The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-01
WHITES CRON|Es
FLEE new YORK;
EXPOSURE SURE
Associates Of Man Thaw
Slew Shown Up in Bale
full Light.
Sworn Testimony Against
Coterie Whose Orgies
Are Now Known.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw to Be a
! Witness in Husbands
! Defense.
Her Story Is Likely to Blast
Regulations of Prom
inent Men.

Special to The Journal.
~ EW YORK. June 80.-The assoc
IN ciates of Stanford White, the &
millionaire architect who was
slain by Harry Kendall Thaw, are fec
ing New York. Former Judge Orcutt
Of Thaw's counsel declared tonight.
that prominent New Yorker, one Of
the companions Of Stanford White, had
already sailed for Europe and that
man who had arranged all of the supper
parties for Mr.. White had disappeared.
For the time being at least the actual
issues involved in the murder of STAN I
ford White by Harry Kendall Thaw
are submerged in the amazing dis
closures that have come to light in the
last few hours-disclosures which deal
with the. so-called orgies Of group
Of rich and influential men, of whom
White is alleged to have been the ac-
knowledged leader. Tales Of White
which have been whispered about the
Tenderloin since the shooting on the
top of Madison Square Garden have
now the backing of sworn evidence.
The result Of the investigation begun
Thursday at the district attorneys
office into the peculiar practices which
Stanford White and his friends were
said to have followed is now known.
49, Special Jury Inquiry.
I Popping up unexpectedly in the dis.
/, trict attorneys investigation of 70
murder, these revelations are not O.
to have an important bearing on The
trial Of Thaw, but are to be the object
of second inquiry, beginning Monday
/ in John Doe proceedings.
The grand jury will also take up the
matter in connection with further prob
ing in the case. ,zsfesSg
! Fully a dozen women and girls, some
4 of them very young, have been brought
to Mr.. Mott and Mr.. Caravan. They all
told practically the same story. Thes+
witnesses say White was the chief pro-
moter and designer of gatherings where
the maddest of rites and the strangest
Of excuses were performed in company
by all present. ;f',i.
They name as his accomplices at
least eight men, all wealthy and prom.
inent and some of them famous. The,
| list includes bankers, business men and
professional men of. supposed unim-
peachable standing and morals. Most
of them are middle-aged and all, with
perhaps one or two exceptions, are
married. H.. ~.
Seven subpoenas have been issued
from the district attorneys office for
men who are said to be high in mer-r
camille, professional and banking life
to give their versions of the stories,
told in the last four days by these.
young women. 49,,
In Husbands Defense.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw will take the
stand at the trial Of her husband. Har-,
ry Kendall: Thaw, for the murder OF;
Stanford White. She will be the prin-..
| cipal witness. On the word Of the
only man who has heard the young wife
! tell her story, it will be the most as
founding in its revelations and the
most disastrous in its effects upon the
reputation of men prominent in this
community that has ever been heard
| inside the walls Of court room.
The statement was made today by
former Judge olcott, to whom Mrs.
Thaw made confession of her relations
with White this afternoon. Former
Judge Olcott said:
"Mrs. Tbaw will tell thrilling and
tremendous story cannot make
known the details to you now, but her
testimony will open the eyes of New
Workers and people, all over the
world. !" !: