The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 10, 1907, Page 30

THE SAN FRANCI.S.CO CALL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1907. Cross-Examination of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw May Be Delayed resumed Moné iday it was| Attorney Delmas | gainst any fur-| e dead” just be- | djoyrnment was “g v should tattie of the i be spread upon the Vistrict Attorney’s ref- to whether she iscussed together e hands.of | ng that the insanity vet been suf- i to admit bringing of his wife's testi- a temporary change nce. The course to depends District tion to Mrs very outset, e alleged Insan t had not been es refrained from so knew to time. HANGE TACTICS day morning | e of exam- s's ques- g Young e wife of the de- ting officer will be xcuse Mrs. Thaw on of evi- ice Fi probabl »efore he takes cross-examin- expected to s will e Harry on first Tha must present have the believing it will go documentdry to show the effect of her treatment nford White had The probable in- ipated act of vio- » revealed in the pro- AID WHITE'S VIOTIMS it is reported, nd for the ben- who, the will de- reatment at the n similar to thatd orts even go sS04 the names of | s are included in relating to this | e rep tha ise of the W also made provision for F n's brother, who, | would take the opposition to his sister. Young s been onstant attendance with the late secretary, but never group of Thaw's of Thaw's prop- | wife. Nesbit ompany call to the ¥ T attorney from 1 be asked as to the’ yrg who w | that Evelyn's mother should nmot have| |ter of the first day. | | day were put there expected to prove they ed. | at the time the testament was sign lineations. | It is not definitely known whether all| the references to Stanford White are| in the codicil, but it is known some| of them are. Evelyn Thaw also signed | a will on the night of the wedding, and it is believed that in it she carried out her previous stipulation that none of her relatives save her brother should | have any of his money. Several of| Thaw’s unusual and disconnected let- ters Introduced in evidente have fre- quently referred to his defexmination| any shage In his property whatsoever. | In the event of his wife's death the} property should revert to the Willlam | Thi estate. If the will is finally admitted in evi- dence Delmas will then ask to recall| Mrs. Thaw to finish her narrative. OBJECT TO INTERRUPTION Thaw's counsél do not like the ided of the interruption ‘to her story con- tinuing over any considerable duration of time. Should Jerome again protest the several allenists employed by the defense, other than Dr. Wiley, will be'l placed on the stand. They will be| wn Harry Thaw’s letters to his law- | yer and his wife, and theg will be con- fronted by a hypothetical question em- bracing the wife's story of her experi- ence with Stanford White, the other d talls surrounding the case, and ulti mitely theishooting of White ‘on Madi- son Square Garden roof. Attorneys for | the defense will have a broader feund- | ation for the hypothetical question shen its next alienist is put o the sténd and do not anticipate the disas- | It was said tonight that District At-| torney Jerome's cross examination of | Mre. Thaw will be brief. The District | Attorney, being barred by the rules of evidence from attempting to controvert | any ef the things Mrs. Thaw says she | told her husband, will confine himself | to finding out if she told Harry Thaw | all the -story she repeated on the: wit- ness stgnd. If he can trip the witness | into an admission that she might not| have related some particular detail to | the defendant before the killing of Stanford White, Jerome may ask that all of her testimony, from first to last, be stricken out. In that event, how- ever, she might again be called and go over the ground again. It is thought to be certain that no attempt will be made to offset any of her testimony by calling chorus girls or others who | might be expected to know something about the events related. TEXT OF WILL WITHHELD Counsel for Thaw today not only declined to make public the text of the will, but declared that the alleged pro- | visions of it were inaccurate. | Evelyn Thaw visited her husband to- in the Tombs. She was accom- panied ‘by Peabody and Gleason of Thaw’s counsel and the four had a long | conference. Mrs. Thaw appeared to be in high spirits today. Her husband also seemed to be in a pleasant mood, | but would not discuss the progress