Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-06-28
$4,000 he gave Sousa for his band dur
ing the evening.
snubs Count, Sisters Husband.


ing the evening.
Snubs Count, Sisters Husband.
Harry Thaw's sister, the countess Of
| Yarmouth, gave dinner in his honor,
but he snubbed the earl, her husband.
right royalty.
Then Evelyn Nesbit appeared on the
scene. Her career already had been
made before she met Thaw.
Beginning to work for her living
/ when she was IA in the Photographic
studios Of Philadelphia, she sat one
day for photograph 1t was sent to
a Photographic exhibition and made a
Chit
who is this beauty?' people asked.
A New York painter hunted her up
and soon she became noted as the
model in the studios of such men as
Christy, Church, Erwin Wiles, and
Wells Champney, all because one pic
ture had made her famous.
| Theatrical managers persuaded her
to lend her much heralded beauty to
comic opera. She left the studios and
went into the chorus. Here the world
had chance to see how beautiful she
was. Harry Thaw, the Pittsburg mil
lionaire, an eccentric spender Of mon
ey saw this fascinating chorus girl in
his native city and fell in love with
her
Suddenly there came cabled an
nouncement that Harry Thaw had mar
ried Evelyn Nesbit They registered
at the Carleton hotel as man and wife,
When they arrived in New York they
~
the big hotels refused them admit
lance. Finally, after many tribulations,
they acknowledged their marriage.
White Famous AS Architect.
Stanford White was one of the best
known architects in New York City
and designed many of the famous
structures throughout the east He
was born in New York November 8,
1853, and was educated in the Univer-
sity of New York. He got his architec-
tural training with Charles D. Gam
brill and H. H. Richardson, and was
the chief assistant of the latter in the
construction of Trinity church, Boston.
! After travelling and studying his pro-
fession in Europe for several years he
became a partner in the firm of Nc
Kim, Mead & White in 1881 and re-
tanned his connection with that firm
until his death. He designed Madison
Square Garden, in which he met his
death, as well as the mansion now oc-
cupied by Whitelaw Reid.
Among the other famous structures
designed by Mr. White are the Metro
politan and the Century clubs in New
York, the University of New York, the
Washington arch, the University Of
| Virginia and pedestals for the princi-
pal statues of st. Gaudens. He was
fellow of the American Institute of
Architects and member of number
of the prominent clubs in New York.
Says He Ruined Home.
The man who was shot was quickly
identified, but his assailant was not
positively known to be Thaw after he
| had been taken to the station house.
Persons in front of the auditorium
where the tragedy occurred, say that
they saw a man sitting with fash
ionably dressed woman in the rear
suddenly walk down toward a table in
/ front. ts..s S.t,
The first intimation of trouble came
when, walking in front of his seated
victim, the man exclaimed, you've
deserved this; you've ruined my
home!" and drawing an automatic pis-
tol fired three shots.
The first two took effect, but as the
third was discharged the pistol was
struck up by a fireman on duty in the
theater and the bullet went skyward.
Sends Word to Carnegie.
The shooting occurred at 1920 D.
M, while Harry Short was singing "I
Could Love Million Girls" Thaw had
been at the performance all the even
ing and had been noticed to be very
nervous and excited. White had been
previously to the Manhattan club and
had only been at the garden few min
utes when Thaw confronted him.
Fireman Bruden took the revolver
away from Thaw and handed him over
to Policeman Debbs, who placed him
under arrest. Thaw handed the police
man $40 and asked him to notify An.
! drew Carnegie that he was in trouble.
Thaw, it is alleged. said to the fire
man:
1 Deserved what he got. He ruined
my life and deserted the GIRL
While Thaw was being held by the
4 policeman lne young woman, who Is
described as short, slender, dark, and
very pretty, again put her arms about
his neck. Thaw told her to keep quiet
and not get excited, as all would come
out all right.
Immediately after the shooting the
4 curtain was rung down on the play.
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