The evening world. Newspaper, February 21, 1907, Page 3

__!pouth division of. Aberdeen,.to replace ~ T “Tt Is a Duel of Sex for a Man’s o | | So Far It Has Been a Fine Piece of Verbal Fencing, the Woman's Wit Cleverly Parrying the Trained Prosecutor's Skill. MEETS HIS MOST BITTER ] After.a Day” of ‘Tense Struggle Her ae of, Stanford White’s Crime Emerges Un- changed by’ the: State’s Efforts -to-Cut It to: Shreds, By Nixola Greeley-Smith. R. BERNARD SHAW has} written much of the “duel! of-se a world-old situation. Always there has been (is Dalle “between the. strong, ct ~ and often crude brain of the! man| si “reasoning, brain of-the woman. —Such-a-duel-one-of-the-greatest ever waged between a man and a woman, is going on now In Justice Fitzgerald’s court-room, where Sve-| lyn Nesbit Thaw is. being cross- examined by District -Attommey Jerome. It is a fine ptece of verbal fen- cing, an intensely Interesting match of wits so long as one loses sight of the fact that the duel ts for the life of the man staring with lowered eyes at the counsel-table-while his young wife tilts with his prosecutor. The second day of the battle 1s going on now. And as yet the honors Of war belong to the woman. For, so far, the long hours of merciless ques- tioning have been unable to shake a single essential fact in-young Mrs. Thaw's story of Stanford White's crime egainst her. UNSUPPORTED, BUT UNDISMAYED. . Handreds-of men are_present’at this duel, scarcely halt a.dosen-women, _Young Mra. Thaw: han net the moral support of a single woman friend or relative. She stes in the witnees-chair. a small-but valiant figure, with all the forces of the law arrayed against her, reiterating hor story to an audli- ence of strangers, nome few of them with sneering unbelief so plainly. }written upon their faces that she cannot fall to petal eal it: But shetz ‘undismayed, ‘When Mr. Jerome began his cross-examination the:fra!l/ young woman reeemed to me to be mightily afraid of him. But yesterday. she faced him fearlessly and successfully, and te-‘ay her clear, cold gaze meots his as serenely as if she were looking at her own pale reflection in a mirror in- stead of at the man who Ja striving to send Harry Thaw to death. Sho is apparently unconscious of the handreds of other eyes fixed upon her. So far as her demeanor indicates, there ere just four persons inthe . Delmas, who stands at her elbow; Mr. Jerome, -who -paces to fro In front of her; Justice Fitzgerald, whose large figure ewathed in ‘uminous black gown ts turned toward her as she testifies, and herself. USTS JUSTICE-FITZGERALD. Partick young Mes. Thaw likes Justice Fitsgerald very much. Only jooking:at him, and she turns toward him very often {n mute inquiry, $ong eyes Jose their hint of strain and become sweet and trustful ag 4ntended them to be. And the Justice, while preserving his judicial re. of-impartiality, seems nevertheless to convey 9 mute assurance of sto the fragtie witness. = e-gnse-af the many-huudred-oyes which Ofrs.Thaw ignores-6-gen- jendly, Inside the court-room, as out of it, opinions are divided as truth or-faleehood of her story of foul wrong at (he hands of Stan- White. But.there are many more who believe than who discredit it. BE. tre latter, strangely enough, are mostly. men with. expert knowledge -Nfe.and;who.haye the general notion that all women not att to them are vampires, and that al] men who have not injured prompan related to t aré viotims. hese persons cannot hear jany truth in any word young Mrs. Thaw my —if--she-hesttates@rooment under cross-exam!nation they murmur f Meee, ae ast eae ee Rar iaetdiodR Maas le Mansa MAKING: A eee FIGHT. “ Timesmay:susttty thetr meers_and their incredultty, but I:do-not. think it wit." To me:the atrongest support offered to Mrs, Thaw’s story up to tthe present time fs the statement which her strange mother placed in the Prosecutor's hands to confuse and eontradict her, and which Mr. Jerome held in dia hand yesterday, Mrs. Thaw has not accused her mother at any tirme, To all appear- ances ské has done her best to shield when it was posse, to remain silent when silence seemed the sole defense of her. Besides this statement of the mother we are to have the testimony of the brother, Howaml Nesbit, to whom Harry..Thaw willed an annuity of $600'a year, as revealed at the reading of his will in court the other day. WYth her famfly thus arrayed against her, with all the power of the Jaw directed toward the demolition of her testimony, she 1s making a gallant fight. Avd whether she be armed with truth and the consclous- ness of a great wrong, or with the guile of sophistication, she o doing wonderfully well. Later Mr. Jerome maybe more successful in discrediting her story, But up to-the present moment the honors in this latest“duel of sex belong to the woma: pase Sham dL Se he be ' LEMONT GETS BRYCE'S SEAT. BURDICK WILL STANDS, ¥ LONDON, Feb. 21.