The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-29
THAW INDICTED;
WHITE IS BURIED
Things Moved with Great Ra-
pidity in the Great New
York Murder Case.
ANTHONY COMSTOCK IN IT
HEAD OF THE SOCIETY FOR SUP
PRECISION OF CRIME TAKES A
HAND-MRS. THAW HAS NER.
voUs BREAKDOWN.
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cession today Harry Kendall Thaw
was held by a coroner's jury for the
murder of Stanford White, the noted
architect, was indicted by grand
! jury on the same charge. and sent a
hurry call for a conference with An
| thony Comstock. The latter's en-
trance into the case was perhaps the
most important development of the
day, fraught as it is with possibilities
for the friends and associates of the
dead architect. The head of the So
ciety for the SUPPRESSION of Vice will
call at the Tombs to see the prisoner
tomorrow. Eighteen months ago. or
whereabouts, according to Comstock,
Harry Thaw sought Mr.. Comstock
| and since then has had many inter-
views with him in regard to White
and his associates. On the strength
of the information given to Mr.. Com
stock by the accused man, the former
justly instituted an investigation, the
result of which was to corroborate
many of the stories which had long
been in circulation regarding the ar
chitect and the coeterie of men who
were associated wit hhi min what. 1t
is asserted were orgies.
Comstock's Statement.
Mr.. Comstock is alleged to have
said:
'Thaw came to me and told me
startling stories of Stanford White
and his friends. | tried to engage an
aparement in the Madison Square
Garden tower, but failed. l tried in
many other ways to get evidence
against White, but some on must
have tipped him Off as he stayed
away from his studio in the tower.
then heard that White had engaged
| rooms in another building. When
told this to Thaw he seemed much
discouraged. If l had more time
would have accomplished more, prob
ably. l will visit Mr.. Thaw in the
Tomb's tomorrow"
coroners Jurys Verdict.
Today developments in the noted
| homicide case were rapid. Harry
| Kendall Traw was adjudged guilty of
killing Stanford White after a DELHI
Grafton of two minutes by jury be-
| fore Coroner Dooley in the criminal
court building. The inquest took but
Al minutes from the time it started
until the jury returned their verdict.
The defendant was Immediately sent
back to the tombs to be held to await
action fthe grand jury. AS the
clerk of the court read the verdict
| Thaw hung his head listIessly and
crushed a cigar between his fingers
until it fell in shreds upon the floor.
Grand Jury Began Work.
Meanwhile the grand jury had be-
gun work in the case, the district at
torney having sent for Mrs. Thaw, and
those witnesses who had testified be-
fore the coroner When Mrs. Thaw
appeared she was extremely nervous
Assistant District Attorney Caravan es
corted her to the witness chair and
by his courteous treatment quoted the
wife of the murderer considerably
After asking her regarding her name
and age, whether she was present al
Madison Square roof garden on the
night of the murder and driving the
lreply, Mrs. Thaw said:
Gentlemen, | wish you would not
ask me any questions on that subject
1t is too painful a matter for me tt
talk about l wish you would not ask
me any more questions about the case
You must understand that 1 can not
testify against my husband"
Mr.. Caravan then said to the mem
bers of the jury:
Gentlemen, l think we are unit or
the proposition as to how we should
threat the witness, and l would sugges
that the witness be allowed to 60"
Mrs. Thaw Allowed to Go.
The members of the grand jury al
appeared to be of the same mind, ant
Mrs. Thaw was told that she nigh
! leave.
At 1:25 o'clock a true bill of indict
ment against Thaw for murder in th'
first degree Wa drawn up, and thu
jury reported to Judge Cowing, IL
part l of the court of general sessions
Judge Cowing ordered that Thaw b.
brought. before him tomorrow morn
ing for arraignment and the date TO
the trial will then be set.
After she had left the grand jur.
. room Mrs Thaw went by a round
about route to the Tombs, where sh
paid a visit to her husband. Sh
, went alone to his cell and remaine
/ with Thaw for forty minutes, afte
: which she returned to the hotel Lol
raine, where she collapsed completely
and tonight she was attended by he
husbands brother, Josiah G. Thaw
her maid and two physicians. 1t Wa
complete nervous breakdown, an
she is in a serious condition, but i
no immediate danger.
The Funeral of White.
Even while the events were Pre-
ceeding in the criminal courts, tn
body of Stanford White, Thaw's viz
tim, was lowered in its grave in tn
, church yard of ST. James church, a
, ST. James, Long Island. When tn