St. Louis Post-Dispatch
February 20, 1907

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Seventh Edition PAGES TODAY 3 ONLY ST. LOUIS EVENING NEWSPAPER eR ~~ — “FIRST IN BVERYTINNAG.* BA VOL. 59. NO. 183. :DNESDA T. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH WITH ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES. Le ee ee ay act PRI CE One Cent. | ——— Y EVENING, FEBRUARY 20, 1907. a ee eee ST. LOU e -_—~- ee ee | ee ed ~ LEGISLATORS Alin - (ates | 15 a . meee 2a ! i ' €weetheart, LEAVE CAPITAL; DISEASE ALARMS —----@ ——— City Fears Quarantine Because of Smallpox, Which Is Spreading, SENATE INFORMS BOARD Resolution Adopted Calling on Health Officers to Meet in City. —_—_——_—_.— err > FIVE CASES IN A HOUSE Lawmakers Urged by Wives to Return Home—Adjourn- ment Talked, /_—_— From 3 Staff Correspondent_of the Post-Dispatch. JEFFERSON CITY, Feb. 20.—Members of the General Assembly are thorough- ly alarmed over. the smallpox epidemic now prevalent in Jefferson City. As told exclusively in Tuesday's Post-Dispatch, the disease has spread rapidly during the past few days, and there are now probably 52 persons, including Repre- sentative John Barker of Macon County, afflicted with the contagion. Frightened at the progress of the dis- ease, 4 score of legislators left for their homes today. Telegrams from tne WiVes and families of the meiabers have been pouring into Jefferson City since the first news of the epidemic appeared in yesterday 8 Post-Dispatch. ‘he appar- ent inability. of the local authorities to cope with the situation has created a widespread demand for interference on the part of the State Board of eHalth. This feeling wus further emphasizea this morning, when Senator McAliister of Monroe County introduced the fol- lowing resolution, which was ‘adopted: “Whereas, an epidemic of smallpox is prev- ulent iu the city of Jefferson and thé authori- ties Of said city have apparently failed to effectively contro! gaid epidemic and prevent Spread, ami. whereas. the further aspiead of sail alsease not only endangers the hentth ofr the members of the genera] assembly, but may greatly interfere with them in the performance of their legislative duties; and, whereas, by reason the many persons Bloitiug the city of Jefferson and’ returning to eir homes in the varions parts of the ate makes the spread of the sald diséase gmeak ¢ people of _ State generally ini- nent erefore, lved, the Senate. the Honge of concurring therein, that the of Health be and is hereby re- Smeeted , to convene at once at the city of take such stens immediately as may seem Necessary and proper to effectively control said epidemic and prevent @ further spread in the city of Jefferson and among the people of the State and that the Secretary of Senate be and is hereby dl © notify Dr. Fb . Goodyear, pres'- Health, of the immediately by City Fears Quarantine. The resolution was promptly adopted, not a vote being cast against it. It is feared that if the State Board of Health takeg charge Jefferson City may quarantined and thus cut off from the outside world. There was a report today that the Missouri Pacific through trains would not be stopped at this point until all danger from the contagion was re- moved, but this could not be verified. r. Lopp, City Physician, gave out a statement today to the effect that @xactly 38 cases of smallpox have been Feported to him up to the present time. wo new cases developed yesterday. It ig known that if the State Board is called in all of the members will have to be vaccinated, as well as every vis- perhaps. now in Jefferson City. ere are five cases of smallpox under treatment at a private boarding house at 53 East Main street, which {s in the heart of the residence district. It ap- pears that representailve Barker was taken to that house, instead of to tha County Hospital. His condition was re- ported to be worse today but Dr. Lopp says there is no reason to fear fatal results. The House and. Senate chambers in the Capitol were thoroughly fumigated last night, but the legislators are still nervous, and talk of an early adjourn- Ment of the Legislature is heard on . @very hand. The House of Representatives at noon Beonted the Senate resolution calling on Board of Health to investigate the #malipox epidemic here. _ ENDS LIFE ON HER GRAVE. Illinois Youth Drinks Poison Near Dead Sweetheart. JOLIET, U1, Feb. 20.