The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 27, 1907, Page 2

e W~ DIST., ATTY, JEROME. CR NAT O EXAMINING MY, X. THAW jerofn;: Fails to Discredit Tale Delmas Plans for of Mis. Thaw by Affidavit HUMMEL TAKES STAND disp the law ; Evelyn she go to your office on October 27, which Hum. ffice was Octob ase of the photogray De ected t [ 2 we not p tion for that some length, mas' stateme: wimess. rd White was in she was drugged “‘that _would not be she told in th should be allowed SUBSTANCE OF PAPER contains the allegatios s Nesbit whe - o truth in the statement sbout White to sign papers t e Stect t endeave to prove the existence of an in order to introduce the copy but I w orig athdari and _intelli crome: tmgerald overruled the objection and nce of Miss Nesbit per ¥ gave the paper to Miss Nes- of it, and when she nest _was 2 clerk in Hum- Delmes objected to the question, the court| roled with him upd Snydecker was excused. Detnas. Laving successtuily biocked for the time being all testimony regarding the aff- darlt, Jerome asked that Mrs. Evelyn Nesiit Thaw be recslled. When she taken the stand Jerome handed ber » paper and ssked if it was in her band- Mrs. Thaw spent some time in an ation of the paper, smiling occasionally as she read. 11 soon developed the paper was a diery. Wigle Mrs. Thaw was reading a packet of letters received from Pittsburg was tursed over Thaw ssid the papers she d were all in ber handwriting CXCERPTS FROM DIARY the diary was ke acts from the diary. said “to come aglifty of a_soubrette and be- One was as follows: jumped with ¢ Zun to get shy. - has a son, but I must say he Is & ple- My room’ Lere is neiffier large por gmall 1 took a nap District Attorney met with what was remembered wes 1 and the last thing I how far I am from not & proper place but I always bad a weak ent young per- sar mever to read another. nice Meredith one of those persons A girl who has always been good er bad apy seandel about her is fortunate ways than one. ever be anything ng 1 mean just that 1 want to be & good actress se I can’t live here all ¢ get all the old people. T bey are doing here, but give them a g I'll get 1ik, and 1'l] soon be a appeared three exclamation points etch of & nun.) the dlary reading ed to the witness. time you firat became til the shootingiof White, did you Lis condition * asked Jerome. | forme A A A A A A A A N AN Thaw detailed t one night while on Broadway in a cab W Thaw became sobbed @nd bit his pails and talked DESCRIBES THAW'S FITS : ever see @ man in an epileptic At was _considerable laughter. 3 b bled, he clasped and unclasped his hand: The next time they saw White was when he At this time did be carry a pistol?’ asked | the District Attorney. of the he always carried one after Christmas, | if a name in it he _could d me that the Monk Eastman gang was_following him.” s you know whom he employed to protect be tell you who bad set the gang after | Stanford White.”" as early as 1903, Thaw was crazy upon the subject He said stories were ated about him by White and that he had s about us put in the papers. there others beside White connected with this persecution?” dryly The names were whispered in the District At- | This manner of Thaw, she said, kept up from 1903 to the time of the killing. ' | Jerome's next question proved the last. ermissible | 1d be| “Dia Thaw recolleet baving seen White atter | these outbursts?”’ Climax With Alienists Continued From Page 1, Column 3 Jelliffe of the staff of experts prob- ably will close the case for the de- ! | fense, they having been held in” re- serve as the official targets at whom Delmas will discharge his final hypo- ghetical questions, At the opening of. court today the at least a temporary reverse. He failed to ‘get into evidence the Hum- mel deposition, In which Evelyn Thaw is alleged to have described Thaw's brutal treatment of her while abroad. Abraham H. Hummel, who dictated the statement to his stenographer in Evelyn Nesbit's presence, and Jacob decker, a notary, who certified her signature to a document on the fol- lowing evening in the company's office at the Madison Square Garden, were both present in court and both were sworn, but neither got far in his nar- rative before it was cut off by Delmas’ timely objections, most of which the court sustained. Jerome, with the ald of Hummel and Snydecker, still expects to use the doc- ument in full when the time comes for testimony in rebuttal. Just before Harry Thaw was taken {out of the courtroom today he handed the reporters the following note: “Mrs. T and Lady Ashburton, ly Frances Belmont, were not ts and asked if they were mot in the hand- riting of her mother. Yes, sir.” The receipts were for various amounts re- ceived _from the~ Mercantile Trust Company, | where White had deposited a sum of money for elyn and her mother. The receipts were signed “‘Evelyn Flore Nesbit,’ the mother and daughter baving the same