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She Declares She Never Saw Him or Went to Him With Barrymore

Abe Hummel to Take Stand Today

New York, Feb. 25.—Except for one brief moment Mrs. Thaw had a decidedly easy time of it today during the continuation of her cross examination by District Attorney Jerome. When adjournment was taken the prosecutor announced that he had practically concluded with the witness.

Mrs. Thaw will be temporarily excused tomorrow morning to enable Jerome to introduce Attorney Abraham Hummel to identify a photographic copy of the affidavit Evelyn Nesbit is alleged to have signed and which charges Thaw with many cruelties during their 1903 trip to Europe.

The district attorney got the contents of the affidavit before the jury this afternoon by reading certain of its statements in the form of questions and asking Mrs. Thaw if she told such things to Hummel. In each instance she declared she had not.

Signed Papers For White.

She also denied ever having signed such an affidavit admitting she had, however, signed some papers for White in his Madison Square tower, but of what nature she was not aware.

It was during the morning session that Jerome played his strongest card of the day. Mrs. Thaw had denied most positively she had even been to see a Dr. Carlton Flint with Jack Barrymore.

"Call Dr. Flint" commanded Jerome to a court attendant. The doctor entered from a witness room and was escorted to within a few feet of the witness chair.

"Did you ever see that man before?" Jerome asked Mrs. Thaw. The witness seemed just a bit startled, looked quickly and intently at the doctor, then turned her head to Jerome and shook her head.

Doctor a Liar, Says Thaw.

"Never," she declared. Thaw was intensely interested in this incident and when it was over he turned to newspaper men sitting nearest him and whispered,

"That man made a mistake in coming here. He stood there a liar, do you catch the point—a liar."

Justice Fitzgerald ruled out the question when District Attorney Jerome asked her if Stanford White had never urged her to have Jack Barrymore arrested on a criminal charge.

Mrs. Thaw was in much better spirits when she took the stand today and looked decidedly better physically than she did last week. She had all her wits about her and did not fare at all badly at the hands of the district attorney who was more gentle in handling the witness than last week.

Instead of further hurting the cause of her husband, Mrs. Thaw managed to make two decided gains. When court adjourned Thursday it appears from her own statements that she had used letters of credit from Stanford White while touring in Europe and had turned the letter over to Thaw.

White's Money "Poisonous."

Today she explained Thaw took the letter of credit from her saving the money was "poisonous" and neither she nor her mother should touch it and that he would provide them with funds. Whatever had been spent of the money, she declared was for her mother.

The second point Mrs. Thaw made was concerning the cablegrams which Thaw is said to have sent to Stanford White from London. It appeared Thursday that these cablegrams were requests to White to use his influence in keeping Mrs. Nesbit from "raising a row" and interfering with Evelyn continuing in company with Thaw.

Jerome took up the subject again today, but his questions elicited the information that the letters did not concern Mrs. Thaw at all but related to a man—a secretary of the American embassy in London, whom Mrs. Thaw said had "sneaked up to mama's bedroom and insulted her." She said the man had also insulted her and that Thaw had gone in search of him but failed to find him. The man, it is understood wanted Evelyn to go on the London stage.

What is considered another rather strong point brought out by Mrs. Thaw was her admitting that Stanford...
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Fred White had sworn to Evelyn's mother that he had not wronged her daughter. "May God strike me dead if I ever harmed Evelyn," were his words.

She testified that White had told her about it later, and had called his body turned ice cold when he was accused by Evelyn's mother.

Hummel on Stand Today.

Tomorrow's proceedings with Hummel on the stand should be more interesting. The defense on cross examination will attempt to discredit the witness, who is under indictment.

It may be late in the afternoon before Mrs. Thaw will again take the stand for Jerome's final questions which will have to do with the affidavit.

Should the defense decide to proceed with the re-direct examination of Mrs. Thaw, and Jerome should take to re-cross examination Mrs. Thaw may be kept upon the stand all Wednesday and Thursday. There may be an attempt, however, to intersperse the last phases of her testimony with further statements from the experts.