—Fred Foster, after weeping. over the grave of his Estelle Costello, at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, committed suicide last night by taking poison. He was discov- ered bby the sexton, but dled a few min- utes Inter. Foster had placed a picture Of Miss Costello on the grove. In his divoree petition against Maude Rembant Willis, filed "ae Clayton Wednesday, William C. Willis, who de- seribes himself as a “traveler,” says that he was married 14 vears, but that he never lived anywhere in particular and never had a-home. He claims residence in &t. County, but cannot name the village. hamlet or township where he lived. He- ‘use he has no home. he says he does net want the custody of his four chil- dren, who, he says. were taken away from him by his wife and are now with her tn Memphis. Mrs, Willis’ parents live there and are “very wealthy,” he Savs. . They were married Jan. 20, 1892, and Beparated in February, 1903. Hits only allegation {ts desertion. Louis Sie meena a me Half Dollars Led to Arrest. Frank Wilson who Tuesday afternoon ‘tered the boarding house of John M. Deterle, 129 South King’s highway. and min'e $27 in money. including three Colunibian half dollars, was detected by the stolen monev, as the ‘noalica Inter leerned that George Old oof North Compton avenue had given a raeeuian half dollar th payment for @ purchase made in the neighborhood of Deterie’s boarding hotne. Ota was interviewed and he stated that he had _ received the money from Frank Wilson, of Deteries boarders. Wilson was t ‘He dented all kno . The police investiga NPKINLEY BILL HAS CHANCE 1 PASS IN. MARCH Councilman Says Action Possible Before Session Ends in April. OF SYSTEM HERE Is HEAD Congressman McKinley Tells Business Men of Promised Improvements. COMMITTEE CONFERRING Successor of Railroad Commit- tee Which Held Bill Nine Months. ——— | Congressman W, B. McKinley, presi- dent of the Illinois Electric Traction Co., which is seeking a franchise in St. Louis, spoke in support of the measure to members of the Merchants’ Exchange Wednesday noon. H. J. Hamlin, gen- eral counsel of the system; R. C. Ker- ens und Congressman H. M. Coudrey also made short’ addresses in behalf of the bill now pending in the Municipal Asseimnbly. Reference to the McKinley syndi- cate’s intention to haul freight and pas- sengers over its bridge at St. Louis free of an “‘arbitrary‘' charge were applauded heartily by members of. the Merchants’ Exchange. Edward E. Scharff, vice-president of the exchange, introduced the speakers. He said that the entrance of the sys- tem into St. Louis would be a great benefit to the community and the en- tire section of which St. Louis is the commercial capital. “If the members of the Merchants’ Exchange can arouse any sentiment in favor of.a fair franchise for this-com- pany thev should do so,” said Mr. Scharff. “‘We want all the facilities of transportation possible.”’ St. Louis End Necessary. Mr. McKinley's’ address was. brief. the State of inte St. ‘sucker’ from and I want to get Louis. Our company has ulready in operation 400 miles ef railway. . We have a charter for a bridge across the Mississippi River and twenty-four acres of ground on which to locate terminals in the north side of the city. Now we desire a franchise that will permit ws to operate cars to the commercial dis- tricts—to Cupples Station and the wholesale centers. “We expect to carry passengers and light express—meaning packages of 300 pounds and less—to and from our ter- minus in North St. Louis. We expect to give the merchants and manufac- turers a service that will mean the de- livery of goods skipped over our lines in the afternoon to points as far as Decatur, Dl... the next day. We intend to haul paSsengers at rates one-half lower than those charged by steam roads and express: at freight rates. To do this we shall require a franchise. We are willing to comply with fair and reasonable conditions, and we want the business men of the city Illinois, ,to be*the judges of those conditions.’’ Mr, Hamlin, former Attorney General of Illinois, caused a demonstration by saying that the railroads had hindered the advancement of St. Louis. ‘For many years,’ he said, “I have been attorney for several railroads and I know that if anything has retarded the growth of St. Louis it has heen the railroads and their ‘arbitraries.’ There will be no ‘arbitrary’ on the Mc- Kinley syndicate’s bidge. ‘We shall spread the cost of operating our lines over the entire mileage, and absorb.the cost of the bridge and the terminals in St. Louis. We are carrying passengers at i% cents a mile and express at freight rates. “On the & acres of ground which we have bought in North St. Louis we in- tend to have yards in which to handle coal and we shall haul every ton of it without an ‘arbitrary.’ We don't want to be held up, but we are ready to guarantee strict adherence to the con- ditions of our franchise. The city has the right to impose conditions, and we belleve they will be fair. The members of the Merchants’ Exchange ought to be among the arbiters of what its just on both sides of the bargaltin.”’ Committee in Conference. The special committee of the Coun- a franchise to the McKinley Electric Traction System, conferred Wednesday afternoon with R. D. Smith, local rep- resentative of the corporation, in his office in the Bank of Commerce Build- ing. It is probable that Congressman ing. Before the meeting it was sald that Congressman W. B. McKinley, head of he syndicate, would probably be pres- ent, though no invitation had been ex- tended to him by the Councilmen. Every member of the special commit- tee has declared to a Post-Dispatch re- porter that he favored a franchise for the company, -under certain conditions. Chief of these conditions are that no freight shall be transported through the Streets, tnat there shall be limitation: to the charges assessed on traffic over the bridge, and that certain changes shall be made fn the route now proposed from the approach of thé bridge to the commercial center of the city. C. Porter Johnson,.attorney for the McKinley syndicate, said Wednesday that the company is willing to include in the pending bill all these stipulations and to guarantee their observarice by a penal bond of $100,000. The departures from the route out- lined in the bill have not been determ- ined by members of the Council’s special committee, but it is hinted .that the ob- jections raised by owners of property along Ninth street, from Farrar to Branch street. will be the subject of some compromise. To learn the wishes and complaints of these opponents of the bill, the special committee has promised a public hearing in the course of a weck. Committee Opposes Haste. A canvass made by a Post-Dispatch reporter among the members of the Council's railroad committee, which held the bill for nine months without action, and the special committee now in charge of the measure brought the statements that all favored some grant to the road. To the question whether the bill has any chance of passage at this session of the Municipal Assembly, ee men A of are holding | tion, INUED ON PAGE TWo. Evelyn «orem ¥ 2 44 amt 9 ne owe os ; Thaw Whispering Part of Her Story Into the Ear of Her:Husband’s Prosecutor * '* , + ae rete ns enters LE 2 et iS in Temperature Will CABLEGRAM } H.CLAY PIERCE ‘ cil which has in hand the bill granting | ‘Come: ON OVER, WEATHER WAINWRIGHT § and Wednesday night and northerly winds: minim will be 24 degrees.”’ A storm of great i over the South § Atla caused general rains in States. Rain or snow along the Atlantic Coast and in the lake regions. Snow has bee Northwest. Temperatures are Coast. DROP OF TEN DEGREES TONIGHT -_—_—___ @—-—_—_« With Clouds, booby which Weather is going to hand Sit. nesday at @¢ a. 34, but at going- to-work r be less fail. which predicted have tracked and now they the lower east of the Mississippi River, except on the Atlantic GOV: HUGHES ASKS KELSEV'S. REMOVAL ’ Fall to 24 A 10 lrop degree is the prize in package the Man Says State Insurance Superin- tencent Has Failed to Perform Duties, the Louis Wed- Associated Press. night. ALBANY. Wey Sa ee, rhe temperature Hughes sent to the Senate this morning m. Was] aq special recommending. the of State Superin- Otto In recommendation 2), —Gov. message, from office of Insurance removal time it will somewhere 24 un- Kelsey. the tendent making ernor said: “With respect to life New York is easily the most important juris- | diction in the United States, if not in world, and the vast interests in- imperatively require, and it should be a point of for the State to maintain a and efti- cient administration of its supervising department commanding the confidence of the peopie. € ‘“?t recommend Mr. Kelsey's removal! because, aS head of this department, he has congepicuously failed to perform ob- vious duties of the first importance and his neglect hes demonstrated his untfit- ness for the trust confided to him." The message was read and referred without debate to Committee on Judiciary. BILL REQUIRES TESTIMONY. Hill Bill Passed Allows Im- munity, However. Special to the Post-Dispatch. EF FERSON CITY, Feb. 20.—The tTlouse today passed a bill introduced rhursday the Gov- to all close insurance, signs showers have been the two days been side- ne the volved honor, last fearless are not: on map at all. The forecast: ‘Partly cloudy colder Thursday, with »y* e um temperatur the ntensity central ntic Coast has the Southeastern has also fallen n general in the Hottman Dangerously Ill, KANSAS CITY, Mo., Hottman suffered from a’ cough last night, which inflamed made when he stabbed himself Monday. n Below, who visited in the County Jail yesterday afternoon, Dr. Benjamin said today that Hottmar dangerous and that pneumonia was al- men ~~ yf follow. mother o ottman night owenneg tn ill OL A OR a « Visited him last by Represegative Hill of Butler County providing that no witness in actions by the State against corpora- tions shall be permitted to refuse to testify or produce papers on the plea of self-tncrimination. Such witness, however, {8s Immune from prosecution on account of anything shown by his testimony on the papers he produces. Hill's bill erfacting a new law pro- hibiting trusts, combinations and agreements in restraint of trade was Feb. 20.