- The by-election BUFFALO, Web. 21.—Mrs, Alice Bur- \for a member to Partiament from the] dick, widow'of Edwin L. Burdick, who cwaa” murdered several years ayo, has deen defeated’ in her efforts to control property he lett for her three children, the-OCowrt-of Appeals deciding this prop- erty, Valued at- $40,000, mhall bein the Jemes Bryce, who thas been made rilish Ambassador to the United ‘Raken, resulted to-day in FE. 8. 8, Lo- mont (Liberal) getting 2,779 votes, Ron- ja few phrase for! —and- the subtle intuitive, -often—ua-{- HE EVENING WORLD> THU RSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1907. EVELYN THAW’S oe TENSE FACE UNDER JEROME’S FIRE ADMITS PERUURY. AGAINST WIFE IN NORTON DIVORCE |Hackman Says. Detective! for Husband Got Him to Testify Falsely. SEW HAVEN, Conn. Feb. 1.—There|, was. sensational acene in the Supreme | Court here cis afternoon, during the telal of the divorce action brought by | Bewir “Kenneth Norton “agaiiet his! fife. n fermir Rloak mode! when}. Dennia Sweeney, @ hack-dnver. took the stand and declared he-hed seam} faleely against Mra. Norton. Bweeney testified yesterday that he had driven Mrs. Norton to.vartous-re-! sorts and that. on’ each occasion she/ Was accompanied by a strange man. | To-day, after B. J. Stevens, another} hackman, had given testimony of * «| similar character, Sweeney appeared! on a court order and was.called to the atand. 1 He thon confessed that he had done Mrs. Norton an Infurtice py telling the story esterday of carrying her! fay be hacke with men He dectarea [3 when he drat _ ada tna satacaan Ta ortion's counsel..that he earried Mrs | Norton. tut Mrs, Norton was not the woman | Edwant Tuttle, anothe he carried, temtifted that che had that be would lone-nothing py mony im the case sIt in oapected that We this point Mrs. Norton “fainted Bnd had to be carried from the court- room. inten—reported tot Sweeney, oh examination, declared | and an indiotment for p that he. was kept at nicht in w room| asked for against hi by a detective employed by Norton, beat the woman's husband, and was drunk this tternoon, L STRUUS APS HEALTH BOARD ABOUT BAD MIL Thomas Darlington, Premdent of the Board of Health, was verbally this_afternoon mt the impure millk hearing held by the Committue on Pubic’ Health of the Board of Alder- men. Dr. Arshur Ro Green, representing Nathan‘ Straus, who wan detained -bytHt- ness, recited the gingers of raw milk and the prening Teert-of Pastedrization. fand-after stating that atl experts-agresd on «he necessity of Pasteurization to; {insureagainst tnfant mortaltty,,.be sald) I that he wan grieved by the attitude of Dr. Darlington. ~ ~~ Nothing could be done, he sald, with- | out tho active co-operation of the Health Department in awakening the people to the danger of mw milk—at leant in its athe of barb of sick oh Kreatent uc teurization 7 Dr. In unnecensary t Ington, Who Faye Pasteurisa tion: ik NOt Hecessary. Said Mr. Strauss representative: ‘The Bontd of Heatth advocates an [Ipapection Of dairies.“ Thapection” tm ex: eitent, but an. ne te the cow for, tubore for “germx. offers sinali yon of a en married nen father. und immu Irope._W. had elupaed iyores the-cose—opened ‘out part | A held quite a ath ring a _pumber of be named as co: each day shan of the studenta. Dr, “Daritngion, whol advocates jor’ at farms, dtd not appear apy (Continued trom 5 from Seoond Page.) . I Informed her aboul somie of “Yes, the. stories thix young. woman told. “When did you break your friendship with-tiis story-telling young lady?" £ | NEVER CARED MUCH FOR HER. “Just before I got married.” Then the witness explained that urs @riendship had never been intensely warm. “But you correaponded with her,” pursied Jerome, "Yes." * “Were ber Tetteru Ike her stories—-pretty rank? “Some of them were not very nice.” z *“Hiave you those letters yet?” “T ‘have. "will you bring them here to-morrow?” “T will,” answered Mrs. ‘Thaw with a gravely nodded.his approval. * “Did-you-ever-go to uny of Stanford White's parties ently In 1900 when you came back from school Iu Pon:pton 2" brisk Iittle noa and Delme —"Only- to-one-or—tbyo— |—waa_trvtng te ayotdoaing alone alia Mr