| Show OLD STORY RETOLD BY EVELYN VELYN NESBIT Decks Cleared and Wife Child Wife Turned Over for Cro Cross Cross- s- s Examination m ti f r 4 Sirs Thaw rote roto Twice J e I to Stanford White After Ht lur Hiiro's s First Proof Pro Pro- Iro- Iro ja-aI ja ot of Ily 1 I. I New York Feb 1 Onder the Or sting if cn CI s s toda tolay to- to da lay i Evelyn elyn Nesbit h haw i atm an admission ad- ad mission di ow CW Thaw th t cl out or of his imis chah t cach anxiously the face Caco of o hi his re t young oung She admItted to elome that a few I weeks after that lint ra a tul ful Intel vIet fw with I Thaw itt In t Purls at racking nerve nerve which asted through the th In which as 8 her liet reHOn for COl his of oC marriage mar mar- oC it the Iles to which she had been b she from had 0 letters to White I S I Thaws Thaw's face at tIme the revelation I he locked hl his Ha hals PUl Is I sl and he h. h s med about to lo rl rland and then themi and th lit e beech a sian At that p nt at Jerome abruptly exuded his toll the tho lay And Amid yet t ugh the smiled hl his satIsfaction sat sat- l- l at ti m that tb-at hl hIs t hal had br gut out young Mrs Irs gave then ito 80 fr I so and amid wIth wih such tuch i 1 dines that there h Is more than tm 1 un-u un abilIty that the bar har- assed young wot n has hus made time the full Cul confession item item- hU bands band's eye begged which I be e at atthe atthe the loper tinn lm Rules t ho or of the exam cross cros c caine nC that the 5 I aware or of the tho trend of f eve when Jeromo haul had opened f. f l he o J proceedings ha liati dragged the then had nau Hl been long bug acrimonious acrimonious acrimonious acri acri- s among tho the counsel as aim to lo J Jerome rome lighting for or delay Delma th the advantage d U of foi forcing dug hI taken laken at a disadvantage e fight fight- Itji little Mrs Irs Thaw sat at Ih listlessly in itt f witness chair scorn scorn- em litte little log how the gage of or battle butle enl lie he had liar had a long utah and wearisome wearisome- rf on Ott the Mund Klund going i over ovet once rim m nir Ih time the details of th the evil evildoings evildoings evi 1 doings of or St ford Si ford White as they had thrown lit thel over over- U I her hel life an and I that of or time the the al at the Iho bar bai bol lI I Her r hands la lay HP I In lien her lap her hel face ace was wa as pale pall a U her bet eyes dimmed from rom lack lael of oC ond d otal DUe tears lears tear Then enly 3 Judge Fitzgerald lUI ruled d r Jerome and forced fot-ewi him hint to lo tal his co cross s at once onice and I S i m. minute Evelyn Nesbit Int Into the tho was greatest ordeal deal o of her hr pa l n career Save Save for forth forthe forthe th the 0 vord Id I'd that Delmos might throw hertt wand and then she hf had passed passed pass pass- I ed heon 18 fowel power in him profoundly rOU I hand hands that Hint have o been vu waiting ri i f the tho opportunity to to j tear r. r to lo po possible the tIme stor story which she he had around the this Inv Ini- periled I II of or her Imer hu husband band heavy brow brov rasping voice s ter s armed with wih lien her mo mot 1 statements who brought her tal her friends and relative with lh t of the tue entire poll police at nt com stood before her and Jhc tc hattie AH H on the on-the the woman's womans low again l power of ot the time police an anti ami I In of the Iho law u Cou clore break the lie y th l was wu t upon lip so- so luton cl ono In itt II t COUI realized hun hung P fate Cato of the prisoner at tle liC bat bar batI I I I Is still lill Ul unsolved jj Jh- lom d b hUt l made mado a 3 beginning beginning- wh when n on Pago Eight Eight I I OLD STORY RETOLD I B BY EVELYN NESBIT I Continued from front p page pago go 1 court tool took a recess until tomorrow morning Today ruay ho but laid his lines hines Ins giving nt tin the same sanie time an nn thou ion ton of at t what t w was s comIng ho will take up Ull his hits work Iii In II dead earnest