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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1907-03-01, Page 6r LyN D [V[Di'Ns FOR T jeered ' by St intern White --- she had written ewo ict cent*'irhite from Bou- logne. Thaw's face pajej at the revelation, he larked his • heads together con- °• '� vuisively; and lie seemed about to rise and then acid there beseeoh a full ex- plan.tttiom e that point JeroRne abruptly 't±ai,detl hie eeeeeinaticn for the day. Aral vet. thuu�ll the district a•ttormey primly a icily ysmiied hts• satrsfitetion over Lhe. Prissoincr's Wife Under Cross EE.,Aerr. j.na'tiori To -da$? rrlriie;5 that his glaestrnns had braug]it act. ) onng i4frs• 'Phaw gave 'them so by District Attorney Jerome. }} ilealy, o simply a?tci with such readi- k n�rs. that thec'er is mora thaw o proba- biht�* that the Iiaie�sed youizg wont:m hn? the full explanation w'hiclr her bus - an s band's eves boggekT, which will be forth- coming at t]ie 1i -roper time. The beginning of: the eross-esamina- tion tame so suddenly that the specta- tors were scarcely ,aware of the trend of eventsbefore, elerorne lead opened fire. The 'proceedings had dragged; there had been lone, acrimonious, dis- putes among ceun ci as to understand- shiliii�a andazgztcgen#•s, Jerome fighting for l �s=, helicis seeeking the advantage of fvaorcnintageg , histo fig . afidge s'ht. rsan•, taken art a disad- Court Crowded to Hear Evidence—De1Ifa5 Thaw Very Friendly in Court. New York, Feb. �3.ins—There was a great t "Where are White's letters?" 4.— "Mr, Hartridge has some •of them." • =rush of curious persons anxious to see \Ir Jet -cane demanded their production Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw under the ordeal and Mrs, Thaw said her husband gave of cross-examination at the crithinal them to air. lartridge, court building this morning, but only "Wm there a single word of impropri- those provided with special credentials ety or indecency in Stanford VS hite's were permitted to enter the room where ger rs to you?" A.—"I don't remcrn- the trial of Marry K. Thaw for the mur- IIat°e you a copy of the Jotter you der of Stanford White is in progress. wrote Mr. White from Boulogne?" A.— Even under these restrictions every avail- "No." able seat was occupied as court convened. ..�'o o you remember its content.?" A.— District Attorney Jerome was early m she te,tified that she gave fourteen the court room. letters to Thaw in Paris in 1903. After- Among the spectators were Mr. T. M. wards. she received them, from Thaw's Settle, of Glesuevin, Ireland, and Mr. valet and gave the mto Thaw again, pre - Richard Hazalton, of Black Rock, Ire- ,sumably after he had shot White. All -of these letters she said were received land, both members of the British Par- from White white she was abroad in liament, representing respectively East 1903, and were given to Thaw. Tyrone and North Galway. Mrs. Thaw fenced with the district - lir. Delmas was a few minutes late in attorney skillfully at times. lir. Jer- reaching the court room. He came up ome spent a Mom or more on Wbite's letters. behind Thaw, who sat in his accustomed lies. Than' declaring that the chair, and patted him affectionately on fourteen letters which Thaw gave Hart - back. Thaw smiled up at him, and ridge were the only ones she positive - the for a moment they whispered to each ly knew were in existence, but she said !1 other, each with his arm about the some might be in a trunk in Paris. i t shoulder of the other. \Vhen Mr. Jerone would ask occasion- Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw was immediately ally a printed question, Mrs. Thaw recalled, that Mr. Jerome might continue wouid reply with an emphatic nod: "1 his cross-examination. She was dressed slid not say that." precisely as she has been every day Mr. Jerome here turned to the story since the trial began, even to the little Mrs. Thaw told her husband and the 'black bow tie. witness again declared it was true. Mr. Delmas moved his ehair inside the "How long were you unconscious in rail, and seated himself beside the wit- that 24tlt street house at the time of nese box. When Mrs_ Thaw saw him your experience with Stanford White?" she smiled faintly, and then turned her A•—"I don't remember." eyes to District Attorney Jerome, who "\Vis it after midnight that you be- set before her. The latter began by came unconscious'?" A.—"Yes, 1 thiuk showing Mrs. Thaw a photograph of her- it was." self taken in kimono, and asked if she "Was it before daylight?" could recall the date of the picture. Mrs. Thaw hesitated. "les — before "I think it was taken in 1004." daylight." "Where did you live after your return Mr. Jerome read from Mrs. Thaw's di - from Europe in 1904 until the time of rest testimony that she sat up all that your marriage?" night. ,She replied that she meant the Mrs. thaw gave eight rest of the night after she had been dresses. taken hone. 