel. who will call her as their wit
ness.
Although positive assurances were
forthcoming from Sheriff Grifenhagen's
deputies just before train time last night
that they would leave at once for tho
~.Adirondacks to bring Mrs. Thaw back,
the announcement was made later THAT
the Sheriff had changed his plans.
Sheriff Grifenhagen. said tn" late
statement, had become convinced that
the State and the Sheriff II Franklin
county and not the county of New
York. should bring about the return of
Mrs. Thaw. Thereupon II was said that
he is forwarding the necessary papers to
Franklin county and that Mrs. Thaw Will
be brought back by upstate deputies.
Mrs. Thaw hould be able to get
here by Friday morning at the latest,
Mr.. Cook said when asked as to the
k%probable time Of the arrival of the
states most ornamental witness. "She
will probably begin her testimony Fri
day forenoon
These preiiminaries and bits of arGu-
ment of a technical nature brought the
morning session to within an hour be-
fore the usual time for the midday re-
cess, when Deputy Attorney-'ienerai
Cook suddenly called out, susan a. Mer-
lill." There was no doubling the sur
prise of Thaw's lawyers when they
heard Mrs. Merrill called to the stand.
Mr.. Stanchfeld was on his feet inn
mediately. He gave the court to under
stand that the Thaw side was not pre-
pared at that very moment to go on,
whereupon the court granted an adj
iournment an hour earlier than usual.
Mrs. MerriIl's story.
Mr.. Stanchfeld upon the RECOMMENDING
of court at 2 i. NJ. said while objecting
to having thr tesIiiHoHy VI "fs M'ii'i'
which was read into the record last
week stricken out, that a representative
of Mrs. Merrill had tried to make a
financial decker with Thaw's counsel re-
Gently.
Justice Hsndrick agreed with Mr.,
Cook that this statement by Mr.. Stanch-
field should not have been made before
the jury. The court ruled, however,
that Mrs. Merrill's testimony before Jus
tice Keogh at white Plains which was
read into the record should he allowed
to stand
Mrs. Merrill thercupon took the wit
ness stand. She told of renting rooms tC
Thaw at her houses In Forty-third ant
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Ridiculous, Says Lawyer.

Saul r.. Rogers, a lawyer OF lGO
Broadway. who was couns Tor sullivan
n matters connected with his theatrical
enterprises, said:
sullivan was much more intimate
with Rosenthal han he was with
Becker. In fact ! think he knew Becker
only casually, and ! am sure he knew
OF nothing and could have done nothing
to aid Becker. The story that he broke
down because OF Becker's conviction is
ridiculous. For Il long time before h a
he had been in a sanitarium in ionkeTs
and was insane. sullivan did have
many dealings with Rosenthal, and l
lave no doubt that he put up much
money to help ltosenthal run his gam
bling ho1ses."
While Beckcr's lawyers are racking
heir brains to find a way out for him
No is thoroughly convinced Of he fu-
.Illty OF their efforts. The Rev. James
'lrry, his spiritual adviser. had a long
ak with him yesterday, and said when
1e returned to the city that Becker was
resigned and would go to his death like
man. with his hea up and no faltering
u his courage.
Incidentally Father Curry mentioned
mat IN his talk with Becker the eN-
police lieutenant had told him of having
teen a note for S2.5Oo given by Rosen-
hal TO Big Tim Sullivan as security
or a loan, and said in this connection
nat his death would be the result of n
gamblers conspiracy because he had
incurred their enmity and was the logi-
al victim on whom to fasten the death
Z Rogeuthal.
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Asked for Girls Names.