farnsl Mrs Thaw will wi resume tie tho rs t stand tomorrow morn morning In tim and bv by nl nightfall we wc should know what of or her hI marvelous story must be bc thrown out nut of or calculation In reckoning on the tile VIM rev rev- diet S Of that which Jerome brought out in tho thirty minutes of or actual questioning fues- fues cues ques Honing there Is little of ot consequence save as to the tho admission of letter ietter written to lo White hUe The manner In which It I was se secured secured se- se p- p cured will wi serve to Illustrate th thin tho method method meth meth- od OIl of or the prosecutor In lii this effort erfort or nf his ils ear career el Picture the silent trial the Jurist his chair chai drawn close to tho the witness stand li lit hit t toning ng Intently with sidelong glances r at nt tho wife girl on the rack the spectators spec spec- Jerome striding striding bending forward orwald ing back hack and forth within the Ow en enclosure en- en el- el closure where sits a a Delmas ready with pertinent objections Thaw leanIng leaning lean lean- ing upon hi his itis elbows his eye cc fixed on his wife who searches narrowly narro the face of the tue prosecutor and amid strive to o read his hits thought thought In advance ad of t time the th spoken word Darkness has fallen alien and tIme the chamber is aglow with wih yellow electric lights ts Jerome has dragged el her um through a maze mae of or questions ihs that have hase P ha lown fown to pin tho tue witness winess down Secure Secure- ly Jy to statements previously ma made e on direct examination lie le read sections section of or lice her testimony touched lightly upon her childhood upon her hr life lre in Philadelphia on her experiences on em Oi the lt sta stage leaping heaping back hac and forth apparently apparently ap ap- nJ- nJ without causo cause or purpose unit un un- ti it at lengths length he lie fixes her surely in iii II Europe a a. few row weeks after the conversation con con- with wih Thaw in Paris You were In Iii Boulogne in 1903 he 10 asked Yes sho she replied nodding her lur head heal as Is h her r manner real readily ca eager eager- Ib M- M have simple situ sim Im- Im ly b y glad apparently to so plc Ic a question propounded to Lo her Who was there thero with you ou ho My Iy mother mothel A And ml who else els Xo No one Was Vas that lint before or after the dr di dl had hal of offered red himself In mar inai- Jago to you ou he hc asked askell turning hi his face faco awa away and studying tile the skyline out of the tho window It I was sas after that she replied keeping her gaze aze fixed on nn ii his hh face With his gaze ze still sti out ou of or the window winlow win- win low dow Jerome asks 5 I Did Dil you OU Oti write an any an letters from flom romu Boulogne to l persons r ns In America Yes Ye she replies s sunny simply To whom did clil un you oU write from Bou- Bou lo ne lo to America to Thaws Thaw's face ace Is now centered upon the he lips of or his wife as ho lie leans far forward orward to catch her bet answer For an Instant she averts her gaze and then thenis thel as is simply as she has answered any other question without any urging urging giving lvIn Jerome in fact what he seeks eel angling she replies oldies I 1 think I I oto one cite letter leter or possibly pos- pos sibly ibl two two two-I I dont don't remember exactly exactly- to o Stanford While hl Thaws Thaw's face twitched convulsively cOI a aho athe a as ashe ho the words fell lel from her lip lips witched twitched as she had described it earlic In iii n the day lav when she told toll how host ho lie had hal received thc the news when White hite de declared it I cared he lie would et cl her hack back Ills lands hands Interlocked ed and ho lie half hal rose roc from rom his teat seat on oil Jerome Jeromo smiled oiled sardonically went ent That Thiat was after aCler lar Harry Thaw had bad i el marriage to lo you ou 1 I Yes you ou also cable I r dont don't think so O was the reply