The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-11-26
THE NOTED. THAw CASE
Concluded from First Page.)

seen together al the theatres and III
cales and apparently their lives ra,
The Staying of White.
II was late in the evening Of June q
last that the city and soon The emit,
country was rnginG With the tragl,
news that Harry Thaw had slaia Stan
FORD White The setting for The fata
attack had been the Madison Square
Roof Garden where the hrt night par
Torrance Of summer musical show
known as Mile. Champagne" was ha.
ing given Tne place was gay In flow.
efs and multi-colored electric Ilpht,
and was thronged with a fashional1v
dressed audience, On the stage Il
man was Staging II Could Love a
Thousand Girls, when s1Iddanlv
above the mu ic The pistol shots rang
ont The muse ceased. the chorus
eiflS and actors upon the stage we're
= terfof-stflcken, men and women in tha
asdience dropped their glasses upon
ne tables before them In the sim
ness man was heard to say.
You ruined my wife d Won
and now I've got you"
stanford White lay dead NJ the
laole where he had been sitting,
liafry Thaw, IN evening dress. stood
win smoking pistol in his hand His
"lle, VINO had seen him fire the fatal
shot was led screaming away from the
Spot ana IhaW was arrested. Ha
made no attempt TO escape
Murderer Accuses Victim
White was vice president Of the
Madison Square Garden company and
was the architect Of that lannon's
structure in whse tower he had A..
ways maintained a studio. II was
III this tower that Tnaw har charged
llme and time again since his arres,
lhat White entertained young women
a. the gayest Of parties Thaw said
ne mad frequently complained of these
stadlo parties 10 he Society for thn I
OF Vice and il has haan :
siateI On authority that this cocietv 4
1ad made several invest cations prior a
@ the roof garden tragedy. n
u mas been brought out since tba v
'hootIns that White befriended Eve. $
yh Nesbit and her mother when m c
Dung woman first was brought Ia thie G
NY % enter the studios as a model a
-etters winch passed between White
la me mother Of he girl have been A
"oflshed ana may play an important al
arr III The trial There have baa1 "
eports that White sought the air,s q
ociety after her marriage to Thaw bC
~ TINS has been admitted by neither m
ide ana 50 far as they could do SO eX
'ohsei for both sides have closed the gu
iouths OF the most important wi.
nsses. o.
Relies Upon "UnWritten Law" Is
ihaW has sought his justification IN pc
e words he uttered 10 his victim On re
= night OF the tragedy. He has ih'
'dmed that under the "unwr.tter +,
W no jury would convict him If
wing AIKEN the life Of the man who 10
u tradnced his wife in her innocent $3'
Flhood. TO these accusations by ina
law The friends of Stanford White kn'
any O them Influential men of the kn'
have declared that the ar. cry
ilect interest in the g.rl was MIRO. Wo
OF a fatherly character They said knf
mad assisted many young women ~ L
Ike place for themselves n ~ 1872
rid and that he was no moro .Io.ni, edg
crested in Miss Nesbit than he ha1 cal
III IN 2 numerous others aho-f +
ON no breath Of scandal has been $50
cred. cal
has been constantly stated tbat trio
nav Gaze would never come 10 fooi
u ana that the mysteries of its many thei
'lcate phases would never be ex. llsh
ed TO the light of the public's gaze. b.
conjecture beng based on the TO 5
OFT mat a plea of insanity might ton
entered and accepted e
his probability however. II is nov only
d is past. Harry Thaw has him Sala
stood in the way of any e,fob atior
!. 1t is asserted that in his 20. tions
II to give assent to the insanity FIX
ne has been steadfastlv sunporf. TO m
by his wife. who il is also genar. of p
reported. has constantly urged and
husband to take some action EXpe
nsi White. Mrs, Thaw has been with
= visitor to the Tombs prison and Quite
William Thaw. who was recalled Elk
Europe when the tragedy oc- Open
ed has also been a frequent caller 2 es
e have been many family con asst
lces and many stormy interviews ''
ne young mans cell. his resent 'i-
beng shown every time The sug S25 70
on OF insanity has been offered. - E
Prefers Death to Mad House. cT.
prefer death in the electric chair compr
lie in an insance asylum" the ?; tee
ner Is credited with exclaiming Exa
yis Dalafield. of counsel 10 the cooks
family. was first called into the perien
He engaged Judge W. NJ. X. Oh Exa
OF the firm of which former Gov same
Frank S Black, is a member which
had hardly been in The case lions a
18th when young Thaw after an in womer
w. in the TOmbs dismissed them The s.
lied to his aid Clifford W. Hart. we ght
lawyer who had been his cal 2,
for many years. Now Michael shown
Is. one of the most noted Grim. EXar
awyeTs Of the wet who has al 3 OF