'Was the defendant present when this "When did you first feet Ted Marks?" photo was taken?" A.—"1 don't think A,.—'I think it was in 1900 or early in 50." - 1901, in New York." "Did not the kimono belong to the de- "You reeeived a letter from hien?" _A. fendant?" A. "No." —eyes , "Did you not take the kimono to the "Up to that time your relations with studio that day?" A.—"I do not think your mother were friendly?" A.—"Yes." so" "There was nothing to show that your "Did not the defendant give you the mother was willing to sacrifice you for kimonot" A.—"Yes." a pecuniary consideration?" A.—"No" Mr. Jerome exhibited another photo `In all the troubles that you went and asked when it was taken. A.—"Late through you never thought anything in 1901, I think." that your mother lacked judgment." "How long did you live in Philadel- A.—"No." phis?" A.—"1 don't remember." "What were in the letters Ted Marks "How old were you then?" A.—"Four- wrote you?" A.—"He said he had seen teen." my pictures in the papers and would • Mr. Jerome, by his next few questions, like to place me on the stage." indicated thr t he did not in any way "How long did you play in Fisher's intend to si• .e the feelings of the young Florodora?" A.—"After several weeks in woman i:, :ow way. Ile interrogated her the chorus I went into the east. That , sharply . s to the details of her dress was early in the summer, 1901." when s'.' wa- posing for artists in Phil- "Your mother came for you every adelpl..:a an 1 New York, He persisted in night?" A.—"Yes. until I met White" certain questions even after Mr. Delmas "Who introduced you to White?" A. -- lean objected, and insisted on having deli- "Edna Goodrich." Hite answers, though Mrs. Thaw usually "Where did you meet Miss Goodrich?" said she could not remember. A.—"She was playing in 'Florodora.'" "Was there any exposure of the person "Is it not untrue,'' said Mr. Jerome, or did you wear the so-called artistic reading from a paper, "that in 1901 you draperies?" A. --"I would not say that," were getting unruly; that your mother replied the witness. "1 posed in a Greek still stuck by you; that a married inan dress and a Turkish costume." -�- Mr. Jerome persisted with questions as to the exposure of the person, and Mrs. Thaw replied: "I posed with low neck draperies after 1 was on the stage" "The pietures were like those ordinar• ily seen in. photographers' windows?" Mr. Delmas objected to this and. Dis• triet Attorney Jerome withdrew the question. During the cross examination, Assist. . ant District Attorney Garvin sat behind Mr. Jerome, studying his notes and from time to time coached his chief. He made very full notes of the witness' testimony and compared. what she said to -day with what she had said on her direct exam- ination. • Soon after the morning session began the District Attorney's messenger en- tered the court room carrying.a largo number of packages tied. with tape, ap- parently another consignment of pilots:- graft's. Later the messenger came in again with a large bundle of lettere. Mr. Gleason was again absent from the fable occupied by the defendant's coun- sel, it being reported that he had not yet recovered from his toothache. Mrs. Thaw testified that she and her ozother first lived in West 38th street, and her first employment was in the "Florodora" company. She took a. photo of herself to the Broadway Magazine, and it was published over the name of Evelyn Florence. Reporters were given other pictures by her mother. She acknowledged meet- ing and corresponding with Ted Marks, r1 vaudeville manager. She said she via- `ited a warehouse with Lawyers Warren and Hartridge, but did not remove Ines • Tetters. Mr. Jerome then asked: "Have you any letters from Stanford White?" .A.—"1 did• ,heave." or nine ad - At this point Mr. Delmas objected to Through it :all little :eters. Thaw sat listlessly in, : the witness chasm -seem- ingly little eking ]row tlie, battle went. She had, had. a gong and wearisome div on the stariengeMes over once more the details of the "evil' doings of Stan- ford White a5 tbey had thrown their shadow over her life. • anh. that of the prisoner atthe bar., Iter hands lay limp an her lap, her Mee was pale, her eyes red-rimmedfrom lack of sleep and tears. Then suddenly, Justice Fitzgerald ruled against 'Termite and forced him to undertake bis crass -examination at once, and in a, minute Evelyn Nesbit Thaw was plunged into the greatest ordeal of her ' •passion -tossed career. Save for the friendly word that Delmas might throw her now a.nd then, she had paesed beyond his power into unfriendly hands'. — handy that have been waiting, toiling for the opportun- ity to tear to tatters, if possible, the story which she liad built