White." A recess of fifteen minutes was taken” (to allow opportunity to clear the atmosphere of the court. Then the People’s counse! returned to tha Tower parties. The witness said that the majority of suppers were after) the theatre. Then there were luncheons before the theatre. White sent a carriage to the theatre for Evelyn when she went to the Tower, and also when she went to the luncheons fn the Twenty-fourth street studlo. “Did you ever go alone with White to the Twenty-fourth street. house | after he had wronged you?” | “Yes, I did—I went with him in a cab, but he promised me that he | wouldn't play any tricks on me and that he would have other persons | ther “And you relled on his prom!se?"* “Yes, 1 aid, “How many times an you go to the Twenty-fourth street pl: ‘Not often. Mr. White told me he was afraid of that place.’ “Afraid of what?” AFRAID OF ‘ROOM OF MIRRORS.” ‘He told me there was too much danger. He sald that he had taken two actresses there, and after words they had gone out and done a lot vt talking about the mirrors there. fie satd the tower was more secluded and that It was safe “Were any others ever present at the dinners you went to In the “Twenty-fourth street house?” “Oh, yes, nearly always there would be otker men and women present for swpper.” | Whenever Mr, Jerome drew from Mra, Thaw the whispered n/imos of the men and women who,attended the Tower and studio entertalnniants, the District-Attornoy transmitted the names to thé stenographer and they were "MRS. EVELYN THAW ‘BREAKS S_DOWN AND. WEEPS. Feference at any Ue In the future. Was-the-conduct-of the: prests atotiene: ‘Pwenty- fourth street dinners) seemly ar unseemly?” KEPT THE VELVET SWING _HIDPEN, at tr Mr, Walle would never let the otherd’ see the ‘roont in It or the poom swith the velvet swing or, the rest of wing-room~and:the-dining-room."" aul-atories-there?* = had them _at the tower, Some ‘of the men and! I thought {t was all right at the time because. e.Whs nothing opewty Indecent, but as 1 see it stow it wes allver: hateful.” “Was there alytiing phystealtytmproper “well, 1 remeniber one young wenan who kicked very high when 1 mas With the’ mirrors except ther drt womes ape _that, terize [UC as Mndtcent? as but tt sn't_what you a staze, Low. you sw Miss Winchester do at the Dead Rat in Paris?” Inquired | voung-gllwae-not-tohe-canghtin-an_admission—whlohshe-had not made, DODGED ANOTHER TRAP. “IT never eald that I saw Miss Winchester do any cakawalilnes at the! Dead Rat in Pa the w 3 Jerome had ju of “I don't re! better, her w! Vdn't, “Yes, she not falling back on her refuge a’ much as on yesterday, y once to Burger's Cafe here In Now York?” this Indy Edna Goodrich? ay “It was {n 129), on was thut? We were both— ye finet Stanford White tdna and I—tIn the ‘Florodora’ company, “You are sure this was before you met White?" Inquired tho prose- | cator, “Yes, [had not mot him at this time." ‘The witness whispered more names to Mr. Jerome, whereupon he drew out that there were three women and several men at this party, Mrs, Thaw did not recall any risque proceedings at this supper SUPPER AT THE BEAUX ARTS ave been discussing, did you go to any din- ners or suppers with a of the men who had access to thé studio on (Dwenty-fourth street?" was asked went to supper at ure Cafe Des Beaux Arts," ‘The name of the ra she went with was whispered to Jerome. Then! | the witness” added ‘aloud: here was One-man at this supper who Mr. White sald Dad ac to the Twenty-fourth street house.” “During this period we “berinitted on j did the young..woman's dancing compare with. the. cakewalk} carefully, exactly repeating! Her memory ‘seemed | s Lite,’ Says Nixola Greeley-Smith of Evelyn Thaw’s Cross -Examination by District-Attorney Jerome RE inch White or from his pécrotury, | these questions: i | | peal to th: |rhaw and j was connected with tha Unilted States Embassy in- London” “In the ‘Girl from Dixle,’ ati the Madison Square Inbeatbat"= Fee “Was not White to take you to a dinner at the Tower that night?" “Yes, that was the arrangement." “Dil the defendant'come and wke you away that night” 3 “Yea, ho did. “Had you seen White. earller in the evening ?"" “ “Yos, hd canie fo the theatre, end { wouldn't te} him “whethe! or noes vautd come to the party. 'He?xot. mad and-went away, savin woull k later when Lom: up my mind.” 3 It wak nfter that that y came for you?" “Yes Mr Thaw came and we went away together.” “Tn an auto?” THAW TOOK HER AWAY. “No and : "Was ther were other peaple-in-the-carriage-—.man- In a carrtige, ‘The A Wan on the aidewnlk at the time—a man ‘named ‘Kennedy, etlve aut the Grand Hotel?" . honse de eas el “Where‘did you gu that night (rom the Madieon Square Theatre?” 