Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-06-27
PROBING THE MYSTERY
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ing many for the defence. " Ints,es+.
ing developments, he said, would prob-
ably be disclosed. F'''-
Inc police were busy early TODAY
gSiiiiiueaVor Siiil 70 verify "a report that
nav ana White had met last SUNDAY
hlsnV IN Burns restaurant, in Sixth /
avenue, and had talked together mill /
carry clock Monday morning.
among the witnesses questioned YES |
'eroay by the police was the waiter |
VINO served the dinner to- the Thaws /
aIl the Oaie Martin Monday evening |
ne declared that Mrs. Thaw was very |
quiet during the meal, that Thaw did |
hot meet White at the restaurant and |
tnat Whites entrance did not cause |
any PARTICULAR excitement. except that
W, MIS- Ihaw was very pale. As 10
lhaW conduct after the dinner, the
waiter said
when handed him his hat. he
literally lerked % out cf NV hand.
ana in putting 10 on he crushed l.
down over his forehead and his ewes
win a crashing SQUAD which indi-
Gated that 10 had been broken bv the
violence of bis treatment. "
Mrs. Ihaw IS relatives fear that read.
ing public notice of her son s crime
may seriously aft ct her, and thev are
anxious TO send her q message before
she arrives In London The uosition
OF the steamer MINNEAPOLIS. on which
sle is passenger, is such that no
message can be relayed to the vessel.
! which had covered about one-third of
the distance to London when the
shooting occurred. The Mlnneapols
/ was probably cut of the range of wire.
1 less communication from Sable Island
/ yesterday. Ine only hope of getting
word quickly To Mrs. Thaw is bv
/ cable to London, thence hy wireless
/ transmission from the White Star liner
/ Majestic, which leaves Liverpool at )
/ p m. today. The Majestic should be
/ within communicating distance of
the Minneapolis next Friday. A cable
message might also be sent to South
ampton and put aboard the Kaiser
Wilhelm der Crosse, which leaves that
port to-day. Ii these steamers fail to
/ pick up the Minneapolis, a cable mes
sage Will be sent probably to the Mar
conf station at Foldhu, reaching Mrs.
Ihaw about 10 or % hours before she
arrives at London. The MINNEAPOLIS
/ VIII Le in communication with the
Lizard about a. m. July lst and is
expected TO arrive at London the next
day
Burr Nc lntosh, for years a friend
of Harry X. Ihaw. who was with him
just before the shooting, is positive
that the man was insane He said
today that only last Monday morning
/ Thaw accused a person, who was practi-
cally stranger, of paying attentions to
bis wife and threatened to kiln him.
This man, said Mr. McIntosh, is John
A. torgotson, widely-kuown real es-
tate operator, who was standing in
/ front of his place. Thaw approached
him, although he knew him only
slightly, and exclaimed;
Are you still in love with my wife
If you are, I'll kill you. 80
Mr.. Forgotson was amazed and,
seeing that Thaw was distraught, re-
piled that be had not even the honor o
Mrs. Thaw's acquaintance and haC
never seen her.
Il have known Thaw since boy
hood, " said MIR. Mcintosh, land
have noticed that in the last few year
be has been erratic in his behavior.
( have not the slightest doubt that h
was insane when he committed tn
deed. Thaw was ie IS Of his wife
He was in love VIII. her, and sh
seemed to be in love with him. With
/ in the last few months be seemed TO b
] possessed with a mania that eSerybod
was making love to her. My interview
, with Thaw in the prison Of the Wes
, | Thirtieth Street Station was yer.
brief. / warned him not TO discuss hi
ca Sc until he had seen a lawyer, an
/, consequently, did not seek TO lear
anything from him concerning it. hi
s first question was how's Evelyn p -
The only statement secured fror
Mrs. Thaw was one made while sh
was on her way to the offices Of he
attorney yesterday. She said:
Z 1.-The incident Of last night is to
70 painful to discuss. / am not a fug
= tive from justice. ! am here with m
, lawyer, and l shall not try to G,
4 away. / hope poor Harry will SOC
get out of his trouble. did not thin
! be would do it. "