The long. tedious and unsuccessful ef-
forts of MIR. Smith and the court TO get
"a straightaway answer from her con-
corning the activities Of the man named
Post were followed by the submitting
to her OF a list OF :33 girls to whom
she had sworn at White Plains money
had been paid by Thaw when lac rented
rooms from her.
can you give me the names OF any
three girls, of any one girl. In all this
list of 233-;irst names. addresses ana
mounts of mouey-to whom YOU paid
the cash YOU say you did 80 asked Mr..
Smith. who seemed to be enjoying the
cross-examiuation thoroughly.
Mrs. Merrill took the list and poured
over II a long time. The court room
waited in silence. At times she would
take her eyes from the sheets of paper
to glance quickly up At the big clock
high on the rear wall of the court room.
Then in calm manner she would name
n girl here and there and give an ad-
dress. Her failure to remember more
than a very few first names and few
addresses and her almost total lack OF
success In remembering the amounts OF
money paid out she explained over and
over and over again was because these
things happened so long ago"
But h was when Mr.. SMITH switched
OFF to questions about the time that she
had been charged with perjury and held
under bail on the charge because of te>-
timony she once had given during q
suit she started against q man named
Levy for breach Of promise that Mrs.
Merrill's voice rose to IT, highest.
lis that an iusult '' she demanded
hotiy when Mr.. Smith aSked-hel how
many names she had travelled under.
"No Mrs. Merrill" Nj. Smith replied
with a smile. That's "A question
You cin't 10y TO disgrace me-" she
shouted. Il a a son ana I won
stand for lawyers trying to disgrace me
as Thaw's lawyers a y tried to dis
grace me IN the past
Justice Hendrick had to intervene be-
fore Mrs. Merrill would admit at all that
she had oucc been he'll in bail ON the
perjury charge, a charge which Mr.
Smith tried without success TO nave
her admit yesterday was quashed by the
county the day after she had testified
against Thaw at White Plains.
Again when testimony she had giver
in the Levy suit to the effect that Thaw
as Reed had brought no woman ia
his quarters IN Mrs. Ilerrilrs house ex.
cept his wife. Mrs. Reed" the patlenc,
of court and lawyer seemed sorely tried
in the efforts to compel her 70 forcg,
generalities and answer the questions
Her direct testimony was that many
girls came To the house 10 see Thaw.
Then on through long efforts TO get q
direct answer to questions whether sh,
had told Thaw stories about Stanford
Whites talks with he. and especially
when the matter of the Ely AFFIDAVIT
came up, Mrs. Morr!N fenced orator,
iCally until the close OF the days SEES.
sion.
The hearing will begin this morninl
at 10 o'clock instead of 1890 as or
former days. Thaw hilnself. his wifi,
and the states alienis;s are The only
remaining Witnesses 10 be called by
the state so far a. the Attorney-Geu
erars Office has made announcement o
plans.
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stories Of Large Funds.

The stories Of large police funds and
money raised by men who were en-
dangered by the graft revelations OF
tina Rosenthal case have persisted al
most from the beginning. Large sums
OF money were spent in his defence, ana
Becker mas since his last conviction
been quoted as saying he had TO spit
his graft money SO man, ways that ms
own share was soon but
even those engaged in his prosecutor
have denied any exact knowledse OF
where the defenCs money came from
or the intent behind the many inter-
views and reports OF John boe proceeu
lngs 10 be started as a last legal resort
there are stronger opinions uttered
With word coming from Becker yester-
dav that he thought all the proposed
measures vain. the prevailing OPINION
among outside lawyers was that the
ultimate motive behind the interviews
and reports was 10 influence Gov. NhHt-
man.
The attempt to connect the death OF
Ri, Tim sullivan with the Becker case
was declared by Frank Moss. former As
sstant District Attorney. who inVes'l-
gated all the many angles OF the koseh'
thai killing. TO b based on 4 faliacy'
Thai rumor came 10 me, as dld nun
dreds OF others. in the course OF III! IN
designations" he said. "and 2eter the
mo-, searching inquiry | coSid find
nothing to s~ubstantiate il. We Were
leaving nothing untu!ned h a might
have A bearing on the case, and we Went
into tina; report thoroughly ! am CON
N.nced that Sullivan's death had abso'
lutely nothing to do with the Rosen'ha.
CAS-. and | am fully convinced oil
Becker's guilt"
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said that in all quarters of the Kingdom
women have pctItiourd to be included
In the general registration.
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When | gave that former testimony"
Mrs. Merrill cried Out angrily--to select
at random n reply characteristic of her
testimony in cross-examination-to the
soft spoken. confident young Mr.. Smith,
"Pd been kidnapped. | was all excited!
I'd been driver insane by scheming
LAWYERS, by scheming lawyers like you"
A bang on the desk beside her with
her first and vindictiveness OF tone ac-
companied the words. Mr.. Smith smiled
pleasantly: there was n trace of n smile
on the courts ruddy face n a ripple
ran about the room.
Early in the cross-examination Thaws
| counsel had brought "A flush of surprise
mixed with displeasure to Mrs. Mer-
rilrs face when for the first time at
any court procedure he read TO her an
afidayi procured from Mrs. Merrill by
I the late James q. Ely while Mr.. Ely.
it was stated in court yesterday, was
! acting for the grievance committee OF
the Bar Association.
Mr.. Ely, said Mr. Smith. a pro-
cured Mrs. Merrilrs signature to the
affidavit on August |, 1912, at the time
/ clifford w. Hartridge's affairs were be-
fore the Bar Association. an investiga-
ton which resulted in the disbarment
Of Hartridge by the Appellate Court Tor
misuse of moneys said to have been
given to him by Thaw or his represen-
tatlyes to be paid out to girls whose
testimony might be injurious to Thaw'
Text Of AHidavit.
The affidavit which was brought
forth TO discredit Mrs. Merrill as a wit
ness ran as follows:
.When ] testified In 1909 at Whit
plains in the investigation relative Il
the sanity OF Harry X. Thaw that ] hat
maid W $4,000 and $40. 900 to keel
away women from the Thaw trial. ! ties
titled falsely, and did so at the instiga'
ton Of clifford W. Hartridge. who tol'
me would be ruined unless ! helped
him out.
81 also testified falsely on the SAINT
subject at the hearing before the griev
ance committee of the Bar Association
In the proc, edings brought by 1t con
corning clifford W. Hartridee.
81 never received from the said Hart
ridge more than $1,000 to pay to womei
said to have been connected with Thaw
And the largest sum | ever received 70
one girl was $500, which | paid to Rutl
Wallace.
II testified thus first because o
threats made by Hartridge. and later be
cause ! felt sympathy for him. Til,
money he claimed to nave given to IN
10 nay women connected with Thaw I,
keep away from the trial he told ne IA
had lost al gambling,
81 make his affidavit without fear o
favor and without threats or duress o
any kind because It ID the whole truth
and l know the contents OF he aboy
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Maw Case Huns With Mew Life as Wife
Is Ordered Back; Mrs. Merrill Tesl1fies