names. Delmas handed her several phofos and asked her by whom they were posed. Mrs. Thaw said the photographer at the East Twenty-second street studio posed her for most of the Ple- tures. Delmes showed Mrs. Thaw a letter and asked s not that of & prominent New York soclety woman, Jerome objected, but after a short argument | Jerome gaid “We are prepared to admit that she is a | prominent New York woma: 0y ne most prominent? asked Delmas. “Dectdedly yes:'’ ““And she holds a position in the best soclety | in New York? “Well, she is in the ‘400" sald Jerome Deélmas then went fnto Evelyn "N visit to White, when she went with Bdna - rich and/White kissed and caressed Miss Good- rich. She was not permitted to say'if she bad formed any idea of the relations between White and_Miss Goodrich. “‘You said your brother went to school in 1902. Who arranged for that?’ famma and Stanford White. Who paid_for the schooling ¥ “Stanford White."" “Did you draw any money for yourself out bit's frst | G HUNOREDS OF CARMEN PREPARING TO RESIGN Dissatisfied With Award and Will Seek Bet- ter Positions Continued From Page 1, Column 1 | MUKAL YOUTH PLEADS HE MEANT NO WRONG Tells Arresting Officer That Letter to School Girl Was a “Joke” Continued From Page 1, Column 7 May 1 they will present their request for the flat raise they seek. and in the event of it not being granted they will | simply quit. In the award the writer rehearses the | arguments put forward by the company | | tor the ten-hour day and then goes on to say that the board does not feel| that it is qualifiea to formulate an | eight-hour time table, and that as but | two months remain of the present con- tract confusion only could result from an award of an eight-hour day. It is also asserted that it would now be im- | | possible to give the men the eight hours they sought for the six months con-| | sumed during the dilatory progress of | | the arbitration. Time has decided that against the men and for that reason no | change will be made. In the matter of the overcrowding of the cars and the extra work forced upen the men since the fire, the award takes the same view put forward By Statisticlan Hibbs, who testified that the overcrowding of the cars was-only apparent and not real. The majority opinion holds that the only lines that have been appreciably overcrowded have been the Fillmo treet and the | Fillmore-street hill lines. The evi- dence put in by the men showed that the same number of passengers were being transported as before the fire in half the number of cars. The pop- ular impression seems to be in ac-| cordance with those figures rather | than with the testimony of l»{lh_bs,f which is adopted by the two majority | arbitrators. 7| From this point the opinion goes| on to say that the additional work | forced upon the men was not great| nor lasting, and not a reasonable sub- Ject of complaint. Goling somewhat outside its logical | United Railroads has done everything in its power to effect a speedv re- | habilitation of its liness The earth-| quake and fire, it holds, was “an act of God,” for which the United Rail-| roads cannot be held accountable, and+ that subsequently the company had| done everything im its power to re- sume its service on the various lines. | ~The wages of the carmen, as pub- lished in The Call previously, are raised to 31; 32 and 33 cents an hour, according to the number of vears they have been in the employ of the com- pany. This is an increase of about| 20 per cent. In the case of the other unions in- volved, not only is a e in wages accorded, but the eight-hour day is | awarded in nearly every case. This makes a raise in some instances of as much as 60 per cent in the pay of the men as reckoned by the hour. These large raiges, however, apply to a comparatively small number of men, while the small advance allowed the carmen effects more than 1000. | The secretary of the union reports that a hundred 'platform men have turned in their badges recently and left the employ of the company, and | he says that several hundred others will follow when the award Is formal- Iy published. Some of these men will | have from $50 to $75 bonus coming to them from the increase, which is made to date from the time of the appointment of the arbitration board in September. This fund will give them an opportgnity to seek employ- ment in other dud more remunerative lines of work. e The majority members of the board are known to be apprehensive of the effect of Father Yorke's minority opinion, which is.said to be written in no uncertain style and to bring out the claims ot the carmen as clearly | as the majority —opinion recites, the | position of the company. It will be {read at the meeting to be held this| | morning, and there is a slight possi- bility that even yet some more favor- able compromiiv may be reached. S Mt SR The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Will be held in Seattle in 1909. Superb | sight on the shores of Lake Washing- ton. Read ‘about it in Sunset Maga- zine, March number. ¥y i S ENJOYING DRIVE-Louls Drosel, o] painter, living at 460 Scott street, died suddenly yesterday afternoon while driving in the Park Panhandle with John Ellen- berg. A A A AN AN AN AP AP NN NP PN | friends. They were simply acquaint- | ances when both were playing at the same theater.” { | | of the letter of credit which White gave you when you went to Europe in 19032 “1 did not.” “Did you draw any for your mother?’ “Yes,” in_Boulogne. Mamma in a sbop window. She knew I land I let her have what she wanted. When | Thaw heard of this Le ralsed a fuss and said | T should mot have accepted the letter-of-credit | mehey.” | |, “After’ you had refused to continue your llmnmger relations with White, did he have a talk with you, urging you to resume these relations " . Jerome objected and was sustained. Mrs. Thaw said that Garland told her mother that if they had anything to do with White he (Garland) would have nothing to do with em. She sald that her friendship with Garland ceased when she met White, Sue said she consulted the stage manager. as to whether she ought to return a $50 bill which Thaw sent her fn a bunch of flowers. The conduct of George Lederer toward her, she sald, was always that of respect. There was nothing improper in the attentions of several young men whose names she had mentioned as paying attention to her. Jerome objected to 4 question about the sec- ond operation performed on Mrs. Thaw and said neither of the operations was of a criminal character. This ended the redfrect examination. © On the cross-examination she sajd she did not know whether Stanford White continued to pay for Howard Nesbit's schooling up to the time of his death. She sald Stanford White's letter of credit was returned to him and that he gave it to Mrs. Neshit. “Yes. ““That s all, except that I may at some fu- ture time ask the witness to expiain phrases in Thaw's letter which we have just receive At 12:40 the luncheon recess was ordere Thaw was called to the | stand by Delmas for redirect examination. Delmes requested that certain photographs of Mrs. Thaw which bad been introduced in evi- dence be sent £ Delmas bere showed Mrs. Thaw fourteen re- nyadi anos Best Natural Laxative After recess Mrs. making the definite ing to impeach the wit- | continue Iy cross-examina- | suid be did dictste a Statement in the | the mext day did Jacob Snydecker give ocument was shown the witness and be | ed if it was mot & carbon copy of the | elmas objected and was | Hummel several other ques- but objection to all of excused temporarily | the morning for headache, torpid liver ‘and especially i , A (T S e = steel frame—automatically opensto full Those who do become Wa;gmmmmmm b i s s, THIS BEAUTIFUL DAVENP.ORT Made of solid oak, nicely finished, upholstered in styli pattern of Velour over heavy DO YOUR. TRAD;:.GMA? OUR STORE BECAUSE we are out of the High Rent District, OUR PRICES are the Very Lowest. that Quality Goods can be sold for. Indianapolis Fyrniture Co. 833 MISSION STREET, Bet. Fourth and Fifth Streets | — (L i, ] P T T B9 sl = — bk | l/ e, large box for storing of bedding. our satisfied customers purview, the opinion states that the|; not understand that it is a crime in America to attempt the debauchment of a young girl's mind, and after fail- ing in their endeavors to spirit the au- thor of the lettér out of town they fol- lowed him to San Francisco, assuring him of all the assistance that they could render. The arresting officers could no more explain to them the enormity of Mukai's offense than they could change the Mongolian yellow of their countenances to Caucasian white. ‘When The Call reached Mill Valley vesterday morning the Japanese colony, which is large there, read the story and became alarmed. They bought all the papers containing the account of the impending arrest of Mukai. By 9 o'clock there was not a copy of The Call to be bought in town. Then the Japanese held a mass-meeting on the slopes of the Marin County hills. Mu- kai, who had left school at the 11 o'clock recess, was present. It was decided to hide him until he could get out of town and then send him to South America. A Japanese companion secured his books from the schoolroom. Mukaf was secreted in the rear of a Japanese cobbler's store. There he was located by Inspector Dennis Coyne and Town Marshal Staples. PLEADS IT WAS A “JOKE.” “It was a joke, honorable sirs,” pleaded Mukai, with deferential bow. “It was a joks,” solemnly asserted his fellow wits from the Land of the Ris- ing Sun. The point of the joke was lost on. the official, who had never studied Japanese humor and did not under- stand wit as expressed in an unspeak- able letter to a beautiful child of tender vears and sweet innocence, Mukai was brought to this city, and after an examination before Commis- sioner Heacock