The San Francisco call., 1906-06-30
NOT GUILTY
TIE PLEA
Of IHAA
Millionaire Arraigned on
the Charge OF
Murder
Detectives Digging Into
the Past Life Of
White.
Wife Of Prisoner Has a
Close Call in Her
Automobile.

NEW YORK, June 2s-"Not guilty'
was the plea personally made by Harry
X Thaw when arraigned today before
Justice Cowing in the Supreme Court
on the charge of having murdered
Stanford White So prompt was the
prisoners reply 10 the usual question
by the court clerk that his counsel.
who expected to reply for him, We're
for moment startled. Then they i'm
mediately interposed an amendment of
the plea. asking permission of the court
to withdraw il at any time up to next
Tuesday. This permission was grant
ed and the prisoner was led away from
the bar and taken bacl. to his cell in
the Tombs.
These proceedings lasted but few
moments. during which the prisoner
appeared to be cool and collected.
While waiting his turn for arraign-
ment. several prisoners preceding him
at the bar. Thaw stood in a window
recess chatting with the officer in
charge.
After Thaw had been remanded to
the Tombs. Assistant District Attorney
Mott, in reply to the question, What is
there in this case?" said:
1T is simply a question of whether
New York has gone down to the level
of a mining camp or whether a man
has got a chance for his life"
The action OF Thaws counsel in re-
questing leave to amend the plea of not
guilty is taken as a possible indication
that the final line of defense has not
been fully determined. and it is still
considered possible that a plea of tenn
porary insanity will be offered.
TO EXPOSE WHITES LIFE.
That every effort will be made to
secure the admission of evidence bear
!
White and upon his alleged pursuit
of Mrs. Thaw after her marriage is
certain. While the defense is willing
and apparently anxious that the trial
should begin at the earliest possible
moment there is hardly any probable
ity that it can take place before Oc-
tober.
One of the most interesting develop
ments in the case today was the state
ment published in an afternoon paper
that White, instead of being wealthy,
as was generally supposed, in fact
owed 100000 10 one young man of a
prominent family, as much more to
other persons, and had so greatly over
drawn his personal account with the
firm of architects of which he was
member that he was notified that he
could draw no more and must be con-
tent with certain fixed weekly al
lowance.
Mrs. Thaw held long conference
with her husbands attorneys today
during which she is said to have re-
lated at length her whole life history
especially that portion pertaining to
her acquaintance with White prior to
her marriage As result of this con-
ference it was decided that former
Governor Frank S. Black would take
a leading part in the defense. Mrs
Thaw did not visit her husband in the
Tombs today.
The investigation by Thaw's counsel
into the career of Stanford White and
the John Doe proceedings instituted by
the District Attorneys office. designed
TO probe every possible avenue that
may throw light on the motive of the
tragedy. promise to result in some
startling disclosures of the Bohemian
underworld of the metropolis
Scores of detectives are now delving
in this underworld on behalf of the
prosecution and defense, and fresh dis
coveries bearing more or less directly
on the ira gedy are of almost hourly
occurrence
CALIFORNIA WITNESSES.
Among the many witnesses examined
at the District Attorneys Office today
were Thomas McCable. a Californian.
who was with the Thaws in the Cafe
Martin on the evening of the tragedy,
and Truxto.l Beale. who was with
White and his party in the restaura MT
at the same time
Assistant District Attorney Garvan
stated after McCab1es examination that
McCable had accompanied Mrs. Thaw