Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-26

son Square Garden company and was
the architect Of that famous structure
IN whose tower he had always MAIN
tained a studio. II was In this tower
that Thaw had charged time and time
again since his arrest that White en-.
tertained young women at the sayesV
OF parties.
Thaw said he had frequently com
planned OF these studio parties to the
Society for the Prevention Of vice, ana
II has been stated on authority thet
this society had made several inVesti-
cations prior to the roof garden
tragedy.
II has been brought out since the
shooting that White befrlended Hvelyn
Nesbit and her mother when the younb
woman first was brought to this city
70 enter the studios as model Letters
which passed between White and the
mother of the girl have been published
and may play an important part IN the
trial.
There have been reports that White
sought the girls society after her mar
riage to Thaw, but this has been ad-
mitted by neither side, and so far as
they could do so counsel for both sides
have closed the mouths of the most I'M
portant witnesses.
"Unwrltten Law
Thaw has sought his justification IN
the words he uttered to his victim on
the night of the tragedy. He mas
claimed that under the "unwritten law
no Jury could convict him of having
taken the life of 1.-The man who had
traduced his wife in her innocent girl
hood" To these accusations by Ihaw
the friends of Stanford White, many OF
them influential men of the community
l.. NIa, l.
terest i'm the girl was purely OF q
fatherly character They say that he
had assisted many young women 10
make place for themselves in the
world and that he was no more deeply
interested in Miss Nesbit than he had
been i'm number of others about whom
no breath of scandal has been uttered.
1t has been constantly stated that
the Thaw case would never come 10
trial and that the mysteries of its in
tricate phases would never be exposed
to the light of the public's gaze, TINS
conjecture being based on the report
that a plea of insanity might be en-
tered and accepted.
Wife Stands by Thaw
This probability however, 1t is now
said. is past. Harry Thaw has himself
stood in the way of any such plan. IL
is asserted that in his refusal to give
assent to the insanity plea he has been
steadfastly supported by his wife, VINO,
IL is also generally reported, had con-
stantly urged her husband to take some
action against White. Mrs. Thaw has
been a daily visitor to the Tombs
prison, and Mrs. William Thaw. who
was recalled from Europe when the
tragedy occurred, has also been fire.
uuent caller There have been many
family conferences and many stormy
interviews in the young mans cell, his
resentment being shown every time
the suggestion of insanity has been
offered.
"I prefer death in the electric chair
to a life in an insane asylum the
prisoner is credited with eXc1aiming.
Lewis Delafield of counsel to the Thaw
family was first called into the case.
He engaged Judge w. NJ. K. Olcott of
the firm of which former Governor
Frank S. Black is member. They had
hardly been in the case month when
young Thaw, after an interview in the
Tombs, dismissed them. He called to
his aid Clifford w. Hartridge, lawyer
who had been his friend for years.
Deln,as Takes Hold
Now that the trial is approaching he
has called into the case Dolphin Michael
Delmas, one of the most noted criminal
lawyers of the west, who has come on
from San Francisco to New York to
take direction of the trial. Mr.. Delmas
has been quoted as admitting that the
"unwritten law may be the defense
finally decided upon.
District Attorney Jerome will have
personal charge of the prosecution. He
declared he will introduce only such
witnesses as are necessary to prove
that Thaw had made threats against
White and the eyewitnesses of the
shooting. 1t viii be for the defense. he
declares, to introduce any evidence
bearing upon the past lives of the
If this is gone into, how
ever, the district attorney will offer evil
dence in rebuttal.
While the presentation of the prose-
cution's case will require only two or
three days, 1t is expected there will be
great difficulty in obtaining a jury
and that the trial may continue over