Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-27
MILLIONS BEHIND
DEFENSE OF THAW

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lawyers of New York and Pittsburg, is
silent Mrs. Thaw is with friends today
ready to respond to call from the dis
trict attorneys office.
Perhaps the most interesting development
late last night was the announcement that
Mrs. Thaw told her husbands lawyers yes
terday that she had received many letters
from Mr.. White since her marriage. One
Of these she threw on her dressing table
few days ago and her husband found
1t and vowed vengeance on the writer.
While the finding of this letter may have
been the direct cause of the tragedy, Thaw's
jealousy Of and hatred for White were of
long standing, and the young man made
frequent threats to kill his supposed rival.
Mr.. White was astonished some months
ago to find that detectives were following
him wherever he. went. At frst he had
some doubt whether the men were really
logging his footsteps or whether 1t was
a mere accident that the same faces ap-
peared when he left his office. his home or
his club. morning. noon and night. When
he had become convinced beyond q pos
sible doubt that reports of his movements
were being prepared for somebody, he took
steps to have some detective work done
on his own account and to have his shadow
ers followed.
He employed a man to go after him
wherever he went. SO far as possible ana
then he amused himself by giving the slip
to the first detective. The person he en-
ployed discovered that the other detective
was reporting to Thaw.
In this way Mr. White was able to OBJ
two ha
young man from Pittsburg suspected him
and was preparing some unpleasant sur
prise. Mr.. White took occasion to mention
this matter to some of his associates and
commented that one reason. he assumed
that Thaw was angry at him was because
he was familiar with document drawn by
the present Mrs. Thaw before her marriage.
The nature of this is not known.
Threatened by Thaw in Paris.
There are many stories, too. of Thaw's
first meeting with White, which is said to
have taken place In Paris last spring after
Thaw and Miss Nesbit were married, and
In the course of which Thaw threatened
White.
Evidence of the motives that led to the
murder is not to come out for time in
any public proceeding, and there is re-
all, 1t is said today. The coroners inquest
will be formal inquiry into the cause of
death. Evelyn Nesbit will not testify In
the coroner's court, but will go before the
grand jury, whose ~sittings are secret. An
Indictment will undoubtedly be returned,
the plea of insanity will be put in and an
inquiry into the sanity of the prisoner will
be the first proceeding. That may take
month and the result is at present a mat
ter of conjecture.
After conference lasting from II clock
last night until after o'clock this morn
ing in the Tenderloin police station between
Capt. Hodgins and Assistant District At
torneys Garvin and Turnbull, Mr. Turnbull
made the significant statement that they
had located many new witnesses, 'includ-
Ing many for the defense"
Interesting developments. they said,
would probably be disclosed.
Sunday Nights Meeting.
The police were busy early today en-
deavoring to verify report that Thaw and
White had met on Sunday night in Burns
restaurant, In 9th avenue, and had talked
alone together until nearly o'clock Mon
day morning.
Among the witnesses questioned yester-
day by the police was the waiter who
served the dinner to the Thaws at the Cafe
Martin Monday evening. He declared Mrs
Thaw was very quiet during the meal that
Thaw did not meet White at the restau-
rant, and that Whites entrance did not
cause any particular excitement, except
that Mrs Thaw was very pale. AS to
Thaw's corduct after the dinner the waiter
said
when / handed him his hat he literally
1erked 1t out of my hand, and in putting
1t on he crushed 1t down over his forehead
and his eyes with crashing sound which
indicated that it had been broken by the
violence of his treatment
Getting News to Mrs Thaw.
Mrs. Thaw's relatives fear that reading
public notice OF her sons crime might seri-
ously affect her. and they are anxious to
send her a message before she arrives In
London. The position of the Minneapolis
on which she is a passenger is such that
no message could be relayed to the vessel,
which had covered about one-third OF the
distance to London when the shooting oc-
CURED. The Minneapolis was probably out
OF the range OF wireless communication
from Sable Island yesterday. The only hope
OF getting word quickly to Mrs. Thaw is by
cable to London, thence by wireless trans
mission from the White Star liner Majestic
which leaves Liverpool at pm. today.
The Majestic should be within communal
eating distance of the Minneapolis next
Friday.
A cable message might also be sent to
Southampton and put aboard the Kaiser
Wilhelm der Crosse, which leaves that port
today. If these steamers fail to pick up
the Minneapolis cable message will be
sent probably TO the Marconi station at
Poldhu. reaching Mrs. Thaw about fifteen
or twenty hours before she arrives at Lon
don. The Minneapolis will be In communi-
cation with the Lizard about a M on July
l, and Is expected to arrive at London the
next day.
Positive Thaw Is Insanely Jealous.
Burr Mcintosh. for many years a friend
OF Harry X. Thaw. who was with him just
before the shooting. is positive the man