I earnestly somewhat emphatically Sn S Sh l ift lc tc- tc S 1 An if she ShO she stuck suck Vii to the thc statement That l' l she he did lid not liot send the thc cable message to o White whereupon abruptly asked for Cor a a recess Thaw haw cast one searching glance ft at his wife as he lie rose rosc roseo to o depart and stalked from the room Mrs Irs Thaw looked Inquiringly at H Jud Judge e Fitzgerald Fitzgerald and getting getting- her dismissal Into the lie witness room loom There herc was sas in lii her manner manUe no iso intimation of belief belet that she had done lone tile the tle great cau cause causo o harm She departed a as she has I always alwa's gone like a schoolgirl released from her studies for fuit the he day I For tho the rest her examination had bad bean beams productive of oC those these thee facts e each wrung flom mom her by sharp pointed Irons from Jerome During During tho the year car 1902 she soe had been in iii n receipt of 25 5 per pei week from rem th the Mercantile Trust company as long IonS an nM she was not playing at the theatre She admitted this although Jerome lad hind hal some souse in getting eting from lom her adli admissions ions that thai cheeks checks and amid receipts ts landed handed to her bore her si signature nature Time The Source of oC this Income was left lef for or the present to the iii Ima imagination She Was as certain that the thc sensational sensation sensation- al Incident with which she had named Stanford White occurred occuLTed on the night of oC tho the day following on which she po posed ed for photo photographs in iii a n kimono for White Ito or Jerome pinned her down accurately rt ly to this day lay for 01 which jUl purpose we may learn later Old hl o Lo 10 0 St Story I With an incredulous balance as asi thou though h doubting hl hla itis s seriousness she rime he assured ed Jerome that when she refused to marry Harr Harry Thaw she sho loved loc him him devotedly When did you first become aware of oC the lie fact that you OU had he been en madea mado made a respondent co-respondent In itt the I divorce case Jerome demanded suddenly apropos of nothing in hi PlU particular ular If I he lie thought to to take the tho young man unawares unaware tho the plot fell rel lat Hat flat I I She smiled placidly a as Del Delmas mg thundered an objection objection- n Jerome os- os os ostentatiously sent 0 lh the i Tho hl ha had not I RP L out of Of- of lie tUe room before DelMas had iad 1 withdrawn 1 the Abjection t t. t Ir knew when 1 I read It I In th the newspapers ne was her t ph And d all l' l of Jerome's vigor skill and thU lH not shake the he answer tte Hc kept her un under C the whip about bout forty forty- forty five five minutes In al ail alM During that lint time she made mace tho lie about the letters to White hie acknowledged the of or the I receipt monc money from trust company but hut never nc cr ll did she 1 blanch un under er Jerome's firs h never hover er did sh sho shU 10 lose hose 0 her childlike nov nor or cr appear at a loss los for or an answer The Thc net hot r result sult was largely in imi her het favor con considering she he un underwent ent an examination during the m morning and amid u I Ia a again In the afternoon beC before rc ic Delmas handed her over to the ho m mercy lC tey of or Je Je- Jc tom rome C. C Over night she will wi have hav time june to rest and reflect for the tho batte battle I that will wi ensue tomorrow ro t The he elos examination cross n was was- ono one long conflict between Jerome and and Delmas In this liEs light Dolmas Delmas is ig acting the thc part lart lat of oC an adder who ivilo rises as n as Jerome's back Is ls turned to put a i question queston to lo the witness to Ung the prosecutor The Thc method does dos not add to the sweetness of or tho the stare tem tem- per H. H He lIe le is badly handicapped as it I Is sluice since isis his examination of fr cit lI Mrs Thaw maw Is limited only to a tc test of JoC her credibility