of his trial. Some of the jurors are beginning to chafe under the close . restraint in which they are held. They are denled practically every liberty and are per- mitted to leave the hotel for exercise only when all twelve wish.to go. Then they are taken out under close guard. This condition resulted today in what developed into a rather unpleasant dis- | agréement between the twelve men,+ About half the number wanted to go out for a walk during the forenoon, as they missed the usual walk down to the | Criminal Courts building. The others had no desire to go out. They were weary as a result of the trying days in Yellow Flood Pouring| In_to Yolfio Basin Continued From Page 29, Column 3 | The immediate | of the flood- where n Fran- 1l as the s almost sun-} ins reached Sacra- s of acres. wa rs who permitted the re so they did not tangible a section not altogether npany will compen- Brown, who way to the Rajlroad ramento. When he saw ng up over the rafiroad secured the as- section men and Brown said | ntee more he irteen the levee 4+ he thought by doing =0 he would re- lleve the area of the flood waters, but unlimited supply - frem the river crevasses and the water continued to pour through the mew opening Although the property owners under- stood at the time that Brown was act- ing under orders of the Southern Pa- cific division headquacters, they since have been led to belleve that he con- celved and executed the plan without instructions from headquarters, al- though the Southern Pacific may be called upon to assume the responsi- bility for the act of its agent. Naw that this back levee has been cut, there fs “small probability that the river break will be closed before all the lowlands are several feet under water. The levees on the Sacramento side are iritact, though the town of Washing- ton, across the river, is a couple of feet under water. NS BIG REVOLT! IGAINST CASTRO An- posed to have —General t against President Castro, eailed from this port on December 22| "y "y pinley ox-principal assistant for Tr About a month ago, | engineer, is appointed assistant chief e tried with sixty of his follow- | engineer, vice J. G. Sullivan, resigned. efs who had seen service in Venezudla| F. B. Maltby, division engineer, ap- ¥t his expedition from Trinidad, | pointed principal assistant engineer, '} ntercepted by the British au-|yice Ripley, promoted. % He thereupon went to a| Ripley, before being jdentified with French Guiana, whenoe he | { where he landed, is a| te of Maturin, in| part of fhe country. | t is £aid, has 3000 rifies and | cartridges. His agents here; he expects to rally an army of | 5000 to £000 men. | ral ‘Parades is about 35 years of | nd served in the Venezuelan army | the administration of President | de As commander of the Yort Puerto Cabello he repulsed the on- ght of the army of General Castro, ho had just triumphed in his revolu- He was captured and remained prison at Manacalbo about three | vears, when he was released under an act of amnesty. he representative of General Para- des in this city sald yesterday: | “The general has kept his word; he | he would wait until January for ghts under the constitution of ssuming the Presidency, because of | he incapacitation of President Castro by i1l health. He realizes that Gen- eral Gomez is prevented from assum- ing these duties by the Castro cligue, and has decided to put an end to the present regime by force of arms.” lion w a GHANGE GRIEFS AT PANAMA WORK WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—The Isth- mian Canal Commission today an- nounced the following changes in the organization of the engineering and constructing department of the Isthmus, reported by Chief Engineer Stevens: the canal, ‘was general superintendent of the Sault Ste. Marie canal. He was also a member of the board of con- sulting engineers of the Panama canal. Maltby was for several years an em- ploye of the Mississippi River Com- mission and for a time was in full charge of all dredges and operations from Cairo to New Orleans. Chairman Shonts of the commission today continued his explanation beforo the House committee on appropriations of the estimates of the expenses of the project for next year. 2 i S T FIRE DRIVES FAMILY' FROM HOME IN. NIGHT C'_A)_‘I'BED GRASS VALLEY, Feb. 9.