The Minneapolis journal., 1906-06-29
ACTOR TELLS OF
THAW And WHITE
FERRIS LEADING MAN KNEW
PRINCIPALS IN TRAGEDY.
Harrington Reynolds in Pittsburg Was
Fellow Clubman and Personal Friend
Of Young millionaire, and in New
York lobnobbed with His victim
Miss Nesbit a Beauty.

Of all the people in Minneapolis who
have read with interest the details Of
the Thaw White tragedy in New York
there probably is none who was so
shocked and affected as Harrington
Reynolds, one Of the leading men of
the Ferris Stock company, who is
personal friend and an old-time COM
panion of both the principals.
have not yet recovered from the
shock given me when I first heard that
Harry Thaw had shot and killed Stan
ford White - said Mr.. Reynolds last
night. ~ know both men well, but
was especially intimate with Mr.. Thaw
during the season that l was leading
man at the Grand Operahouse in Pitts
burg. We were fellow members of the
Du Quesne club and ] saw a great deal
of him there and other places. Often
he would drop into my dressing room
and sit and smoke with me Just as you
are doing now.
Best Of Good Fellows. /
"! always found Harry Thaw to be
prince Of good fellows. He was one
Of the best companions and a never
mind and cannot think that he is
insane. =.
Thaw's impulses were always.
right, and I feel sure that he would not
have done this terrible thing unless
ne had some good reason. He is man
of strong passions and quick impulses,
but he is the last man in the world
!! would think Of as doing what he did
in New. York. The only way in which
can hgure 1t out or explain the. act
is that he had some uncommon griev-
ance over which he had been brooding,
and when he saw White that night he
was beside himself or perhaps TEN.
porarily insane.
~. White Well Liked. ..-
"I did not know White as well, al
tho we often met at different clubs and
| have visited his relatives. From all
I knew of him he also was good fel-
low and a man that both men and
women liked; Of course, I do not
know the details of the relations that
existed between the two men, arl
never knew Mrs. Thaw, as when l
played that season eight years ago,
Harry had not met her and had no
thought OF marrying.
| The shooting was terrible trag-
edy and ! cannot tell you what an awful
feeilng came over me when 1 first heard
| Of it. It shall watch the outcome with
the greatest interest and my warmest
sympathy goes out to- all concerned
Pretty When a Girl.
| Even when she was a mere schoolgirl
in Pittsburg, Evelyn Nesbit, who later
became the wife Of Harry Thaw, the
slayer of Stanford White, was so beau.
tiful that for Pittsburger not to know
her al, least by sight, was to be ignorant
Of the attractions Of his own city. This
| is the testimony Of DR.. Robert Bach.
/ man, United States navy, once of Pitts
burg, and now stationed in Minneapolis
OF recruiting duty. g.
| =" I never had the good fortune to be
personally acquainted with Mrs. Thaw
when she was Miss Nesbit," said Dr.
Bachman today, "but knew her by
sight and must confess that I admired
her greatly from distance. She was
one Of the prettiest girls I have eve,
seen before she left Pittsburg. I have
never seen her since she left Pittsburg
but if she improved in appearance, OF
she must be a remarkably beautiful
wcman.'' ..... .--.