statements because | have read over
each phrase contained therein. all or
which | understand and all of which
are correct. SUSAN A. MERRILL"
The affidavit Mr.. Smith held up
couldn't be the paper she had signed
for Mr.. Ely. Che had signed SO many
papers. She was so excited at the
time. She had signed 1t. She hadn't.
May be she had. Maybe she hadn't, &c.
And as Mrs. Merrill tried to argue her
way out of direct arguing with
Justice Hendrick himself when, a bit
testify. the court tried to pin her down
10 a yes or a no." all the time the
faces Of the jurors showed wan. in
dulgent smiles.
New Name In Case.
Very early In the cross-examination
OF Mrs. Merrill Mr.. Smith brought out
another name new to Thaw hearings.
The name was mentioned when MIR.
Smith sought to show that on a recent
occasion q visitor had gone to the Of
hces of Thaw's counsel to suggest that
Mrs. Merrill would for a consideration
stay of the witness stand at the lres-
ent hearing.
you know a Mr.. w. l.. Post OF 30
Church street. the Hudson Terminal
shi nv sishtu 10 A"N'
rll when leading up to the alleged de-
mand by the witness for payment by
Thaw to stay away.
Mrs. Merrill did not know of such
a man as w. l.. Post. She never heard
OF him. Mr.. Smith repeated and re-
peated his question in various forms.
Finally she exploded.
Il positively don't know the man 90
cried Mrs. Merrill loudly. Now do
get me once and for ALL"
You don't know of any reason per-
sisted the unruffied Mr.. Smith calmly.
why Mr.. Post should come into my
office and ask for money for you?'
mo, ] do not" Mrs. Merrill fairly
shouted.
But as Mr.. Smith pounded and
pounded steadily at the question Mrs.
Merrill finally admitted she might have
heard or read OF the nan" What had
she heard or read? She couldn't remem-
her. she said. after t%houghtfully placing
a forefnger to her cheek and thinking
deeply for several moments.
Immediately after the adjournment OF
the afternoon session the reporters tried
to get in touch with the only W. l.. ros'
listed in the telephone directory as hav-
ing offices in the Hudson Terminal
Building.
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Former TcndcrlOin Boarding
House Keeper Tells of
Seeing Girls Beaten.
EXCITED on THE STAND