—In a fire which destroyed the two-story home of Professor E. H. Armstrong in South Auburn street at,3 o'clock this morning the family barely escaped, the mem- bers fleeing in thefr night. cloth Mrs. Armstrong's- hair .3 singed. Her husband was caught by the flames and fearfully burned before jumping through a window. He is now in a hos- pital. ’ Nothing was saved. The loss is $3000, covered by insurance. A defective flue caused the fire, el morning. | interlineations made in the will, and is| court, and preferred to lounge around {mas, and has been engaged in the hotel. A long conference and much argument brought no result, and = ™ | the i f ap- Evelyn Nesbit | Failing to show that each one of the|the men who wanted to go oul narrative of the | interlineations can be remembered by |pealed’ to the officer in charge. He the prisoner's life|the witness, Delmas will offer the codi- | told them that he was powerless. He i 9 to leave the | eil to the will; which is in the defend-|could not permit the men Jerome had dra- | ant's own handwriting without inter-|hotel unless all bf them went, he told them. FUND TO CLEAR THE DEAD The report was published today that a large fund has been collected in this city to clear Stanford White's reputa- tion of the injury inflicted by the story of Evelyn Thaw. It was reported that lawyers had been engaged to go over Mrs. Thaw's testi- mony and to engage detectives to se- cure evidence to refute it, with the in- tention of giving the information so obtained to District Attorney Jerome., The story, however, lacked confirma- ton. Another report declared that Harry Thaw will be put upon the witness- stand in his own behalf to testify that since his wife told him her story as re- lated in court he had been visited by visions which warned him. that his wife's life was in danger from Stan- ford White. This was also unverified. EVIDENCE FROM THE TOWER Another report today was to the ef- fect that the counsel for Thaw today called upon the New York police to produce certain evidence which they were alleged to have obtained from | Stanford White's rooms in the tower. | According to this report, Thaw's coun- | sel aver that detectives searched the | rooms the day following White’'s death |and found a large amount of women's | wearing apparel. It was reported today th¥t the de- fense will call to the stand on Monday a Pittsburg lawyer named Perkins, who is said to have drawn up the Thaw will. The purpose in calling him is sald to be the identification of the document. Peabody said today that Perkins could also tell how it happened that the will was made up of so many loose pieces of paper, and could give the reasons for and the source of the interlineatjons in it DELMAS IN PHILADELPHIA Confers With Noted Criminal Lawyer of the Quaker City PHILADELPHIA, Delphin M. Delmas, who has taken charge of the defense of Harry K. Thaw in his trial for the murder of Stanford White, arrived in Phila- delphia this evening and held a con- ference with A. S. L. Shields, the noted criminal lawyer of this eity. Shields has a reputation equal to that of Del- in some notable cases. He was chosen by the late Senator Matthew 8. Quay to de- fend him when he (Quay) was charged with the misappropriation of the funds of the State of Pennsylvania. Quay was acquitted. Delmas arrived in this city about 3 o'clock this afternoon and went at once to the office of Shields. They were In-eonference until about 8 this even- ing, when they went to the Bellevus Stratford Hotel for dinner. When asked to talk about the case Delmas refused, saying he had simply come to Phila- delphia to rest and get away from it and tbat lie wofld say nothing about, the objéct of this visit. 3 4 Shields is thoroughly posted on the State laws of New York, and his posi- tion is believed to he purely an ad- visory one.. He stated that he would not leave for New York te take any part.fn the {fial and refused to give any Juformation regarding the points in the cdse which are belng submitteéd to him. One of the most important items to the insanity defense which will be put up in Thaw's case comes from this city. An aunt of the prisoner, a sister of his father, is confined here in the Frankford Insane Asylum, the cele- brated Pennsylvania institution for the mentally aflicted. Attorney Delmas secured all the data relating to this near relative of the prisoner and the authorities of the asy- lum, as well as police officials. who are lacquainted with the cgse, will be cal; upon to- testify as to/the facts in"this case. MDA FRENCH WOMEN SCORE THAW Declare He Was Extremely Cruel and an “Indian Giver” * PARIS, Feb. 9—The unflagging in= fect torrent