The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-30
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Have Res entt Z ed
PLEA or. GUILTY )
n ENTERED D I B y T'HA'W,
Perso so1al Plea Surprises Counsel. GO unset.
Ask Time TO Amend. \. "
81 Important Eyid 7: dence of q
NJ Men Who Y i g: Were y l,'Nt at
s;s5sSs the Roof .3
sEs@E Garden.

gf NIX ~
4 Especial to The Times Dispatch::
NEW YORK, juno q. For the flrst y ~
sain,e since Harry Kendall rf,aw q, slew El''
Il Sta rford White five nights ago 4 on the
NJ roof 81 Madison Square 0arden the Inn
& mediate reason for the shooting wns
n made known to- day. Counsel for the de-
Il fensc are 1 now in possession Of the fol-.
s ss lowing yttnlly important incident: AZ: At
Il fhe . CAFE Martin last Monday evening
q Stanford White remarked, in the presence
4 of two men, one q cafe attache
There s the little Nesbi -
;$s His supplementary comment relative to
NJ Evelyn Nesbit T,haw wa s 50 wordcd a as
X to Be unprintable. It was q such Il q q
n nnture as to drive any husband 8 frantic 'a%
with rag q and counsel for the defense | ~
# maintain ut temporarily deranged N the
n mind sof Harry Kendall Thaw. IN mo NOR, r,
" vile stigma was never cast upon q We 4
~ ma h and A the defense will rgue that
~ he words could only have emnnated from
81 O. Shopelessly depraycd mind. II Il
si$$s, One az the most prom inent lawyers
" n the country, ,s who! is iden titled with
NJ the ca 50 and WHO have ey idence that the
sS remark was passed. declared day: s"
N murder wa ever Justified. Il was In this
case. No husband who Is not aE poltroon
3 and "a coward would permit Bich5 a remark
" go OFunchallenged K i will goIfurther6and
:g declare that had such words been said
sssa OF my wife. TX should Have done exactly
what Harry Kendall aThaw did-7--mnrde dered
# the man who uttered them .'s 3;s SfF
Z This incident forms the main link in
d Judge w NJ :Ss X. ID Oicott ana his legal
NJ sassociates are con- n dent OF saving Thaw.
Student of Swim bur1e. ss5
s.ssS s5shGss 81.
U intimate friends has long been an ardent
8sstudent Il lof Y Aigernm3 Char riesS Bwinburre.
the English poet. who sings Of the 5ex-j
altation5 Of spiritual love between man maj
" and woman. 3j sss VII SsF.
Thaw . on many occasio has SS been tsEs
~ heard 10 4 quote Swinbu rne. III He knows
NJ him not only as q II student and an ad \
5S$mirer. but as disciple. His devotion
n to the raptures OF the poet has always
"a been more or less source OF wonder
a Inent to his friends. His fayorite poem Is
the famous Laus # yeneris. IS or IN, raise
VI 81 Venus in which the Il poet lets his
a magination run riot as he sings $of his
81 passionate love. 5;ssSss ST fssS s2
ii force OF the poet had anything to- with
4 his5decision to take the law into his own
4 hands and wreak Svengeanc OF his young
n blood . long fed #wi til the Ares OF wine,
! women and song, s I" upon the man, Stan-
w ford White, who he declares ruined not
II only his wife, but his III fe.,# N
Enters Plea Of Guilty.
NOT guilty. was the plea personally
\ made by T Thaw wtlen Sarraig igned to. day on
VI the charge OF having murdered Stanford *!
y White, before Justice Gown In the Su-
Il preme Cour TT. sS iiiss2 lfS 5s
s38 SO prompt was the prisoners response
70 thesusua question by the court clerk
that his counsel, I, who expected to- reply
s. FOR him III were Il tpr "a moment startled;
ss They Immediately interposed an amend
s1 ment OF the plea skiing the permission q
Of the court TO withdraw II at any time
81 up TO A next q Tuesday. This permission
was granted, and the prisoner was led
a away from the bar and ia ken back 10 MS lH.
5# cell In the Tornbs. si3s: !sf
jStagS These proceedings lasted NJ but g Few
III moments, during which the prison ap-
3g pea red to sbe cool and collected. hile
Waiting his turn for arrai gnnlent T. several
S2 prisoners preceding him at the bar ne
II stood ina window recess chatting with
Il the officer In \ charge. ri I. y.
s8,85l After Thaw had been remanded to the
" n 4 response B to the question, 81 hat is
5$ there in this case r. said u Al
si."It 10 imply a question OF whe ther. New
4 'Yorh has gone down to the level Of q
Isl mining camp, or whether o 4 man has
Got some chance for his life here,
T temporary Emotional Insanity:
81 1.-THE action Of Thaw'a 3 counsel in; request
4 ing leave to amend the plea Of not gnllty
S3g has boon taken as q possl lble Indication
that the final line OF defense has mol
been fully determined on, 4 al IN ough II ~
stIll considered probable that q plea oi
I'll temporary emot tional insanity will be Of
feyed, x That every, effort vii be made
81 TO secure the admisslo 5nof eyid once bear.
I Ing on the past life OF Stanford White
and upon his alleged pursuit Of Mrs
* Thaw after her marriage is certain * 5
II While the defense is willing and appa-
yently anxious that the trial should begin
Ii st the earliest possible moment. there ls
A. hardly any possibility that It can take
place before October. as
White Heavily In Debt.
one OF the most interesting develop
N nents In the case to-day was the state
bnent published In an afternoon paper
VI that s White, Instead OF bein 3. as was
venerallys supposed. a man OF great wealth,
u n fact owed 10000 to one young men,
berfof a prominent family; as much more
II 70 other persons, and had 80 greatly oyer-
1rawn his personal account with tho
\ arn1 OF artchiteots OF which he was q
I fnembar that he was notified he 3 could
iraw no more, and tnaust be ntent with
I certain fixed weekly allowance.
n ~ Mrs Thaw held q long ference with
her husband q attorneys to-day, during
Y which she is said y to have related 4 al
81 jsngth her. whole life history, especially
S that portion pertai ming to her acquaint,
4 a Ance With WI hite prior to her marriage
q As| { result OF this conf ference 4 At was
decided that CORNER Governor Frank 8
slack will take a leading part IN / the