The evening world. Newspaper, March 6, 1907, Page 1

| “Circulation Booka Open to Au.” RESULTS | Ani PRICE One G ENT. MRS. WILLIAM THAW TEARFULLY ADDS. ee i TESTI ONY TOSAVE SO iu “ Cir ulation Book Open” to All.’’ } NEW YORK, WEDNESD ¥, MARCH 6, 1907. Mrs. Thaw Tells How Son’s Condition, Mrs. . William T. haw or on Stand ~ READING EXCITES Te | si Mind Underwent a Great _ _dn Defense of Accused Sia ditions that She Implied Re. : ee — fore Giving Permission, a THE GIRL'S PAST WAS TO. BE AS A SEALED BOOK. 9 IN PANICKY MARKET one ue 4 a : So ier Leap of Eleven Points Jerome Attempts to~Stop--the Trial With a Her~ Mother Was Never to” Enter the “Thaw > Stirs the Excited Brokers During Suggestion for a Commission in Lunacy, Home in Pittsburg—The Young Couple & the Bear Raid—Reading Sales pbute us ticomuitepere a Ro lese _ Led’4 Happy Life After Their ‘Fe Against Him. J : Marriage. Z cet - s ~Reputed to Frick Group. — se ; Mrs. William: Copley Thaw went on the witness stand this afternoon ‘~ Yn the last hour of trading to-day in the panicky Stock Exchange at the trial of her son for the murder of Stanford White and in_a few there was enormous trading in Reading and at the close it had made 4 |trief moments there was more intensely dramatic interest injected into —clear_gain over the opening of a fraction over 10 points. Huge blocks of }+h¢ case than-there has-been since Evelyn Nesbit Thaw first told her the stock wére snapped up, and it was apparent that they were going to amazing story. one or two of the leading Wall stfeet houses that have at times been Iden- Not long after'she went under the fire of examination by Mr. Del- commissions from the Harriman interests. i as Ree ‘Reading alone amounted to.732,500_shares. out of.a| mas District-Attomey Jerome. attempted to stop the further. progress of i ‘ ‘a ~ 5 sti ea Coninikeslon in “insanity. “Justice Fitzgerald milet ts Why-should. your life be-ruined?*-I sald_to-bim-.-Then-he sald_to-me- th: total of 2,359,200 shares of stock, Se . . a oertain man had ruined the girl whom he loved and that his life was. > In the wake of Reading many of the other stocks that have been] thata aerate was imposaiblé, as it had not been established that the! Re y ; 4 4 spoiled. This, I recall, wan just before Thankegiving,” -weak-for-the-last-three-days showed renewed strength._Some + prisoner-is-now-insane. see ait “ _Hore she halted aguin. She faltered to Delmas. pitiadle Ittle-apologys-—> Faas = she di = lef came upto, Mrs. Thaw's story: was a simple but pathetic narrative a how: her half smiling a8 she did so, Then her black-edged handkerchief came upto, -ther-trembling Ups. She-wiped the tips repeatedly, mechanically, as if trying ss son began to show traces of an unsound mind after! his return from to wipe away the quiver that persisted. For nearly a minute there was no! i cific closed two points to the good and Southem : UN hile Ma te He tun Hosa B Europe; how he brooded over the wrong done to-Evelyn_Nesbit by-the|- sound in the chamber, except the shuffling of uneasy fect. c 7 ‘Accoriing to message reoctyed hero === | “‘wickedist man in New York;” how he broke down repeatedly and wept JEROME HELPS TO CALM HER, : Washington, | 5 Jerome, all courtesy ind consideration, was actually assisting De:mas se SE Ee alced! Bieniawate tel NATIONAL STAKE 2: he dwelt on this wrong; how he pleaded for her consent to marry the in_the efforts of the Callfornian to soothe the agitated old_mother, He. ‘Central, aa was re-| rar Sng oe a = . ae rieeets ite eld There} girl;-how~she finally ‘consented-and-how the young” couple lived happily Me no ground for any such report. and content. nodded-an-eflirmative-when-Delmas,-evidentlyin orderto-glve-Mrs,Tha pt close of the exolting day's trad. ¢ both of the Hill roads, Great ‘Nor! The story drew tears to her-eyes-soon-after she took-the stand, and-{— AL BcO} 7 o 4 8 Dan and Northern Paoliic, ‘tad there was a painful and a strained pause. Then she resumed, but her or- time to calm herself, suggested tha’! the testimony aho hed