and spread |he evidently had not counted on the |terest with which the Thaw case has been followed by the French public oM the beginning has been increased by the activity of certdin women who |. declare their eagerness to' 2o to New York as witnesses against Thaw on the ground of criminal cruelty and:general degeneracy displayed by him when he was“in Paris two ‘years d4go. One of theése women visited the Paris office of an American newspaper with medical certificates attesting the .condition . of Ber body, which she sald was covered with scars, due to a scalding inflicted by the young millionaire. £ Angther- woman declares,” with ‘medi- cal corrohoration,.that.she dsvéloped-a disease as the result of six hours' ex: posure to‘the cold while thinly éinA on'the balcany of & ‘house occupled by Thew. - Sthl others. air - other grievs anges, ,. . ' . ns 1 “Thaw not only had a craze for parboiling His women ‘friends,” Tameénts Mile. Odette Trazenzka, music hall arts ist in. the Rue Des Martyrs, ‘‘but. he used to revel in g{ving expensive pres- ents, only to take them away abruptl purely in ‘order to enjoy ‘his victim discomfiture, . As .soon' as the -trial 4§ over I.mean to go to New Yor| nd. sue him for the'dfamionds and furs he gave me and‘then stole away.”* - | 1 00° In.contrast to Thaw, Stanford White; when in Parig,.lived .2 most orderly ex~ istence, and his French fellow archi- tects, as well as his many Arerican Feb. 8.—Attorney | friends, feel no sympathy for the Thaw pair. Nevertheless, the public, which is treated daily to five columns of cable dispatches on the case, as well as the French criminal lawyers, belleve it al- together impossible for the jury to give Thaw the death penalty after his wife's testimony, which bears the stamp of truth and which it is believed the Amerlcan jury will consider the most important of all. SAYS WHITE WAS MONSTER Anthony Comstock Declares™ Thaw’s ‘Wife Told Truth on the Stand NEW YORK, Feb. 9.—Anthony Com- stock, lying dangerously ill of pneu- monia at his heme in Summit, N. J., this afternoon gave an authorized interview, which is one of the most important contributions to the history of the Thaw case that has yet been furnished, with the exception of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's own story told under oath on the stand in' the trial of her husband for “the murder of Stanford White. “I know tHat Stanford White was a human monster,” said the invalid head of the Antivice Society. “I know that much of what Mrs. Harry Thaw has stated as a witness is true. I know that Stanford White's den in the tower of the Madison Square Garden was as she has described it. What I know I learned after I had been given the first clews by Harry Kendall Thaw himself. “I learned positively of one case ‘where White became too much inter- ested in a girl only 15 years old al- most ‘fdentically as Mrs. Evelyn Thaw described her own case; but the girl was in the chorus of a road company, and we could not reach her and make a witness of her. We got partial evi- dence of other things—things that con- vince me that what Harry Thaw's wife now swears is true. I believe in her story, and I base that belief upon what I know of the man. “Two of our detectives endeavored to hire rooms in the same tower in order to watch White's goings and comings. The deal was almost com- pleted when one of the detectives made a bungle. We were still trying to arrange a trap from which there would be no escape for White when he dismantled his room in the tower. “I will willingly sign a statement to the truth of all that I have told you, and were I well enough I would swear to it in court if I were asked to do so.” BARRYMORE MISSING Detectives Search in Vain for ‘Wanted in Thaw Case BOSTON, Feb. 9.—Detectives are seeking in vain for Jack Barrymore, the actor, wanted as a witness in_ the Thaw trial. He has left the Ethel Barrymore company # this city and is Aector carefully guarded somewhere in se- clusion. It is given out by Manager McVicar of the Barrymore company that the actor is sick with la grippe, but he was well enough to be rehear- sing for the play until his name was mentioned onm the witness-stand as a former suitor for Evelyn Nesbit's hand. McVicar expresses surprise that Bar- rymore is ‘wanted in New York, but dis- claims knowledge of the young man's whereabouts beyond saying that he is on a farm oufside of Boston, where he is being taken care of by a nurse and physician. ‘Dr. Franz Pfaff, Barry- more’s. | j{:gqlc.hn, refuses to discuss the case. t] ‘Barrymore refuses to dis- cuss the declares that g ;and no one uhall“iw her /brother. TO DENY MAILS TO PAPERS Canada Has Law Against the Circula- tion of Indecemt Matter OTTAWA, Ont, Feb. 9.