Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-06-29
Thaw's Story After Arrest.

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A statement credited to Thaw i'm
mediately after the arrest is this:
We were all at party in Martins
You can find out the names Of th
others there. but was sitting som.
distance from my wife. Suddenly
saw her get very pale and begin b
shiver and thought she was Ill.
L made a motion to inquire wha
was the matter and she called . waite
and wrote note which she SEN
around the table to me. The not
SAID: The dirty blaokguard is here.
Then turned and saw that IA
scoundrel sitting there, big an,
healthy, and then I saw her and how
she was"
Did White maks any motion to At
tack you?"
what?" said Mr.. Thaw.
The question was repeated. Thay
nodded his head in tho Affirmative.
From his pocket when he wa
searched there was taken leather re
volver shield such as policemen car
~ their weapons In. He had S16S II
cash and several blank checks. besides
gold cigarette case.
Never Asked About White,
Thaw did not display the least anxi
ETY. about his own welfare nor about
the effect Of his shots. He never
asked question about White. He
did not ask any questions of the DO.
lice at all. He seemed as unconcerned
as II baiiing out chauffeur instead
OF facing an accusation of murder.
AS he talked with reporter he
reverted again and again to his wifet
attack OF shiverins when she saw
White In Martins. THAT poor, doll
cate little thing all nervous and
shaking like a reed" he said, hall
to himself. And there he was, the
big healthy scoundrel. Ged!"
Policeman's Story Of Shooting.
Policeman Harry Debs, who arrest.
ed Thaw, gave this account of the
shooting:
II found the people almost crazy,
trying to get out of the place. i
jumped into the mob and saw a won.
an lying down. She had tainted, and
then I saw White.
Il said to Thaw: Did you do it?'
and he replied: Yes, did it. That
man ruined my life, or my wife, I
don't know which he said, but Il
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 - glad Of it and
he was glad he made good lob
Of it.
When 1 arrested Th.g . woman,
whom Manager Lionel Awrsnce tod
me was Mrs. Thaw, rushed I'D 10
Thaw and kissed him and said: Z
did not think you'd do 1t in that vsv.'
It's all right. It's all right Thew
told her. Then she Whispered SOME
thing into his ear. don't know what
she said to him.
Down In the hall and in the Street
a lot of women gathered about us and
shook hands with Thaw and sympa-
thized with him. why did you do Il,
Why did you do it?" they, kept cd
Ing"
Amazing Proaigacy Of Thaw.
New York, June 27.-Young Thav
s of Quaker origin and his family
s one of the Oldest IN Pennsylvania.
His fathers millions came from the
business and realty
Investment, hundreds Of acres in and
around Pittsburg belonging to the
estate. However. Harry X. Thaw is
The family black sheep, led into idle
ways by parental indulgence. The
Of the youth did not an
peal to his father and when the lat
ter died he left the young man only
$4,000 year. But the mother soft
ened and gave him share equal to
that of the other ohildreu.
With an annual income of $4,000
young Thaw whettsd his scythA for
. wide swath and he cut It, too. New
York, Washington, Leadeo. Paris.
Toxic and other places w>ss visited
by him and his ai-rounA proairscy
set people aghast. Money ran throush
his fingers ss watsr ths6ugh Q sieys.
Nfty-thousand-donsr dinner per-
ties made people 1t Up and take no
tice Of him and IN aoB which al.
ways were original and the creation
o9 what was said to be . degenerate
mind. or q mind disordsred By idle.
ness and tho habits Of spendShyt1t.
On one occasion h gave an $1,000
dinner to Is guests in London, but he
dubbed this spread merely as ''e1psl-
mental" Subsequently, he gave the
finished product In Paris, and for this
function. with its trimmings In ths
way OF presents 70 his company Of
Partisan women, hs paid $4,000.
Thus In a night Tnaw became the
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