—Frank the wounds he him 8 condition was The father and SUNDAY CONVERTS BOSS LEN SMALL St a ~~ ee Former Illinois Treasurer Gets “Salvation.” Special to the Post-Dispatch. KANKAKEE, IIL, Feb. rejoicing in Kankakee over the 3000 re- pentant, the harvest to date of Evan- gelist ‘Billy’ Sunday and the most prominent of the stray lambs gathered in is ex-State Len Small. Len, who is known to every man, womait and child Kankakee County, is regarded in this neighborhood as the biggest politician in the State and likelv t» be a candidate for governor one of hese days. His conversion took vlace Sundav night. The famous politician, who had gone to just four meetings, marched bravely to the mourners’ bench. He ws accompanied by his wife and son, Leslie, and there was not one person in the great tabernacle, where over 6000 persons were congregated, who did not feel like shouting ‘‘Hallelufah.”’ Not that Len needed converting much in the belief of his fellow townsmen. The worst thing you could say against him was that he had been a professional politician and a “‘boss"’ and had been succesful at it. Since he went into politics 20 vears ago, Len -has held something like e hundred offices and when he has not been landing them himself he has been pnpassing them around among his friends. Refore he was State Treasurer he was State Sen- ator, a trustee of the Kankakee Insane Hospital, and so on. “T simply felt it was the right thing to do.”’ @eald Len, “I had been to four meetings and I was greatly imvressed with the earnest, talk of Mr. Sunday. He's a grand/young man. His heart ts all gold. So when he asked those who wished to get salvation to come forward I did so. I have been to church, but never regularly since I was 9 years .—There is Treasurer in old.’ Kankakee, in fact. is In a state of re- ligious excitement that never has been equaled, perhaps, tn the history of a town of its size. The ex-bafeball player started to convert the whole town sev- eral weeks aro. He has succeeded tin turning the hearts of over 300° to a bet- ter life. Some place the number much higher. St. Louls has more Post-Dispatch readers every day than ft has homes. aiso passed. + he cage te ae “First in Everything.” enn ema } ; {NMG HLL 1S SIGHED BY AOOSEVELI Lp... President Affixes Signature to Measure Intended to End Japanese Controversy. BARS COOLIE LABORERS —— Gives Roosevelt Power to Re- ject Passports Issued by Any Country, (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—The = Presi- dent at noon today signed the immigra- tion bill. The bill, which was passed by the Senate Saturday entirely on a party line, with two exceptions, and the House on Monday, gives the President the pow- cr to place restrictions on the recogni- tion of passports and is intended to end the Japanese controversy. MRS. THAW ADMITS RECEIPT OF TWENTY CHECKS FROM WHITE —_- OO Without Mincing Words, Jerome Questions Her About Her Life as a Model—She Says She Posed in Greek and Turkish Garb=— Photos Shown in Court. bas, be. vr“? PROSECUTION ATTACKS STORY SHE TOLD THAW Special to the Post-Dispatch. dueed as evidence. The District Attorney began the cross- examination today by showing Mrs. Thaw a photogranvh of herself taken In a kimono, and asked if she could fre- call the date of the picture. “} think it was taken in 1904." ‘Where did you live after your re- turn from Europe in 19094 until the time of your marriage?’’ Mrs. Thaw gave eight or nine ad- dresses. il iariipites , “Was the defendant >resent when this photograph in a kimono was taken?” don’t think so.”’ ad | | “Did not the kimono belong to the defendant?’’ “Did not he take the kimono to the studio that day?’ “T don’t think so.” “Did not the defendant give you the kimono?’’ a gs Mr. Jerome exhibited another photo- graph and asked when it was taken. “Tate in 1901, I think,” replied the witness. # “Were you acting at that time? us {ay “What company?” ‘‘Floradora.”’ “Was this a Floradora asked Mr. Jerome, referring to the pho- graph. Ne It was the red dress my mother made for me, and the red cape Stan- rd White gave me.” i aaens long did you live in Philadel- nhia?’’ Mr. Jerome continued to jump from one part of the story to another, keep- ing as far as possible away from a se- ence of events. aT don't remember just how long we lived in Philadelphia.” “How old were you then?” “Fourteen.” Tells How She Posed. Jerome by his next few ques- indicated that he did not intend to spare the feelings of the young wom- an in any way. He interrogated her sharply as to the details of her dress when she was posing for artists in Phil adelphia and New York. He sersisted in certain questions even after Mr. sel- mas had objected and insisted on hav- ing defmite answers, though Mrs. Thaw urwally said she could not exactly re- member. “Was th re son, or did you wear the so-ca Mr. tions ere any exposure of the per- lled artis- It provides that whenever the Prest- dent shall be satisfied that passports issued by any foreign government fo Its citizens to go to any country, other than the ‘United States, are being used for the holders for the purpose of enabling them to come to the United States to the detriment of labor conditions, the President may refuse to permit such citizens to enter the country. The bill met with much opposition in both the Senate and the House. Was thought that if the clause meant the exclusion of Japa- nese laborers it w6uld not be satis- tactory to Japan and if it did mean this it would not be satisfactory to the people of the Pacific Coast. It was also deemed unwise by many to give the President such unprecedented authority. Senator Culberson tion, when the bill was before the Senate, instructing the . Conference Committee to bring in a bill providing for the exclusion of Japanese coolies after Jan. 1, 1908. The bill is considered a compromise solution of the Japanese labor problem promired by the President to the author- ities of San Francisco. Tine resolution offered by Senator Cu!l- berson Imstructing the conferees to bring in a measure specifically excluding Jap- anése laborers was favored by a large number of both the Senate and House. It was thougnt that the provision in the bill was a mnaxeshift, and it was predict- ed that wubon a week after its adoption the people of the Pacific Coast woes be clamoring for Japanese exclusion. The only two members of the Senate not to vote with their party were La Follette (Rep.) and McEnery (Dem.). offered a Tez olu- St. Louls has more Post-Dispatch readers every day than it has homes. “First in Everything.” Once Rich, Dies in Box Car. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. %—Thomas B. Woods was found dead tn a freight ear in the railroad yards here yester- day. Hig death was due to heart dis- ease, superinduced by aicoholism. Woods was # years Old. He was a one-time widely Known auctioneer throughout the State, and later a wealthy business man Twenty years ago he was thought to be worth $150,000. Recently he had been working im the stockyards. Woods was a graduate of Kemper Military Acad- emy of Boonville. ne sister in Hous- ton, Tex., and another in Marshall, sur- vive bim. ———-. _— _ — oe It | passport | not! tic draperies?” ie ot" tee not sav that, replied the lwitness. ‘I posed in @ Greek dress and la Turkish costume.’ Mr. Jerome persisted with lane to the exposure of the pe iMre. Thaw replied: i “Tt posed with low-neck dr | f was on the stage. “The pictures wer 'arily seen in photographe Be Mr. Delmas objected to vowel ‘rome withdrew the ques : 2 “Where aid you and your mother live, |after coming to New York’ ae | “In West Thirty-one a P € reniies. ween Fifth and Sixth ave e {" “What was your first theatri al em ployment?” |” (With the Florodora contributed questions rson, and aperies after e like those ordin- r’'s windows?” and Mr. be- Company.” “And you to support?” “Ved,"' Took Photograph to “Didn't you take a yourself to the publication? “Vos ied Magazine. photograph v0 oo Des 7 ence?” wad Hy Ti luas caseetell but Justice Fitz- gerald directed the witness to answer, “VYea.”’ ‘This stage? “Yas.” waa before you went “and then the reporters came to your house for more picture st LE . lett “And your mother gave them pik tures which subsequently were published’ “Vee * “Did vou become acquainted with Ted Marks?” “Yon Marks is a vaudeville manager. ‘and received letters from him: “Ves.” ‘Were those letters among the parck- city?" question.’ declaring there was no foun- dation for it whateoever Justice Fitzgerald sustained jection. “Didn't vou visit a warehouse in this city with a lawyer?’ e "Vea “What was his name?’ “Mr. Hartridge.”’ “Did vow take some letters out of the warehouse?’ the ob- .¥ 0, s “Examine any while there?’ : o.** ‘N “Didn't you visit the warehouse with costume?’’ | the familly of Broadway Magazine for “And it was published under the name on the nea of letters you burned after taking them from a storage warehouse in this Mr. Delmas objected to “this amazing | lteen a Ae Ai td Under Court’s Ruling That Evelyn’s Credibil- ity as a Witness Is an Issue, District At- torney Begins to Question Her About Al- leged Experience With White. NEW YORK, Feb. 20.—During the cross-examination of Eve- Ivn Nesbit Thaw by Distriet Attorney Jerome this afternoon, 20 checks indorsed by Evelyn Nesbit and her mother were intro- Mrs. Thaw admitted that the checks repre- sente money she had received from Stanford White. Jerome took full advantage of the Court’s ruling that attack on Evelyn-Thaw’s veracity is permissible, and began a searching cross-examination, evidently aimed to bring out every detail of the girl’s past life. He forced Mrs. Thaw to tell in detail how she posed in various costumes, and the prosecutor did not mince words when questioning her about her experiences in the artists’ studios. Then he launched his attack on Evelyn’s pathetic story on the witness stand when she was under direct examination, by asking her how long she was conscious in Stanford White’s Twenty-fourth street studio on the day when, she testified, she was mistreated by the architect whom her husband subsequently killed. another lawyer before you went with Mr. Hartridge?’ een ie o-, os “What was the lawyer's na@ “Warren, I think.” . sia “Do you know a lawyer named Pen- dleton?’’ ty “Have White?” de g net we - Tt develo that the forty-two letters introduced yesterday and identified Mrs. Thaw were written by Stanf White to another girl. ‘“‘Where are Stanford White's letters?”. “Mr. Hartridge has some of them.” Demands White’s Letters. Mr. Jerome demanded the production of the letters. Thaw’s counsel made no response. Mr. Jerome proceeded. “Did you give those letters to Mr, Bh al és lo °* “Who did? ‘ “Mr. Thaw.” , eon pave them to your husband?" “Was there a single word of im- propriety or indecency in Stanford White's letters to you?’ ‘TI don't remember.”’ “Did you keep all of Mr. White's lets ers”? you any letters from Stanferd “Haye you a copy of the letter you wrote: Mr. White from Boulogne?’ “No.” “Do “No. “Nothing about it?’’ “No.” you remember its contents?” ~ “How many letters did you give Mr, Thaw ?’’ : **Fourteen.”’ She testified that she gave the four- letters to Mr. Thaw in Paris in 1903. Afterward she received them from Thaw’s valet, and gave them to Thaw again, presumably after he had shot White. All of these letters, she said, were received from White while she was abroad in 1993, and were given to Thaw. She also gave him some letters, couldn’t remember how many, whith had been received before that time, — “Where ame those ictters now?” aske Mr. Jerome. “! don't know.” ‘When did vou see them last?’’ “In Paris, tn° 1963." ‘Have you been Interrogated by ihe counsel for the defense as to their com tenta?’ ~ “*No.”’ “Do you remember their contents?” “Only in a general way.” Mr. Jerome questioned the witness at length regarding letters which were placed in a warehouse before she went to Furope and taken out after her reé- turn. ‘What became of these letters?’ he asked. “I gave them to Mr. Thaw.” Fences With Jerome. Mrs. Thaw fenced with the District Attorney quite skilfully at times, keep- ing her wits well about her. ; , Mr. Jerome spent an hour or more on the subject of Stanford White's let- ters, Mrs. Thaw declaring that the fourteen letters, which Thaw tu over to Mr. Hartridge. were the ony ones she positively knew were in exist- ence. When Mr. Jerome would ask oceasion- ally a very pointed question, evidently for the purpose of tripping up the wit- ness, Mrs. Thaw would reply. with an emphatic nod of her head, “I didn't say that.” “You are sure these fourteen letters in Mr. Hartridge’s hands are the only ones in existence?’ asked Mr. Jerome, finally. “There may be some in a trunk.” “Where is the trunk?’ “In Paris.” “Where tn Paris?” a Mrs. Thaw gave the name of a ware- house In the French capital. “Didn't you in 19023 take letters from a warehouse in this city?” “Yes, I took some at that time.” “Weren't some sent you afterward?’ “Yes, from the trunk in the waere- house,.”’ Mrs. Thaw said the goods in the ware- fiouse were stored in her mother’s name, and there was a row over letting her have anything. Stanford White arranged ta get the trunk out, however. “tf don't remember any letters In the trunk, however,” added Mrs. Thaw, “Why didn't you give Thaw all of Stanford White's letters, Instead of just some of them?’ : “] didn't say that.” Mrs. some were in a truak tn repl ed said Paris." ; . “!t esald they might be. “Didn't you retain ee ee \—* CERIO FR en tp tnitay ERP, Res lalla sid * ° % wre: ) ay ped Th ri 26) Lee Te oA pe Fa ca * Ba ge ~ et aime Te Reale ri . ive is v sat eee. B “ hc, Spat ay a : fe > $3