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Show . ' ' ' THAT $5 ATLAS IS A WONDER ; ONLY A FEW MORE LEFT FOR SUBSCRIBERS "BEVOTCD GIRL-WIFE- DESCRIBES IN ALL ITS KVOLTiNti DETAILS STORY Of WHITE'S PERFIDY T0f HER . i Sketch by H. Richard Boehm Showing Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw in Court Because of Her Association With Archi- i tecf, She Refused Thaw's First Proposal Pro-posal of Marriage; She Spares Not Herself in Recital of Her Escapades. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, wife of the man charged with the murder of Stanford White, took the witness stand today to-day in defense of her husband, and told the story of her relations with the famous architect who was killed bv Thaw. It was a simple narrative, told in a girlish way. In ite midst the young woman broke down and cried and !ould only proceed with difficulty. y Her husband sat brave-faced for a while: then he, too, hurst into tears and buried his face for some time in a handkerchief. When he again looked up his eyes were red from weeping. j As the girl told the story to the twelve men in the jury box she paled to the whiteness of a sheet. Except when she broke down when going into details of her experience with Stanford White, she spoke in a clear, soft voice. On the witness stand she appeared for the first time in court unveiled, and her girlish beauty was remarked on all sides, a mass, of black hair framing a face of daintily molded features. Mrs. Thaw was upon the stand two hours. As she walked from the witness chair along the passageway back of the jury box, she felt along the wall with the finger tips of her left hand as if about to faint. , gins to 5H00T Having No Clue X That Andrew Bakis, a j? e fjr , the poor marksmanship ot I :-: i$'Ayj8' tis, who took two shots at hi W V7 Both shots were tired a jMm? ? have been partners in the 1 tA?m& 's&M'Mx&f K :'- months, and it is claimed t 4WN r ' arose over the division of th. 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''' ':r --kl-:- Thc e "har w th -he S!n K ivl lj' V ' ' '" 'evident intent of hitting the barber in s ' V V '- J rrJ'i'i 1' " . J f ' f f,rr,rr- Again the marksmanship i T;t . lt Wyft'' ' ' the would be murderer was poor. Th "'ij i'&tffi'J Si'VV Ull " Xiy'ir' '"V ' bullet enterM the clothing of Bakis to Vt ' ,hp r" the heart, slightly grazing Jr f i I ft vil 1 V V v? "'' V . '..',-',. when the rirst shot was fired, sprang 1 Vir-llWsT ifA A- ' ' VK ll VrT Al:- i' , ' '' vV -'"."' , his feet and grappled with his as.sailant. T f 'ilvlS iWVl il i ) M SV''V51'-- '-. '-JV - ' In the scuffle B-ki.s secured the re 'jt fj-. ' 'Vj ""A. 1 'lf ' ' !'''' ' ' ''r,i,n'? hi partner made nis escape 'V l -Vi V i 'X ffi) j! ' . ' vcl"'.'' noun. ed that he was dvir.g. The V. an "?! n Vt Vi 1 ) tft-tt' .fU tiiSA- - ' V4r Jv'. '.V , who had done the snooting told a Greek V. IJ kWHltl I '11" ritn-Vlu4v - 7'V"'"-' - whom he met that he had shot his part T J VWV - Y 1 5h ! VV 7fV f1-- ner and that he was going to knve him- fil Sj l! Hfl liW Police on the Spot. W NtAttaW It 'A ft H WH'-i"" . ; The p e were not:fied a few m n OA VAXS.V4i 1 Y U .tm- Vf. --'.-..i i'fa-U-lWV. ; '.:tes alter tho shoo-,ng ar.d -no pa-t.o WWiVll .