Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-02
Fact That His Wife Was Soon
to Become Mother Said to
Have Changed Nature
MAY BE- CAUSE OF TRAGEDY
Whites Persistence in Following and
Annoying Thaw's Girl Wife Believed
to Have Brought Him to tho Vcrsc
Of lnsanity-other News Of interest
to tho Public.

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Nesbit Thaw whispered the news TO
her husband. Harry Kendall Jhaw,
that she was about to become mother
1t made changed man OF the young
rake who has done so much to disgrace
the name he bore and to- break the
heart of the mother who has so idol
lied him. But when she also told him
short time ago that the man who had
first led her from the paths OF rect-
tude was pursuing her, and knowing
that within four months his wife would
become mother the brain OF the
youns man gave way. That was the
real cause of the tragedy at Madison
Square garden last Monday night
This is part of the secret that Is
gradually leaking out concerning the
Thuws and Stanford White. The
Thaws have not really been moving
much In pittsburg's high society and
there are but few families who assoc
ciated enough with the young man ana
his wife To learn the secret OF their
hopes. pittsburg society, streaked ana
spattued and spotted as 1t is. has felt
that In this case 1t had right to throw
stones, and all the wealth of the fam
lily was not sufficient to break Gown
the social barriers raised against the
young woman.
The young man would have been
welcome had he not been married be-
You'd hope for mammas with marriage.
able daughters. All his sins Of omis-
sion and commission would not have
shut a single door In his face. SO long
as there was chance OF an alliance
he was received here, despite full
knowledge of his moral shortcomings
But when he welded and there were
no possibilities In that line, Pittsburg's
real swell society pursed up Its lips.
drew In Its skirts and was not at
home to Harry Thaw and his artist
model. show girl wife.
This was not the case with all OF
them. Harry Thaw's mother had al
ways been leader In society, and even
those who were not at home to Harry
and his young wife did not care to put
n social affront on her SO when there
was social function at "Lyndhurst"
there were very few families which sent
regrets. There have been some social
affairs there, but they were all quiet.
One OF the biggest functions which
have taken place on the mangnincent
grounds was the garden party for the
children of the Home for 1ncurable
Crippled Children, in Margharetta
street only couple of weeks ago, just
before Mrs. Thaw left for Europe. This
home Is supported by Mrs. Thaw AZ one
OF the benevolences of the Third Pres
byterian church, which she attends.
The garden party was well attended
by Pittsburg society. All the little in
mates Of the home were there and
Harry Thaw and his wife helped to act
as host and hostess for the day He was
like another man all day and seemed
thoroughly to enjoy himself. He
rambled over the lawn With the little
charges like a boy, pushed their wheel
chairs around and had good time
generally. 1t was a new experience for
him.
For the hast couple of months Harry
Thaw had been a much-changed man.
The drinking bouts downtown were
abandoned. He announced to his ,friends
that he was done with the old life and
he was going to settle down and make
something Of himself. He did not tell
why, fbut the secret leaked out, and his
wife told her friends what she hoped
for and society, even that portion Of 1t
which has been turning its sooty nose
in the air, was much interested in the
coming of an heir to the Thaw mil
lions.
Then the persecution by White is
said to have begun or rather to have
Friends Of the couple here
allege there has scarcely been "a time
since their marriage that White was
not making overtures to the girl to
have her leave her husband and join
him again. In her condition she was
distressed and affected much more
seriously THAN she had been before
She saw no way out and finally APP
pealed to her husband. and then came
the tragedy of last Monday night.
'Lyndhurst" the family home, will
never be occupied by Mrs Thaw again,
even IL she lives to return home. 1t
will be turned over to the Third Pres
byterlan church for maternity hospit-
al. Mrs. Th;lw was about to build three
new and smaller homes, one for herself,
another for Harry and another for Jo-
siah Copely Thaw.
She will never want to return to
Lyndhurst.' 1t is doubtful if she wf1l
live to do SO. She has already suffered
two strokes of apoplexy. A third will
probably end her troubles 1t is on that
account that such great care is being
taken in breaking the news to her Of
her sons crime