The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01

was often consulted by him. said hc knew nothing of the murdered mans personal affairs. He admitted dim culties with White on other matters
 White came to me several times. he said. ''and complained that he was being persecuted by Thaw."
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 He told me that Thaw caused him to be followed by detectives. He ask- ed me if something could es done 10 stop it."
 Thaw passed an uncomfortable night in his cell on account of the oppres sive heat. The prison Is close ana stuffy even under ordinary conditions of weather and last night 1t was al- most unbearable. Toward morning the temperature dropped slightly and the prisoner succeeded in getting to sleep. Scarcely more than an hour later. how ever. the sun came pouring tnro1sn ., nn, was ended. Mrs. fhaw was the earliest visitor at the prison today. In contrast with her previous visits to her husband the streets around the prison were de- serted when she arrived.
 Mrs Thaw remained with her hus- band for an hour and half. Thaw presented his wife to Dr. Mcclure. the Tombs physician. and Rev. John A. wade. the Episcopal chaplain of the prison. and the three talked together for some time. Before leaving the prfs- on Mrs. Thaw asked Warden Flynn 1T he could not make an exception Tn her case to the rule which exciudcs visitors from the Tombs on Sunday. The warden told her that the only person with authority to grant her wish is Corrections Commissioner Lan- try. He advised Mrs. Thaw to see the commissioner. and she said she would do so. s.
 White Employed BodyGuard.
 Some interesting le lights were < thrown on the Thaw-white tragedy today by a private detective who de- clares that he was employed by White as a body guard for more than year before the shooting.
 < In a long formal statement. which appears in the form of extracts from the detectives diary, the detective says that White undoubtedly feared for his life: but that he took minute phecau- tions to guard against surprise; that equally ingenious plans were made by corps of detectives employed by Thaw to keep track of Whites move ments and that on the day that White was shot he had decided to apply to .he authorities to prevent the contin- uance of the espoionage to which he had been subjected.
  paid out over se.o0o between February 14. 1905. and the day of his death in the protection of his person and for the shadowing of the detectives who were pursuing him.
 The detective thus describes meet ing between White and himself when he told the architect that Thaw was the employer of detectives who were annoying '. hite.
 White Was Eusrfci0us.
 According se the statement White said: T suspected it all along. This man Thaw is crazy. He imasines that have done him some wrong. l used to know his wife. befriended her and her family. Thaw is insanely jealons cf his wife. He doubtless imagines that I am meeting her and before God I am not. My friendship for the girl was taken from purely fathsriy interest and since her mar riage she has repaid my kindness by annoying me greatly by making re- marks to different acquaintances of mine, such remarks intended 10 arouse the jealousy of her husband. l cannot understand. T. never knowingly n all my life. injured man or woman" . The statement concludes with an ex- tract from the detectives diary to the effect that on June 25, White said he had decided it was time to close up the matter. White said he was ner- vous wreck and that on the following day, Tuesday. he was going to take final action In the courts. That night he was shot
 Former Judge Olcott. of counsel for Thaw, Is quoted as saying today Mrs. Tl.w will be the principal wit ness in her husbands defense. She will tell a thrilling s-d tremendous story. I cannot make the details pub lie now but her testimony will open the eyes of New Workers and people all over the world.