-isft '-n 'y ' ""m"; Ral-brT'n r R"bert". an-" Tw- 'Vl At' tf&5r fV5' V- V ' ' yAif, ' ,ived Patrdmen Xn and TT;' VrrLi-V;i j H SCOJSED OPT MS W ! ARRIVES; COURTMflRTIAL 1M MYSTERY IS INCREASED ' T . . . - i NEW YORK, FEB. 7. THE AN NOUNCEMENT THAT EITHER THE MOTHER OR THE WIFE OF HAKE? K. THAW WOULD BE THE PRINCI PAL WITNE8S AT TODAY'S PRO CEEDINOS BROUGHT OUT AN UN USUALLY LARGE CROWD IN THE CRIMINAL COURT BUILDING. THE CORRIDORS WERE FILLED, AND SCORES OF PERSONS, MANY OF THEM WOMEN, TRIED EVERY POS BIBLE WAY TO FORCE THEM SELVES BY THE OFFICERS AT THE COURTROOM DOORS, BUT AFTER YESTERDAY S LAXITY THE BARS WERE PUT UP AGAIN AND VERY FEW WERE ALLOWED TO PASS. HOWEVER, HALF A SCORE OF WO-if WO-if MANAGED TO SUCCEED. ,T PSTICE FITZGERALD HAD JUST TVBZEN HIS SEAT UPON THE BENCH WHEN DELMAS OF THAW S COUNSEL REQUESTED THE CLERK TO CALL MRS. EVELYN NESBIT THAW. THE FAMILIAR FIGURE IN BLUE, NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH OUT HER VEIL, APPEARED FROM THE JUDGE'S CHAMBERS, SHE STOOD NEAR THE JURY BOX AS CLERK PENNY ADMINISTERED THE OATH. "I 8WEAR. ' ' REPEATED MRS. THAW IN AN AUDIBLE VOICE AT THE END OF THE FORMAL DECLA RATION. Mrs. Thaw took her place in the wit ness rhair calmly. Phe looked stoadiiv ahead at Delmas and gave her an gwers tr bis first questions in a cb-ar and firm voire. wnih wa s--ft in quality. Harry Thaw miled at hi wife r( he iralked tn the witness stand but she apparently did not hjn, at the mo ment. After she was seated, however, she smiled faintlv at the prisoner. Only 22 Years Old. Mrs. Thaw's beauty seemed height ened by the simplicity of her dress In the excitement of testifying her pale ness of the past two weeks fled before A rush of crimson tints in her cheeks. In answer to Mr. Dlrnss' first qnen tion Mrs. Thaw paid she was horn De cember 25. She tod of going to the Cafe Martin to dinner the evening of June 25 with her husband and Thomas Mc"a!eb and Truxfon Beale. "While you were at the r3fe Martin did vou see Stanford White f" "Yes." "At what time did you see bimf " "I don't know, it" was some tim fcfter we arrived." j WlghA of the Tragedy. j LrXier did you first see Him?" r Vmaing in at the Fifth Avenue en ''How long did you jiee hi!" "I don't Know. He passed through and went on to the baleonv." "Did you see him leave the ha conyf" 'Yei." 'While yon were in the Cafe Mar-s Mar-s , tin did yon call for a pencil!" t 4 . I - ' Ye. ' j ' ' Frm whom ? ' ' I think Mr. M.-("3h. Ho said he did not have one. Her Note to Harry. T ' i 1 i tin ask again for a pencil?" i ' ' N es. F got ,,ne from -.me one.'' ' ' ' I 'id on write a rote ? ' ' I i ' I did. -' i ' ' ' ' n w ha t ' ' slip of paper ''What did you do wi'l; it!'' j ''1 passed it' to Mr. Thaw." , "What did Mr. Thaw do ? " ' "He said to me 'Are you all right!' 1 I sa id 'Ves " "Affected ! " Jerome's ob.iection to the question was sustained Was there anything unusual in your manner that was visible to i others?" Hasn't the Note Now. ipain an oi.ioction was itained "Afte, tins how kiis did vou remain?" "''Th a snort 'inie " "Mrs T!.aw. have you that slip of paper pa-per now"" "I have no' "Have nu seen it sin'e''' "No "Did wh.a' vou wrote refer to White?" Jerome nroorTd ' After .n iof' the r"5iaumnt , ycu wen- to the Madison Roof Garden" ' asked r,e!mas "Yes ' "About wha 'ir. o was i'"' 'A hoi; t;o I'lldd'e rf ,lf firs' 3't. Thaw Seemed Natural. Mrs Thaw sa'd she sa; in the feats with Pa'e and M.-r'a'r. Hr husband '''' 'o !t,e ha' k of the theater, fhe said. Ho wa awav aho:;t flfion minutes, and xt-.n bo ri"iirn"fi ho took a ?eat beside be-side f-er "Hew 'orp did he rema'n a' ' our ude?" "A Soot ha f an hour I i' was his man no- rhen" ' P ?ppn-f) jn ho ahout 'he same as evor "'ho i:tc' froinp ewav from the J ra rden " 1 d did ' "The plav was not intero':n)t to you1" "Not , f,,. White Was Still There. How did v on .tar' w h.o-i vou went O'J f " ' ' 1 think 'hat Mr M."ilh and I were in 'he load and Mr Thaw and Mr. Beale followed i "How far had vou jrono when something j happened" " "Almost to the eov'or ' "How far wore vou from Mr. White I then ''" ' "About as far as the end of the Jury ! box " i "Vou paw Mr Whl'e n"1n there?" ! "I did " ( "IMd vou seo Mr Thaw then"' , "Not '"''! a minute or so afterward." i "I'ld you hear shots rirod"' i "Yes. lmmedlateiv tha' I saw Mr j White I