New-York tribune., 1906-07-01
THAW MUST WATT TURN
WILL NOT HURRY CASE.
District attorney Says Trial Is Not
LibeIg TIL October.


Practically the entire day yesterday was spent
by counsel for Harry Kendall Thaw. accused Of
numbering Stanford White last Monday night,
end by The prosecution. in endeavors to investi-
gate the myriads Of stories which have been
published. given or sent to them regarding the
TWO men. In spite of this well established fact
District Attorney Garvan. who has charge Of the
prosecution, said yesterday:
You may deny any report that the District
Attorneys Office is 10 investigate the life Of
Stanford White those Of his friends Such
matters have no bearing on the case and any
thing OF that kind will be left to the defence"
But the many counsel for the defence, and
an army of private detectives working prob
ably they never worked on a case before.
OF these it can be safely said that Mrs. Evelyn
Florence Nesbit Thaw is really the chief Of de-
tectives. She has given nearly hundred
typewriter pages OF her life TO the counsel for
TIE defence and is working night and day TO
help her husband. She IS one OF the busiest
workers for the defence. and is rushing from
one place to another most of the time.
Mrs. Thaw, IN her long statement which she
dictated on Friday to ex-Judge olcott, told the
story os her life from the time she was a school
girl Every incident that she could think Of
connecting Stanford White and Harry <. Thaw
was given without reserve. This testirnov the
defence believes will be the most important that
can possibly be procured. and it is said st can
easily be brought before the court and the jury.
IN her statement Mrs. Thaw took occasion 10
deny emphatically that she had ever In her life
posed in the nude for any artist. Instead she
mentioned the names Of several we'll known ar
lists tor whom she had posed, always. she said,
IN costume. The part of the testimony concern
ing her artists model life reads:
MRS THAw's LIFE AS A MODEL.
.~Waen mother and came 20 this city from
Philadelphia, where We stayed short while
after leaving Pittsburg after the death Of my
father. we were very poor. Father had made a
great DEAL Of money at his practice in law. but
through had investments had lost It, and left
US almost penniless when he died. 1t was neces-
sary Cor US TO do something to earn an honest
living. and mother obtained employment as a
cloak model in a large department store in this
city.
ssT soon obtained work as a model for the best
artists sn this city Among them were J. Carron
Feclsv7itt. at whose studio I always posed under
IRE ehaneronage Of Mrs Beckwith. also posed
.or Carl BIenner and other we'll known artlsts'
posed always in costume, mostly modern COS
t,1n,e For this work I got the usual pay OF
models. 81 an hour. Later on saw an oppor-
turity 20 go into the chorus in "Florodora al
tls a week, which was a little better than /
eopI5 make posing for the artists Later on IN
the course OF the opera got chance 70 90
.ome dancing and was paid little extra over
the regular chorus salary"
Mrs Thaw told Of also posing for william NJ
chase and being used in his well known picture
~ ar2eautv and the Beast" She was the subject
eor the pretty girl In the act Of putting wreath
OF flowers around a lions neck
The rest OF the testimony Nlr Olcott refused TO
s5ivulee. simply saying that it would all be used
sn the trial.
1t is the most important and most sensational
a4iaenoe that we have" counsel said, 'and is
,-grv iYnportant and valuable TO us in every way.
II viii do more for Harry Thaw than anything
else
II was announced by the defence that there
Is no foundation for the stories that have been
circulated concerning Thaw and White at the
cafe Martin. Burns's restaurant and other
places. These stories have all been denounced
as untrue
The prosecution has subpenaed half dozen
or more prominent men in this city who were
intimate associates OF White. They will appear
either Tomorrow or Tuesday, probably after
Nrr. Jerome returns to take charge of the case
Among them are two men well known in artis-
fic and legal circles in the city, and a prOmi-
rent member Of many clubs who some months
ego figured conEpicuously as defendant in civil
suit brought by woman against him. Other
men, associates Of White, said TO have left
the city very suddenly, and one man is known
20 have sailed for Europe on Friday, when
week ago he is said 10 have not had an inkng
Of his departure.
One OF the men subpHnaed is he who Is
said 20 have originated the "blackhird' pie
entertainment in Whites studio in Madison
Square Garden. after which the entertainers
narrowly escaped serious trouble. The names
OF these men. while known, have not been Off
rially announced, ana viii not be until they ap-
resr as witnesses.
DETECTIVE GUARDED WHITE.
Ore ot the most interesting developments yes-
terday was q long statement issued by P. L.
Bergen, detective and bodyguard employed by
Stanford White. Bergon told Of conditions at
the studio and at various other places preceding
the shooting. He has been subpenaed TO ap-
pear az the proceedings tomorrow and the
prosecution considers his testimony will be ex
oeedingly important Bergoff in his story said