Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-26
THAN IS A MURDERER.
Millionaire Shoots Stanford
White, Who, Former Claims,
Ruined His Wife
GIRL STANDS BY rHAw
The Latter's Only Defense is That His
Victim, An Eminent Architect Of
New York. Deserved What He Got
Great Roof Garden Audience Thrown
Into a Panic.

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Great Roof Garden Audience Thrown
Into Panic.
New York, June 26.-Stanford White,
McKim, Mead & White. was shot last
night and almost instantly killed by
Harry Thaw, member of the promin-
ent Pttsburg family. during the per-
Torrance of the musical extravaganza
Mamzelle Champagne on the roof of
the Madison Square Garden. Mr..
White died before an ambulance could
be summoned and Thaw was arrested
immediately after the shooting.
The Madison Square Roof Garden,
which has been closed for several
years, was crowded last night with 4
fashionable audience While Harry
Short who fills the principal comedy
role in the piece, was singing comic
song and the garden was echoing with
the laughter and applause OF the audi
ence q series of shots ratified in the
rear of the auditorium and a man In
evening dress was seen to fall across q
table at which he was sitting with a
party of friends. This man who had
fred the shot fled, pistol in hand to-
wards the nearest exit where he was
seized and disarmed by the police.
Instantly the great audience was
thrown into panic and wild SIAM
pede occurred. during which chairs ana
tables We're overturned and men and
women fought with desperation to es-
cape from the roof.
The man who was shot was quickly
identified as Mr.. White, but his assail-
ant was not positively known to be
Thaw until after he had been taken
to the station house. Persons in front
of the audience where the tragedy oc-
CURED, say that they saw a man sit
ting with a fashionably dressed woman
in the rear, suddenly walk down to-
wards table in front
The first intimation of trouble came
when, walking in front of his seated
victim, the man exclaimed. you've de-
served this. You've ruined my home.
and drawing an automatic pistol, fired
three shots. The first two took effect,
but as the third was discharged the
pistol was struck up by fireman on
duty in the theater and the bullet went
skyward.
Girl Stands by Thaw.
The woman who had been sitting
with Mr.. White sprang to her feet and
rushed up to his assailant, who was
struggling with the fireman, threw her
arms about his neck, exclaiming:
I'll stand by YOU
The assailant was taken to the West
Thirtieth street police station, where
he described himself as John Smith,
student of No. 100 Lafayette place,
Washington, D. c., but the police on
searching him found cards and letters
addressed to Harry Thaw of Pittsburg
and later his identity was fully estab-
lished.
The shooting occurred at 1890 a. m,
while Harry Short was singing, I
Could Love Million Girls" Thaw had
been at the performance all the even
ing and had been noticed to be very
nervous and excited White had been
to the Manhattan Club and
had only been at the garden few
minutes when Thaw confronted him.
Fireman Bruden took the revolver
away from Thaw and handed him over
to Policeman Dobbs, who placed him
under arrest. Thaw handed the po-
liceman $40 and. asked him to notify
Andrew Carnegie that he was in
trouble.
Thaw, it is alleged, said to the fire
man:
Deserved what he got. He ruined
my wife and deserted the girl"
While Thaw was being held by the
policeman the young woman again put
her arms about his neck Thaw told
her to keep quiet and not get excited
as all would come out all right.
Immediately after the shooting the
curtain was rung down on the play.
Mr.. White was a native of New York
city, having been born here in 1858. He
was educated at the University of New
York and received his ARCHITECTURAL
Fl. H. Richardson, being the chief as
sistant of the latter in the construction
If the famous Trinity church of Boston,
Dr.. Phillips Brooks church
Since 1881 the firm Of McKim & |
White designed among other structures
he Madison Square garden, Century :
Ind Metropolitan Clubs, the University |
If New York, Washington arch, the
of Virginia and the Pc
lestals for the principal statues of st,
iaudens. the sculptor.
He was member of the Municipal |
Art society, New York Botanical Gar
len Society, Metropolitan Museum of
Art, Geological Society, University
Club. the American Institute of Archi-
ects, the Racquet. Kismet, Players,
Century, Manhattan, New York Yacht,
Union Knickerbocker and the Adiron-
lack League Clubs, and the American
zine Arts Society. He was also vice
PRESIDENT of Madison Square Garden.