was escorted by the inspector, accompanied by the faithful brown friends, to the Alameda County Jail, where he will await trial for send- ing obscene matter through the mails. The objectionable letter was sent to Miss Havelock about a week ago. It was addressed to her in care of Mrs. M. D. Ballentine im Mill Valley, a friend of the family with whom the Havelock girl lives. “I am going to write you a melon- choly letter,” said the message, “since I suppose you know who I am. I am a young sport of Mill Valley and lov- ing you very much, almost to make me very much sick. So I hope you will come to see me and give me a kiss. 1 give you 25 cents for this kiss. I { think it is a very good the idea if you will.” The rest is not printable, and the let- ter is signed “Frank.” SENT IMPROPER VALENTINE Mrs. Ballenune turned the letter over to Principal F. Houch, who positively identified the handwritidg as Mukai's. Prior to the sending of the letter the Japanese youth had sent an improper valentine to the school girl during the regular valentine day celebration, when the messages were placed by the little children in a box at the school- house and then distributed in the after- noon. Houch was preparing a case against Mukai and intended to expel him for that offense. But the letter was so much worse that Houch had it turned over to the town marshal, who in turn handed it over to the Federal officials. The arrest followed yesterday, and the Japanese boy made a full and frank confession. “Why shouldn’t he.’ queried Deputy Inspector Coyne. “He doesn’t think that it is a crime to send such a letter to a little girl” But the look on the arresting officer's face boded no good to any one who would send such a let- ter to any one dear to him. Marie Havelock, the girl to whom the letter was sent, is an orphan. Her mother died in 1905 and Mrs. O. C. Briggs, who is interested in settlement work in this city, took her in charge. She is living with Mr. and Mrs. A. Graupner in Mill Valley and has been attending school there since January. She is modest, pretty and good, and her wide open eyes, proclaim truth when she says that she does not know what this trouble is all about. Attired in a natty sailor dress, her blue waist Made In Porto Rico From Porto Rican Tobacco That's one thing that's sure about El Toro cigars—eomethi?lg extremely doubtful about the many so-called “Porto Rican” brands. 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R SRR AR Similariy named doseiva, This flzsi and original Cold Tsblet is o WHITE PACHAGR with black snd ved leitesing, sad beass the sigmature of caught loosely about at her plump ‘Let the people of the Pacific Coast neck with blue nautical necktie, ghe is! fight it out for themselves.’ Our sub a typical American girl, pure, g0od and | republic on the Pacific Coast is well innocent. She says that she has never worth fighting for and dying for. Our spoken a word to the Japanese boy and | Pacific Coast line is longer than that of does not understand why he should!any other natien, and it is not ade- have written to her. Her teacher speaks | quately protected. highly of her, and all who know her! “I do not think that the Japanese love her. |nave a right to go to white schools | unless the people of California desire it. I think that some of our high i authorities have made concessions that CHICAGO, Feb. 26.—“T am not an|Will be extremely difficult to. back up.” alarmist, but the popular temper of the S & people of Japan l’: ‘:uch that I believe MORE JAPANESE ARRIVE that sooner or later the United States will have to reckon with them. That| More than 800 Japanese laborers who they were so allve to what they arrived yesterday from Hawaii by the th;uzlht ‘h;f‘"‘ rights “g‘ ':‘9' recel; steamship Mongolia were landed yes- At :(::‘e:l'pg;‘, that we woulg ' terday by United States Immigrant do well to know. The best way to|Commissioner North without examina- make the reckoning effective when it ! tion. ; | does come is to be thoroughly prepared! “I have received no instructions | betore the storm breaks.” iwhatever from Washington,” said Chancellor - E. Benjamin Andrews,: NOrth yesterday, “respecting Japanese president of the University of Nebraska, immigrants, and until I do I shall fol- who was the only speaker at tonight's10W the usual course of procedure— session of the superintendence depart- | that Is, to admit all Japanese arriving {ment of the National Education Asso- from Hawail without examination | cfation, sounded a note of warning and 2 TR s T urged protection of the Pacific Coast | Byron Hot Springs {in his address on “The Problems of the | Among the Contra Costa hills and a few hours | Greater America.” | from San Franeisco—a delightfal week-end re- | sort for rest and recreation. Write agents South- “I do not agree with those who say,)em Pacific. - ADVOCATES WAR PREPARATION The Champagne that lends grace ‘to the table and delights