r a as a witness Sho Sho cannot bo iio cross examined crol as to tho the h th or 01 falsity of or the tho things thing she site sa says s 's she 0 told I her liet hu husband hand She Sue had n nod nOC t f even cven sworn orn H that the they aro o tue Jerome elome can only e examine her g generally to create Clato a doubt in the minUs minds yC f C the jurors jurors if possible if It C in iii truth she ever told told the tho stor story to lo Harry Kendall Kendal Thaw haw Dark Side of uC Gotham Life Lle There Thele was stas put in iii evidence the thc statement state state- ment moult which snuck Thaw prepared Co for di I the tue the guidance of oC Anthol Anthony Comstock hen s henho the tue ho latter's a ail aid il was sought to bring White While hlo to lo justice It I Is a R reeking aWl aWl- 01 of loathsome crime High colored 8 8 It would be It I Is hI still a Striking description c or of a ph phase o. o of oC N w York life and haunts haunt of or Stanford Stanford Stan Stan- ford Whiles While's that lint Is not without Ji- Ji tep est c-est st In iii this many sided story Here Thaw pictured the i dus studies Ii Uk k tor forests ats the lie dark wu l lending lending- to secret t Chambl chamber where e tunes fortunes hut in Il 1 and bric-a-brac bric delighted the thc a eyes that that were concealed c double doors o of hike gambling J somber ill and IUn exteriors behind which ane Ja Jn m magnificent lounging rooms rich dil Imi it furnishings brilliant with I ee electric ic l lights and anc lc redolent of th the lie fat a Ea Eat t. t 1 A letter leter written by Evelyn Nesbit Th Thaws Thaw's ws w's mother to Harry Thaw at nt th thin the time lime hot her daughter was recovering from ron ron-i an aim operation for appendicitis nl nt Pompton Pompton N N. J. J as was as Introduced d which h Mrs Irs plainly Thaw haw a ax a suitor for her hord daugh h. her ter cr Supplementary thereto Mrs Calne Caine told tolt o of erh e a c r conver conversation mCI ll between Thaw Thaw and Mrs lIrt h maii In In iii which ho ho foi promised d i settle etUe on the lie mother and arid her oi 01 sufficient to I keep tp them thum for tor life Jf JC she furthered his hi hiU unit U with irith her daughter Tl n rile e day opened d with a surprise O. O Mrs h being beng called caled to the stand when i er c every ono one was tYas looking f for t a n for the tho dr dry export feMI- feMI mon mony Immediately ly slip she le plunged the ret reC al reCi l i of ot th the the th tha White Whito hlo had ball perpetrated on others of oC lice her sex seX wj w a n xin hr taco n a she took tool lie tle 1 as Thaw caught n ht her eye smile spread o eye t c ov oven rhe her L.- L. i ii is I. I 5 J Jt t tl c t t 1 s S lr 5 S S S 'S S I features She timidly east cast a glance of 1 lecog Cco at the lie justice Delmas Delma first lund had hut her Identify a bundle of or forty s six forty Ix letters Icle'S in iii the handwriting hand hand- writing of Stanford of which more later latet- She paid pale strict attention to 10 business When that hint was wa done the tho advocate let loose tho the Hood Hood- I gates S White Cuino to Hospital She Shu told how While hUc had hall comb conic como upon upon h her r In a hospital where she sho 5 o was visiting visit visit- ing lug lla May Mackenzie It I was a n small mal room sho sli sho said and amid ho tried to put mt his arm aroUnd me mile and tried tiled to kiss me I would not lot let him hun Thaws Thaw's face acc turned hunted red at the thc re- re 10 o of the the Incident which h she had i related elated to him Immediately after aCer aCerIt it It- It happened Later Lter after atel they had been hec married While met May Mc- Mc Ic- Ic I who told him bins how happy Evelyn Eve Eve- lyn 10 und and Harry wore ivore Pooh he ho said Id that doesn't make an any difference Ill I'll ln get her hel back back I You tol told this to your husband husland 1 asked Jerome Of or course she replied with wih a curious little rising Inflection She hue told of |