already; clventoa igh gudstantial gains. Tho first closed with read to. the. Jurors bythe .scepographer. a ein over_the opening price of five J deal did not last long on direct examination or on the cross by Mr. Je- Pine yolume of trading wae enormous RACING FEATURE rome. Her story made a more impressive mark in the minds of those in “Tr you please,” kaid Forenian Smith in a yolce almost “Tw pression — tn —Winit—-Btreet- i = : is court than did that of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw. some of us—have dimicnity in hearing the witness.” \wan (general that large Interests were MRS._THAW TAKES THE STAND. So the stenographer rattled through the narrative, while Mrs. Thaw fought before all thos¢ allen, perhaps hostile, eyes to get a‘grip upon ht in: he buying. Hurried telegrams were —gant to Reading headquarters —{n- See = z a ‘tae “rumors that =: = —adipbe asking cel Best Two-Year-Olds at As soon as the roll had been called for the afternoon session Clerk Fond_Ascording to memes reset City Park-Face-the—j Penny callai-out- professionally = “Mrs. William-Thaw to the witness anle, ig ” eet ai tranatee books ala_not-indls Starter. stand. date. Tien ange in oepera Std Stati A_liltle flutter. ran through the half-fi led. court-room.....BeardedMc- One Failure Reported. sais Boge seaageas” one_emall, fajlure | NEW. ORLEANS. RESULTS...... _| Pike, the partner of Lawyer Detmas, opened the side door just behind ic; swat he could not keep it out of his mind, and that it would-not let pint: sleep, * | —“"Did you get any further information at that ume?” “No, but later he told me more, On Thanksgiving Day of that year. des iearned very much more, I had not then learned the girl's name—I knew Uiere must be a girl_in it—nor did I want to know. But at Thanksgiving time I heard more from him. 2 AT LAST HE TOLD HER. ““Pwent to him one night nudisked him what It wad that had happened. t- of the Harriman group jumped into the band-wagon with alacrity and manifested a tendency to recover some of the enormous depreciation of dibl selfige that she might carry her task to 9 composed and orderly conclusions. — Thaw's lawyers bent forward scarcely breathing. They réalized that” these faltering words falling from the unsteady lps of this old woman witli! Pies lined, worn facé would do” more for thelr allent Ura all” Bpetshes of all his lawyers, all Hie aout lore of all tia oxperta. HIS ECCENTRICITIES DEVELOP. " mo MrsThaw-said tha: whenever there-wse-any. company at-dinnerdttrin titi6=fall- aid winter-of-18d-her-son-would teave-the-table and. go-out: jthe drawing room tp play the plano. He would begin playing violently and! — Wuthe music would get. satter and, sortorWhenever. 88G a Ont AOth@ rersa —. Qo-day when the Consolidated Ex | iT ajar. The red. 9 ‘Ydefendant’s room fate at night, she would find him fully dregsed. Brin of Henschel & Blook went t the| FIRET RAGEGoldess (4 to 4 and the jury-box and held it aj here entered. a tall woman, made still aS Sy << 3 "You sald, Mrs, Thaw, that he sald Jt was something a wicked man had | “wall The eevee veer the: he 8 to 5) 1, Quagger (5 to 1 for place) taller by a” widow's crown of black. She was: all-in black—black ‘furs 3 = S ~| done In New York that distressed him?” suggested Delmas, —., § ; @atture was made on the floor of th ef 2 is "Yes, he sald-a-wicked man, probably-the worst-man in New-York-was. Gonsolidated Exehinge abortty- after | 2 Duchess of Montebelto's. about her throat, plain black gown, black kid“ gloves ‘on ‘the rather large suena soe to-blame, He said this-man had wronged-a-young girl, He-dtd-not-tal ning, Henschel & ns " s . ee mee iedaall 4 nstte-ot-afficen-om-the- | SECOND RACE-LBsit Osra @io §|hands—the blackness relieved-only ‘by the threadlike ruff-of white ruching’| sldinig. with sweet and gracious precision, over_the scssions of a_church me the: oung-sirlis-name-at suthocd Aare ere: ae pee ea, ‘ atth asin fest of the ieee er onenes and 3 to 5), 1; Optional (3 to 1 for|at the throat and the white halr. Her first answer to Delmas’s