Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-07-03
THE THAW CASE.

was made yesterday by District Attorney
I Jerome, who has returned to take
personal charge of the case, in spite OF
the warning of ex-Judge Olcott, Thaw's
counsel, that it would kill his client TO
remain IN the Tombs all summer.
Owing 10 the fact that during the sum-
mer there are only two parts of the
Court of General Sessions in session IN
New York, and that the trial would
probably last two or three weeks, the
district attorney decided not to advance
the Thaw case ON the calendar. Thaw
will hardly be arraigned before October.
Anthony Comstock, of the Society for
the Suppression of Vice, received yester-
day several new letters bearing on the
alleged conduct of White. One of the
letters was signed by man who asserts
that he was formerly employed in a
Pwenty-fourth street studio in which
White aud his friends gave dinners.
After reading over this letter yesterday
afternoon Mr.. Comstock said:
eff the allegations in this letter are
true they will tend in a large measure
to corroborate the statements about
White which Harry Thaw has been max
ing to me of and on for the last Is
months. The letter mentions two Of
Whites male companions in these al
legged dinners, and / wish TO say that
no matter how wealthy they may be or
what their standing in the community
is, when il comes 10 the trial Of Thaw
tor killing Stanford White | will be
willing to 20 on the stand and tell of
my Investigations into the White case
when Thaw first made the complaint
against him, and we will tell why 1t
was and how it was that we we're never
able to obtain enough evidence to war
rant taking any action against White
at the time. As a result of the intor-
nation in letters which L have received
yesterday shall renew my Investigations
in the White cases, and in the light OF
present events | may be able to get
some evidence against Whites alleged
associates which will be useful in the
interest of justice" A most important
statement in the letter to COmstock is
that young girls wee brought regularly
from the country to serve the purposes OF
White aud other men. One of these
girls, the sender of the letter says, wa.
taken to hotel near Madison Square
and placed in a room. The man who
had her taken there was one OF White
associates, aud his name is given in the
letter. Costly clothes and underwear
Sere sent to the girls room from a
fashionable store, and later the man
himself vent to the hotel.
New York, July 3.-Harry Thaw,
who last week pleaded not guilty to the
indictment charging him with killing
stanford White, was arraigned in court
today, in order that his counsel might
withdraw the plea temporarily, and suo-
NIT certain motions, which the defense
was not ready to make at the first ar
raignment. Former Judge OlcOtt, coun.
seI-in-chiei for Thaw, took occasion to
make strong plea for an early trial OF
, his client, who, be said, was suffering
greatly from his confinement in the
Tombs prison. Judge 0lcott told the
court that Thaw's health would be seri-
ously jeopardized if he had to remain
much longer in prison. Speaking to his
/. counsel, Thaw said that if be had to re-
main in the Tombs three months longer,
be wonld die. He had previously been
told that the District Attorney would
not be alb e to try his case until next Oc-
tober Despite the plea of Thaw's counsel
for an early disposition of the case, Dis
> trict Attorney jerome has reiterated his
statement that Thaw must take his turn
with the other homicide cases now
awaiting trial.
The defense is still making every eff
fort to develop proof that will hold in
!, court that White endeayOred to intrude
his attentions on Mrs. Thaw after her
marriage and that he spoke disparaging-
ly Of her. So far no legal proof has been
found.
Mrs. ThaR went to Judge Olcott's
Office late yesterday and underwent
another long examination. She denied
fatty the report that she had written on
Friday and Saturday before tlfe murder
to White, and that he failed to reply.
The report further said that failing to
get reply from White she visited his
studio. She told judge Olcott that the
story was an absolute lie Mrs. Thaw
saws that she had never written to White
after her marriage, and that she bad
never seen the architect except at d'-
lance for many months before the muir
der.
Every search has been made for let
tiers supposed to have been written by
Mrs. Thaw after her marriage, but none
has been found, the only letters in pos
session of the defense Sre those written
by White to Evelyn Nesbit before she
married Harry Thaw.
These letters are couched in affection
ale terns aud the defense will endeavor
to show that Thaw's jealousy was in
famed when he read them. Thaw's
counsel have in their possession remark
able ring worn by White, which was
taken from his finger by the coroner.
Why the coroner gave it to counsel for
rhaw is not known. The defense will
try to put the ring in evidence as show
ing the moral character of White. The
ring is a unique specimen of the gold
smiths art. It cost about 81, 900. It
is of massive gold and bears the figures
of three persons, aman and two women.
The figures are extremely small, but no
less perfect in detail when closely ex-
amined.
Former Judge Olcott, counsel in chief
for Harry Thaw, decided late this morn
log to make no motions in the Thaw case
at Ibis time. and 10 LEI the plea Of not