Fifty-fourth streets and said that he still
held the rooms in the FIfty-fourth street
house on the night he killed stanford
White. Her direct testimony. which re-
uuired less than twenty minutes. FOL
lowed then, her story dwelling on the
chief points she had testified to In the
past about seeing Thaw in the act OF
beating girls in their teens.
She was a ready witness In direct ex-
animation. one might say an enthusiastic
one. She raised her arm dramatically to
show how Thaw had dashed the arms
and legs of his victims. When Thaw
took rooms In her Fifty-fourth street
house his frenzy when me ran to the as
slstance OF girls he was beating was
worse than ever" 1t had been down IN
the Forty-third street house, she said eN-
citedly, whereupon even counsel Tor the
state had to warn her she must not
characterize in her testimony.
But IT. was altogether another susan
Merrill a few minutes later when young
Mr.. Smith began TO ~cross-eNamine her'
She had not come to town of her own
free will. she insisted. Detectives and
policemen had brought her here by force.
Sc swore. last Friday. and almost all
the time since then she has been de-
tanned in New Jersey by "a great big
woman detective"
"You know cooed Mr.. Smitl. that
over in New Jersey these last few days
YOU were outside the jurisdiction OF TINS
State and did not have to come here
unless YOU wanted 20. don't your"
yes. but they made 1t SO hHrd Tor
me-" she spared p~etulantly. the they
meaning that even lawyers on her "
side were unkind to hey. 'They Just
stole mo away. that's what they did
Mr.. Smith started in then IN me
question Of whether she had sought money
, from the Thaw side just before the pres
ent hearing through an emissary. or De
fore that from Thiw by writing to him
Again and again the question had 10
he put to Mrs. Merrill before she many
hurst out with a statement hat she
| never had asked for money from the
Thaws except when sac demanded IN.
money me time that Mr.. Thaw had
promised her" In return for services.
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lTtpT T., FDSf WlS Onf I'M ms NH fIID
his law mariner said when renort,rs
asked for Mr. Pos, wben told of III.
mention of tho name Of ~ l.. POS, i'm
the Thaw hearing AIR post's n,rtrer
seemed greatly concerned Every of ri
would Il, made nj once. said Mr. Posts
mariner. 10 locate Mr. pos, And after no
had been found he would. said the mart
ner. surely talk 10 newsp,ner mon about
whatever he might or might not know
concerning n visit 10 MIR Smiths offices
by any one who gave the name of W.
l.. Post. Several hours later Mr.. Posi-
Judging from the lack of any word from
the lawyer or his partner. had not beeu
! found.
The %adjudging of Mrs. EVELYN Nesbit
Thaw in CONTEMPT and the issuing %,
a BODY attachment, to bring her back TO
, Manhattan from the mountain camp TO
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Evelyn Thaw Adjudged i'm Con-
tempt and Attachment
Writ Is Issued.
LEGAL MEN DISTURBED

Things began to hum--for reasons
that may only be guessed at-the min
ute various legal lights interested in the
larry Thaw insanity hearing came into
court yesterday morning some of the
lawyers were still reading or rereading
morning newspapers which gave detailed
recount OF the negative results OF Eve
Ign Nesbit Thaw's shopping trip here
on the States money the day before.
Preceding days of tedious readings in
stan.ly gave way TO whirling legal
wheels. A physician who had told
young Mrs. Thaw on Tuesday mat she
was physically unable to appear was
called to the stand and asked apou'
his activities. A body attachment de-
! claring Thaw's wife in contempt and
demanding that deputies be sent to
bring her back "forwith" from the
| A%dirondacks camp OF her vaudeville
partner, Jack clifford. was ISSUED by su'
preme Court Justice Hendrick.
The necessary papers were forwarded
last night and Mrs. Thaw will be
brought back by deputy sherifs from
Franklin county.
The States lawyers not only put or
the stand in the forenoon the most In
teresting IND loquacious witness so IA
produced, but told reporters they woulo
have Thaw take the stand himself thu
first thing this morning.
Lawyers Seek to Explain.
Court and lawyers agreed early tina
henceforth the sessions Will be called
half an hour earlier than In the past
adjourn an hour later in the afternoon
and, beginning with this evening. nigh
sessions will be held. Crowds wer'
packed into the court room more solid!
than on previous days. And finally
when some of the Deputy Attorneys-Gen
eral got "A few minutes for a smoke ii
the corridors they seemed to TO fec
impelled to devote eve these few min
utes of respite to fervent explanation
to the newspaper men why the previou
days stories told 10 the reporters b,
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and DR.. AustiI
Flint on the one hand did not Away
agree with stories Of Mrs. Thaw's tri
to town AS given out for publication
by attorneys for the tSate.
No reason-as intimated above-wa
forthcoming for the sudden outburst o
interesting happenings. All that ap
peared on the surface was that every
body put down his morning newspape
and waded right into hard work.
Of the things that did happen. the
the decision OF the forenoon session {
bring Thsw's wife bach TO town afte
having her here the day before an
letting her go divided interest with tn
all afternoon testimony given by Susa
a. Merrill. keeper OF the two Tenderloi
boarding houses in which Thaw. undo
the names OF Reed. Monroe and John
son, engaged rooms wherein he Is al
cused OF having beaten girls In thei
teens with dog whips.
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In Name of Mrs. Becker.

