New-York tribune., 1906-06-26
STANFORD WHITE SLAIN
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SUNDAY. January Z. is7s. on the steps Of the
Grard Central now Broadway Central Hotel.

took him TO the station house. made an import
at statement 20 Coroner DooIey early this morn
srx He safe that as he about 10 take
Thsp down in the elevator from the root
xarden Mrs Thaw rushed up TO him, and
throwing her arms about her husbands neck
exclaimed:
n didn't think you were going 20 DO it that
wsy. Harry
This testimony was considered important by
Coroner pooIey as showing that rhaw had
plann.d the deed for some time.
rhsw on the way TO the station gave Patrol
man Deses $40 ana asked him TO send a cable
rasssssr 10 Andrew Carnegie spprisins him OF
the tragedy and that he. Thav. wss 'in trouble" "
II VAS Tot long after the shooting before q
number Of men in evening clothes went to the
station from the Garden and demanded to see
rhsr. They all prossssed 20 be intimate friends
Of his and asked him, but sdmittanoe was
rsf,sed BY the police. Up TO o'clock neither
lawyers nor friends Rad bean allowed 10 see
Thax. One Is~yer. who said he was ThaW's
persor.aI counsel and give his name as "Mr
Eeighulsn" WAS also refused,
knew White intIr1stey we're around the Garden
after the shooting and gave him anything but
ereditsbls reputation With regard 10 women
one man who said he would do anything he
could 20 cid ThaW. praised Thaw for his act
se said he would communicate with Thaw's
lsgaers later snd would aid them in many ways.
ss ne knew he could do 50.
Coroner Dooley arrived at the West Both
street station shortly before a. M. and granted
a permit for the removal Of Whites body.
White had studio in Madison Square Garden.
snd. il is understood. had planned to spend the
night there. The body was taken charge of by
Mr. Aldrich. an undertaken, and was removed
10 his heme. al No. l2i East 2lst street. Coroner
DooIey made examination Of the body. and
faund that instead of only two shots hitting
white, all three had hit him. Cne struck him
in the abdomen, another struck him in the right
eye ard third hIt him in the forehead. Death
was instantaneous, Coroner Dooley said
Il developed later that White. with his son
Lawrence, Harvard Junior and chum Of the
latter Leroy King. recently graduated from
restaurant, at Broadway and 28th street In
side at the same time It was learned were
Harry ThaF, his wife and a party. The
White party went to the New Amsterdam Roof
Garden after dinner where Mr. White left his
sen and Nr. King and went to the Manhattan
Club. He remained there but few minutes
and hearing the music on the Garden roof
decided TO the end Of the performance
one Of the many men who tried to see Thaw at
the station house late last night said he was
personal counsel for the Thaw family, and that
insanity would be the line of defence for Thaw
1T looks bad for Harry he said but 1 have
doubt but that the insanity plea will clear
him. We can prove that. I believe. We have
plenty % evidence 20 show that for some time
Harry has been setting in most peculiar man
r-r, not only in Piusburg with his family, but
here and in other places We have wondered
for some time 81 he was not slightly deranged"
Ms Lizzie Hanlon. the housekeeper for Mr..
N-h'te ct his city home, could give no suggestion
10 sid in solving the reason for the murder
she said that Mrs. White was in the West
where she has been for three or four weeks but
~as expected back Saturday and had intended
10 20 al once "a their new country home al
E: James. Long Island. where Mr. White was
30 accompany her and spend the summer
MIS-. Hanlon told Of young White and his
chum from Harvard having gone out with the
eide, Mr. White 10 Martins for dinner. When
sss.a II ThaN had called at the house recently
she replied
III. Thaw? never heard of him As far
as krsON, Mr. White did not have any visitors
fsre to-day"
THO hoirs Of SIR White AZ No f2l East DIST
street Is one of The most 1nagnihoently decor
SEQ in tire city. Il stands amid Italian gardens
srd,is ons ot tho show places. from an archi-
t--furai standpoint of the city
Lawrence white, when told Of the murder of
his father was almost overcome He said that
his father mad expected 10 70 10 PhiladeInhia
as night. but deferred his trip until ,o-dov 90
'hat he could take dinner with hi. son and
eolege cfum
IN II he had only gone" the young man said
ts'wesn has sobs
Coroner Dooley. after granting the ,,orr,i, for
re removal q Whites body. went 10 the cell
IN n" West Both street station. where rhs,,.
"hs iocked I'D, and remained with him over
'S'' '"ur' A'erward ne made a statement. IN
which lie said
"aNe neen With Thsw in his cell for over
nall hou-. trying 20 get him 20 make some
statement but I've positively viii saw nothing
'ie Is remarkably, almost beyond belief cool and
ISorrs'. Re shows no signs uhaterer of dr,nI,