| Show v I WOMAN MAN GIVEN PITY Venerable Mother of Harry K Thaw Collapses Four Pour Times While Testifying in White Plains Court for Her Son JUDGE AND SPECTATORS NOT ASHAMED OF TEARS She Refused to Leave the Witness Witness Witness Wit Wit- ness Stand and Continued With Her Story to the End Though Suffering Terribly JEROME SHOWS KINDNESS I i cn MT York A Aug UK 5 i. A climax came cante with dramatic lu In Harry m hearing nt mit White Plain when nhen hi hll venerable mother four linies upon the lime The Tile lui hUN nr cr lind hod n a parallel lu iii the lIme history of ot the tho count c county When the witness who had gono gone upon the stand In behalf of or her son showed the first signs of breaking down lown Thaw left his counsels counsel's side and und hurried around back hack of th the tho Jury box where the time newspaper men were sitting and stood a n. few feet from his mother Her second breakdown was more moro se seere severe sovere so- so vere ere than tho tue first and as ai the tho white white- haired mother mothel bowed bowe l her hor head behind her tier fan and sobbed convulsively Thaw sprang lightly up UI tho marble st st. steps ps of tho witness stand and threw his arms about her neck lIe Ho hurled buried his face close down her liar head and whispered whispered whis whis- pored to her Imer Then he ho leaned forward and said sold to his counsel Mr er please watt walt until torn tomorrow o Ill i'll be he all an right In a n. minute sobbed the mother In Just a n minute Thaw was deeply concerned His Ills face was ashen ash white and again ho looked el ap hr at his counsel and amid pleaded to lo defer tho the examination Mr Mors More chaucer chauser looked up at Justice Mills In whose CC eyes eves tears were glistening and tho the Justice In a husk husky voice oloe simply Imply said AM As She Site I ILot Lot ot her do Just what she wishes to do doi In a few minutes tho the storm had swept swep by imy and tho tha aged ngod woman smiling through her tears took JL lp her story stor It hail had been Interrupted Later when sho sime wits was tolling telling how v he her hereon eon BOH had 1 boon been eon treated tit t bow v be lie had hal boon been placed In a a. have bare room roon with nothing nothing- but an Iron bed bod and cover cover- l t. t hll bun nn an pa- pa H 1 4 TI b d other othor timings thing Mr Ir interrupted to lo IL ask ieK k relevancy this had to tho the Issue at stake Because broke In tho mother he her voice cleo trembling with emotion Colone Bartlett told mo that if ho had Imad to stay there thore a month ho lie would bo Insane him him- self solf But nut I 1 submit your your honor hono started Mr Jerome But Dut before lie Ime could fInish fin fin- I ish Ish the witness broko into hI his tion WI with h er lr Jerome jeromo has been trying to tor ture my son Ion these three long years len Isn Isn't t It right light for me to toll toll tell and ond lien hero the time sentence ended In sobs Robs By 13 this thit time Josiah Thaw Thas' Harry's Harrys half hale brother was at her side There was sobbing from front eyer every part of the court room andone and andone andone one woman who almost collapsed was I helped from the tue court room A Dramatic Scene It was a dramatic scene In eyer every sense of tho the word an and l oven en Mr 1 Jerome took on on a 0 far awa away look That there We were large barge tears standing in Justice Mills Mills' eye ee could be plainly seen seel b by byc c everyone cerone Then the court said Yes Mr Jerome let Jet her toll tell everything every eyer- thing she wants to to do not interrupt fier And Arid Mrs Thaw after recovering reco Herself went vent on with her star story When Mrs Thaw took tho the stand Mr Immediately began hegan tho the ex examination ox- ox You published a a. pamphlet recently said the lawyer in which you jou ou speak of ot a cowardly combination of men working against ar your our son What hat did ou mean you It was a a. truthful expression said tho the witness witness' but I 1 want to forget target that Do you OU want to mention the tite names of these men asked the lawyer lawer No replied the witness but 1 know Them and I 1 wont to forget forJet It Jt ita a all aU I I. I Thon Then the tho lawyer lawer asked her how sho came to give S1 o so much money mone and she sime replied refilled that under the pressure of misrepresentations that unless he lie lad had more moro money mane valuable witnesses would be lost host s so she sho gave n e It to him About Her Attorney She told of the thc employment of at Delphin Dolphin Dolphin Dol Del phin M. M Delmas for tor and that he time night before th the trial md hud como cOme to her In Jn great excitement mt and tol told her that unless Dolmas ro- ro more he would drop the thc case aae and that being III and fearing earing au any harm to her son she sho ho had written a heck check for or It It Next Mr Ir 1 asked her IT IC her sons son's lawyers kept quarreling among mong l themselves l es and she replied that they hey did When hon asked if It they were dismissed d or resigned resign ell sho she replied smIlingly ly I 1 dont don't fanc fancy that lawyers resign cry ver often otten Mrs Ills Thaw then told of or Harrys Harry's life UI ill p to the tho time he ho left a private school In n Ohio Then the tha witness said that Continued on firs III l' l live Kite AGED WOMAN GIVEN PITY BY THE COURT Continued from Page One about that time Hmo her hor mother died suddenly suddenly sud sud- den denly and hero here sho she collapsed again She said that Harry had tried to got Set acc accommodations upon the tho ste steamer by winch she went abroad two days be before tle- tle fore tore White was shot but could not get them and as tho the boat was n a slow one he ho expected d to start a few days later lator and overtake her Tho The mother broke down n again She detailed another conversation It was waa Just at ot Christmas time line she sine said My Iy daughter r was coming coining home homo to Pittsburg Pitta- Pitta burg and m my son had Insisted that I Igo Igo Igo go down there as sho she could have a 0 amore amore more pleasant Christmas at homo home than at the Insane asylum with him I 1 finally consented consent cd and when I was about to leave heave he said saM I wish you a merr merry Christmas mother I replied There will be no more mOle happy hapP Christmases without without with with- out you OU Harry Whereupon he replied Well Veil I if you ou dont don't have a merry Christmas Christmas Christ Christ- mas mas you OU can havo have a peaceful one ono Here the mother broke down and ands s sobbed aloud Jo Josiah lah Thaw rushed to her side and calmed her That will b bo all aU said Mr Mors- Mors chauser aus e r. r At this time Ume Mrs Thaw v reco recovered her composure and turning sho she faced Mr lr Jerome quietly Nothing said Mr Jerome |
