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Show JEROME fINDS " EVELYN LESS EM TO MANPLt IN CROSS TESTIMONY THffN EXPECTED Thaw's Child Wife Proves Herself Clever at Parrying Thrusts of Wily District Attorney; No Cast Ever Made of Undraped figure, She Declares; Jerome Tries to Connect Her With Various Divorce Cases; White Wrote Her Many Letters. DISTRICT ATTORNEY JEROME CROSS EXAMINING MRS. HARRY K. THAW. - Drawn From, a Telegraphic Description of the Scene In the Courtroom. NEW YORK,' FEB.. 20. THERE WAS A GREAT RUSH OF PEOPLE TO SEE EVELYN NESBIT THAW UNDER THE ORDEAL OF CROSS-EXAMINATION CROSS-EXAMINATION IN THE CRIMINAL COURTS BUILDING THIS MORNING, BUT ONLY THOSE PROVIDED WITH SPECIAL CREDENTIALS FROM THE COURT WERE PERMITTED TO ENTER EN-TER THE ROOM WHERE THE TRIAL OF HARRY K. THAW IS IN PROGRESS. EVEN UNDER THESE RESTRICTIONS, HOWEVER, EVERY AVAILABLE SEAT WAS OCCUPIED WHEN COURT CONVENED. DISTRICT ATTORNEY JEROME WAS EARLY IN THE COURTROOM PREPARING FOR HIS DAY'S WORK. v DELMAS WAS A FEW MINUTES LATE IN ARRIVING. HE CAME UP BEHIND THAW, WHO SAT IN HIS ACCUSTOMED CHAIR, AND PATTED HIM AFFECTIONATELY ON THE BACK. THAW SMILED UP AT HIM, AND FOR A MOMENT THEY WHISPERED WHIS-PERED TOGETHER, EACH WITH HIS ARM ABOUT THE OTHER'S SHOULDERS. Mrs. Evelyn Thaw was immediately recalled that Jerome might continue hLs cross-examination. She was dressed precisely pre-cisely as she has been on every day since the trial began. Her face was slightly flushed as she totk her place in the witness chair with her usual smile for her husband. Her Picture in Kimona. Delmas moved his chair inside the rail and seated himself beside the witness wit-ness box. When Mrs. Thaw saw him she smiled faintly and turned her eyes to the District Attorney, who stood before her. The District Attorney began be-gan by showing Mrs. Thaw a photo4 graph of herself take in a kimona,' and asked if she could recall the date of the picture. "I think it was taken in 1904." "Where did you live after your return re-turn from Euro'pe in 1904 until the time of vour marriage?" Mrs. Thaw gave eight or nine addresses. ad-dresses. "Was the defendant present when this photograph in a kimona was taken f" "I don't think so." "Did not the kimona belong to the defendant?" "No." Thaw Gave It to Her. "Did not he take the kimona to the studio that day!" "I don't tnink so." "Did not the defendant give you the kimona ? ' ' "Yes." (Continued on Page 2.) "Hare yon a eopy of the letter you wrote Mr. White from Boulogne! ,f "No." "Do you remember ita contents!" : "No' ' ' j ;"How many letters did you give Mr. Thaw!" "Fourteen." She testified that she gave the fourteen four-teen letters to Thaw in Paris in 1903. Afterwards she received them from Thaw's valet and gave them to Thaw again, presumably after he had shot White. All of these letters were received from White while she was abroad in 1903 and were given to Thaw. "Where are those letters now f" "I don't know." Other Letter! in Paris. "When did you see them last!" "In Pria in 1903." "Have you been interrogated by the counsel for the defense as to their contents!" con-tents!" "No." "Do you remember their contents t" "Only in a general way." Jerome questioned the witness at length regarding letters which were placed in a warehouse before she went to Europe and taken out after her return. re-turn. "What became of those letters!" . "I gave them to Mr. Thaw." ' Mrs. Thaw fenced with the District Attorney quite skilfully at times, keeping keep-ing her wits well about ber. on this occasion that Fisher said he was not running a "baby farm." He finally fin-ally agreed to take Miss Nesbit. , ''How long did you play in 'Floro-dorat' 'Floro-dorat' ", "After several weeks in the chorus, I went into the cast. Late in July t went with 'The Gejsha.' " ' -' VhTf moter came 'or you every "Yes: until I met Stanford White." Meets Stanford White. "Who introduced you to White t" - "Edna Goodrich." "Where did you meet Miss Goodrich!" Good-rich!" "At the theater in 