The Cairo bulletin., 1906-07-08
.THAW'S WIFE HAD.
USED WHITES
AUTO
AFTER HER WEDDING ACCORD
ING TO STORY OF SLAIN
MANS CHAUFFEUR.
CALLED HIM "STANNIt'
Thaw's Attorneys Deny That His
Wife Had Trysts With Architect
After She Had Welded the
Young Millionaire.

Young Millionaire.
New York, July Former Judg'
Olcott denied enphatically this afte.
noon the report that since her mar
rage to Thaw Evelyn Nesbt had beer
to supper with Stanford White, anC
had ridden in his automC vile.
John Burns, who was Whites nigh
chauffeur, was given as the authority
for the report Of the alleged relat on'
maintained by White with Mrs ThaN
subsequently to her marriage. Burns
was examined at length in the district
attorneys office several days ago anc
presumably told everything he knew
about White and Evelyn Nesbt Al
that time Buns made no such state
ment as attributed to him in today S
report
The Chauffeur's Story.
Burns says that he was engaged by
White in the latter part of January
1905, to drive his electric car between
the hours of 5 p. IN. and a. m. and
continued in his employ until the lat
ter part of September of that year,
The use of the electric machine was
discontinued at that time. he said, be
cause of the persistent following Of
the cab by men riding bicycles, on
foot and also in hansoms, runab0uts
and automobiles.
ssIp TiDa f,anptbo - sza1-s T{HruG
taking out the time Mr. White was
in Europe and Canada, my employer
never once entered the electric han
som in The company of a woman other
than Mrs White, whom he frequently
ook to Sherrys fer dinner.
The first time ever saw the pres
ent MrsI9haw was in F'ebruarx be-
tween : and ] O'Clock in the morning
standing with a company of men and
women on the sidewalk in ffont of
Rector's. Mr.. White escorted her to
the machine and put her in saying to
me: Take this lady home and come
right back for me.
Evelyn Greets "Stannie."
Several weeks later | took Mr.
White to a restaurant in West Twen
ty-sixth street. Hardly had Mr. White
reached he sidewalk whan han som
approached from Broadway pulled up
and Miss Nesbit jumped to the side
walk, saying as she held out her
hands: Hello, Stannie, how have you
been
Mr. White shook hands. He seemed
anxious to get up the stoop. They
talked for a few minutes and he bade
her good night He then hurried into
the restaurant, and she got back into
her hanson and wa driven off.
The second time Mss Nesbit rode
in Mr. Whites cab wa in the la ter
part of September after his return
from Europe had gone to Rector's
to get him from a dinner. He came
ont on the sidewalk with three men
besides himself and two women, one
.of whom was Miss Ncsbit
Take these two women home,
Johnnie. he said to me.
never once took Mr.. White to
his studio in Madison Square tower in
the company Of a woman. and I never
saw a woman enter there"
ocott Denies.
Mr. Olcott referring TO the report
said:
1T Is absolutely untrue and without
foundation. There Is not one chance
in ten million OF its being true"
Nh Ga-van al-o said there was
nothing in the report
According to the staetment at
tr.buted TO Burns today Mrs. Thaw
was on good terms win White since
her marriage. and had been 10 supper
with White in Rcctor's restaurant five
months after her marriage with Thaw.
They were married in Pittsburg, April
(. 1905.
Burns was credited with saying
that Oh the occasion wien White. Mrs
Thaw and three friends had supper IN
Rec,or's. white sent her home in an
automobile On another occasion. ac
cording TO the same statement, she
stepped out of a hanson to greet
White in front Of q restaurant in West
Thirtysixth street.
Dr. Allan Lane Hamilton called on
ThaW in the Tomhs today TO examine
the young man as 10 his mental c0ndi-
tiOn. Dr Hamilton was retained by
the defense -eveIal days ago. and viii
appear as one uf the expert medical
Witne=ses when Thaw is placed on
tral- None Of the lawyers whn are
looking after Thaws interests would
give the names Of the other experts
retained by them
The aHeni-t remained with ThaW
for upward of two hours and subjected
him to a rigid mental examination. u
is said that Dr. Hamilton went care-N
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