The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-07-10
DISTRICT ATTORNEY ACTIVE IN
SECURING TESTIMONY IN
WHITE MURDER CASE.
MANY STAGE WOMEN QUESTIONED
FRIEND OF EVELYN NEsBIT BE.
FORE HER MARRIAGE GIVES
MUCH INFORMATION.

New York, July 10.-The 1nvestiga-
ton Of the district attorneys office to
discover the motive for the killing Of
Stanford White. by Harry Thaw is
bringing to the office of the prosecutor
many young women of the stage. The
Broadway theatrical district has been
flooded with subpoenaes, Many chorus
girls have left the city and others
remain at their homes to avoid sub
pOenae servers. Two young women
whom the district attorneys Office has
been particularly eager to interview
are Miss Paula Desmond and Miss
Gertie Grant. 1t is alleged that these
young women We're followed and an
noyed by detectives who had been en-
ployed to watch White.
Paula Desmond, whose real name
Is Pauline Kellerman, is now at her
home in Kingston, N. Y, and repre-
sentative of the district attorneys Of
fee has gone there to see her.
Both Miss Grant and Miss Desmond
are known to have been friends of
Stanford White. The activity of the
district attorneys office in running
down all clues in the theatrical dis
trict is largely due to the story told
Assistant District Attorney Caravan by
Edna Mcclure, a show girl, and for
mer friend of Mrs. Thaw. -z@
Miss Mcclure said that when Eve
Ign Nesbit was in the wild Rose"
company both Stanford White and
Harry Thaw were pursuing her. There
were two cabs at the stage door for
her every night and two lunches of
flowers. White won at that time and
he took the girl from the stage and
sent her to school in Pompton, N. j.
She was taken ill while there and un-
derwent an operation. Then White
sent her and her mother to Europe.
- Thaw Follows Her Abroad.
Harry Thaw learned of this and
went abroad. He met the girl in
Paris and Evelyn went with him,
leaving Mrs. Holman, the girls moth
er, penniless in Paris. She had to
cable White for money to get home.
Evelyn tired of Thaw's conduct and
left him. When she got home she
went to Stanford White and told hin.
of the treatment to which she had
been subjected by Thaw. White then
took her to his attorney and had her
draw up the affidavit which is now so
badly wanted by the prosecution
Thaw followed her home and after
some time she rejo1ned him and they
went abroad together. =. r..
Miss Mcclure said Evelyn was on
the point of leaving Thaw after a bit
ter quarrel when he offered marriage
to her. Miss Mcclure also told the
assistant district attorney that while
entertaining number of guests in
Broadway restaurant one night Thaw
saw Stanford White enter the place.
He began to abuse White, says Miss
Mcclure, and said to his wife: 80
There goes that BLACKBOARD now
that owned you before dld?"
Mrs. Thaw is reported to have an.
swered:
Stop raking up my past, Harry.
That brute over there is responsible
Go to him about it." - -,
Il WILL" Thaw says, "I'll get him
yet"
The district attorneys Office also is
searching for William Sturgis, close
friend of Harry X. Thaw, who has dis
appeared since the tragedy. 1t is re-
ported that Sturgis had heard Thaw
make threats against Stanford White