Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1906-07-05
MURDERED WHITE
FOR W|FE'S HONOR
ARCHITECT FORCED MRS THAw
TO RECEIVE HIM.
Young Wife Sought to Avoid Resum-
ing Relations That Existed Before
Her Marriage and Fought Against
Persistent Commands.

Persistent Commands.
New York, June 28.-With Harry K.
Thaw, who killed Stanford White, try
ing to make the most OF what scant
comforts he can find in his Tombs cell,
both the police and the friends of the
young millionaire are bending every
effort to unravel all the mysteries of
this startling case.
That the real secret of the murder,
the motive which drove Thaw to this
decd, If 1t was not the act of an insane
man, lies in the relations which exist
cd between White and Evelyn Nesbit
prior to her marriage to Thaw, and at
tention which it is believed he had
forcei on her since the marriage is
generally believed to be the cause
That White, since Thaw's marriage,
had persisted in trying to see Mrs.
ThaW and resume former relations
with her, seems to be borne out by
good evidence. That he possessed some
influence over her, too, which made it
hard for her to resist his advances, and
caused her to fear him greatly also
seems to be capable of proof.
Visits Husband in Tombs.
Thaw was in the criminal court
building for time undergoing exam
1nation by the alienists to test his san
tty. While he was there Mrs. Thaw
called at the prison to see him. She
was accompanied by Josiah c. Thaw,
the prisoners brother.
Mrs. Thaw was obliged to wait half
an hour before she was told that her
husband had returned to his cell.
The meeting of husband and wife
was very affecting. Both broke down
and wept. So did Josiah Thaw.
Before she met her husband in the
TOmbs Mrs. Thaw appeared calm and
possessed, but it was evident that
this was largely forced and the result
Of strong will power.
Opinion generally seems to be COM
ing slowly to the point where it is be-
lieved there may have been justifable
causes for Thaw's deed, if murder is
ever ]ustifiable. Developments are
bringing to light additional facts re-
garding the relations which did exist
between White and the artist-mOdel-
actress. If Evelyn Nesbit Thaw goes
on the witness stand and tells the
story Of her life from the time she
came to New York until the moment
of the tragedy, it is believed it may
cause the jury which Thaw will face to
render it's verdict Of not guilty of any
crime.
/. Developments Favor Thaw.
This idea is borne out by a state
ment attributed to Inspector Schmitt-
berger of the Tenderloin precinct after
night spent by the detectives of his
force in tracing odd ends of the story.
There have been many develop
ments of this case," the inspector is
quoted as saying, and all of them are
very favorable to the defendant"
I A story is told by an intimate friend
of Thaw to show that it was an at
tempt on the part of White to force
himself in some way on Mrs. Thaw
which led to the whole story of her
former relations with the man being
poured into the bridegroom's ears
while the Thaws were in Paris last
year. According to the statement OF
this man, who is being counted on by
the defense as one of it's most impor-
tant witnesses, Mrs. Thaw was taken
Ill one evening while they were at the
Ritz hotel. Thaw accompanied her to
their room and pressed his inquiries as
to what had affected her so suddenly
She told him at first that she could no.
tell him.
ooh, Harry, can never tell you. You
will never know" she said.
Thaw, however, insisted so strongly
on knowing the whole truth that his
wife, with tears, told the story OF her
where the white lights burn luringly,
and of Whites place in her life.
Followed Woman to Paris.
Mrs. Thaw finished the recital by
saying she had learned that White was
then in Paris. Thaw at that time did
not know White. The next day Thaw
returned to his apartments to find his
wife absent. He started on a hunt
through the hotel and finally found her
in a corner Of reception room talk
ing 10 a man. He took his wife away
and when they had reached their
apartments he demanded to know who
the man was.
Mrs. Thaw then admitted that it
was White and said he had sent her a
note demanding few moments with
her Thaw rushed down to the main
floor of the building, but White was
gone. Thaw encountered him the next
day and accosted him on the street,
asking him if he were Stanford White
of New York. White, however, denied
his identity
A few days later while Thaw and
his wife were walking together they
encountered the stranger and Thaw
understood at once by the actions OF
Mrs. Thaw that the man must be
White. He again accosted him and
told him that if he ever troubled his