'Florodora.'" "You and she were friends!" "Yes." "Did you'see very much of her!" . "Not much." "When Edna Goodrich introduced you to Stanford White, was that the first time you had been anywhere with her!" "Yes." Went Out With Garland. "During the time you were in the 'Florodora company had you ever been out!" "Yes." "With whom!" "With mamma and Mr. Garland." "Where did you meet Mr. Garland!" Gar-land!" "At the boarding-house on Forty-eighth Forty-eighth street." "Did you ever write any letters to him!" "I don't remember. I might." "Your mother was not pleased with Mr. garland's attentions to you!" Continued on page 6. EVELYN THHW PROVES CLEVER WITNESS; QUICK TO REPLY TO JEROME A. Jerome spent an hour or more on the subject of White's letters, Mrs. Thaw declaring that the fourteen letters which were turned over to Hartridge were the only ones she positively knew were in existence. When Jerome would ask occasionally a very pointed question, evidently for the purpose of tripping up the "witness, Mrs. Thaw would reply with an emphatic em-phatic nod of her head, "X didn't say that." "You are sure these fourteen letters in Mr. Hartridge 's hands are the only ones in existence" "There may be some in a trunk." "Where is the trunk!" "In Paris." "Whereabouts in Paris!" Quarreled With Mother. Mrs. Thaw gave the name of ji warehouse ware-house in the French capital. "Didn't you in 1903 take letters from a warehouse in this cityf "Yes; I took some at that time." "Weren't aome sent you afterward!" after-ward!" . "Yes; from the trunk in the warehouse." ware-house." Mrs. Thaw said the goods in the warehouae were stored in her mother's name, and there was a quarrel over letting her have anything. Stanford White aranged to get the trunk out, however. Forgot Where They Are. "I don't remember anv letter in the trunk, however," added Mrs. Thaw. "Why did you not give Thaw all of Stanford White's letters instead of just some of them!" "I didn't say that." "You said some were in a trunk in Paris." "I said they might be." "Didn't you retain some letters!" "I don't know that I did." "Thaw was pressing you all the time to give him all the details of this affair af-fair with Stanford White, wasn't he!" "Yes." "You gave him the letters before your marriage!" "Yes." Betums to Her Story. Jerome here dropped the subject of letters and turned to Mrs. Thaw's story to her husband. "How long were you unconscious in that .Twenty -fourth street house at the time of your experience with Stanford White!' ' "I don't remember." "Was it after midnight that you became be-came unconscious!" ' "Yes, I think it was." "Was it before daylight!" "Y?s, before daylight," replied Mrs. Thaw after hesitating. Jerome read from Mrs. Thaw's direct testimony the statement that she sat up all that night. She replied that she meant the rest of the night after she had been taken home. She Meets "Ted" Marks. "When did you first meet 'Ted' Marks!" "I think it was in 1900 or early in 1901 in New York." "You received letters from him!" "Yes." "Up to that time your relations with yonr mother were friendly!" "Yes." "There was nothing to show that your mother was willing to sacrifice you for a pecuniary consideration?" "No." ' (Continued from Pmps !) Jerome exhibited another photo and asked when it was taken. Late in 1901, I think." "Were you acting at that time!" "Yea." "What compmyt" "Florodora.5' "Was this a Florodora costume!" "No. It was the red dress mr- mother made me, and the red cape Stanford White gave me." Tries to Tangle Her. "How 'long didvyou live in Philadelphia!" Phila-delphia!" , Jerome continued as on yesterday to jump from one part of the story to another, keeping as far as possible away from a sequence of events. "I don't remember just how long we lived in Philadelphia.'1' "How old were you then!" i "Fourteen." , Jerome by his next few questions in-. in-. dieated that he did not intend to spare the feelings of the young woman in any way. He interrogated her sharply as to the details of her dress when