up ,as a but- tress around the imperiled life of her husband. ,7erome, with heavy brow, rasping voice, sinister. (teen:re—armed with her mother's statements, her brother's tales, her frieridse: •'revelations, with the delvings of the entire police depart- ment of Nene York at his command, stood before her and the battle was on —a woenan'' Iove against the power of the pollee and the• ingenuity of the law. Here was the real tragedy of the Thaw •case: • at last. centred about the shrinking little figure attired in a blue sailor suit, with broad • eollar and flow- ing tie, wiyoh was almost hidden hi the big wtti4.0 chair. t, The story which she had, old had et;hoed round the world. Could Some break it? That was the prolale'4nd. upon the •• eon every ene'r'inseotirt• realized, gni fate or the prisoner at the 'be COMES Etdit Harry K. draw Trial Will Cost Over $5oo,aoo. The trial of Harry J. Thaw will have cost more than half Inmillion, of dollars before it is 'ended. Of this vast sum the Thaw family will have paid nearly $400,000, while the burden of the taxpayers ,will be in ex- cess of $121,600. The aecompanying • itemized" expense account is based nu the assumption that the trial will last only six weeks. If it continues beyond the period, which now seems propablen the expenses will be relatively greater., The trial has now been in progress since Jan. 23, or more than three weeks. • The defence will not finish its direct elimination for several days; and the proseention has subpoenaed 300 witnesses to testify in rebuttal. The amounts given in these tables were supplied by,, persons prominently identified with both sides, and may be considered as nearly accurate as the public will ever :kions. Mr. Jerome reacting from what he termed Cost of Thaw's Defence. a. statement of Lvelyn Thaw's mother. "If the district attorney wants the mother's . testimony in, he should pro- duce her on the stand," he said. "I'd like to, but you know that it is impossible. You know where she is" Fee of Black, Olcott, Gruber & Bonynge .. • ... . .. $15,000 Expenses of B1a41., Olcott, Gru- ber & Bonynge :.. . .. .. 2,000 Fee of Dr. Charles L. Dana .... 1,000 said Mr. Jerome. Fees of Drs. Hamilton Wagner„ The question regarding Evelyn becom- 'Wiley and I vans, alienists . - 5,000 ing inanity was allowed to stand. Services and exr penses of Rodstec- "No." she answered decidedly. O'Mara, with. corps of detec- rives, in gathering evidence for "Is it riot true that the married man Harry Thaw , ... e - - - . . 10,000 was James A. Garland and that, he was Cost of .obtaining and. holding getting a divorce and that you and your witnesses, examinations, affi- mother frequently quarrelled about davits, travelling, expenses; him? A. ---"No, indeed." special fees to outside+lawyers, Is it not true that you went alone transcripts and rnorhe paid to with him on the yacht?" A.—"lfamnia witnesses not ,othervsise apeci- and I, yes." fied140,000 An objection as to the question whe- Fee to Lawyer Delmas , • 100,000 then she had been co-respondent in Gar- Fee and expenses . of : Iartridge land's divorce suit was sustained. Af- , & Peabody . ....Ss , „ 50,000 ter more questions regarding her associ- ation Services of Lawyer Gleason 10,000 with Garland —"Services of Daniel O'Reilly, legal "Did George W. Lederer have any- advice ., s ..... 10,000 tiring to do with your going into the Contingent e-rpene fund paid by Florodora east?' A.—"Not that 1 Mrs. William Thaw and dis- know of." permed by Lawyer Hartridge50,000 "During this time did you ever pose to' New York .. . , .. ... . Court expenses.. ,... .. ... Forty policemen on duty about building and trial room, in - chiding • a ' sergeant, two roundsmen and an inspector.. Salaries Of District Attorney Jeromo and Garvin, his as- sistant • . Salaries and expenses of county detectives and outside deter'- tive service .. • . 3?,000 Pay to juhy (estimated) , . . , . .1,000 ..,w.,...,.,......, ,1..4/111....W. .el.,..,...... 1,500 3,000 11,800 3,000' Total ....... ..... ........$121.075 WEAR GOODS AND RETURN THEM. 'Flow London Society Women Victimized West End Tradesmen, London, Feb. 25,—Father •Vaughan's. latest indictment -ef society women in- cludes a charge that they obtain smart finery from West End limner's and modistes on approbation, wear the things and return them the next day, declaring that they are not suitable. The secretary of the Drapers' Cham- ber led Trade, when questioned. ou the subject, confirmed Father Vaughan's statement, saying it was a well-known 'hick. Sometimes the women obtain fashionable things, have them copied and return the original. He instanced the case fo• asmart woman ,obtaining a hat on approbation and sending her husband with it to another firm, being ashamed to go herself, to have it copied in cheaper material at alower price. She then returned the original, saying she regretted that it was not suitable. Nearly every big West End firm suf- fers from customers of this kind. If they suspect their object they fear to voice their suspicionsa lest they lose their custom altogether. The trick is practiced only by the rich or the ap- parently rich. Humbler folks would not get goods in this way, even if they asked for thein. , "NO SEAT, NO FARE." Jersey City Begins Fight Against Rail- way Company. New York, Feb. 20.