The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-06-28
JEALOUSY LEADS 10
TRAGEDY In THEATER
Big Audience at Madison Square Roof
Garden Thrown in a Panic by Muir
der Done by Society Man.

New York. June 27.-Stanford White,
the eminent architect Of the firm of
McKim, Mead & White, was shot last
night and almost instantly killed by
Harry ThaW, a member of the promi-
nent Pittsburg family, during the per-
Torrance Of the musical extravagahza,
"Mamselle Champagne" on the roof of
Madison Square Garden. MIR. White
died before an ambulance could be
summoned and Thaw was arrested i'm
mediately after the shooting.
che Madison Square roof garden,
which has been closed for several years,
was crowded with a fashionable audi
ence While Harry Short, who filled
the principal comedy role in the piece,
was singing a comic song and the gar
den was echoing with the laughter and
applause of the audience a series Of
shots ratified in the rear of the audi
forum and q mar in evening dress was
seen to fall across a table at which he
was sitting with a party of friends. The
man who had fired the shots fled, pistol
in hand, towards the nearest exit, Where
he was seized and disarmed by police.
instantly the great audience was
thrown into 4 panic n a wild stam-
pede occurred, during which chairs and
tables We're overturned and men anC
women fought with desperation to es-
cape from the roof.
The man who was shot was quickly
identified as Mr.. Whine, but his assail-
amt was not positively known to be
Thaw until after he had been AXE to
the station house.
Persons in front of the auditorium
where the tragedy occurred say that
they saw a man sitting with a fash
lonably dressed woma in the rear sud-
denly walk down toward a table in
front.
The first iptimation of trouble came
when walking in front of his seated
victim, the man exclaimed: you've
deserved this. You've ruined my home"
and drawing an automatic pistol fired
three shots. The first two took effect,
but before a third was discharged the
pistol was struck UP by a fireman on
duty in the theater and the bullet went
SkyWard.
The assailant was taken to the
West Thirtieth street police station
where he declared himself as John
Smith, a student of $50 Lafayette place,
Washington, D.. c., but the police on
searching him found cards and letters
addressed to Harry Thaw. of Pittsburg,
and later his identity was fully estab-
lished.
h performance was drawing to a
close and Spices big SIX" a sort of
up to date Florodora sextette, came on
When Mr.. White entered the place. He
came from the Manhattan club, where
ne n3d spent the earlier part or the
evening. He took a seat in the fifth
row and on the left of the table and
leaning engaged in conversation with
Harry Stevens, the caterer Of the
garden. Thaw had been present dur
Ing the entire performance. With a
woman said to have been Mrs. Thaw he
had taken seats near a table. He was
in evening dress and his overcoat was
thrown over the back of his chair.
He got up every few minutes and
walked about, NC the spectators later
recalled thai he had acted very ner-
vously.
While waiting for a car to come, a
matter of u few seconds, Thaw's wife,
who was Evelyn Nesbit, a member OF
the original Florodora sextette, rushed
up to him, threw her arms around
Thaw and declared: I'll stand by you,
Harry"
In the car that arrived was Police
man Debes. of the West Thirtieth street
station, who had heard the shooting
and cries of the audience, and Thaw
was taken by him at once TO the po-
lice station.
There We're several stories of what
Thaw did after firing the shots, but
a number OF men agreed that he had
said: THAT -- will never go with
that woInan again"
To Policeman Debes at the Garden
he said: well, damn him, he de-
served it."