Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-06-26
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HARRY THAN MURDERS
ARCHITECT IN THEATRE
Brother Of The Countess Of Var.
mouth Takes Swift Revenge
on His Enemy.
WOMAN OFfERs'.'70 ASSIST HIM
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Three Shots Spectators in
PanIo-Men and Women Fight in
Their Mad Rush to Escape From
the Roof cardsn-openins Night
MARRIED BY Fatality over Actress.
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(By Associated Press)
"a NEaFsF YORK, June 25.-Stanford
White, a member of the firm OF Nc
Kim, Mead and White. architects was
shot and instantly killed during the
performance at Madison Square roof
# garden ltonight. ...i;lus
The police state that the murderer
WAS harry Thaw. a member of no.
torions Pittsburg family. The Muir
derer was arrested. 1t was the open.
ing nightf for the season of the gard
en-. .
During the second act of the per.
.Iifo2rtm1anegs while a ,comic song was he
ling sung the audience was thrown into
CONSERVATION by three shots. Immed
lately afterwards 1t was announced
that a murder had heen committed
and the audience was dismissed.
you've Deserved This"
The first intimation of trouble came
when walking infront Of his seated
victim, the man exclaimed you've de.
served this You've ruined my home"
And drawing an automatic pistol FIR
ed three shots. The first two took ef-
feet but as the third was discharged
the pistol was struck ZIP by fireman
on duty I'm the theatre and the bullet
when sky-ward.
Men and Women in Panic.
Instantly the great audience was
thrown into panic and wild STAN
pede occurred during which chairs
land tables We're overturned and men,
= and women fought with desperation
to;escape- from the roof.
The woman who had been sitting
with Mr.. White sprang to her feet
and rushed up TO his assnilant. who
was struggling with the fireman,
threw her arms about his neck, ex-
claiming '.I'll stand by You"
Harry ThaW the Man.
1.-THE assailant was taken to the
I West Thirtieth Street police station.
where. lie described himself MS John
!" Smith, a student of No. |, Lafayette
Race Washington, D. c., but the po-
lice on searching him found cards anu
letters addressed to Harry Thaw of
Pittsbnrg! 7and later his identity was
fully established.
ie!4slt was reported that the woman
who accompanied Mr.. White was
EVELYN Nesbitt.
AT Mr. Whites home it was said
tonight that Mrs. White was visiting
friends in the west and was expected
to return on Saturday Mr.. White
dined with his son, Lawrence, who re-
Il turned earlier in the day from dar-
ward to pass the summer vacation at
home.
Evelyn Nesbitt became 5Thaw's
wife on April A. 1905. THEY were mar
ried in Pittsburg by Rev. VIM. Mc-El-
wan, D. D., of the Third Presbyterian
: church. Thaw's mother, Mrs. William
Thaw in spite of earlier opposition,
was present. Miss Nesbitt is the
daughter of C. j. Holman of Oakland.
suburb, of Pittshurg. 4
Actress Plays a Leading Role.
The firm of AIcKim, Mead and
White, of New York is one of the hest
known in the country. White was
prominent In New York society. Har-
>ry Thaw. who II Is alleged did the
killing, has achieved considerable no
teriety because of the differences
with his family on account of his mar
riage to Evelyn .Nesbitt, the actress.
The causes leading up to his shooting
are not known. 1t is stated that Eve
lynn Nesbitt was in the audience at
the time.