Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-27
Is Set For Trial in First
Week Of December.
Counsel Gives Notice That They
will Ask For Commission
To Obtain Evidence Of Witnesses
Who Left the State.

supreme court, to obtain evidence from
two men whAonere with Thaw on the
night he shot Stanford White ut the
Madison Square Roof Garden ard who
are now out Of the local courts juri:;-
diction ana therefore cannot be sub
poenaed.
The men mentioned in the petition
are TruXton +. Ecale. now in Bakers
field. Cal, and Thomas Max caleb, now
in Chicago.
Inc petition states that these two
men dincd with Thaw and the latter 5
Wife on the night Of the shooting, and
later accompanied the couple To the
roof garden. The petition states f,lrth
er that these two witnesses are of great
Importance To the defence and that it
would be an injustice to bring the case
to trial without their testimony.
| The trial If Harry Kendall Thaw. siav-
| er Of Stanford White. til" noted architect
| winch las h"M been set for the first week
| history Of New York State. The promi-
| ~ nee at the Thaw family socially the
| wealth ii his parents the t.irrllnS tancrs
! surrounding the young mans marriage
t. Evelyn NtSr.t. the artists model and
| chorus slrl and the spectacular scene in
/
!tts mt" the breast Of the man who H..
| claimed had betrayed his wife. all tend to
| attract an interest to the trial extending
| from one end Of the country t. the other
| For long time an effort has been mad.
! to have young Thaw rely upon IL defense,
| Of emotional insanity" but he stead
| Easily has declined to give MS assent to
any such plan. and in lis determination
not to agree to hide behind Il cloak of in
| SANITY the citGS" which he lmpatitntlv
| asserts to be Just h. has at ona Time ana
1 Al a 4
! several of the lawyers engaged to help in
| ms defense. among them a former Coy
| trnor Of the state of New York
The PLAYERS i'll this extraordinary trae-
| edy of real life are each Of them interest
| ing Harry Thaw. the ever maynard son
or rich ard lnduleent Parents. had be-
| try prior To the killing of Stanford White
| by reason of the publicity given 10 many
father. tn" late William Thaw. was one
| of Pittshure's richest men. tic had early
| seen that Harry was Mt to be entrusted
| with large income lest hc give himself
| over to Il life OF luXur. Gus idlcnpSs and
| liberty. 50 when the elder Thaw died he
| provided that Harry lhaw should nave
| only $50 Il year. The bulk ot the estate
wont to N,'s. william 'rhaw. whose irl,ll-
| gent love for her children vas soon mad"
arr"rtlt in the manner in which she lav-
| ishcd nfoney upon them. Harry TIl.hw
had but to ask whatever sun h. choo<c
| and the mother gave it to HIM. He
| ab2hdoncd his $50 a Year income frorn
| IT, estate to his valet. It is said that
| the Young mans expenditures 1ftnn
Az ragged as high as %s1ro ana s00,CC9 a
| year.
Four or five wears ago tn. Thuw family
| the announcement of the. engagement Of
| fl"'rv Thnw's s'st"r to The Earl 81 Var
mouth. This young English noblcman
| hat been III Anne r.ca for two years az
! more At that time. He WAS entertained
at Newport and at thy end If II Success-
| ful season there during which he had
| led the gay set III many amateur thcatr.-
| cal productions. he decided To - upon
| IT," professional stage to cara lveli
| hood ii: this country. His efforts along
| this line were indifrrrcntly successful ana
| then cam" the engagement ANA marriage
| t. Miss Thaw. Sinrr that ti;nr tile Earl
| and the Countess of Yarmouth have lived
| abroad.
Following the wedding. Of his sister
| Harry Tlaw also went abroad. When he
| returned To this country two years ago he
| was not long before, h" WIS S"rn always
! il company with a b. alitiful y"un" girl,
| Evelyn NeS'rt. who had graduated from
| the etn1io to the stage. Young Thaw ana
| Miss Ncsbt were central figures of maIr
| theatre @nd supper parties along Broad
way; and there arp"ar"d in orr of tn,
| local papers q story 10 the effect that
| Thaw and Miss Ncshit had keen secretly
| rnarried Will" abroad. Th" fact II the
| wedding had not been disclosed. i was
| declared. tccsuis" Of the fear that dis
| pleased mother might cut oft thr supnnrt
Of h'r favorltc son. The story If The
wedding was taken NJ everywhere and
| tho Young people We're kept busy with d."
| mails. Their affairs attracted 50 much at
| tcution that they w"r" requested 10 NOV"
| from the Fashionable hotel where they re
| spcctivcly had been occupying expensive
| suites. This called forth more nntorirty.
| The affairs Of the young people We're
kent constantly before the public until it
was finally announced That Mrs. William
Thaw had consented to her sor's mar
riane to Miss Ncshit Thcr"upon they
were called to pittshurg ana in the
| mothers home a marriage ceremony was
performed.
For a long time following the wedding
tho ThaWS affairs were practically lost
sight Of They Spcnt most Of their time
in New York, were often seen together at
tho theatres ard the cafes and apparently
th":r lives ran happily Together.
1t was late in the evening Of juno q
last that the city and soon the. entire
that Harry Thaw had slain Stanford
White. The setting for the fatal attack
den den where the fist night perfnrm1ica Of
q sumner musical show known rs Mile.
Champagne" was being given. The place
vas CAV in flowers ana mnlt-co,cred
electric lights ard was throngtd with a
fasllinnably dressed audience. on The
stage a man was Singing II could iotc a
thousand girls when suddenly Hhov" the
music the piStOl shots rams, ont. The
music ceased tho chorus @,r!s artl actors
vrnn tie stage wcrI tClrOr-StT.cNen. men
and women in the aulcnr" dropped their
classes ,lron the tables before them. In
tie stiffness q man was heard u say:
Won ruined ny wife. d YOU. and
now I've got YOU"
Stanford White lay dead ut the tabln
where he had hccn sitting. Harry Th;w.
in evening dress. stood with a smoking
pistol in his hand. His wife who had
sael him fire the fatal shot was led
screaming away from the spot and Thaw
was arrested. He made no attempt to cs
CAPE.
White was vice president Of the Madi-
sor Square Garden Company and was the
architect of that famous structure in
whose tower he had always maintained n
studio. 1t was in this tower that Thaw
had charged time and time again since
his arrest that White entertained young
women at the gaEeSt of parties. Thaw said
he had frequently complained Of those
studio parties to the Society for the pre-
vention of Vice and it has been stated on
authority that this Society had made sew
eral Investigations prior to the Roof Gar
don tragedy.
1t has been brought out since the shoot
ing that White befrcndrd Evelyn NeSbit
and her mother when the Young woman
first was brought to this city to enter tho
studies as p model. Letters which n1sSod
between White and TIC mother If tho :r'ri