heard the shots ' "What did vou sav' "I said to Mr M'eCaleh 'I think he ! has shot him ' "Did Mr. Thaw rorre over to where you wero?" "Vs I asked him what he had done, t He leaned over and kissed me and said , 'I have probably saved vour life ' " ' "What happened then-'" "I left." Married April, 1905. , "You were taken from there'" "Ves" 1 "You left and did not return'" ' "Yes." j "Vou said that you are the wife of the , defendant? "Yes " (Continued on Pae 7.) j 1 f sMilr mm 'mifm ' klfTORY , Of EXPEEiiENCE kelp. I said 'No. " . . She related her experience in the studio stu-dio and said she had posed until she was very tired and that White, who had come in, ordered food. The photographer photog-rapher had left and after they had lunched she went into a dreaaing-room to remove her kimona and put on her dress. "I shut the door while X was Inside, Mr. White cam to the dor and asked If I wanted any Help. I said 'No.' " She -testified that she drank but one glass of champagne and when she was dressed she got into a carriage and was taken back to the hotel. Met White Alone. "The next night I got a note from Mr. White asking me to eome down to the studio for a luncheon after the theater the-ater with some of his friends. I went down to the Twenty-fourth street studio again and fonnd Mr. White, and no one else there. 'What do von think! ' he said to me, 'the others nave turned us down.' "Then I told him I had better go home, and he told me that I had better sit down and have some fruit. I took off my hat and coat. Mr. White told me he had other floors in the garden, and that I had not seen all of bis places. "So he took me np some stairs to the floor above, where there were verv beautiful decorations, and a piano. 1 played for him and he took me into another an-other room. That room was a bedroom. On a small table stood a bottle of champagne cham-pagne and one glass. Mr. White poured out just one glass for me. and I paid no attention to ft. Mr. White went away, came back and said: Win Turned Ear Bead. " 'I decorated thia room myself.' Then he asked me why I was not drinking drink-ing my champagne, and I said I did not like it, it tasted bitter. But he persuaded per-suaded me to drink, and I did. "A few moments after I had drank it there began a pounding and thumping thump-ing in my ears, and the room all got bllek." Mrs. Thaw was almost in tears at this statement. "When I awoke ray clothes had all been taken off me. I stsrted to scream. Mr. White got up and threw a kimono on me. As I sat up I saw mirrors all around the bed. I be can to scream - V - (Continued From Page 1.) - . "Yv hen were you married? : T April 4. 1$0. Where 7" "In Pittsburg, at the residence of Dr. . McEwan, pastor of the Third Presbyterian Presbyte-rian church." "Who were present V I think Mr. Joslah Thaw, Mr. Thaw's brother," the witness went on. after a moment., , Thaw Proposed In 1903. "When had Mr. Thaw proposed for the first timer '"In June, 1903. In Parts." -"At that time did ru refuse him?" "Tea." Were the reasons for your refuesl besed on an event in your rife with which Mr. White waa connected?" Otttectlon was sustained. "Did you state In explaining your refusal re-fusal that It .had something to do with Stanford White?" Tos." "State what happened." ' 'Mr. Thaw told mo that he lored me : and wanted to marry me. I stared at ' him for a moment and then he said " 'Don't yon care for me?' and X - said that I did. He a&ked me what waa the' matter. I said 'nothing.' 