The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-02

When Mrs. Thaw left the prison she
said that she found her husband in
better spirits and more cheerful than
at any time since the tragedy.
He is as cheerful as anyone In his
position could be expected to be-" she
Journal Special Service.
Pittsburg, July 2.-When Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw whispered the news to her
husband, Harry Kendall Thaw, that she
was about to become mother, it made
a changed man Of the young rake who
has done SO much to disgrace the name
ne bore and to break the heart Of those
who have SO idolized him.
But when she told him only a short
time ago that the man who had first
led her from the paths of rectitude was
pursuing her, even while in that condi.
ton, and endeavoring to drag her back
from the estate she had entered into
when she became his wife-wheu he
four months his wife would become a
mother-the brain of the young man
gave way, and it was the real cause Of
the terrible tragedy at Madison SQUARE
Garden last Monday night.
This is part of the secret that is grad
ually leaking out concerning the Thaws
and the man who pursued the young
than a child in short dresses
The Thaws have not really been
moving much in Pittsburg's high soci-
ETY., and there are few families who as
ISOLATED enough with the young man
and his wife to learn the secret Of their
7 hopes. Pittsburg society, spotted as it
is, has felt that, in this case, it had
right to throw stones and all the wealth
OF the family was not sufficient to
break down the social barriers raised
against the young woman.
Ministered to Little Cripples.
One Of the biggest functions which
| have taken place on the magnificent
grounds and the fine big house was the
home for incurable crippled children, in
Margherita street, only couple Of
weeks ago, Just before Mrs Thaw left
for Europe. This home is supported by
Mrs. Thaw as one of the benevolences
of the Third Presbyterian church,
| which she attends.
9 There are eighteen inmates, all little
| folks, who will meyer walk or run like
other children. Their crippled backs,
twisted and deformed limbs and evi.
dences of other ailments make them a
pathetic bunch Of little sufferers, and
the alienation Of their pains and heart
aches has always been Mrs. Thaw's "a.
VOElte ClaflLy.
h. Thjs garden party was yell attended
fellow dropped his crutch, Harry was
on hand to pick it up. If some child
| fancied another dish of ice cream or
craved drink Of wonderful lemonade
which was being served, mis- wife was
on hand to tend their wants with her
own hands.
| g.. Strange Change Comes.
They did not leave the care Of the
amusement of these sufferers to hired
servants. Personally they looked
after them, and it is safe to say that all
the $4,000 dinners Harry Thaw ever
rendered to his chorus girl friends did
not give him the satisfaction be Sc
cured from that day of kindly ministra-
ton to the wants and wishes Of unfor-
tunate cripples.
He was like another man all day.
strange to say, this young man whose
| whole life had been spent In seeking
pleasure Of the widest, wierdest and
most expensive kind, seemed to thoroly
enjoy himself.
For the past couple of months Harry
his friends here assert. Bver since
his wife told him Of her hopes and their
prospects, he had changed. His old
ways were no longer followed. He
seemed to be preparing himself to be
more of credit to the little stranger
who was going to come into this world
and bear his name. The drinking bouts
down town were abandoned. He an
nounced to his friends that he was
done with the old life and he was going
| to settle down and make something out
of himself. He did not tell why, but
| the secret leaked out and his wife told
her friends what she. hoped for and So
| ciety, even that portion of it which has
| been turning its nose in the air, was
much interested in the coming Of an
heir to the Thaw millions.
White Hounded Her.
Then the persecution by White is
said to have begun, or rather to have
allege there has scarcely been a time
since their marriage that White was
/ not making overtures to the girl to have
her leave her husband and join him
again. In her condition she was dis
tressed and affected much more serious
ly than she had been before. She saw
no way out and finally appealed to her
husband, and then came the terrible
tragedy of last Monday night.
At the Third PRESBYTERIAN church
Yesterday, where the Thaws attend,
in the magnificent building was filed.
! The Thaw pew was unoccupied. To-
| wards that vacant pew the eyes of
everyone IN the congregation turned
| more than once during the morning.
| fLyndhurst,, the family home, will
never be occupied by Mrs. Thaw, even
if she lives to return home. It will be
turned over to the Third Presbyterian
church for a maternity hospital. Mrs.