The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-06-26
Harry Raw
arderer

sTRaoic ENpfNGs or ROMANCE
WITH GIRL EsfakliN
NEssITT.
NEW YORK, June eG;:-stanforf.
Mite, the eminent architect OF til.
;arm OF McKim. Mead & White. was
shot last night and almost instantly
killed by Harry Thaw. a member CT
the prominent 5Pittsburg family. duT
ing the performance of the musical
extravaganza. -.aIamzelle Cha1npaSn<.
on the roof OF the Madison Square
Garden. Mr.. White died before an am
buIance could be summoned anu 1haw
was arrested Immediately after The
shooting.
Tie Madison Square, roof garden.
xtich has been closed for several
wears. was crowded last night with
a fashionable audience. While Harry
Short. who fills the principal comedy
i:.,.- in the piece. was singing comic
song and the garden was echoinS With
che laughter and applause OF The
audience. a series of shots ratified IN
thu rear Of the auditorium and mar
in evening dress was seen to fai'
across table at which he was sitting
wa a party OF friends. The man who
mad fired the shots fed. pistol IN
har I'd. toward the nearest exit where
he was seized and disarned by the
police.
Instantly LAC great audience wa:
th,<,w,, into a panic and Wild STAN
:.e e occurred. during which c2alfs
and tables We're overturned and Lea
and women fought with desperation to
escape from the roof.
The man who va, shot was GulcHiy
identified as Mr. White. but his as
sailant was not positively known 10
be Thaw until after he had been ta"en
TO the station house.
Persons in tho: front of the audIto'
rum where the tragedy occurred say
that they saw man sitting with q
fashionably dressed woman in The
rear.
The first iutic.ation Of trouble Gaze
when. Walking in front of his seat
ed victim. the man exclaimed: cu'e
deserved this. You've ruined my
home" and drawing an a':;r--.;' &c
pistol fired three shots. Tas FIRST
two took effect, but as the Thrill was
discharged the pistol was :i-iic!i up
by a fireman on duty IN the thea1et
and the bullet went skyward-
The woman who had been sitting
with Mr.. White sp-ans TO ne3 feei
and rushed up 10 his assaila2 "ha
was struggling with tic dr:.n'l:
threw her arms about his neck, e%
claiming:
III stand by\you!
The assailanr was taken to the Wes
Thirtie;h street police station, whcrt
he described himself as John Smith
a student. Of No. is Lafayette Place
Washington. D. c.. but the police OF
searching him found cards and letter:
addressed to Harry Thaw, OF Pitts
burg. and later his identity was fully
.establiShed.
L
who accompanied Mr.. White WIS Eve
Iyn Nesbitt. whose marriage Wit
Taaw for time estranSe1 the latte
from his family
The shooting occurred at 1880 p
NJ. while Harry Short was sinSin:
I Could Love 4 Million Girls. Tha"
had been at the performance all even
ing and had been noticed to be yer.
nervous and excited. White had pre-
viously been at the Manhattan Clui
and had only been at the garden :
few minutes when Thaw confronted
him.
Fireman Bruden took the rerolve
away from Thaw and handed hin
over to Policeman Debbs, who placed
hin, under arrest Thaw handed the
policeman ten dollars and asked hin
to notify Andrew Carnegie that he
was in trouble
Thaw. it is alleged. said to the fire
man
Deserved what he got. RUNE.
my life and deserted the girl
While Thaw was being neld up by
the policeman the young woman who
is described as short, slender, dart
and very pretty, again put her arms
about his neck Thaw told her te
keep quiet and not get excited as al
would come out all right.
Immediately after the shooting the
curtain was rung down on the play
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