4 ft some place, iu: the Sixties with Mr. Thaw." Pay i (a colored maic ‘ j -Did_your husband —irink—muech—oid—wee hein the habit—of taxing feet 1! wine?" “Yes, at times,” “Did wihe seem to affect bin greatly.” "It did not seem to affect“ him unusunily. other men.” : ow ere you ‘not #esisted out of Rector’s?" . “Now “Where wer No-different than “with ou Hying at that ume?” “tYoa, Baers you not then tu cecelpt of money No." T lived ure alone.” j ate?" from Stanford Wh. “Didn't you have a balance in bank rematning trom White's Jettor of credit When you first wilt to" Etirot : ng, but tA ldaitt-getti—My mother got {tall “ 3 ‘ fatto tee—thatou—ere-ronstanth-recetving= monny—frour AantSre— arHnett, beween he time when you first: re. turned. from Europe and. when- you went back there? HON", “Was ‘nt house te which you went. on n Christies eve night, 1993, ar. Thaw's house?” s \ “Yes, ttwas his house," “And-did-you-stay. there all night?" “You Toaia rf “Did you have any talk with Stanford White at tile time?” “Yes, I had one talk with him." SHE-DID- NOT REGISTER. W live unter in the Grand Hotel 2" “What nume did y I did not register, ‘Mr. ‘Thaw was at the sare hotel?* : “Yen,” “His apartments were on the same floor with yours?” g “Yes. “Ware they connecting upartiutn(s7” Yen" ates SREP beens tse “Did your mther go with you and Thaw whoa you went to France om your second trip?’ ; “Then you went to London?” ‘ou left your mother in London?" “aAnd-yourment-away with -Thaw?* THEIR-TOU-R-IN-EUROPE. "Yes, We went (o various English towns, then to Holland and thea _ to Munich, ‘where we stayed several woeks.” “Then- wheres" — peienenty Baas teria “We travelled around a gocd deal, I think we went-to Innsbruck, | There we stayed crvhile at a pretty lake in the German Alps, but I-don't remetber the name of the place. \fier that wo tonrol parc of Gwitzer- — lsnd in a cab. I remember a pretty mountain we saw on the borrers be- tween Switzerland and Italy, bit I cant recall {ts name. We eaw part of the Rhine and had a fow dayr ju Austria and in the Austrian Tyrol.” - “Did. you learn theo that your mother wis In London all the time?” i My husband found {t our and told me.” “Where wns Thaw’'s valet Dedford, al Ghis ttine?” ‘We left him in London to take mire cf mamma,” Mr. Jerome waa reading fran Mrs. Holmeh’s ntatement ss he aeked “Did you not know that yonr mother was in such. the had to go to work asa chambermald {na hotel’, sneered Jerome. | SAYS MOTHER WAS NOT IN NEED. “She certainly was not," retorted Mrs. Thaw with vetioajent directness, *fyagford, the valol, wax-entertaining-your-mothor_tn London," Imquirod Jerome, sneeringly. “He was not,” sald the girl warmly. Deimasp rotested at Jerome's language. Jerome sald ne meant no tnm- propriety, bubt he simply meant Bedford had been left behind to look aftsr Mrs. Thawe =" ou not cable tanford White while you ‘were in Europe with ‘did not abe not a cablbe sent to White?” What do you know ot itr. “y Please make your question intelligible.” sald tho. gir, demurely.= “fyidn't you know that your mother had asked-a. certain man to ap= American Embassy in'London to have you taken away’ trom didn’t: the cable to White relate ‘to this matter?” . “| don't _remember." =pidn't Mr: ‘Thaw show you a-cable-dealing with this matter?” “He shawéd mea cablo to Stanford White. I.think {t was In ‘reference to my mother and to the man my mother had seen in London. This man “What else dtd the cable any?" "F-don't remem ber.-I can't: recall,” This was the cable the D!strict-Attorney was making such a fuse about: “Keen TEWas-EUEt Harry Thaw himuelf whispered tu the Information concerning {t bud evfdentis been embodied in the statement given by Evelyn’t mother to the D)istrict-Attorney with the fond purental hope that her daughter micht be proven a Har, Court adjourned until Monday cnerning. ut 10.30. XX from annoying mother, He is exciting her." oto White etemedssith Ertien's name-ftrom-the Continent: porter the text of the mersgxqr, ‘ , - 4 Winchester’s Hypophosphites OF LIME AND SODA A Brain, Nerve and Blood Food and Tissue Bullder CURES indigestion, QUIETS overworked nerves, MAKES frure, rich, red blood, invigorates and regen. | | hal MeNesll (Untonist),” 9,412, ana I. contre! of two trustees until the chil.|@pread upon the:records. 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