'Why won't you marry ms?' he said. "He put his hands on my shoulder and asked: 'Is it because of 8tanf ord White?' and I said 'yes." "Then he told me he would never love any one else or marry any one else. I started to cry. He said he wanted me to tell him the whole thing. Then I began to tell him how X first met Stanford White. "Be kind an ouch to remember you are to omit." said Del mas. "In relating the narrative of what you told Mr. Thaw, the name of any other-person save that of Mr. Whle. Now continue." WrS She Met White. "3-ounf lady asked my mother several 1 1 miW to let me go out with her to lunch. She Came again and again to roe before I . sent her to my mother, and she said 'ail right.' "On the day I was to go my mother dressed me and I went with Miss , the other young lady. In a hansom, hoplnjr we would go to the ballroom bec&use I wanted to see It. But we went straight down Broadway, through Twenty-fourth street, up to a dingy looking door. The young lady jumped out and asked me to again, and Mr. White asked me to keep quiet, saying that it was all over. "When he threw the kimone over me he left the room. 1 screamed harder than ever. I don't remember how I got my clothes on. He took me home and I eat np all night crying." White Sat on the Bed. "Where was Mr. White when you recovered re-covered t" "He was upon the bed beside me, undressed. un-dressed. ' ' "What did he say afterward t" "He made me swear that I would never tell my mother about it. He said there was no use in talking, and the greatest thing in the world wss not to get found out. He said the girls in the theaters were foolish to talk. He laughed afterward." "Was Mr. Thaw excited when you told him these things?" "Yes, he was excited and walked up and down the room. We sat np all night. He said it was not my fault; that no one could blame me, and that I was only an unfortunate girl, and that he did not think any the less of me," Thaw Proposes Again. "Did he offer to marry vou again t" "Yes: and I told him that if I did marry him the friends of Stanford White would laugh at him and at me. as they suspected our relationship, if they did not know." roiiow ner. "By the way, what was the date of that event?" asked Delmas. "As nearly as I can remember It was In August. 101." "Yon were then 16 years old?" "Yes." "Tour mother dressed you to go?" "Yes." , "I must caution vou to tell only what you told Mr. Thaw' "I will," said the witness. "The dinar door opened, nobody seeming to open it. We went np some steps to another door which opened to some other apartment. I stopped and i a&ked the young lady where we were going and she said 'It's all right.' A ! man's TOice called down 'Hello.' " ! "Did you see the man then?" No." "When did you?" "When we rot to the top of the stairs." "Who was ft?" "It was Stanford White. "What did you find In the room or studio to which you went?" "A table set for four." "This is all what you told Mr. Thaw?" asked Jerome. "It was." replied the witness. "I told him everything." There was a halt in the testimony here, while Jerome and Delmas whispered. "How were you dressed?" asked Delmas. Del-mas. Hair Down Eer Back. "I wore a short dress with my hair terf" asked Justice Fitzgerald. "Its contents have direct reference to the statements made by the witness to Mr. Thaw, and is an evidence of the effect upon the mind of Mr. Thaw of the statements so made," replied Mr. Delmas. "If it were proper to admit the statement state-ment of Mr. Thaw after the shooting, 'he has rained my wife,' " argued Delmas, Del-mas, "is it not proper to admit a statement made after the defendant had learned the facts to show what the effect of them was upon his wifet" Delmas said that he did not have his authorities at the moment. It was then 12:25 o'clock, and Delmas Del-mas asked for an adjournment until 2 o'doik. The witness told Thaw that It would not be well to marry, owing to his family. fam-ily. Mrs. Thaw recovered her composure after she got over the most sensational part of her story. Many of the women in the courtroom were crying, and the most intense silence prevailed. Life as Artist's Model Mrs. Thaw said that she had told Thaw about her early life with her mother and of her financial difficulties. Themoney she earned as an artist's model she gsve to her mother. That was their only means of support. "ttnally I met Mr. Carroll Beekwith, the artist, in December. 