Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-06-26
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New York, June Harry Kendall
Ihaw was taken TO the police court and
nrraigncd this morning. charged with
the murder of stanford White. He was
rcmanded to the coroner.
Ihaw was taken from the police court
TO the Criminal Court Building where he
was reauaigned before a coroner AS
sistant District Attorney Turnbull ap-
pcard for the prosecution.
New York, June 26.-H Harry Kendall
Ihaw, who last night, shot and killed
STANFORD White, o prominent architect.
faced a coroner and a number of police
officials early today, absolutely refusing
TO make any extended statement as 10
the motive Of the tragedy on the roof
of Madison Square Garden ns the first
nights performance of "Mamzele Cham
pagne" was being brought 90 a close
While Thaw, in his immaculate evening
dress sat in o cell In the Tenderloin Police
Station, detectives were securing the
city for his wife, formerly Evelyn Flor
cnce Nesbit, before marriage a chorus
girl and an artists model. Ms. Thaw
disappeared as her husband was being
hurried from the playhouse by police
man and after throwing her arms around
his neck and crying:
"Oh Harry, Harry, why did you do It,
Harry ?"
She Is said TO have entered an autorno-
bile and to have been whirled away be-
/ fore the crowd or police recovered from
tho excitement caused by one Of the most
sensational tragedies in New York's
criminal history.
II was early this morning when Cor
oner Dooley, after viewing White's body,
ordered IL removed 70 an Undertaking
establishment and next gave permission
to have il taken 10 tho palafial White
residence, In 0rammercy SQUARE. The
coroner next went b the police station
and questioned Thaw. He asked tho
young man If he had any statement 70
make.
"No," replied Thaw. IT don't care to
say anything, coroner, but Wish you
would notify my lawyers, Mr.. Delaheld
and Mr.. Longiellow."
They've been notified; they're out of
town, the coroner replied.
"Then / wish you'd notify Joseph II.
Choate or Judge Hornhiower," Thaw
said
All this time Thaw was pacing up and
down in his cell. He had put on his long
gray overcoat and WAS wearing hiA straw
hat, as If expecting TO secure ais release
when his counsel should come.
Capt Hodgins said he had talked with
Thaw and he acted in a dazed manner.
u thought he seemed out of his head,
said the captain.
No further statement was secured.
Thaw was unable 20 reach his counsel
early today. and finally consented to
accept Daniel q Reilly.
Policeman Harry Debes, who arrested
Thaw gave this account Of the shooting
81 found the people almost crazy, try
ing to get out of the place. / iumpedinto
the mob and saw woman lying down.
She had tainted, and then / saw White.
said to Thaw Did you do il p and he
replied. Yes. ! did t. That man ruined
nv life or wife / don't know which he
said. but it sounded ike that. Then he
went on, saying: That man ruined my
home / guess he wont ruin any more
homes. is he dead / told him he was,
and he said he was damn glad Of il, and
he was glad he made a god job Of It. ,
When / arrested Thaw, a woman, who
Manager Lionel Lawrence told me was
Mrs Thaw. rushed up to Thaw and kissed
I him and said Il did not think you'd do
Il in that way It's all right, it's all
right Thaw told her Then she whis-
pered something into his car l don't
know what she told him. Down m the
ban and in the street a lot Of women
gathered about us and shook hands with
Thaw and sympathized with him Why
did YOU do it Why did you do it ? they
kept asking.
Capt. Hodgins, Sergeant Mccain Daniel
OReilly and Burr Mcintosh had a con-
ference with Thaw shortly after O'Clock
this morning. but if he told them anything
thew declined 20 divulge It's import.
Whites body, covered by a sheet, lay
until early morning where It had fallen.
The coroner, after an examination, said
that one bullet had hit White between
the shoulders and had perforated his
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