—Supreme Court Commissioner Pierce Cook took testi- mony at his office in Jersey City yes- terday in the certiorari proceedings brought by the Public Service Corpora- tion to have reviewed by the court the ordinance passed by the Jersey City Street and Water Board, requiring the company to run a sufficient number of cars during the rush hours to provide a seat without detaining a passenger long- er than five minutes, and fixing a pen- alty of $50 for eacb and every violation of the ordinance. Two officials of the company —Col- onel E. W. Hine and Albert H. Stanley —testified yesterday that it would be impossible to comply with the ordin- ance; that the company could not sup- ply or operate a sufficient number of cars to provide every passenger with a seat. eev STRUCK Per FREIGHT. Louis Routhier Killed and Thos. Watson Injured on a Siding. Montreal, Feb. 25.—Louis Routhier, an engineer in the employ of the Canada Radiator Company, Lachine, was killed, and Thomas Watson, superintendent for the same firm, was seriously injured about 1 o'clock to -day by Grand Trunk freight train No. 845, driven by Engineer Wilkinson, coming from Toronto. The two men were on the siding lead- ing past the McLaren Company's estab- lishment to the Canada Radiator Com- pany, and had lust passed a freight car standing on the siding, when as they emerged the freight, which the snow- storm prevented them from seeing or hearing, dashed along and struck them. Watson recovered consciousness before the arrival of the ambulance from the Royal Victoria Hospital. An inquest will take place. • P d • A LADY LOBBYIST. for an artist in the nude?" A.—"No, Total .. ...$383,000 Cost of Prosecution. JEROME'S LASH. ? Salary of Justice Fitzgerald (sit Admissions of Mrs. Thaw Under Cross- weeks) ..... , ' ° • ; • • • B • •• $ 2,175 Preparation of the' case by pro - Examination. • secution .. . • , 35,000 New York, Feb. 25.—Under the Met, . Fees of State's three alienists.. 12,600 sting of Jerome's cross-examining lash Expenses of securing , jury • • .. • 5,000 to -day Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw made .ail Hotel, expenses of jury, s.... 5,300 admission that drew Harry Thar* half Expenses of court officers .. .. 2,100 out of his chair to search,anxiously a the Stares of court offieers .... -. . 3,000 faee of his pretty young wife. Travelling expenses of jury and She admitted to Jerdme that a few ' detectives assigned to watch weeks after that faheful interview with them .. .. K,.,, Thaw in Paris_ that nerve-rtacleing conn Salaries of eetestty, detectives versation which lasted through the night, ^ employed by 'prosecution to it developed that the letters yesterday ie. which she told Thaw, as her reason for watch court (Of crs in charge Identified by her were written by White refusing his offer ef marriage, .of the of jury .,, .....'. 4,00 to another girl. indignities to which she bad been srtb-• lempense of brirlt•t,g witnesses 200 0 Mai OF T'[ EN t NATIONAL Runs into a ifreight Train in the London Yard. One Maes f0ed and Two Seriously Injured. Wife Arrives on SUR Just as Her iusbaiid Des. THE DEAD. Road Foreman Renton, London. THE INJURED. Engineer Hardman and Fireman Barker. London, Ont., despatch: The Inter- national Limited collided with a freight. at a switch about a quarter of a mile east of the London station. The Limited left Toronto twenty minutes late, and was about that much late at the time of the collision. The freight, going east, and the, Limited, going west, were on different traales. The freight was trying to get on the main line when the engine of the Flyer ran into it. 11 the flyer had been two seconds later one of the coaches would have received the fearful impact of the collision. Terrific Force of Impact. The engine had just got a few yards on the switch when the Limited crashed into it, striking it at an angle or side- ways. The result was that practieally the whole brunt of the collision was taken up by the engine of the Limited.. The engine was going west, but after the oolli,sion the front of the boiler was pointing almost due east, showing that the engine had been turned completely round. A passenger said: When I left the car to see what was the matter I found our engine was a heap of ruins. Huge masses of iron had been broken into fragments. The tender was lying at a different angle from the engine and brok- en pieces were lying all round. Practical- ly no damage was done to the Limited, beyond the coupling pin of the engine. The baggage car was immediately be- hind, but beyond the caving in of one of the sides and a minor jumbling of the baggage, there was nothing to see. The rear of the tender was still close to the baggage car. Two Men Under Ruins. Miss Holmes, of Tillsonburg, Wants to be a Dentist. Toronto, Feb. 20.