The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-28
SAYS THAW8 MET
WHITE in PARIS
New y ork Man Will Tell Story
to the Jury When Trial
is Called.
Especial to The Timet-D ispatch.)

"A NEW s. DIRK, June 81 .--- When Harry
3Thaw is placed on trial for his life for
the Staying OF Stanford White, o man
who was once very close to the dead
architect, and who Is now being guarded
s BY the attorneys for the defense, It is
said. will tell a story which will clear
up part OF the $myste ~ sur rounding the.
h hatred OF young Thaw for the architect.
%S This mans statement made yesterday
to lawyer who will figure Very 3pronii'-f
snently5 in the defense OF Thaw, says the
story began in the HotI Ritz, In Paris,
last spring, when the ThaWs were quar-
tered there. It was a that time that
iThaw hrst learned the story Of his wife.s
friendship with Stanford White and after
tina the young Pittsburg man became the
sworn enemy OF the architect Sss
@ One Sunday night soon after. the arri-
val OF the Thaws In Paris, Mrs, ThaW,5
while sitting in the dining room OF the
Hotel Ritz, became very pale and asked
/ 10 be excused from her dinner She went
INN, ed lately to her apartments, on the
third floor OF the hotel, where, on reach
ing her sleeping room, she tainted Her
husband who 4 had Il gone up With 8her,
ecame very5muchla gitated, and after ms
wife recovered consciousness he made
be rsistent Inquiries as to ,wha 7 had caused
+ her temporary illness. She shook Win
fear ana said "Oh, Harry = can never
tell you, You will never know, 1 q "a i
M Thaw. the story goes, insisted that his
fu,i 70 tell him what the trouble was, and,
.nntting her arms about his neck, she went
\ In ok 10 the days before he knew her$ e.nd
when the lure OF the white lights OF
Broa dway acted as a beacon TO draw her
into dinners at the Claren2ont and res
taurants along Fifth Avenue and Broad
way. She told her husband OF her friend
jshins FOR stanford White and all about
their relations, Then Thaw asked his
wife what had caused her to be 90 much
aritated at dinner, and she told him that
stanford White was then I'm Paris, ana
nerhaps at that very moment was guar
tered under the roof OF the Hotel Ritz
Thaw at that time had never met White,
and did not know him by sign put n.
said with much agitation that ne would
sack him. and at the drst opportunity
ateil him what he thought OF him,
The next day, soon after lunch, the
tale SAYS, Thaw left his wife In their
apartments and descended to the office
door of the hotel where he remained
for an hour, r When he returned 20 his
apartments, his wife was not there, The
husband rushed down stairs, and, ait er
making q search OF the reception rooms.
he finally found Mrs, Thaw seated ~
corner OF waiting room talking to q
nan who was a stranger to him. Walk
Ing ng up to his wife, Thaw caught her by
the arm and said, Why, Evelyn, what
are YOU doing here A Come UP TO our
apartments and tell me what you mean
81 going away and having me hunting
: ve- 80 oYa,i ss.- hT'sa @
Mrs. Thaw was then asked who the
stranger was, and after she had repeat
edly refused to give her husband 8 any
positive Information as to the mans
Identity young EThaw SAID. he would leave
her nd return to America unless she told