The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-26
Harry K. Thaw to be Placed
on Trial for His Life in
December.
SON Of SCION WHO BLEW
$4,000 IN SINGLE YEAR
He Refuses to Defend Himself Of
Stanford Whites Murder by Plea of
Emotional Insanity" Believing He
Was justified In View of the Cir.
cumstances-Wife Upholds Him.

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Associated Press to The Evening Times.
New York, Nov. 26.-The trial of
Harry Kendall Thaw, slayer of STAN
ford White. the noted architect, which
has been set for the first week in De-
cember, Is looked forward to as one
of the most famous cases in the GRIM
inal history of New York state. The
prominence of the Thaw family social
ly, the wealth of his parents, the cir
cumstances surrounding the young
mans marriage to Evelyn Nesbit, the
artists model and chorus girl and the
spectacular scene in the midst of
which he fired the bullet into the
breast of the man who he claimed had
betrayed his wife, all tend to attract
an interest to the trial extending from
one end Of the country to the other.
For long time an effort has been
made to have young Thaw rely upon
defense Of emotional insanity"
but he steadfastly has declined to give
his assent to any such plan, and in
his determination not to agree to hide
behind cloak of insanity the cause
which he impatiently asserts to be just
he has at one time and another dis
missed several of the lawyers engaged
to help in his defense, among them
former governor Of the state of New
York. ......
The players in this extraordinary
tragedy Of real life ere each of them
interesting. Harry Thaw, the ever
wayward son of rich and indulgent
parents, had become widely known
throughout the country prior to the
killing Of Stanford White by reason
of the publicity given to many of his
escapades by the newspapers. His
father. the late William Thaw, was one
of Pittsburg's richest men. He had
early seen that Harry was not to be
entrusted with a large income lest he
give himself over to life of luxur-
ious idleness and liberty. So when
the elder Thaw died he provided that
Harry Thaw shoulc have only $2,500
a year. The bulk of the estate went to
Mrs. William Thaw, whose indulgent
love for her children was soon made
apparent in the manner in which she
lavished money upon them. Harry
Thaw had but to ask what ever sum he
chose and the mother gave it to him.
He abandoned his $2,5OO year in
come from the estate to his valet. 1t
is said that the young mans expendi-
lures often averaged as high as $780,
600 and 100000 a year.
Four or five years ago the Thaw
family came into unusual prominence
through the announcement of the en-
gagement of Harry Thaw's sister to
the Earl of Yarmouth. This young
English nobleman had been in Amer
ica for two years or more at that time.
He was entertained at Newport and
at the end of successful season
there, during which he had lead the
gay set in many amateur theatricals
he decided to go upon the professional
stage to earn livelihood in this coun-
try. His efforts along this line were
indifferently successful and then came
the engagement and marriage to Miss
Thaw. Since that time the Earl and
the Countess Of Yarmouth have lived
abroad.
Following the wedding of his sister
Harry Thaw also went abroad. When
he returned to this country two years
ago he remained in New York instead
of going to his mothers home in Pitts
burg. 1t was not long before he was
seen always in company with a beau
tiful girl, Evelyn NesEit, who had
graduated from the studio to the stage.
Young Thaw and Miss Nesbit were
central figures of many theater and
supper parties along Broadway. and
there appeared in one of the local pa
pers story to the effect that Thaw
and Miss Nesbit had been secretly
married while abroad. The fact of
the wadding had not been disclosed,
It was declared, because Of the fear
that a displeased mother might cut
off the support of her favorite son.
The story of the wedding was taken
up everywhere and the young people
were kept busy with denials. Their
affairs attracted so much attention
that they were requested to move
from the fashionable hotel where they
aounced that Mrs. William Nesbit
pensive suites. This called forth more
notoriety. The affairs of the young
people were kept constantly before
the public until 1t was finally an
nounced thata Mrs. William Nesbit
had consented to her sons marriage
to Miss Nesbit. Thereupon they were
called to Plttsburg md in the moth
er's home a marriage ceremony was
performed.
For a long time following the we'd
ding, the Thaw's affairs were practi.