The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-07-31
TWO COURTS FOR THAW;
WILL FACE TRIAL IN ONE
MOTHER FOR CIVIL ACTION TO HAVE HIM ADJ
JUDGED 1NsANE-oNLY HOPE FOR HER SON LIES
IN THAT COURSE IS EVIDENTLY HER OPINION
THAw INDEPENDENT OF NEED OF FINANCIAL
AID, sTUBBORNLY OPPOSES HER PLAN.

of William Thaw, Harry Thaw was
left $4,000 a year. when he reached
thirty-five years OF age. He objected
strenuously to this decree, receiving
only $500 meanwhile, and finally the
family. listening to his objections. met
in council and voted to allow him to
enjoy the larger income from that
time. Thaw, by this vote. received the
$4,000 income and still receives it,
and there is no power whereby his
family can deprive him of it. His stu
ton. it is said. is exactly similar to
that of well known resident of New
York who in his fathers will was cut
off with small amount He opposed
the will. however, and the family, to
avoid litigation. allowed him several
million dollars forthwith, which he re-
ceived. In that case, also. the re-
cipient can in no way be compelled
to give up the money.
Doe. Not Need Mothers Aid.
BY the fact that young Thaw has his
full income. plenty to support himself
and wife, as we'll as pay for his trial,
the question as to whether or not his
mother would give him money for his
defence is done away with.
1t is learned that neither Mrs.
Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw nor Mrs. E. ].
Nesbitt- Holman. her mother. will be
witnesses at the pending trial. Mrs.
Thaw, as the wife of the prisoner. cam
not be forced to testify. Mrs. Holman.
it is understood, will refuse to leave
Pittsburg to come to New York, and
there is no power to compel her to do
SO.
1t developed. from source abso-
lutely authentic, that the statments
which the defence has been making;
showing that Evelyn Thaw was taken
care of by Stanford White while at
Pompton, N. j., are untrue. Instead,
it was learned, we'll known unpleas-
ant notoriety during divorce suit.
While there she was i'll, and an opera
ton for appendicitis was performed.
While ill, it is said, Mrs. Holman, the
girls mother, asked Mr.. White to care
for her, and he did so, in so far as
sending her to Europe with her moth
er was concenrend, in order that she
could recuperate. 1t was while in
Europe that Evelyn Nesbitt met Harry
Kendall Thaw and the romance which
ended in the tragedy began. The fact
that Mr.. White was in no way con-
nected with the girls being in New
Jersey was corroborated from several
sources and is a point for the prose-
cution. 80
Rumors current that Evelyn Thaw
was seeking evidence on which to OBJ
tain divorce from her husband,
which plans were only interrupted by
the murder, were emphatically denied
by Mrs. Thaw. She was asked about
the rumors while she was calling on
her husband, and in an indignant
voice replied:
| wish you would contradict, as being
absolutely impossible, untrue and alb
surd, the report that have ever con-
templated, or am now contemplating,
asking for a divorce. There is not
grain of truth in it. l never thought
of such a thing, and l have no such
idea in view now.
Mrs. William Thaw, the mother of
the prisoner, and Mrs. George Lauder
Carnegie, his sister, arrived at the
Tombs in the morning, just after the
young wife called. Just what the OBJ
ject of this conference of the three
women and the prisoner was could not
be learned, but it is understood that
Mrs. William Thaw wanted to dis
cuss with her son the matter of a
lunacy commission.
In insanity Mrs. William Thaw sees
the only hope for her son, and she does
not despair of making him come to her
view. Thaw, however, refused again
as he has before, to listen to such
argument. and will have anything to
do with it.