The evening world. Newspaper, February 8, 1907, Page 1

He took her to “ Abe’’ Aa. That out of town. . aaaraaoasaooseNEe: STRIKING FEAGURES IN EV. Stanford White tried to poison 2S i against Harry Thaw with false stories. He pursued her after her marriage to Thaw. That Had Been Excited and His Animosity Toward White Increased by Stortes of Other Girls: & Ruined by the Architect as Was Evelyn Nesbit. Hummel, She: Says, Urged Fer to Bring N THA’ S GESTIMONY GIVEN GO- DAY. mmel, who she says drew up false charge with (dea of dribing: Thaw for Breach of Promise. Velehe Suit Against ‘Weather—Ctoudy, with anor; Saturday cloudy, her—Clo FULL STENOGRAPHIC AEAT | OF TESTIMONY IN THAW TRIAL | RESULTS. EDITION. é [« sf Circulation Books Open to AU. we mie “PRICE ONE CENT. FRIDAY, _FEBRUARY 8, 1907. NEW YORK, Another Telling Point Is Made—by the Witness on the Second , , Day of Her Defense of Her Husband. ARCHITECT FOLLOWED HER IN CAB ON FIFTH AVENUE. Again to-day—for several hours—Evelyn Nesbit Thaw continued to add tothe fabric-of her-extraordinary Sory—of the lustful, cunning love ih averendowed witht the -gokt make: men. sirong in the “of a roue and the will jission oF of hisfather, but sweak inthe gu ~ game ot_hearts-as swettastife: of many queer haunts disguised as_ si 5 and apparently established but for one purpose, the enjoyment of his se snapped his fingers at the sanctity of the ma with-his-attentions-cven-after she-had became the lawful wife of his rival, the erratic Harry Thaw. : This testimony was the clincher needed to give the benefit of the-appealto-the-so-called higher law. we This was followed later in the afternoon session by the allegatic that-she-was-not-ihe-enly—gitlled—to-ruin by ntord White AL gre: fight-was-made_by Mr Jerome to keep ihis out “in the interests of the age bond and pursued hér isoner, the ep fame of the dead architect,” but Mr, Delmas, for-Thaw, was not disposed | to deal lightly with the character of the victim of his client’s revolver, j.and-while the counsel were stillarguing on the admission of this line of testimony Justice Fitzgerald adjourned the court until Monday. THE ELEMENT OF COMEDY. Immediately-after-the-opening-of-the-ses elament was injected into the case—that-of con calssed in any of the established schools of himor, but might fittingly be. termed. criminal.comedy...Mrs.. Thaw, with the,same young but a motto ghneeiny her-eye,-with-the shrinking; yet-confident- pose “of B child w mind ae the ae hemo ing-a-new At once the narrative that has ShOCKET a world, “was resumed. The} while she told how White had hired Abs Hummel to carry on the ‘bitter | all was set“ aside for the moment tragedy of it d hey Stanford White owner al desires, had literally It was -not-to-be; as_gained prococity through adult surroundings, | a Sketched Especially. for. The Evenin World b Artist Perley. voltae Espey for Pe F cning Word y Ait Perey (HEEERERERER EE HARE REE stare amined in Podences = : ~ Tending to Show ‘His Mind — Was U nbalanced.. || ABE HUMMEL IN THE _PLOT TO HELP WHITE with a letter to Mr. Longfellow, vas then Thaw's counsél, The ° awyer was requested to car W t to. ~ In his letter to Lot fellow the 1 his wite in-thissmanner: a “tHE POOR, EL-APYISED ANGEL MEANT Seal SHE W RIGHT ANT GOoop - HE—HANDS—OF—A—PGE GUARDLY, -HARD-HE FESSIONAL, DECEIT Further on in the rambling, incoherent document {s this ritence: “I have nothing to live for, but-it is so much to love life MRS. THAW AGITATED BY _LELTERS. While there letters were being nd the tender ph \ of endearment emphasized by Mr. Delmes, Mrs. Thaw disp! lousness that -revenlod how far her nerves dud auffersd, Crimson fishes played on her cheelryand moun Her answers were ¢ Sleep iis itieb ate btelelsteielsteisieteleeic ths rie ete! ordeal. little curls parted on her forehead. fd denice she continually Worked together the fingers of her hands and picked her gloves. I All_of the letters of Thaw to Evelyn by and a depth of sentiment that few have Time-and-anin-he-endeavared—tetin athed a-sincertty iven the young man erodlt s—uson—her tht ho held te i Tor. en reveretice for decepUontrenthed in—att-of them * was often repeated, the be: autitint entld who had b ulied by ves,_and—the—“dibade vised angel “He frequently called you that In letter and speech?” <hiet_counse! CALLED HER ANGEL VERY OFTEN: sald Thaw < +. “Yes, very often,” replied the witnes, with a long elen, tending over and gifqycing directly at ker husband, where chin Imy in the yoke of both” hands, bent forward within a few inches of the table. As Mr, Delmas read thie-sentence “insight menthe sous y he ji the gutter,.moraly-mentaliy and dishonorably,” the young woman” % head with a gesture eloquent of the force of her husband's argument. had prophesied that If the pevsteted tu hey-retisal-te-murcy- tine she “woul The letters were read with great cettberatton py” Mt “campaign of catunmy he desired to-prosecute against Thaw, —Her- testi mony placed the lawver, who is under conviction for: suornation of per | Jury-in-the Dodge-Morse divorce suit in an even worse light than he ap- | peared-during the revelations when he Was on-trialin that-case—She told how Harry’Thaw referred to him as a “blackmailer and a shyster and warned her to beware of him, and how White had described him as the “slickest lawyer in New York” and a “little man with a big head and - qwarty face.” ~All of this seemed to amuse the court, particularly whet it was alleged that “‘Abe’ had squeezed $1,000 from White’ ‘and threatened to get another.” THE RECESS FOR LUNCH, And so it went for two hours when the. wekome of recess waS announced and Mrs. Thaw left the stand. She —held -het poise, pushing back her hair from her forehead and_step- ping out firmly almost buoyantly. She greeted May McKenzie in the ante-room adjoining-the Justice's chamber-with-a- bright smite sndt-kissed her. None of Mrs. Thaw’s party went out to lunch, but ate sandwiches and drank coffee in the ante-chamber. aN The defendant also seemed to have gathered courage and aplomb from the progress of the day's proceedings. He left the court-room with a long swinging stride and an alert, hopeful look in his eyes. In the tri- bunal there was noticeably absent the strain and tension of yesterday. THE AFTERNOON SURPRI The afternoon session broughi with it a tedious argument over the admission of a will or wills made by Thaw, designed by the defense to show the crazed condition of the prisoner's mind when they were drawn. Mr. Jerome succeeded in keeping them out for the present. KG Then another ripple of spiel onar sat was injected into the case he endeavored -to get as much pathos and dramatic ¢ possible. There was a great deat or the Wivial and df {i missives, however, and thelr readivg dragged palit - Speculation was iow Cetitreing-in Jerome mina Von Wout she b+ a-wise -gelieral and-treat thie tom, distracted-ginl gently? —Or-woulk he'go at her like the savage black panther that our District-Attorney can i —be-on-ocastons;-al-bered—teeth-and—insheathed elaws_andthroaty_snarig- ; snapping and flashing and shaking the bars of his cage of legay Nmitations in an effort to get at the opposition and eat ‘em up?. THE TASK BEFORE JEROME. af | Sofar, He had been all courtesy and consideration In his treatment ot Harry Thaw's wife. What would he do now that she was about to be de- wriggled their way into court and sought for seats from which to crane |i\yered over to hle professional consideration? their necks and bore the little woman on the stand with their curious eyes. | which had. been dragging somewhat when Mr. Delmas started in to prove that Stanford White had lured other young girls to their ruin. He Any way you look at it, you were bound to figure {t out thal the feline was getting well on in this direction when Mr. Jerome gave a yawn and Feathers of brilliant! rainbow hues, rakish and draggled plumes, waved and j Mr. Jerome had ahead of him’ a path ad delicate aa spinning spider silt with a whats-the-use expression in his voice objected to such testimony | trembled over the little sea of heads. The creations with which these | {nto cables. There was Be dgupae on tales this had car- ad she done it better |rled conviction with It, {have been artificial, tt would have been 4 Looking back ca her testin | spective of Its uspect, one could p {tothe hearts lke diamond drills W the crowning brutal detafls of the hb Many. Mirrors she was not acting a part raromen adorned themselves, from outspoken yellow and green spats to Mr, Delmas-was-visibly-shocked—as—a—tawyer-can- appedr to be} wierd lacework at ihe_throat, were correspe ondingly garish, shocked when it suits. There w flash of the great American con’? THE LINES OF THE DEI EN iS in his eyes, however, as he sald he rere edhe “did not know what inate akGr aflen MrSecThav Tenderloin gossip meant, but Presume. the learned District-Attorney re- eAnlintied: hel niroduclioniokthe ideendante fies by ferred to some. disreputable district.” to establish two points. i ‘to pleces with her own hands; she w duhiie Jerome was ing i yer inchis mind the case ad- e And while Mr. Jerome was turning it over in-his mind the case ad FIRST, THAT THEY SHOW THAT THE DEFENDANT'S REA. | Vitriol before an audience o as-“mere Tenderloin gossip.’ red home _ to speak ror in Sta -she ng_her_oyn heart 1 to the /fame of hostile “ey, yoteran. ytvtae 1 of the red, froin the words ith a mute rok the chi journed, SON HAD. BEEN’ SHATTERED. | Jerome's hired alleniets hed THE HUART-RENDING 8TORY SHE RELATED ON THE STAND, She tould never have cor S or heacl tellers Indl Keenteeribbled fd pi naper—_| Vibrant Ups Mterally shrinking wway in thvatents everal of these letters had been scribbled on: odd pieces of pay eT | they must frame, the eyes crying out of their glazed t S | the sort of stationery purchased in drug stores and little shops—with 4 | appeal for mercy, the gasp and the choke and shudder t : i a Morning ession | girl and artists’ model, at the time he was begging her to marry him, he} COULDN’T HAVE BEEN ACTED. In striking contrast to the unobstrusive simplicity of Mrs. Thaw’s| wrote that he would willingly sacrifice everything for her—‘give up The best emotional actress In America couldn't have done it as weft. ate was the glaring raiment and lurid headgear of the women who | every ining if she would only marry him.” This missive was in¢losed just as effective were the little touches of Instinctive feminine vanity, with a URNS SECOND, THAT HE HAD HEARD FROM EVELYN'S OWN Lips | Msht watch the dismembe rarish Clad Women Garish Cla /omen pencil. In one of the three letters written by Thaw to the then chorus Tish voire. EGRET ¢