—The Post- master General has béen asked to deny the use of the mails to &l1 local papers which printed the details of the evi- dence in the Thaw trial in New York. The Postmaster General said he had not read the report in the newspapers, but the law was clear upon the point and he would see that it was énforced. Any newspaper publishing fiithy evi- dence of a trial in court, he satd, would be gullty of a misdemeanor under the d'| law. MABEL BARRISON SUBPENAED “Woman Im White” Will Be a Witness at the Trial of Harry Thaw DENVER, Colo., Feb. 9.—Mabel Bar- rison, who is playing the principal part in “The District Leader” at the Broad- way fn thig city, has been subpenead as the slayer of Stanford White. The night of the murder Miss Barri- son. went to Madison Square Garden brings on-age very rapidly, but then there is'no’ reason for being sickly. Just commence taking the Bit= ters at once. It will build up and invigorate the entire system, make /the blood fiure and your general ealth mugh better. HOSTETTER’S STOMACH: BITTE has ‘proven its merit many times during the past 53 years. Try it today. It cures Dyspepsia, _Indigestion The Oculatium ¢ Fitting 1309 VAN NESS AVENUE. Between Bush and Sutter Streeta 2202 California Street has just returned from New York with a full line of Spring and Summer Importations for Ladies’ Tailor Gowns, both plain and fancy. e SorssbS 1 AT e Ay J.B. McINTYRE BINDERY €0. a witness in the trial of Harry Thaw, || La Grippe Is Epidemic Catarrh. ‘HE disease now known as ‘“grip” used to be called “influenza.” It very closely resembles a cold, but is more tenacious fn its hold upon the system and produces more profound disturbances. Grip is in reality epidemic catarrh. IVhen it once begins it spreads over he country very rapidly. People do not catch the grip from each other, but each one catches it from the atmosphere. “Most Effective Medicine Ever Tried for La Grippe” Robert L. Madison, A. M, principal of Cullowhee High School, Painter, N. C., is chairman of the Jackson County Board of Education. He is a writer of occasional verse and has contributed to a number of leading papers and magazines—reli- glous, educational and secular, In speaking of Peruna, Mr. Madison says: “I am hardl¥ ever without Peruna In my home. Tt is the most effective medicine that I have ever tried for la grip-e. <It alse cured my wife of nasal catarrh. Her condition at one time was such that she could not at night breathe through her nostrils. “In consequence an inflamed condi- tion of the throat was brought about, getting worse and worse and yielding to no remedy until Peruna was tried.” Healthy Mucous Membranes Those who are fortunate enough to have perfectly healthy mucous mem- branes ordinarily do not catch the grip. The mucous membranes lining the nose, throat and lungs, when in a normal state, are an effectual batrier against the invasion of grip. But if there happens to be the slight- est _catarrhal derangement of the mucous membranes, then the victim be- comes an easier prey to the grip. This in part explains why some peo- ple get the grip, while others do not. The rational thing to do is to keep the system free from catarrh. In at- tempting to do this most people have found Peruna to be invaluable. Systemie Catarrh, the Result of La Grippe. Pe-ru-na Receives Credit ‘for Present Good Health Mrs. Jennie W. Gilmore, Box 44, White Oak, Ind. Ter., formerly house- keeper for Indian Reform School for Boys, writes: “Six years ago I had la grippe, which was followed by systemic catarrh. “The only thing I used was Peruna! and Manalin, and I have been in better | health the last three years than for| years before. “I give Peruna all the credit for my good health.” During an epidemic of grip Peruna should be used/ The doses recom- mended on the bottle are sufficient. After the grip has once been ac- quired, Dr. Hartmann recommends the use of Peruna in teaspoonful doses ev- ery hour during the acute stage, after which the directions on the bottle should pe followed. P CAUGHT BY THE GRIP-- - RELEASED 'BY PE- Profession Recognizes The Grip as Epidemic Catarrh. Experience has shown that the people who use Peruna as a remedy for grip generally recover soomer and are less