The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-27
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NIGHT u. IN n, PRISON 7 I i: y \
Story Of Tragedy Told I'D. BY /. Police 2: lice
man and Others at Madison
Il Square. tiis
Square.

NEW YOR Il. June 26.e-, ] y q VI pa ssed s q
tslecpless night In his cell IN I'M ehder-
5loin,Ipolice stations ana was Kept uhder
constutt watch, Il lest iles should attempt to
harm himself, / & He had Just settled h N
self on the couch III the grln1y cell when
4 drunken prisoner WINS brought In. The
man was 81 half insane with drtnk n 20
begnr, yelling at the Z! top {. Of 4 his voice
as soon as no was lock cd = nFcell The
sdoorn1ai,f on witch was accustomed to
such scenes, and wa ammo we'd, but .Ilinw
was bothered. RI He called the !. doornan,5
ana asked sl,im; II Say, 8 ear It you have that
.roo1ner next me m oved B away He an
noys 4 mo awfully. g8ss The drunken ma y
was removed to another section q the tn
cell house. Oh B. lsII \.
nnneared Immediately after the shooting
At. the Garden was continued throughout
the night. During the forenoon Captain
Hodgins OF the Tenderloin 4 station, said
that slo had been locat ed, s but that he
did not intend to doGnnything but watch
her for the present, i 81. least.
II Long before the time set for the ar
raignment Of Tl,aw:9, III II J efterson Mar
}ket Police Court, bis ValetsWent to the
Tenderlon station with change Of cloth
ing for the prisoner, SO that he would
not be Obliged to appear II, court in the
taken into custody, Il r. H. ,5s 5
Policeman Debes's Story.
W Policeman Harry Debes, who arrested
Thaw, gave this account Of the ting:
81 found the people: almost orazS,,s5t try
ing to get out OF the place. II Jumped
into the mob and saw q woman lying
down, She had fattnIted "a and then&I I. saw
White. s * II Il I u 81 & y H &
II said to sThaws did YOU do j Il, ana
he replied: yes. I did At I That man
ruined ny life or vile I don't Know
which he said, but 1t sounded like tnat.
Then he went on. saying! That iilil
ruined my home. 7 guess eawon't ruin
any more homes 4 Is he dead f''g3 I Tod
him he was, and he said 4 : IN glad OF
it,. and he was glad he ma Ike good
Job OF it, NJ 81
|$73f'When$ r arrested Thaw O woman, who
Manager Leonial Lawrence told me was
Mrs. Thaw, rushed up to Thawl dslI kiss
cd him. and said !: L did net link you'd
do It in that way. I'd It's all right! It's all
right!@sTh aw told 81 her. chen she whit
.perea something III his ear. r. don't
know, swtn t. she said Ito hinl.sg
Down In the hall and in the street q
lot or women gathered about us and
shook hands with Thaw and sympa thizt,1
with him. why did you do It'll Why
did you do it9 they kept saying
,, Whites body, covered by a sheet, lay
| in the spoty where It had fallen uht u
early morning, The coroner afteT4all ex-
animation said that one. bullet had hit
White between the shoulders and had
perforated his lungs, The SECOND tad
entered the left eye and had como toui
on the right side; Of the head, neSe
lnoial that after the first shot III; tho
back White had tried 4 to wheel on his
assailant and hnd =, turned ii only nut!
around as the bullet literally, Wer-t
through the corner Of .shis head In u
, glancing direction. That the second shot
did not hit another In tho crowd OF slor G
than q thousand persons present was re-
lnnrknble. VI lf3 n Il II, 3s3 st,s "a
Well on to a o'clock this morning a big
with every little while some alleged friend
Of Thaw trying to- get to see him; until
a special detail Of. officers was REQUIRED
TO keep the crowd In check. Is,
Whites Intended Trip.
Lawrence White, son Of the murdered
man, was Informed of the tragedy about
midnight. Young White. with a. friend,
| Leroy King, dIned with his father last
night at the Cafe Martin. Mr.. White, his
son says. was In the best Of spirlts. and
said nothing about any trouble. H,
| After the dinner the party entered an
| electric automobile and went UP to the
! New Amsterdam roof garden. There the
| two boys asked the elder WI1te9 to stay
!, and see the performance gfsg4
] He sad: "No, thank YOU" adding
4 that he was going elsewhere, Ia 8ist
That was tho last they saw, OF him, Il ri
Lawrence White says his father was
thinking Of going to Pho~delphta last