she was posing for artists in Philadelphia and New York. He persisted in certain cer-tain questions even after Delmas had objected, and insisted on having defi-' defi-' site answers, though Mrs. Thaw usually usu-ally said she could not remember. Dresses for Her Posing. "Was there any exposure of the per-son, per-son, or did you wear the so-called artistic ar-tistic draperies!" "I would not say that," replied the witness. "I posed in Greek dress and Turkish Turk-ish costumes." Jerome persisted with questions as to the exposure of the person, and Mrs. Thaw replied: "I posed with low -neck draperies af- ' ter I wae upon the stage." , "The pictures were like those ordinarily ordi-narily seen in photographers' windows!" win-dows!" Mr. Delmas objected to this, and Mr. , Jerome withdrew the question. Garran Helps Jerome. During the cross-examination Assist-' Assist-' ant District Attorney Garvan sat behind be-hind Jerome studying the notes and from time to time prompted his chief. Soon after the morning session began the District Attorney's messenger en tered, carrying a large number of packages, apparently a consignment of photographs. Later the messenger came in again with a large bundle of letters. Dr. B. D. Evans, the alienist, was also missing from the courtroom today for the first time since the trial began. "Where did you and your mother live after coming to New York!" "In West Thirty-eighth street, between be-tween Fifth and Sixth avenues." "What was your first theatrical employment!" em-ployment!" "With the 'Florodora' company." "And you contributed to the family support!" rYes." Picture In Magazine. "Didn't you take a photograph of yourself to the Broadway magazine for publication!" "Yes." "And it was published under the name of Evelyn Florence!" "Yea." "This was before you went upon the stage!" "Yes." "And the reporters came to your house for more pictures!" "Yes." "Did you become acquainted with Ted Marks!" "Yes." Marks is a vaudeville manager. "And received letters fromlim!" "Yes." "Were those letters among the packages pack-ages you burned- after taking them from a storage warehouse in this city!" Delmas objected and was sustained. Visit to Warehouse. "Didn't you visit a warehouse with a lawyer!" Yen. ' ' "What was his name!" "Mr. Hartridge." "Did you take some letters out of the house!" "No." "Examine any while there!" "No." "Didn't you visit the warehouse with another lawyer!" "Yes." "What was the lawyer's name!" "Warren, I think." Had Letters From White. "Have you any letters from Stanford White!" "I did have." ters introduced yesterday and identified by Mrs. Thaw were written by Stanford White to another girl. "Where are Stanford White's letters!" let-ters!" "Mr. Hartridge has some of them." Jerome demanded the production of the letters. Thaw's counsel made no response. "Did you give these letters to Mr. Hartridge!" "No." "Who did!" "Mr. Thaw." "You gave them to your husband." "Yes." Her Testimony Faulty. "Was there a single word of impropriety impro-priety or indecency in the letters from White to you!" "I don't remember." "Did you keep all of Mr. White's letters!' "No." Delmas was on bis . feet instantly. "There is nothing in this case that is even an intimation of such a thing. If I have said anything to lead the learned District Attorney to believe that I think this unfortunate mother sacrificed her dsughter, I wish to emphatically deny it.'r Doesn't Blame Mother. "In all the troubles yon went through." continued Jerome, "you never thought anything but that your mother showed a lack or judgment! ' "No." "What were in the letters 'Ted' Msrks wrote you!" , "I can't remember everything. He said he had seen my picture in the papers pa-pers and would like to place me on the stage." She first met Marks at the Grand opera-house at a Sunday night concert. She could not, remember what Marks talked abont, but he said nothing about the stage. . She did not remember how long she was with Marks that Sunday evening. She remembered going to a restaurant with Marks, but did not know whether it was that night or not. Her Mother Advised Her. Jerome asked what Mrs. Nesbit thought about her daughter going on the stage. "Mamma said I ought not to go without with-out her. - She said the . show was all right, but she ought to go along." 