The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-06-28
Engagement With Pretty Show Girl Behind II,
Scenes at Madison Square Roof Gar
den Led White to His Death
ALIENISTS DECLARE THAW TO
BE SANE AFTER EXAMINATION

| Thaw did not know that White VAS
| IN the garden until he walked behind
the scenes, a privilege that he enjoyed
and had made the mort of Both Mr.
and Mrs, Thaw noticed the architect
then for the first time, and IL wasS
during the fifteen inmates that White;
remained behind the scenes that they
| rehearsed their oft-repeated talks that
White was a DESTROYER of young
and the knowledge that he was thel
| traducer Of Mrs. Thaw when she was
innocent, in her teens, freshened it-l
self In 'fhaw's jealous and excitah'eA
mind for the second time that night
the Thaws having seen White and his
son during the dinner hour az thAI
Cafe Martin, where il Is alleged Whisa
pointed Mrs. Thaw out 10 friend al
having been one Of his victims
After Pretty Girls.
The performance itself was of NOD
interest to White lie had seen tf0l
show time and again He Witnessed
every rehearsal Of tile company l,ef ra|
! II opened at Atlantic CRY and hail
plenty of opportunities To chat Mithl
the girls and a majority Of them knew|
all about him. In fact White alwayaI
made 1t his busiDess to get acquainted!
with the pretty girls.
| His position as an officer Of the|
Garden company gave hin the pres
tige 10 accomplish h.s results: Eut.l
ployes about the building had no right
% interfere with him II he cared toI
take a pretty girl or a party of thena1
% his bachelor apartments in the hnild-
| ing. His rooms were elaborately fmrI
nshed and his one hobby was to invited
few good fellows around TO seaI
what he had caught ia his girlhuntinGI
act
Performances like these given ID
Whites apartments would never III
tolerated on the roof of the buildiugl
/ The couchee-couchee as wriggIed crX
the roof was as mild as an old-fashson
ed reel as compared TO The way Il was|
performed In Whites apartment. The
show girls were not the only ones thatI
visited the bachelors and Il ID
known that he had mere "amateur'
nights and maiinees than he did pro-
fessional Instances by the score arc0
cited where these amateurs developed
into professionals.
Age cut but little figure with White:
In fact, nothing in the world aeemed "a
please him better than 20 catch a girl
Just starting into her teens in his ever
working net
Known to Police
II the police told all they know
about the doings in Whites aparf
ment a sensation bigger than the ona
his tragic death caused would be the
result White has a record on the
books Of the Society for the Prevea1
tion Of Cruelty 10 Children. Tratd
fathers and mothers of children inst
budding into girlhood who have fall
On into his clutches have sought assist
ance from the Gerry Society and the
police Fac that have developed
since the murder make one wonder
how il was that White IA not meet
his fate lrng ago. The Gerry Society
has received numerous complaints
against him bet there never were any
prosecutions. the principal reason be-
ing that he parents Of the victims
wanted 10 sNo,d notoriety.
While officers Of the Gerry Society
admit thai they have several com
plants against white on fle in their
Office. hey refuse TO go into details Of
anv NJ the cases
Whites trip behind the scenes
fifteen TifRufes before he was murdec;
ed. consists Of interesting details and
they portray. perhaps. best Of all his
character. u was after 10 O'Clock
when White arrived al the Garden
after be had previously excused him
self from bic son. while IN the New
Amsterdam Theater. on the pretcnse
that he had an important business
engagement
Not Seen BY Thsws.
Entering the ro earieg. he took a
scar well up in front. but he aid not
see Thaw and bis wife neither did The
Thaws seq him. Pre-e1tly Harry Stev
ans who has the bar privilege on thd
-oof. Joined WI 10 al a table and IN a
few minutes the rwo walked behind
he Fcs-es The bar from which the
walters 60. their supplies T. beAi1f
he foo'iighis. hut the public Is nof
permitted fo 60 there White had caffe
llrnche ~ The placa howcvef
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