The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-11-26
TRIAL or YOUNG PlTTsBURC MIL.
LloNAiRE FOR MURDER or
STANFORD WHITE is SET.
REVIEW OF NOTED CASE
Which Because Of Tragic and Ora.
matte Features and the Promi-
nence of Men Has Caused
World Wide Interest.

New York. Nov. 25.-The trial or
Harry Kendall Thaw, slayer Of Stan
ford White, the noted architect. which
has now been set for the first week IN
December is looked forward to as onr
of the mo I famous cases in the Grim.
inal history of New Yark state. The
prominene Cf The Thaw family social
ly, the wealth Of his parents, the cir.
cumstances surroundig the young
mans marriage to Evelyn Nesbit. the
artists model and chorus girl and the
spectacular scene in the midst Of
which he fired the bullets into the
breast OF the man who he claimed had
betrayed his wife all tend to attract
IN interest TO the trial extending
from one end fthe country to The
other.
For long time an effort has been
made to have young Thaw rely upon =
| iefense Of emotional insanity" but
le steadfastly has declined to give his
! assent to any such plan. and in his
determination not 10 agree 10 hide be,
mind cloak of insanity the cassa
which he impatiently asserts to be
'ust, he has at one time and another
since his imprisf nment dismissed sey.
eral Of The lawyers engaged to help IN
his defense, among them a former
governor of the state of New York.
The players in this extraordinary
tragedy Of real life are each Of them
interesting. Harry Thaw. the ever
hayward son of rich and Indulgent
parents, had become widely known
throughout the country prior to the
'Iilling of Stanford White by reason
Df the publicity given to many of his
escapades by the newspapers.
BIowed in $4,000 a Year.
His father. the late William Thaw.
vas one Of PIttsburg's richest men.
He had early seen that Harry was MT
% me entrusted with a large income
lest he give himself over TO life of
luxurious idleness and liberty. ST.
when the elder Thaw died he provided
hat Harry Thaw should have only So.
800 year The bulk of the estate
vent to Mrs. William Thaw, whose in.
lulgent love for her children was
ioon made apparent In the manner IL
which she lavished money upon them.
Harry Thaw had but TO ask whatever
sum he chose and the mother gave IL
70 him He abandoned his $2.500.
~ear income from the estate to his
'alet. Il is said that the young mans
axpendtu often averaged as high
's $50 900 and 100000 a year.
Four or five years ago the Thaw
'amily came into unusual prominence
trough the announcement of the en-.
'agement OF Harry Thaw's sister TO
he Earl Cf Yarmouth. This Young
english nobleman had been in Amer
ca for two years or more at that ,ime.
lie was entertained at Newport and
1t the end Of a successful season
here, during which he had lead the
gay set in many amateur theatrical
productions he decided TO go upon
he profee sioaal stage TO earn a liveli.
'ood in this country His efforts along
his line were indifferently successful
nd then came the engagement ami
10 Miss Thaw Since that
ime the Earl and the Countess OF
Yarmouth have lived abroad
Following the wedding of his sis er.
larry Thaw also went abroad. When
e returned TO this country two years
20 be remained in New York instead
+ going to his mothers home in Pits
urg.
Enter Evelyn Nesbit.
II was not long before he was sae7
lways in company with a beautiful
Dung girl. Evelyn Nesbit. who hal
raduated from the studio 10 the
tage. Young Thaw and Miss Nesbi:
ere central figures cf MANY theatre
nj supper parties along Broadway.
nd there appeared in one of the local
apers story to the effect that Thaw
nd Miss Neebit had been secretly
larried while abroad. The fact % fAe
edding had not been disclosed, T
as declared because OF the fear that
4 spleased mother might cut of the
tpport Of her favorite son The st0ry
the wedding was taken up every
here and the Young peoDle we're kep-
lsy with denials. Their affairs "a
acted so much attention that they
ere requested 10 move from the fash
nable hctel where they re. peciively
ID been occupying expensive suites.
his calls forth more notoriety. The
airs Of the yorng people we're kept
instantly before the public until II
IS finally announced thai Mrs. VIII
m Thaw had consented 10 her sons
TT age 10 Miss Nesbit. Thereupon
" we're called 10 Pittsburg and in
; mothers hrme a marriage cere-
ny was performed.
For long time following the ve'-