Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-26

ed him: Say. can't you have that roomer
fully" The drunken man was removed to
| another section OF the cell house.
The search for Mrs. Thaw. who disap-
peared Immediately after the shooting at
| the garden. was continued throughout the
night. During the forenoon Capt. HodginS
of the Tenderioin station sid that she had
been located. but that he did not intend TO
do anything but watch her for the present
at least.
Long before the time set for the arrafgn-
ment of Thaw in the Jefferson Market po-
lice court his valet went to the Tenderioin
! station with a change of clothing for the
prisoner. SO that he would not be obliged
to appear in court In the evening clothes
which he wore when taken into custody.
Policeman Debes' Story.
Policeman Harry Dehes, who arrested
| Thaw, gave this account of the shooting:
II found the people almost crazy, trying
to get out of the place. jumped mo the
| mob and saw a woman lying down. She
had tainted. and then saw White.
II said to Thaw: Did you do it?' and he
| replied: Yes. did 1t. That man ruined
my life or wife, 1 don't know which he
| said. but 1t sounded like that. Then he
went on, saying: That man ruined my
home. | guess he won't ruin any more
homes. Is he dead?' I told him he was
anu he SAD. Ill Slau Oh IL. anu itt WIS
glad he made q good job OF 1t.
when arrested Thaw a woman, who
Manager Leonial Lawrence told me was
| Mrs. Thaw. rushed up to Thaw and kissed
him and said: L did not think you'd do II
| in that way It's all right, It's all right"
Thaw told her. Then she whispered some
thing in hts ear. l don't know what she
said to him
of women gathered about and shook
hands with Thaw and sympathized with
him. Why did you do it? Why did you do
it?' they kept saying.
| the spot where 1t had fallen until early
morning. The coroner after an examina-
| ton said that one bullet had hit White
between the shoulders and had perforated
his lungs. The second had entered the left
| eye and had come out on the right side or
| the head. These seemed to indicate, ae-
| cording to this official that after the first
shot in the back White had tried to wheel
! on his assailant and had turned only half
| around as the bullet literally went through
| the corner of his head In a glancing direc-
| ton. That the second shot did not hit an
| other in the crowd of more than a thousand
| persons present was remarkable.
| 1t was reported this morning that Mrs.
| Thaw had been heard to direct that she be
| driven to 14s West 4sth street She was
| not found at this address however.
| Well on to 4 o'clock this morning big
crowd hung around the police station. with
| every little while some alleged friend OF
| InaW tTyluS 10 get 10 see uilff, uHIff d SpC-
cial detail OF officers was required to keep
| the crowd In check.
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 spirits and said
| nothing about any trouble
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 White to stay
and see the performance
He said: mo. 1 thank you.' adding that
he was going elsewhere.
| That was the last they saw of him.
| Lawrence White says his father was
| thinking of going to Philadelphia last even
| Ing a matter of business, and intended
| to up to the last possible moment, and
| only changed his plans in order to dine with
| the boys. who had Just come down from
Harvard.
"If he had only gomez exclaimed the son
| in his grief
! He went 20 the Madison Square Garden
| and after arranging for the care of the
| body summoned his fathers partner, Mr..
| McKim. and both drove away. 1t is be-
| lieved they went to a Long Island town
| where Mrs. White Is i'll, to break the news
| to her. The tragedy, while shock to the
| friends of both men, was not altogether a
| surprise to them. They knew, and have
| known for several years, that against the
| architect Thaw had the most bitter feeling.
1t dated back to the time when he first fell
| in love with the young woman who Is now
| his wife. He made no secret of this feel
| ing.
| White Repeatedly Warned.
| 1t had come to the ears of White. and his
| friends had often discussed 1t with him:
| some had even warned him to be careful.
| but, declaring that there was no reason for
| the feeling, the architect went about his
business as usual.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Thaw lived in Pittsburg,
and the incident was fast being forgotten
until the early part Of this spring. when
the young couple came to this city and took
apartments. The warnings were renewed
then on the part of some, but at all these
the architect laughed
Friends of MIR. Thaw said last evening
that the friendship of White for the former
Evelyn Nesbit, now the wife of Mr.. Thaw,
| might have caused ill-feeling to grow be-
tween the men. Mr.. White thought a great
deal of the young woman and aided her
greatly In becoming stage favorite.
Miss Nesbit had come to New York with
her mother from Pittsburg and Mr.. White
was one of their friends When Miss Mes
bit as a girl of sixteen, showed a desire
to go on the stage Mr.. White aided her in
getting a start. She had been an artists
| model. and Mr.. White interested George
w. Lederer in pictures on her After she
had gone on in 1.-THE Wild Rose and had
| made hit Mr.. White was often seen in
her company.
He went frequently behind the stage at
the knickerboeker Theater, where THE
Wild Rose was played. and he took Miss
Nesbit and her chaperon to restaurants on
Broadway at times. After she was married
to Mr.. Thaw he was friendly with the
young couple.
Beginning at the Cafe Martin.
The beginning of the tragedy last night
was in the Cafe Martin at the dinner hour.
It's end was on the roof few minutes after
IL o'clock. In the first scene Mr.. and Mrs.
Thaw. her father and another man were
| dining together when White and two othe
men entered and took places nearby. Ac-
cor6ing to Thaw's own words to reporter,
he did not know of the presence of the
architect until the agitation of his wife at
tracted his attention He asked question,
to be answered with note saying: That
dirty blackguard Is here
White left the safe soon afterward, visiting
several places. going finally to the roof garden.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thaw were there. Mrs. Thaw
had gone back of the scenes to visit some