Thaw Trial Admits Read Letters From Evelyn Nesbit Case
Crowds fill New York Criminal Courts as Evelyn Nesbit Thaw testsifying details letters written by Harry Thaw after she refused marriage. Delmas reads long postscript letters from Paris to Longfellow and discusses references to Thaw and hypnotism amid the courtroom drama.
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New York
Criminal Courts
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Longfellow
Delmas
Thaw
HW. K. Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw Letter Excerpt Reveals Court Testimony
The transcript recalls a long letter from Evelyn Nesbit to Harry Thaw discussing rumors, scandal, money, and fidelity. It notes the letter written after a 1903 Paris return and referenced events with Stanford White. Cross examination covers when Nesbit told Thaw of those events and her European arrival.
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Mr. Longfellow
Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw
Navarre
Paris
Joe
Tiarry
Stanford White
Abraham Hummel
New York
Europe
Jerome
Delmas
Mrs Thaw’s Testimony Sharpens Case In Stanford White Trial
A dramatic day in court features Evelyn Thaw recounting Stan ford White's pursuit and her marriage to Harry Thaw. Witnesses describe pressure from lawyers and the Thaw family’s fight to control testimony as the trial nears its end. The jury of 12 men hears accusations, defenses, and fraught details of past relationships and coercion.
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Justice Fitzgerald
Thaw
Edward Thaw
Frances Pierce
Harry Thaw
Evelyn Thaw
Josiah Thaw
Miss Pierce
Mr. Delmas
Stanford White
Jerome
Harry Wendall Thaw
Mr. White
Mr. Hummel
Evelyn recounts White after return from Europe
Evelyn testifies about encounters with Mr. White after her Europe trip. He pursued her on the street and by phone, urged a private meeting, and called her ungrateful. She says he spoke of Mr. Thaw and other actresses and claimed morphine use.
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Harry Thaw
Europe
Mr. Thaw
Hummel
Abe Hummel
New York
Mr. Hummel
Mr. White
Madison Square Garden
Flo
Wild Rose’ Company
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Cable
Howard
Pittsburg
Dillingham
Fifth Avenue
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Slayer
the Lorraine
Mr. Jerome
Savoy
London
America
Mr.White
Jardiniere
Yarmouth
Berkley Square
Thaws
Mrs. Thaw
Lorraine
John Barrymore
Tle
Barrymore
Mr. Barrymore
Boston
Mass
Oxford
the New England Gas & Coke Co
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