The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-07-10
HOW THAW
shot WHITE

Thaw of Pittsburg, multi-millionaire
and noted elubman, killed Stanford
White, the famous architect, tonight
on the roof of Madison-square Garden.
He shot White twice in the back, and
as the victim whirled around in his
agony another bullet sped into his
stomach, and White dropped, lifeless,
| by table where he had been laugh
ing and in company with Mrs. Harry
X. Thaw Evelyn Nesbit).
Thaw is a prisoner. He gave his
name to the police as John Smith, stu
dent, of IS Lafayette street, Washing
ton. He was Immediately recognized
and cards in his pocket bore the
words:
"Harry Kemble Thaw.'
There are two versions of the dra-
matte shooting. One is that Thaw saw
the architect with Mrs. Thaw, and, APP
preaching the couple, said:
"You' We stolen my wife!'
The other version is that the society
man entered with his wife and waited
for White to approach, killing him
without saying word.
There was such tremendous excite
ment that the real story of that one
moment of revenge may never be
known.
BODY LAY UNDER TABLE.
Police reserves and an ambulance
were called and the streets were
| cleared, while under table in the
roof garden was the body of White,
covered with sheet, and with police
men surrounding it, awaiting the YER
| diet of the surgeon who was racing to
the garden.
The shooting was one of the most
dramatic in the history of the city.
emile. Champagne, managed by Lilo
mel Lawrence, was being presented.
| The first act had swung along with its
blare of brass and it's tinsel, and the
hundreds upon hundreds who sat be-
meath the bright lights or peered
through the potted palms and ferns
were happy.
Five minutes after the first act had
begun man with long gray coat
and straw hat entered. A woman was
with him, it is said, but she sat down.
The stranger walked nervously up and
down the aisles He threaded his way
through the lanes of plants, wound in
and out of the intricate alleys formed
by the tables and every one in the I'M
mediate vicinity noticed him.
The first act passed. The stranger
was still moving about aimlessly. Five
minutes before the second act ended
he walked with firm tread down the
left side of the roof and halted by a
table.
SEXTET ON THE STAGE.
The Big Six, - similar to the famous
"Florodora sextet, was on the stage.
The members were singing, 81 Could
Love a Thousand Girls" There was
little noise in the big garden. One of
the sextet stepped forward and began
solo.
The man in the gray coat strobe on
until, according to some witnesses, he
faced White. With the architect were
Harry Stevens, the caterer, and beside
Mrs. Thaw some men friends. All were
laughing.
The stranger-Thaw-loo White
over calmly for second, then leaned
over, and shaking his hand at the archi-
teet, said, not loudly, but calmly:
"You've ruined my life!"
White looked up. He was startled.
Before the architect could rise, ac-
cording to Meyer Cohen, witness,
Thaw had drawn a revolver and aimed
it carefully. lie was as cool as if he
were leading cotillion.
Two shots were heard, and White 3
head bowed suddenly on the table,
over the glasses. Stevens rose. Mrs
Thaw disappeared. White, vigorous
man, staggered painfully to his feet,
looking squarely at Thaw. Thaw, still
the same nonchalant "Harry" of the
society world, fred again as White
reeled, and the man went under the
table, never to rise again.
ORDERS. SONG To CONTINUE
Lionel Lawrence, from the side OF the
stage, removed only four tables from
the scene OF the shooting sprang TO
the boards and said;
Sing. you girls! Sing! For Gods
sake keep on"
The girls sang. They danced as the
slain man lay PROSTATE. Their faces
were white. But they were of the
stage and they quelled emotion.
Lawrence sprang 10 the floor, Thaw
walked coolly away, sun holding the
revolver In his hand. and casting Just
one look behind him.
Lawrence seized Thaw and pushed
down the hand that gripped the pistol |
Tho clubman, turned. Just then a
woman hung her arms about Thaw's
neck ana said
"rll stand BY youl IN stick 10 you,
Harry"
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