The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-28

Journal Special Service.
New York, June 28.-The murder, Of
Stanford White last Monday night by
Harry Thaw is going to bring about a.
war on moral perverts in New Y ork.
Anthony sComstock Of the Society for
the Prevention of Vice. has already be-
gun work $on this crusade, as Harry
Thaw had taken him into his confidence
two weeks before the murder. r
Of New York; said Mr.. Comstock last
night.
s g Let: me repeat that the moral per-
vert must CO. The murder of Stan
8 ford n w hite has given us an opening
wedge that we have long needed.
&. Trails Lead to Clubs.
ssThe investigation must 90 on now
to the bitter end, without fear or ia
vor, no matter how rich or how promi-
nent or how brilliant the .perverts may
be. The trails will lead into the most
exclusive clubs and many a man who
has been generally held in the highest
esteem must be tumbled into the n1ire,
eslf all the .thingsI have heard about
Stanford White, or half Of them, even.
are true,'She richly deserved his fate at
the hands Of young >Thaw.
Whites Studio 9 Dive
Complaint was made to me about a
year ago of the vile proceedings in his
Garden We. were quite certain that
young girls were being led there to their
ruin. t.s sas-ts.ss
stThe outrage Of such. behavior on
the part Of man Of White IS wealth
and pro1nin enee impressed the society,
and two men were detailed to watch the
studio. That this might be done more
effectively, an attempt was made to
rent studio in the tower, but this
proved impossible. The only, reason
White was not arrested for. these esca-
pades was that the evidence was not
complete.
Thaw called on me several weeks
ago to tell me Of White. He explained
his own trouble and told Of many young
girls whom White had ruined He cited
various instances and declared he had
the proof. He was much worked up
over the whole affair, and the news Of
the tragedy was not great surprise
to me.
Thaw as Reformer..
81 really believes that Thaw was ac-
tuated by the very best of motives in
this matter. I agreed with him, when
we discussed it. that moral pervertg
that every effort should be put for
ward to protect young girls from these
rich and influential men.
! Mr.. Comstock was unab1eaat the time
to give the names and dates Of the
cases cited by Thaw In his complaint
against Stanford White. They were
with the other records Of the society
in his Nassau street office. He offered
to give the fullest investigation to any
Eevidence Of perversion which the news.
papers might bring to him.
/ AS the authorities begin to probe into
the private life Of White, they no longer
4 marvel that he was shot down last Mon.
a;day night.
al Girls Victims Of Clubmen.
/ The Investigation has already shown
/ that there is an organized band Of rich
clubmen and artists who make victims
Of young Z, girls Of the stage, Of the shops
ment Of these girls, many Of them mere
.Ichildren, is too brutal for description,
voices love to characterize their revels
The police are now probing for details
as to the hosts and guests at the 6 lit
4 tie parties. -
4 Chief among the episodes recalled
! last night in the Tenderloin,, in which
4 Stanford White and his band Of cronies
q in social and so-called "arto circles
4 figured so prominently, were. the din
Tners given by. two of his closes,
i friends, James Lawrence Breese, the
I society artist, and Robert Reid, the
NOTED clubman and ecclesiastical dec
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