The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-26
THAW IS PAINTED
IN BLACK COLORS
Stanford White Always Acted
Like a Gentleman and
Was Kind Hearted.
TESTIMONY OF AN OLD MAID
BROUGHT EVELYN NESBlT BACK
FROM PARIS.
TESTIMONY OF AN OLD MAID

New York, July 25-The Evening World
today published an interview with MISS
Anna Crane, a masseuse of this city,
whose statement was taken yesterday by
an assistant district attorney for possible
use in the Thaw case. According to the
World interview, Miss Crane. who Is
about so years old, was sent to Paris by
Stanford White in 1904, in response TO ap-
peals from Mrs. Nesbit tnow Mrs. Hol-
NAM. Evelyn Nesbit's mother. and
brought the young woman back to New
York Miss Crane Is quoted by the
World as saying that she knew Miss Mes
bit before the young woman and her
mother went abroad i'm 1904 and were fol-
lowed to Paris by Harry K. Thaw. Mr.
White she said, then sent for her, told
her that he had received several commu-
nieatiOns from Mrs. Holman, and asked
her to go TO Paris and straighten out
matters When she arrived in Paris Miss
Crane said she found that all three had
been living in beautiful apartment near
The Champs sElysee, and that Thaw had
been the principal caller upon Miss Mes
/, bit
Quarrel Had Occurred.
THE day before 1 got there" said Miss
! Crane, "a terrible row had taken place
and Mrs. Nesbit had been put out of the
apartment by Thaw. who acted ike a
maniac Mrs. Nesbit was nearly destl-
tute and but for the timely arrival of
a woman newspaper writer who had gone
abroad with the NeSbits and been left
behind in London, she would never have
got back to the United States. The news
paper woman aided Mrs. Nesbit with her
own money, and subsequently cabled Mr.
White for funds"
She declared her belief that Thaw was
lunatic, and said that Miss Nesbit also
believed so at that time: Miss Crane
m har
bruises on her back and arms which were
inflicted by ThaW. Several occasions,
when she was present, Miss Crane said,
Thaw tried to choke Miss Nesbit and left
the marks of his fingers on her throat.
Thaw Used His Fists.
Miss Crane asserted that she saw Thaw
beat Miss Nesbit--and that twice when
Miss Crane interfered Thaw struck her
also 1t was ThaW's habit when he went
out on the Paris boulevards to stroll with
other women, Miss Crane said, to lock
Miss Nesbit and Miss Crane in their
apartments. Miss Nesbit considered an
appeal to the French authorities, but re-
Trained through fear that II would ruin
her stage career.
Thaw constantly raved over men whom
Miss Nesbit knew in New York, and
often spoke of Stanford White in a
threatening manner, Miss Crane declared
Finally Thaw consented to allow Miss
Nesbit to return to New York. and they
sailed after a violent scene in London
Whites Auto in Waiting.
on the way across the ocean, said Miss
Crane, Miss Nesbit declared her inten-
ton of bringing suit for breach of prom
Use against Thaw and of charging him
with assault. When they arrived in New
York Whites automobile was awaiting
them and Miss Nesbit went direct to
Whites office. which. Miss Crane said,
must have been by arrangement made by
Miss Nesbits mother. A family confer
ence, 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 conduct
The suit Miss Crane said, was to have
been for sJ0.000
Miss Crane said that Stanford White
acted like gentleman; that Miss Nesbit
had only the kindest words to say of him.
and that ne was a kind-heaFted man.
whom Mrs. Holman had interested in her
children.