7 'At this time did you know Francis Belmont or Edna Goodrich!" "No." "Or James A. Garland!" "No." Jerome next asked about a man named Hoppe or Hopley. He pressed her closely about this man. and wanted to know if he had not lived at the same honse with her. "Not while I lived there," she said positively. "Have you seen him since those days in 1901!' "I may have passed him on the street." "I 'don't mean that way." "No," said Mrs. Thaw, with a stamp of her foot. Gets Place on Stage. Mrs. Thaw, under questioning, went through the story of her visit to the office of Fisher, a theatrical manager. They had a letter from Marks. It was ; : THAW TrJJL (Continued from page a.) No Quarrel About Garland.'' fYou had no. quarrel with- your mother about him T" . . 4No." ' ;' "ire was a married mant" ' ,Yes.'.' - - "You went yachting with himf " '? Yes,-mamma and I went on Saturdays." Satur-days." r,Your mother was not pleated with that!" . , "Oh, yes, but she was seasick." 4 'Is it not true that in the spring of 1901, so far as your relations with your mother were concerned, that you were getting unruly, that your mother still stuck by you, that a married man Delmas Makes Objection. v At this point Delmas interposed an objeetion to Jerome reading from what he termed a statement ty Evelyn Thaw's mother. "If the District Attorney wants the mother's testimony he should, produce her upon the stand," he said. "I'd like to, but that is impossible. Yoa know where she is," said Jerome. The question regarding Evelyn be coming unruly was allowed to stand. ' No. ' ' she answered decidedly. "Is it not true that that married man was James A. Garland, and that he was getting a divorce, and that you and your mother frequently quarreled about him!" "Not indeed.." "Is it not true that you went alone with him upon the yacht t" "Mamma and I, yes." : ' Were you made a co-respondent in Mr. Garland's divorce suit!" Named as Co-Bespondent. Delmas objected. The record, he said,' was the best evidence. Jerome withdrew with-drew the question. "Who was present upon the yacht besides be-sides your mother, Mr. Garland and yourself!" "No one. The men who worked the yaoht were there." ' "You went in the yacht almost every ev-ery Saturday I" - "No, but we went several times." "This was when you were playing in Florodora'l" "Yes." 1 ' Did George Lederer have anything to do with your going into the 'Floro-dora'eastt'1 'Floro-dora'eastt'1 "Not that I know of." Didn'tjPose in Nude. "During this time' did you ever pose for an artist in the nudef" "Never." "Ever have any casts made in the nudet" "No." "Do you know Mr. Wells, a sculptor!" sculp-tor!" "No." "How long did you know Mr. Garland!" Gar-land!" . "Not lonjf.". Garland Not Annoying. "When did your acquaintance with him cease!" "When I met Stanford White." "Isn't it true that. Mr. Garland became be-came very annoying when you lived at a certain apartment-house!'' " "No." "Isn't it true that his annoyances caused your mother to get the telephone tele-phone girl to refuse to send up his eard!" "I never heard of it." "Did your mother meet you every evening at the theater!" "Yes; except when Stanford White came." "Did you ever go to Hector's, Burns' or Jack's to supper!" "I remember going once with mamma and another lady." Showed Brother's Letter. "Did your brother Howard ever go to the .theater for you!" "I think he did once when mamma was sick. " "Did vou go home with him!" "Yes.'' "Do you know your brother's writing!" writ-ing!" "Yes." "Is this his signature!" Jerome showed the witness a document, docu-ment, concealing all but the bottom of the last page. "Yes: I think it is his signature," replied Mrs. Thaw. At this point the court took luncheon lunch-eon recess. |