courtly | society ora charity’ meeting in her own old-fashioned drawing-room—a| to know—not then. —_- ‘No echedul ‘an yet beet the Zi cr oe ee a esr ale] monde 2: Mle Zlegter: 8 question came in a low, vibrant volce with no quavering in it. Reale ze Rasta st Hua AREte uaa en Sapa aaa shee erie ere renner —thougtthe announcement. bas Pen) iD RACE ——Ghe-leaned back comfortably in’the-wide-armed chatr, Mr, Delmas,|" |; is = SE aan anlngea fo sees thal THIN BAT was ioe dreeeed-dowi:™ ata prouebtys —Southern Crosa looks ike one who is used to ruling, but not to ruling sternly, ‘There is ; ont =| pena ey av Tamira aid rerume | (en and 2 to 6) 1, Columbia Giri| after setting on the record that the wMness was the mother of the defend-| ou nor a natural rtateliness chat gues well with her figure and her fees ae ante eater ort) (ae teks RKTT LEME GU CAG SHIRE | : lM rs. Thaw was tiring in the fall and wint ee ei Sis canbe : : t : “S| Thanksgiving Day, 1903. business, The firm was cought long in| (8 to 6 for place) 2, Telescope s, | Ant, asked pncre Mt hd ntervof:1908,.8he All of a sudden ‘Harry Thew had gone palo—palo in fact only, for this| “It was the most beautiful Thanksgiving T have ever known," satd! the sliding market and the fallure o sald in Pittsburg. auaatovEr rin sive ps | young mfilonatre can’ never a llowy yellowness that at Mrs. Thaw. “The church was beautiful. Tt was our new church and:a! Ss pil Haart KC whattime ‘yout son, Harry K--Thaw, cone to) : od flelds was ath your house?" asked Mr, Delmas. -guained: Impreast the color-key (o hls vby: very" handéonie edifice, “Harry aid 1 went together, We were the only’ y wall om tae at the bot) mater nate ole Par programme |” nsome. the tn November.—-About the time my wou Baward waa tants ried, That was on Nov. 18.’ members of the familly who went, ‘There was such a crowd {n-the-churcted tthe calling of is_mother’é ndmo-th_tho-unemotlonaltonos-of-the+-i7iac we could HOt REL RMLs, HO WE WEIL DACK and stood UNdEr Che gallory tom of most of the recent declines) tne feature, It was Maia ea Would be found BH. Harriman and hia) sam of the National Stakes cad sDidiyou notice any change in his manner}: practiced court erler, his face had instantly become dappled over with a THAW BROKE DOWN IN CHURCH. ; Gmociates, If one were to Gis GeeP! brought out the best of the young “margins forced them to tne wall. made up of good-siz Yn Wall atreet there appears to be | offering of tho Clty: cus 1s mottling off bluish-white patches, Hke poor milk that has been close “Toward the close of the service as the choir wes‘singing a beautiful) jy skimmed, alternating,on his cheeks with patches of the customary yellow- recessional nymn, I heard him sobbing and put’my hand on him and gave; enqugh trading. For almost a caters R HAD CHANG. ness, shake. ve were 1 I sald: ‘Wh: ou; ee marioratnes been In Wash- at the track. Fast going and clear HIS MANNE ED. nice eran me Pte SNeivenetita uele dreadful thing na just! 4 ington flirting with President Roose-|,¥**theF Were tho conditions, “Yes, His manner was utterly different from what it had been before he] THAW BECOMES OVERWROUGHT. come to me and couldn't help breaking down, I was th.nking that ‘sho; | ‘yelt, the Interstate comuaatte commis, Pe patie orc) alle. a went away. He had a staring look. and he seemea to have lost interest in Tho goggling eyes widened until the brown pupils swam {solated in| might have veen here with’ us if it had not been for that crime.’ That! flare there daa been vast liquidation of [auecrs, ie everything.” ate tane flee acted eit tel estas the bulged white. Tho pulpy Ups twitched nervously away from the horse SES ee ner noticed afterward that Harry's) | bs is o is ni 4 rele prelizwad packers nalenty (hots ache, 109, ott Pai ‘uaw Bo) laboring over some seein ie sone Ee ay agers began picking af the smooth surface of the | © “Was Dr. Binganien, the tamaly wiiyaletan, ip attendunce upon your son 6 uM (rt 52 tors as rj able e a sick man’s fingers picking at the..coverlet, For the second | at that time—the late fall and early winter of 1903?" i Getting credit for most of it. Woe Oh, AM ee 3 7 O51). tHe wes ie renal une ize ween ed cum after he came home | (ime eince this trial started Harry Thay, was being dragged in the plt, Myon De. Hingemon: treated) him, or rather’ called /unon Rint sayerane a + Great Northern Shrinkage. Brvmeteng. 