Although no attempt will be made 10
''drt a John Doe inquiry into the Ro-
,ruthsl case until after the result of the
appeal to the United States Supreme
'pnrt is known. John +. Mcintyre said
',sterday that when the proceeding is
''guu II will be in the name of Mrs.
Becker John Doe and Richard Roe Will
l' named as conspIring TO get Charles
~ and James Marshall to testify
'alscly against Becker In his second
IHl
Mr Mcintyre said he had great faith
n ne outcome of such an inquiry and
. merely waiting for W. Bourke Cock
an FIRST to make his appeal to the SUI
lr'W" Court.
n was said Yesterday that a city
"rIal now in office, was n OF the men
tanned hy Becker as among those with
Nolu ne had shared graft money.
When this report was brought to the
attention of Mayor Mitchell the Mayor
afd Il have not heard of IT and know
iorn. ug about II, but II the matter is
lrc.,uicd to me officially III investi-
tate
Nj Cochran will probably leave the
''y today 10 lay his appeal in Beckers
aso before the United States supreme
court. IT is believed he will make his
APPLICATION To chief Justice White. and
l"' lIstice Hughes. AZ has been re-
Iur'od.
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MOVESTOSAVE
BECKER REVIVE
FUND RUM0RS
Talk Heard of Hidden In
fIucnccs Working for
Condemned Man.
SEEKING TO CHANGE
WHITMAN'S DECISION

The tremendous activity in behalf Of
Charles Becker on the part of lawyers
wh, st different times hav been en-
gagged In his defence and the desperate
legal expedicrts they have devised IN
their attempts to save an admittedly
renn.less man from the chair have re-
ylyed all the old rumors of hidden in
nuerccs and secret funds used In his
behalf which have cropped out from
time 10 time since long before his
arst trial.
The proposed John Doe proceedings
into the death Of Big Tin Sullivan. by
which IL il hoped to prove that Sullivan
could have cleared Becker If he had
lived into the entire Rosenthal case.
10 show that Becker as the victim OF
a gamblers conspiracy the endless in
ierv.ews with persons intimately and
remotely connected with the case-a'l
have suggested the dictation OF a mas
ter mind working up public sentiment
,ha, might result in Gov. Whitman
waverlng from his fixed determination
that Becker must go TO the chair.
That there are no secret funds out
that there is a definite hope That the
publicity resulting from the present
legal steps will have weight with Gov.
Whitman was the belief voiced yes
,erday by men who have been officially
connected with the case since Herman
Rosenthal was snoi They pointed out
also that lawyers unsuccessfully en-
gagged in trials tina attracted the at
tention OF the entire country would
not be likely to quit until the last guf
has been fired.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-16
THOUSAND WORDS
rs ALL ONE NEEDS
In This List Is Nine-tenths OF all
Words Used by Average
Person..

IOWA CITY, Iowa, Dec. 1s.-ln
Of all we write we use
of only one thousand
words. By learning to spell these
words correctly, the average person
will rarely be guilty Of mistake IN
spelling.
This is, in substance, the informa,
ton which was given ESQ scnoo
superintendents and principals VINO
gathered here today for the second
annual conference on supervision helo
under the auspices of the college OF
education and the extension DIVISION
of the University Of Iowa.
Leonard P. Ayres, director OF tnv y,
division Of education Of the Russell
Sage foundation told of his work IN
selecting the one thousand founda.
ton words in spelling. Two Thousand
short letters we're examined ana !.
was discovered that the two thousano
writer's had used, in a total OF 2e'ooo
words, only 1000 different ones.
Director Ayres found that nine
words constituted one-fourth OF the
whole number written, while n1ty
with their repitions, made up one-nai,
Tho ton comrnonest words are the,
.ana - "of "to," "I," "a" en-" that,
"von" and "for." He also discovered
that there are three hundred woros
which stand about three-quarters o.
all the wear and tear on the lansuaee