Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-14
THAW IS WITHOUT FUNDS
Plans for Defense Must Await Return Of
Prisoners Mother from Europe,
INSANITY PLEA WILL BE ABANDONED
Prosecution in Probing Past Life of
whites slayer UneOvers DAM
age suit Filled by
Woman.

NEW YORK, July hillary X. Thaw,
in the Tombs for the murder Of Stanford
White. is reported to be without funds
and it is stated that the elaborate plans
which have been made for his defense
cannot be put into execution until the pris-
oner's mother, Mrs. William Thaw of Pitts
burg, arrives from Europe ana approves
the necessary expenditures. What money
the young man has had since he has been
in Jail has been supplied personally by his
counsel. In prosecuting his inquiry into
the past life of Thaw In all the phases
that may have a bearing upon his trial.
Assistant District Attorney Garvan had an
interview today with Joseph A. Shea, a
lawyer OF 800 Broadway. and obtained
papers in a case in which Shea is counsel
for a Miss Ethel Thomas, who has several
suits pending against the prisoner. The
suits grew out of alleged former relations
existing between Thaw and Miss Thomas.
One specific charge is that Of assault, for
which the plaintiff asks $4,000 damages.
While the suits have been pending some
time, it is said the subject matter is of
such an intimate nature that 1t has never
been published.
LuII in Prosecution Inquiry.
For the next few days there will be a
lull in the prosecution of the Thaw inquiry,
as District Attorney Jerome, accompanied
by Assistants Garvan and Vandiver, leaves
! tomorrow for a short trip to the south.
Mr. Jerome will visit Warm Springs, Ga,
and make an address before the Georgia
Bar association. On his way north he
will make addresses at several other points
1t was reported today that Thaws counsel
| have decided to abandon the insanity plea,
| although no verification of the statement
| could be obtained 1t was said that this
| was the good news Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit
| Thaw took TO her husband in the Tombs
yesterday. Thaw is reported to have said
| that he preferred death in the electric chair
| to life in an insane asylum. He prefers
to have his acts judged as those of a sane
man and is confident that he will not be
! convicted.
| Crowds Bother Mrs. Thnw.
Mrs Harry X. Thaw, after visiting hei
! husband today, had great difficulty I'm max
| ing her way from the doorway Of the Tomb'
/ to her cab. There was a large crowd al
the doorway waiting to see her and the
extra policemen who are on guard daily
at the time of her visit were almost swept
off their feet as the crowd surged for
ward One woman seized Mrs Thaw's vel
and attempted to raise 1t to get glimpse
OF the young woman's face.
This is the worst part of It ALL" SAID
Mrs. Thaw, as she stood waiting for the
police to restore order
/ IF 1 could only avoid that seemingly
hard-hearted crowd of rubber-necks'-dC
you call them-coming down here, 1t would
not be so bad. They seem to gloat ovei
my misery. especially those women"
nj
guarded by policemen, she made her wa!
| TO her cab.
Mrs. c. Y. Schwartz, alleged to hav,
heard Thaw threaten White. was agaiI
too Ill to appear before the grand jur!
today. A story, which could not be con
firmed was current today that the vslu
of Mrs. schwartzs testimony had beei
overestimated and that she does not know
| Thaw