The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-07-11
Testimony Secured By the
Prosecution in the Harry
Kendall Thaw Case in New
York.
WHITE KILLED IN
AJEALOUS RAGE
The Murderer Declares to Newspaper
Men That He is Not
Insane.
AsS"cintea Pres. to The Evcn;n~ T,m-.

Associated Press to The Evening Tfmes.
New York. July 11.-Harry Thaw to-
day reiterated the statement given out
DE MIN yesterday to the effect that he
is not insane and that no lunacy COM
mission will be appointed to innuire
into the state of his mind For this
purpose he asked permission to see the
newspaper men Immediately after he
had breakfast and they were taken
into prison to meet him. After greet
lngs had been exchanged, Thaw said
that he had asked to see them as he
wished to emphasize, and to ask them
to give the widest publicity to the
statement he handed them last even
ing denying that he was insane, or that
a lunacy commission would be an
pointed to inquire into his state of
mind.
The prosecution in the case against
Harry Kendall Thaw, has succeeded in
establishing an important point in the
case. This is that Stanford Whites
relations with the Nesbits continued
up to the night of his death. It has
been learned positively that Stanford
White had not only been friend of
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, but also of the
rest of the family.
Up to the night that White met his
death at Thaw's hands he was paying
the entire educational expenses Of
Howard Nesbit, the young brother of
Evelyn. Young Nesb;t is in private
school, and White was paying all of
his bills-even to the bills for his
clothes and board, to say nothing about
his tuition and books.
The district attorney believes, 1t is
understood, that Stanford White has
been maligned to a degree little short
OF criminal, and is prepared to show
that, while he enjoyed the society of
beautiful young women and was al
most spendthrift with them, he was
not the rogue and libertine that many
have said.{
Francis P. Garvan, assistant district
attorney, was at his Office nearly all
day. and examined two witnesses who
are considered almost as important
as any the prosecution can find. They
were Edna Mcclure, the show grip
now playing in "The Tourists in Bos-
ton, who was an intimate friend of
White. and her mother, Mrs. Minck.
MIR. Garvan was much pleased when
he had their statements in black and
white, and they, it is understood, told
story that further corroborated
stories that the district attorney has
In his possession proving that White
had been maligned. One of the most
important features of their testimony,
1t is understood, was that Thaw, for
two years or more. had threatened to
kill Stanford White, and that it was
not a case of sudden anger on his part
that caused the tragedy.
Stories of number of quarrels be-
tween Thaw and his wife were also
told. Both Miss Mcclure and her
mother said they were very much put
out at the attitude of May Mckenzie,
the girl with whom Evelyn Thaw is
living. Miss Mckenzie, they said, had
been friend of White, and they could
not understand her attitude in sticking
by Thaw in this case
They told the district attorney of
the time when Evelyn Nesbit, before
she was married. underwent an oper-
alton while living at Pompton, N. J.
When she became convalescent, they
said, White sent Evelyn and her moth
er, Mrs. Holman, abroad. Thaw, the
witnesses said, followed them. and af-
ter meeting them abroad. went on a
racket" as they expressed it, with
Evelyn, leaving Mrs. Holman in the
lurch. Mrs. Holman was almost
stranded in London. but cabled to
friends in New York for money, and
returned without her daughter.
Thaw and Miss Nesbit continued
their trip until they quarreled. and
Miss Nesbit returned in September
two years ago, alone. having left Thaw
in Europe.