The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-26
SHOOTING IN ROOF GARDEN Harry Thaw Kills Stan ford White.
 -. PERFORMANCE IS IN PROGRESS Stampede Follows Sound of the Pistol Shots.
  Harry Thaw Member of wealthy Fam fly of PitssburE, While His Vic tim Is Famons as sn
 Architect.
PERFORMANCE IS IN PROGRESS

New York, June 25.-standford White the eminent architect of McKim, Mead and White. was shot tonight and almost instantly killed by Harry Thaw. a nro,ninent member of the Pittsburg family. during the performance or the musical extravaganza Marnseiie Champagne pn the roof of the Madi. son Square Garden. MT Nnite n,ra before an ambulance could be sum moned and Thaw was arrested immedi- ately after the shooting.
 The Madison Square Roof Garden, which has been closed for several years, was crowded tonight with fashionable audience. While Harry Short, who fills the principal comsdy role, was singing comic song and the Garden was echoing with the laughter and applause. a series of shots rattied 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 party of friends The man who had fired the shots fled. pistol in hand, to the nearest exit, where he was seized and dissrmcd hy police
 Instantly the great audience was thrown into a panic and a wild stam- pade occurred during which chairs and tables were overturned and men ana women fought with desperation to es- cape from the roof.
 White Soon Identified.
 The man who was shot was quickly Identified as MT White. but his assaiI- ant was not positively known to be Thaw until after he had been taken to the station house. Persons In front Of the auditorium where the tragedy oc- cured say that they saw a man sit- ting lii 4he rear suddenly walk towards a table in front.
 The first intimation of trouble came when. walking in front of his seated victim the man exclaimed: You've deserved fhis. You've ruined my home, and drawing sn automatic pistol. fired three shots The first two took effect but as the third was discharged the pistol was struck up by a fireman on duty in the theatre and the bullet went
 The woman who had been sitting with MT. White spRang to her fest and rushed up to his assailant who was struggling with the fireman, threw her arms about his neck and exclaiming s'Iri stand by you" She was identified as Mrs. Thaw. who before her mar riage was Evelyn Nesbit.
 The assailant was taken to the West Thirtieth street police station where he described himself as John Smith, stu- dent of No. 1s0 La Fayette Place, Wash
 
 ing him found cards and letters ad- dressed to Harry Thaw, of Pittsbufg. and later his identify was fully estab- lished.
 Marriage With Miss Nesbit.
 Evelyn Nesbit's marriage with Thaw for a time estranged the latter from his family
 The shooting occurred at 10:s0 ?. m., while Harry Short was singing, ! Could Love Million Girls" Thaw had been at the performance all the eve ming and had been noticed to be very nervous and excited. White had been previously at 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 police man ten dollars and asked him to no- tify Andrew Carnegie that he was In trouble.
 Thaw, it is acknowledged. said to the fireman: He deserved what he got. He ruined my life and deserted the girl"
 While Thaw was being held by the policeman the young woman who IS short, slender, dark and very pretty again put her arms about his neck. Thaw told her to keep quiet ana not get excited, as all would come out all right. Al. curtain was rung down on the piay'
 Thought It . Hoax.
 The audience for a few minutes be- Iieyed the firing of the shots were a hoax and applauded, but developments came so fast and 1t was so suddenly made known that they had been wit messing a tragedy that panic follow ed
 The performance was drawing to close and Spices Big Six. sort of up date Florodora sextette. came on Nben Mir. White entered the place. Ht came from the Manhattan Club where he had spent the earlier part of the evening. He took a seat In the fifth row and on the left side Of table and leanfua over engaged in conversation with Harry Stevens. the caterer of the
 Ttaw had been present during the entire performance With woman said to be Mrs. Thaw, he. had taken seats at a rear table He was in evening dress and his overcoat wal thrown over the back of his chair. Ht got up every few minutes and walke1 about and the spectators later recalled that he had acted very nervously.
 The six women on the stage had be- Rur their song when Thaw left his wife erd walking rapidly down the aisle
  White looking at him hard.
 White apparently was utterly ignor ant of his peril. Then Thaw qulcklj pulled pistol from his trousers pocket md in quick succession fired three shots. Two took effect, either wound being mortal.
 Mir. White without a sound slipped down to the floor. the chair and table falling on top of him. The audience broke into a ripple of applause. I've women nearby. seeing what had hap peped and the blood flowing from the mans wounds. screamed. Two girls on the stage fled screaming into the wings.
 Girls Fall in Faint.
 Get back into your lipes" roared the stage manager so that all heard him. One of the girls started back but again fled to the wings while two of the re- malning four, seeing the cause of the trouble, fell over in faint. The cur tain was rung down quickly.
 Several men in the audience rushed to Mir. Whites assistance but the phy- siciaps said he had died instantly His body was taken after 1t became posst-