THE THAW TRIAL.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 8736, 9 February 1907, Page 2

THE THAW TRIAL.

His Wife's Testimony. A Painful Position. Jury Impressed. Press Association.—Copyright.!} New York, February 8. At Thaw's trial yesterday his wife gave evidence, and was subsequently subjected to a painful interrogatory. She testified how White, the murdered millionaire, had ensnared and ruined her before she was 10 years of age. Hence at first she had refused to marry Thaw when he proposed to her, but when pressed for her reason she informed Thaw of the whole of the circumstances. Thaw, she said, was greatly distressed at her story, and declared that any decent person would know it was not her fault. Witness testified impressively throughout. She described the, tragedy and the scene immediately preceding it. 'Thaw's wife also testified that White drugged her prior to ruining her. London, February S. Router reports that everybody in court was moved by the spectacle of a beautiful young wife sacrificing all that was dearer to her than life to save her husband. Her bearing was timid and almost childlike.

The efi'ect on tho jury was very marked. The harrowing recital seemed addressed directly to thorn. During the evidence of his wife Thaw sobbed.