The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-01
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Thaw Assaulted.
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q Thlaaw Assaulted. Il IS
n INJURY IL has been, made as to- how TThaw
sorIne to- carry aSpistol.SWhen the prisoner
vas va, iauestlonedR8how long he had been
going about armed, he aald over two
years The inner story OF this IA from %
ATlaw's side, Is az follows: sS@
Two years ago. last Christmas, nav
shad been at his club on Fifth
was on his way home when he VA Fh hel
urppgB{byFSrufaans, who gave him o sound
6thrashing. %Thaw engaged a private de-
tectiye the next day to find out who
had hired the men to assault HIM NC
yobbberryy had been committed, and evident
~ the only interest the men had was to
give him d. good licking. His detectives
reported that the men who la assaulted
members $Sof s3 the notorious
Monk Eastman gang. and that they had
4b,eeniShired by a man who said he repre-
scented Mr.$:White.
All this information Thaw has given
Il, his lawyers; who are nov at work
on ST, It was after that nat ThaW
bought o revolver.
Mrs. Thaw is Active.
To-day finds Mrs. Thaw not only 9 will
Ing witness for her husband but ansactiye
assistant for8$ his attorneys. Yesterday
she was under q gruelling examination, ny
his lawyers for four hours and related
every Incident of her life that may bear
3on3athe case. When she had finished,
stenographers had nearly 100 closely
written sheets OF the, story, The exam
}!natioon3 may be continued later.
N Mrs. Thaw's activities did not end here,
N - u. rs X ~ 49, - "a 81 kha f. rn1aa ~ NfNin Dormant
ana inqluisitor,. procuring the evidence of
many young women who knew Sanford
White, and aiding her attorneys IN ques-
itioning others, sgt Stf7
The states lawyers were In the mean
time as busy as Thaw's,Y. and this morn
ing they delvedS deeper and deeper into
the case, striking for tho direct motive for
the killing.
~ Beale Disappears.
Trultxton Beale, who was with White
atTthe dinner which preceded the shoot
Ing, has not appeared as yet and ID Pc
5lieved to- BIO In washington. Ills evl-
dencesisEwantedsto folloW3that OF Thomas
tMcCaleb, Thaw's California friend, who
ydined8 with4the Thnw's Monday night. and
appeared before the acting district
attorney yesterday, aE l.
MoCaieb was at the roof garden with
the ThaWs at the time OF the&shootlng,
From what could be learned. McCaleb's
story Is Interesting in showing that Mrs.
ThaW and he started to leave the roof
garden before the shooting ana were on
iMcCalebsis said to have sworn that when
the shots were heard Mrs.sThaw snatched
him byl the arm and made this remark;
"My God he's shot him
McCaleb Tells of Dinner,
ANid ~1EtI N IL ~ xH3s 900 soI,b l ~ cf1o 1ohE ga va sI fnr
their. starting to leave before the shoot
GinY could not be learned. He said he
had gone to dinner with them at the
cafe Martin, described how they sat at
Atheptable and where Mt, White sat, The
seat that White took was one facing Mrs.
fThaW, McCaleb said that Whites name
however, was not mentioned at the din
ner and that he did not see any note
passed between Thaw and his Wife during
When h got to the roof garden he
sat down with Mrs, Thaw, Thaw, after
q while, got out OF his seat and left them.
Ills statement covered many important
ing made to keep all the evidence quiet
pnIlls somowhat startling statement Was VAS
made to-day to tho effect that the July
Rrnnd Jury, which comes In Monday, Will
take up6the Thaw case. It was the June
grand Jury that indicted, Thaw;, No init
nation has yet been given about what
Feature OF the case will be the Subject
Sof examination before the secret inquls-
titorialH body hut IT Is assumed tho dis
itrict. attorney seeks to implicate another
sperson In the crime, There can be. 40
reason forN another Indictment against
fTIaw.N as the one actually In existence
mas not yet been attacked AS ThaW is
known to have Afed the three shots that
killed White. the announcement &ef fu sg,