liable to the distressing.and long-con- tinued after-effects of the grip. ‘When Peruna has not been used dur- ing the course of the grip and the pa- | tient finds himself suffering from the after-effects of this disease, a course of Peruna should be resorted to. Suffered Twelve Years From After- Effects of La Grippe Victor Patneaudd, 328 Madison Topeka. Kan., member of Mr. street, Knights and La’dles of Security, writes: | “Twelve.years ago I had a severe at- tack of la grippe and I never really recovered by health and strength—put grew weaker eévery year, until I was unable te work. “Two years ago I began using Pe-| runa and it built up my strength so that In a couple of months I was able to go to work again. A RU-NA. vesveeen w.flm«m-&m >eae “This winter T nad . another cttaclc of la grippe, but Peruna soon drove out of my system. My w and I | consider Peruna a househo medy Pueumonia Followed La Grippe Mr.. T. Barnecott, West A tario, Can. writes: “Last winter I was ill with monia after having la grippe Peruna for two menths, w came quite well, and I any one can be cured by i sonable time at little expen Pe-ru-na—A Tonle After La Grippe Mrs. E. Wells Sr, Delaware, | Ohio,” writes: “After a severe attaclk ot la grippe I took Peruna and muv it a very good tonic.” Mrs. Jane Gift, Athens, Ohio, writes: “Six years ago la grippe ve bad. I read a testimonial of a woman who had been cured of grip by Peruna My husband bought me a bottle of Pe- ru 1 was soon ak o my work inued using it until I was cured " On- 1 1 with Frederick McKay, dramatic critic | of the Mail and Express. They left be- | fore the performance had been con- | cluded, and a few minutes after their | departure Stanford White took the| chair vacated by Miss Barrison. Soon after the shooting occurred, and | the papers the following morning had | much about “the woman in white,” | whose name was unknown and who left the table just before White was shot. This was Miss Barrison. The latter knows all the principals in the trag- edy, meeting Bvelyn Nesbit Thaw through Harry Thaw. 'She says: “Was Thaw insane? That is something diffi- | cult to estimate, but he certainly earned the nickname of ‘Crazy Harry,’ by which he was known to all. He was popular and eccentrie. “Thaw had good cause to kill White, I know that, while Evelyn Nesbit was spoken well of, she gave us the deflnite impression that he had accomplished her ruin. I have read her testimony at the trial. While in some cases I be- leve it is exaggerated, I know that in the main it is true, because she has told me practically the same thing that she sald on the stand. “I know that she told Thaw of her relations with White, and I know that there was bitter hatred between the two men. I have ard each speak against the other h vindictiveness “It was the feeling that t knew Evelyn Nesbit's st stantly connected their thoughts tha pitch culminat afraid for Evely eir friends Thaw to the murder. Iam when Jerome cross- examines her. Thére are so many lit- tle things in her life that will make it possible to entangle her.” W e e Bird nest soup. Chinese preserves, chop uey and noodles. Something original d different at the China, 1538 Geary.* ~Glen Park Terrace. 'they’ll be picked up quickly . LADIES’ TAILOR 1 : m.mw-.nm;g% sion to Chenery—get off at Salesman on the ground. G. H. UMBSEN & CO. ~ 20 Montgomery St. ‘The Ocean View car now starts ERRACE OMORROW “J- . Take a_car ride—transfer to Ocean View line on Mission street—get off at A fast as engineers and a big camp (men, horses, wagons and scrapers) can make the improvements, the work is being done. R ; 5 - Fhe sales were so rapid that we were compelled to withdraw the property while the street work could catch up—now twe more blocks—75 lots—are offered— ] Houses are building all around the property—that increases the demand— that will increase the prices. Takg advantage of the very low price—$500—it isn't likely that you'll ever again be able to buy a lot in San Francisco at such a price; and these lots have all the improvements made at expense of seller. Ten dollars a month buys a lot—good for your home—good for an invest- ment—it’s in San Francisco. SOLE AGENTS Glen Park Terrace. at Fifth ang Market streets—runs out Mis- Near in Direct car * Lots $500 and épward Streets graded curbed sewered Stone sidewalks School close by 30 minutes from ferry End of Chenery street Take Ocean View car at Market on Fiith or on Mission. Easy installments A San Francisco