1900, and he engaged me to pose for him, sometimes twice a week. He gave me letters of introduction to other well-known artists, ar-tists, and I posed for them." "Did vou tell Mr. Thaw all this!" "I did." "Did you tell him how much money you made!" "Yes; it was $17 or $18 a week." Gets Place on Stag e. Then, the witness continued, she applied ap-plied for a position upon the stage. The first manager to whom she applied said "That was not a baby farm," and they did not wast to take her. "I danced for the manager, and he offered me a place, directing me not to tell how old I waa." down my back." TjfV witness said they went up into an-otryoom an-otryoom where a big Japanese umbrella ws 'tns-tns;. i objected. Trie Witness said that afterward they went for a drive to the park and returned, to the house with White. She said when she sot home she told her mother everything every-thing that happened. "Did your mother subsequently receive a letter from Stanford White?" yes." "Wait was In the letter?" Mother Called on White. "It asked my mother to call on Mr. White at No. 160 Fifth avenue." -When your mother returned did she tell anything ?" "She dld.,T "What did your mother tell your "He asked her to take me to a dentist den-tist and have my teeth fixed and for her to have her own fixed too." "She said J No, that It was a very strange thing.' Mr. White told her that he did that for the other girt- "When did you see White sgaint" Bought Her Furs. "I saw him in the studio. I got a note from him inviting me to a party and saying a carriage would be awaiting await-ing me npon the corner. Before be had sent me a hat, a feather boa and a cape. There was another man and girl with o." "Where did you got" "To the studio in Madison Souare "When did yon first meet Thaw!" "In 1WL" "How many times had yon seen him between then and 19031" "I had only seen him once in the meantime." "Were you ill during any of this timet" "Yes; I had to go to a hospital." "When yon saw Mr. Thaw in 1903, did you tell him about going to school f " "I told him that Mr. White had sent me to school." She Goes to Hospital. The witness told of her sickness and the operation to which she was obliged to submit, and of Thaw's kindness to her at that time, which was early in 1903. After her recovery. Thaw arranged ar-ranged the European trip for the witness wit-ness and her mother. Thaw followed them to Europe. Here reference waa made te a letter that Thaw wrote to the witness while she waa abroad, and Delmas sought to introduce it as evidence. Jerome objected. ob-jected. "What is the relevancy of the let- tower. We bad a very nice time there. - Mr. White said I was only to have one flass of champagne and that I was to e brought home early. I was brought home early to the door of my house. I told Mr. Thaw that we had several parties gf this kind in the tower." "Did yon see Mr. White again t" "Yea, he came to see my mother, told her that Z would be all right In New Tork and that he would take care of me." Mrs. Thaw said she met White in September, 1901. in a studio in East 22nd street. The door opened of itself, it-self, and the house looked at flrst as though-no one lived there. She said that rf went jp stairs and met Mr. Whir- a photographer and another man 2 "Wi.it did yon see there t" "Ttere . waa a . lot of expensive gowns there." ? 4 What happened t" "I., went into the dreaaing-room to put on the dress. Mr. White knocked at ' the door and asked if I seeded any ' -T |