Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-09

Mr.. White. resenting the treatment ac-
corded by the young woman after he had
aided her during her quarrel with Thaw,
In which the affidavit had been pre-
pared. made no secret of the fact that he
felt angered and that he no longer con-
sidered himself on friendly terms with
Miss Nesbit.
Many of Mr. Whites friends knew of
the attitude he had assumed toward the
girl and wondered at the fact that in
spite of this resentment he stu continued
to defray the expense of her brother.
which the architect said he considered a
moral obligation. Not alone to Miss Nc
Clure, but to others, Mr.. White is said to
have expressed himself as considering
Miss Nesbit no longer his friend and de-
clfning to talk about her.
His Threat to Kill.
The district attorneys office has re-
eeived Information to the effect that
Billy Sturgis Thaws close friend. less
than two months ago saw the prisoner
brandish pistol and heard him say he
had bought it for the purpose of killing
Mr.. White. Thereupon Sturgis, who is
said to have become accustomed to suca
outbursts. not alone against White. but
others as well, made some jocular reply
in the effort to take his friends mind off
the subject.
Each development of the case is being
followed with keenest interest by Mr..
Whites former friends in the Union
Knickerbocker and Brook clubs. One man
who knew the architect well said yester-
day:
The absence of defense for Mr. White
has not surprised his former friends.
They realized that it would be useless 20
attempt to stop the food of unjust de-
nuncfation that followed the killing; that
1t was best to permit 1t to fall of Its own
weight
Where a defense no matter how true
and eloquent would have been quite lost
the manner in which Mr. Whites nam,
a no f1iSy ii
for the truth, made 1t sure that there
would. be revulsion in public sentiment.
think this has come.
Mr.. White was no saint. No one will
attempt to paint him in that garb But he
was by no means the manner of man GER
tain newspapers have tried to make him
out to have been. If the facts ever come
| to light X will be found with what an
open hand Mr.. White dispensed his chari-
ties
He recognized no distinctions in his
glVings-he gave freely and to good pur-
pose. He was indeed a worshiper of
beauty, but that he ever committed the
eXcesses at her shrine with which he has
been accused Is wholly false. The truth
VIII come out and when it does 1t will
be found that the orgies accredited to
Mr. White and his friends were mild in
deed compared to the pictures painted by
1ancy. lie was no saint, | repeat, but he
was far, indeed, from being such a mon
ster as he has been painted"
Thaw Twentieth in Trial List
If Thaw Is called to answer before a
Judge and jury for the Staying of Stanford
White before the first week of next De-
cember, he may thank his stars that his
time of suspense has been so brief. For
under the existing conditions 1t may be he
will not know his fate before Christmas
has come and gone.
This is based, of course, on the assump-
ton that his lawyers, who so far have
given little hint of that purpose will de-
eide to have twelve men say what sha / be
his doom. The counsel might of course,
ask for the appointment of a commission
to say whether the young man is sane
now. But to those who know Thaw this,
II is believed, would not answer his pur-
pose. Declared sane he would be forced
to go to jail; pronounced insane, he would
be sent to the state asylum for the crimi-
nal insane in Matteawan, to remain there
until. should the physicians assert he had
recovered. he would be brought back here
and placed on trial.
Principal of the reasons why Thaw prob
ably must wait until December for his trial
is the fact that of the accused murderers
in the Tombs the slayer of Stanford White
is twentieth in the list awaiting trial.
Merely an Entity.
In the eyes of the law he is mere en-
tity; the fact that he is known here and
abroad that he has millions of dollars be-
hind him. that his crime has invited al
was man of worldwide repute Is some
thing of which justice has no cognizance.
There are five courts in which persons ae-
cused by Indictment are tried These are
the four parts of general sessions court
and one part Of the supreme court, desig-
mated the criminal branch to distfn-
guish 1t from the other branches of this
tribunal, which are given over to the trial
of civil causes. All of these courts are
kept busy trying the numerous offenders
against the law.
But they are not busy during the summer
months, July, August and September. The
criminal branch of the supreme court has
been adjourned until the beginning of the
October term. and until the opening OF
that same months term in general sessions
court only two parts of that tribunal will
be in session.
1t is not customary 10 place accused muir
derers on trial during the summer This
is perhaps because the law does not look
with any degree of leniency upon those ac-
cused of the crime of greatest gravity, and
who, should they escape the electric chair.
are certain to be doomed to Imprisonment
for many years.