The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-06-27
THAW in JAIL
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and Mr., Longfellow."
"They have been notified, They are
out of town. the coroner replied.
Then wish YOU would notify JOSEPH
H. Choate or Judge llomblcwer," Thaw
said
Al this time Thaw was pacing up and
down in his cell, He had put on his long
dress ovcrcoat and was wearing his straw
hat, as if expecting to secure his release
when his counsel should come,
Captain Hodgins said he had talked
with Thaw and the latter acted in a
dazed manner.
II thought he seemed out of his head,
said the captain.
No further statement was secured
Thaw was unable to reach his counsel
early today and finally consented to ae'
cept Daniel 0Reilly, who will represent
him in court this morning
Policeman Harry nebes, who arrested
Thaw, gave this account Of the shooting
Il found the people almost crazy, try
ing to get out OF the place. jumped
into the mob and saw woman lying
down. She had tainted. and then ! saw
White.
81 said to Thaw. did you do it! and
he replied. Yes, did it. That man
ruined my life, or wife, l don't know
which he said, but it sounded like that,
Then he went on, saying; That man
ruined my home. guess he won't ruin
any more homes. Is he dead?' ! told
him he was and he said he was damned
glad of it, and he was glad h. made n
good job of it.
when arrested Thaw woman, who
Manager Lionel Lawrence told me was
Mrs. Thaw, rushed up TO Thaw and
kissed him. and said: L did not think
you'd do it in that way 1t is all right,
It is all right Thaw told her. Then
she whispered something into his ear
don't know what she said to him.
Women Are Sympathetic.
Down in the hall and in the street
lot OF women gathered about us and
shook hands with Thaw and sympathized
with him. why did you do it? Why
did you do itT they kept asking. Cap
tain Hodgins, Sergeant McCann, Lawyer
Daniel OReilly and Burr Mcintosh had
conference with Thaw shortly after 3
o'clock this morning, but if he told them
anything they declined to divulge its i'm.
port Whites body, covered by sheet,
lay in the spot where it had fallen until
early this morning. The coroner after
an examination, said that one bullet had
hit White between the shoulders and had
perforated his lungs. The second had
entered the left eye and had come out
on the right side OF the head. This
seemed to indicate, according to this Of
fetal. that after the first shot in the
back White had tried to wheel on his
assailant and had turned only half
around as the bullet literally went
through the corner of his head in
glancing direction. That the second shot
did not hit another in the crowd of more
than a thousand persons present was re,
markable.
1t was reported this morning tnat Mrs.
Thaw had been heard to direct that she
be driven to l48 West Forty ninth street.
She was not found at this address, how
ever.
Crowd at the Police Station.
Well unto 4 o'clock this morning a big
crowd surrounded the police station, with
every little while some alleged friend of
Thaw trying to get to see him, until
special detail of officers was required to
keep the crowd in check.
Lawrence White, son of the murdered
man, was informed of the tragedy about
midnight. He went to Madison Square
Garden, and after arranging for the care
of the body, summoned his fathers
partner, Mr.. McKim, and both drove
away. 1t is believed they went to a
Long Island town, where Mrs. White is
i'll, to break the news to her.
The tragedy, while a shock to the
friends Of both men, was not altogether
surprise to them. They knew, and
have known for several years that
against the architect, Thaw had the most
bitter feeling 1t dated back to the time
when he first fell in love with the young
woman who now is his wife. He made
no secret Of this feeling
It had come to the ears of White, and
his friends had often discussed it with
him; some had even warned him to be
careful, but, declaring that there was no
reason for the feeling, the architect went
about his business as usual. Mr.. and
Mrs. Thaw lived in Pittsburg and the
incident was fast becoming forgotten un-
til the early part of this spring, when
the young couple came to this city and