—Much interest is being taken in a private bill to be intro- duced at this session of the Legislature to give a young lady, Miss S. Holmes, of Tillsonburg, the right to practise den- tistry She has been actually engaged in that business for a number of years, but has never taken the necessary exam- inations. Miss Holmes is conducting a very active lobby for her bill, and the indications are that it will pass. The measure will be strongly opposed by the Dental Association. There are now three certified lady dentists in the Province se -e MISSED HOLE AND EXPLODED. Young Italian Miner Killed at Kokahane Creek, B. C. Nelson, B. C., Feb. 25.—An Italian named Louis Manfrou, a miner, aged 28, was instantly killed at S a. m. to -day at the Molly Gibson mines, owned by the Laplat Mining Company, and situated at Kokakane Creek, fourteen miles east of the city. His death was caused by the explosion of a missed hole. Four other miners at work were not injured. This is the first fatality at the mine since Christmas night, 1902, when seven miners were killed in a anowslide. •*a WAR HAS COMMENCED. Honduran Troops Defeated, by Those of Nicaragua. Managua, Niearagua, Feb. 25.— The troops of General Bonilla, President of Honduras, at 3 o'clock yesterday attack- ed the forces of General Zelaya, Presi- dent of Nicaragua, which were guard- ing the Nicaragua frontier, After many hours' fighting the army of Honduras was defeated, The bodies of two mea under the ruins immediately attracted attention. One of them was George Renton, road fore- man, who was travelling on the engine of the 'Limited, and was pinned under the wreck. The upper part of his body was free. He was sitting almost upright, and moaning with pain. It tvas absolute- ly impossible to do anything to extri- cate him. After lingering in agony ear fifteen minutes he died. Fireman Barker of the Limited was visible under the tender. He was prone on the ground, held fast by his legs and lower part of the body. tIis arms were more or less free. Ile was moaning in agony Widow and Orphans. Just before leaving the scene, mix train being taken up to the station, the doctors had arrived and were relieving the victims with hypodermics. While standing among the crowd a woman with two boys of ten and twelve years of age, cane hurrying forward and ask- ed if anyone knew of any news about her husband, Geor„e Renton, as she heard he had been hurt. I told her it was true he had been hurt, but 1 thought not seriously, as I had just seen him. We prevented her from brealeing through the line. I told her I would go and see how her husband was getting along. 1 made my way towards where the poor fellow was pinned. On my way 1 learned that George Renton was dead. I had not the nerve to return and tell, the terrible news, but requested a fel- low-passnger to invent some excuse for getting Mrs. Renton away from the aw- ful scene. Passengers Not Seriously Hurt. Among the Toronto people were Mr.. As J. Small of the Majestic Opera. house, who received a eut on the upper Bp, but nothing serious. None of the passengers were much hurt beyond the shock and a few bruises and cuts. Those- on hoseon the outside who heard the collision, state there was a terrific noise ant% dense clouds of escaping steam .Among the Toronto people who stay- ed over night in London were Chas. L. Weismer, Geo. A. Spear, J. Sproule, .Smith, Wm. W. Harvey, A. H. °lam- ent, L. Levinson. ' Including people from other places, twenty people in the. wrecked train stayed at the Tecumseh House. One Dead, Two Injured. The accident was due to the un- accountable turning of the switch ahead. of the freight, which allowed it to take, the cut over towards the limited tracks. This is said to have been done by Brakeman McDonald, who is alleged to• have disappeared. . The crew of the freight train were Conductor Wm. Nlorthsyle Engineer David Henderson, Fireman George Hayle• and Brakeman 0 McDonald. As the freight was steaming up the yard En- gineer Henderson saw the express a block ahead, and also noticed that the switch was turned wrong. He immedi- ately applied the brakes and, with his., fireman, jumped. An in uest will 'bre' held to -morrow at 1 p.m. Benton was a married man, and had two young sones, Fireman Barker is scalded about the hands and faee, and has a bad ecal _ • wound. Hardman is scalded and is hurt. about the abdomen. - •