10,8 13] 0 went into | gan Praying tn @ very violent man-| The jurors became plainly nervous, ‘They swung about’ In thelr chairs Seen eee Neal ne inure Rend dunneaiant onan did ceed Raven on “Great Northern Bicol Nave depreciated | Ce eet is We 5 Bes prisoner's mother’sald that Harry's room was next to he with one accord, so that all twelve of them faced her directly. again OMe sennditlnmene tiiesecuinecelelcnnd her auletectune? mae ue In the Inst folir months about ay 3 TB. + The witness said that she noticed tho light burning late {n her son's ‘tHe did s# frequently that {t would be impossible for me to name the rintval : “QNnw NIGHT,” SHE SAID, "I HEARD SMOTHERED SOUNDS. 1 { 200,000,000, while Northern Pacific has), 4, b re apaheay = jroomh on the occasion’ of the ‘visit with which her testimony had been | different occasions,” j ‘yun a good second with a sbrinkage Bact a ce WENT TO THE DOOR AND HEARD THAT HE WAS S@B...G," Opotied “And did this continue?” 3 ] amouiting to nenrly $140,000.00, It ediatély—within a minute o eS b “ Fi : @ faci “well known fa Wall street that BF Are ai NCR aheae isc caibios spree broken and| " “He told me he could not sleep,” sald the old Indy in husky, feeble tones, cor WORSE AS TIME WORE ON, i HIlt uae been making @ deeperata Agit Pate Tn 8 ae Leeann malted sue alan ektan ie ae ED weeping softly, 1 I asked him what was the matter. He sald that 5, and as time went on he seemed sto get wore : F to stem the Udo of these etocka Ho| lady Goodrich w 2 : od qua wit-) there was something oa his wind that kept sleep away irl nore ften.” ; Pes thidvastucs onthe ipescintns rai at $ | hoes chair Ina murder trial In a big palnted court-houso like this ono of outa | nn nee ne om His ald shat Kent sleep away, : Er vhendld you,tenrn who thia young girl waa? a tie pier we eae ie 3 is. ‘The widow's gown, crinkling with the stiffness of the black stuff, the COULD NOT TELL HER THE STORY. ies ie Hue nnes ; oe had with your son In which he. A i 3 wry, ‘2 pil y thor, cant? you?” | asked... ‘Nos he so . ' “Do you recal 1e@ conversation you had 80 f Nats oer af ther fant 22 fy eray alts Grama ienyay; Jee, Old indy, Puls trom| Ihe, broad forehead, the (21 ee Sraen Pan neat oes Ou tain ate Umaalos nessa s TEI |e mention of this girl by name oy In such manner that you learned wha, =| it 10 kindly blue-gray eyes behind the gold-rimmed glasses, the group of buckers nee cay tell no one.’ He sald he couldn't think he could ever tell me tewe hi the story,’" a at the corners of the rather broad, strong mouth, put there by the lttle res cannot.” ‘ "pore gate ofa. .| pasting threads of age and worry—none of these, nor all of them torether, is jae have eat madam,” sald Mr. Delmas, ‘that you had. observed ‘ epid Dr, Bingamon show any uneasiness regarding your son's cond, Bout! rue at your son often was awake until 2 o'clog! » ever tell you what It] ton?! ems minnie ae exon went well with the picture. cng fee Paenie bles o'clogk. Dia he ever tell you wha yen lerrroveajeatatianGinatuwliters esarsined Harry cand took notes). Lancer af dos wendity |” LOOKS OUT OF PLACE IN! court, ated ‘Ho dld not tell me all, only a little, ‘He Said that he was troubled by {TR oO eet ete ean We ica.vandl ihatimeadortmly aoa Unetia any Ps A Matis could not imagini Aire. William * Copley ‘Thaw. aitting In authority] the thought of.a wicked thing the wickedest man in New York had done. He {ndividual—the prizoner at the ban—had ‘got himeelt under. rein’ also, AO ii Noman club ime arial hotel parlor. One see imagine hér Lae aol? thay this man as ruined his life. He sald that he would never get over | gat erect now, rubbing his fleshy chin with his fingera and twiddling a