The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-01

Thaw gave him an angry lecture about honor" and the checks were paid.
 Back to Paris went young Thaw and gained further distinction In his life work Returning to America he rented the old Don Cameron house, q Lafayette Square, in Washington, next door to the Belasco theatre. After he had spent short time there his mother arrived in Washington. accompanied by her daugh- ter, now the Countess of Yarmouth. and during their second season young Thaw brought as guest to the house his friend, the Earl of Yarmouth.
 The courtship of the Earl and the American heiress progressed rapidly un- der the direction of young Thaw, who was enthusiastic on the subject Mrs. Thaw objected to the Earles attentions and demanded that he leave the Cam eron house at once Young Thaw Automatically assisted him to a visit Ing place in Florida and Miss Thaw followed on short notice. After that young Thaw persuaded his mother to permit the wedding.
 Row Before Wedding.
 At the last moment there was row that almost ended in a fist fight. The prudent Earl of Yarmouth refused to go to the altar unless his allowance NCOf er-in-law Harry refused to give the bride away at the ceremony.
 None of Thaw's friends can remem- Der just where he first met Florence Evelyn Nesbit but 1t is certain that from their first meeting, some time In 1902, he was very much in love with her. One of the first things he heard about Evelyn was that she needed piano. Thaw imme- ditely sent to the Nesbit flat in the Audu- ,.4a E- mi IN,,tr Thaw redoubled his attentions to her If at this time he ever heard of Stanford Whites relations with the girl he never gave any, sign of jealousy. He spent a great deal of money entertaining her.
 Thaw persuaded Evelyn Nesbit to go to Europe in the summer of 1904. He soon followed Day after day he spent in her company. A young woman was with him when he was arrested for speeding his automobile in Switzerland and the reports cabled over mentioned her as his wife. The description of the young wo- man corresponded with Miss Nesbit. Then came a cablegram from London stating that MT. and Mrs. Harry Kendall Thaw of Pittsburg are staying at the Carleton hotel"
 While the discussion was at it's height Harry Thaw and Evelyn Nesbit arrived in New York from Europe on November l. 1904. and went to the Hotel Cumberland at Broadway and Fifty-nfth street. The proprietor took them in, but when Thaw refused to say whether or not he and Miss Nesbit were married he put them out She took refuge with a Mrs. Caine in the Gregorian, an apartment hotel on Thirty-fifth street and Thaw called on her there.
 Soon report came out 9s Pittsburg that Evelyn Nesbit would settle with the Thaw family for s25OOOO." This was denied. Harry Thaw hurried to Pittsburg and had a stormy in- terview with his mother. At It's close he hurried to his club and, vowing he would never return to Pittsburg again, left for New York next morning.
 Thaws mother came over from Pitts burg met the girl and liked her. It came hard for the mother to put aside her pride, but at last she consented to the marriage of her son and Evelyn Nes- bit. The ceremony was performed on April 5, 1905, at the parsonage of the Rev. Dr. W. L. McEwan in Pittsburg.