The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-25
Says White Sent Her to Europe
to Rescue Evelyn.
FOUND MARKS on HER
the Pittsburg Man Had
Beaten and ChOked Her.
Shit for Breach of Promise and
Assault Threatened.

New York. July 25.-The Evening
World today published an interview
with Miss Anna Crane. a masseuse O.
this oity whose statement was taken
yesterday by an assistant district at
torney for possible use in the Ihaw cas-
According to the World interview miss
Crane. who Is about 80 years OF age
was sent to Paris by Stanford Wnite III
1904. in response to appeals from MRS
Nesbit. now Mrs. Holman, Evelyn Mes
bits mother. and brought the young
woman back to New York. Miss Crane
is quoted BY the World as saying that
she knew Miss Nesbit before the yours
woman and her mother went abroad III
1904. and were followed to Paris ny
Harry K. Thaw. Mr.. White, she salo'
then sent for her, told her that ne nau
received several communications from
Mrs. Holman and asked her to go 70
Paris and straighten out matters. w nel
she arrived in Paris, Miss Crane said
she found that all three had been hN
ing in a beautiful apartment near thS
Champs Elysee and that InaW haa peen
the principal caller upon Miss NesDl1'
The day before 7 got there, SAID MISS
Crane. a terrible row had taken pace
and Mrs. Nesbit had been put out OF
the apartment by Thaw, who acted ilhe
a maniac. Mrs. Nesbit was nearly ueS-
titute and but for the timely aIriVai
of q woman newspaper writer VINO hau
gone abroad with the Nesbits and been
left behind in London, she would never
have got back to the United states 1ne
newspaper woman aided Mrs NespiE
with her own money and subsequently
cabled Mr. White for funds.
She declared her belief that ina W
was a lunatic and said that Miss Nesoi1
also believed so at that time MISS
Crane said that Miss Nesblt showed
to her bruises on her back ana arms
which Miss Nesbit said We're 1nfiicted
by ThsW. On several occasions Wheb
she was present Miss Crane said IhaW
tried to choke Miss Nesbit and lefl the
marks of his fingers on her throat
Miss Crane asserted that she saw ina"
beat Miss Nesbit and that twice When
Miss Crane fnterfered ThaW struck
her also. 1t was Thaw's habit when he
went out on the Paris bouleyards TO
stroll with other women, Miss crane
said and to lock Miss Nesbit and MISS
Crane in their apartments. MISS Mes
bit considered an appeal to the french
authorities but refrained through rear
that it would ruin her stage career
Thaw constantly raved over men
whom Miss Nesbit knew in New YORK,
and often spoke of STANFORD " nlts. IN
a threatening manner, Miss Crane De
low Miss Nesbit to return to New York,
and they sailed after violent scene
in London
on the way across the ocean. said
Miss Crane Miss Nesbit declared her
intention of bringing a suit for breach
of promise against Thaw and OF
charging him with assault. When
they arrived in New York Whites au-
to1nobile was awaiting them and Miss
Nesbit went direct to Whites office.
which. Miss Crane said, must have
been by arrangement made by Miss
Nesbit's mother. A family conference
she declared ensued and several days
later Miss Nesbit went to the Office Of
A. H Hummell, the lawyer. and made
a statement concerning Thaw's con-
duct. The suit. Miss Crane said, was
to have been for $4,000.
Miss Crane said that Stanford
White acted like a gentleman that
Miss Nesbit had only the kindest
words to say of him, and that he was
a kind-hearted man whom Mrs. Hol-
man had interested in her children.