Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-27
FRICTION IN THAW FAMILY
Mother Said to Fs Displeassd at Action
Of Wife.
OBJECTS TO MISS WKENzlFs PRESENCE
Former Chorus Girl Attends Trial
with Mrs. Harry Thaw and
His Family Doesn't
Like It.

NEW YORK. Jan 26-Rumors Of diff
ferences between Mrs. Harry X. Thaw on
one side and Mrs William Thaw and the
Countess of Yarmouth. mother and sister,
respectively, Of Harry X Thaw, on the
other. continued to be circulated today,
despite a denial by Thaws counsel that
any such difference existed. The reported
differences are alleged to have arisen over
the continued presence in the court room
OF Miss Mckenzie, the former chorus girl.
who invariably accompanied Mrs. Evelyn
Thaw and sits by her during the sessions
Of the court Miss Mckenzie is said to be
the younger Mrs. Thaw's constant COM
panion since Harry Thaw shot Stanford
White.
It was reported today that Dolphin NJ
Delmas. the San Francisco lawyer. who
came east to defend Thaw, went TO the
Hotel Lorraine, where the relatives OF
Harry X. Thaw are staying, In the hope
Of reconciling any difference which might
have arisen between the women. It was
said that Evelyn Thsw made the first step
to placate her mother-ln-law and sister-in-
law and that Mr. Delmas only consented to
try to smooth over their misunderstand-
ings on the agreement that Miss Mckenzie
should discontinue her appearances in
court
Discusses Matter with Counsel.
Harry Thaw is said to have discussed
this matter with A. Russell Peabody, OF
his counsel, when Mr.. Peabody visited him
in the Tombs prison today. Afterward
Mr. Peabody said: ct don't believe that
Mr.. Delmas knows that Miss Mckenzie IS
in the court room. He is there to work
and ] don't believe he gives the woman a
thought.
Early last summer when Evelyn Thaw
was practically all alone Miss Mckenzie
was with her most Of the time. 1t is only
natural to suppose that Mrs. Thaw wants
to have Miss Mckenzie with her now, even
though the other members Of her husband s
family are with her"
Mr.. Peabody was asked to state whether
there is any truth in the stories that Thaw
has received threatening letters since he
has been in the Tombs He replied
NV client has received hundreds of letters
during the time he has been awaiting
trial in the Tombs and l have seen nearly
all of them. None of the missives SEM
bv other than friends and relatives could
be classed as threatening. About one in a
hunred Of the letters contained what may
be described as unfavorable comment and
that is a light percentage, as letter writing
cranks as a rule use strong words in theil
uncalled for communications"
Mr. Peabody said that Miss Mckenzie
| had proyed herself one Of the best friends
Mrs Evelyn Thaw ever had and that sh'
| took care Of Mrs. Thaw last summer wher
| the young wife was suffering agony
greater than that borne by any woman ii
New York." and has been devoted eve
since
No Truth in Report
/ ~, Nfro TIorr
Thaw would cast her friend aside just 70
the sake Of appearances?" Mr.. Peabod!
| asked.
He declared that there was no more trutl
IN the report that other relatives of Thav
| have ouarreled with Evelyn Thaw becaus
| Of her friendship for Miss Mckenzie. H
| said that Mrs William Thaw and he
daughters have never had the slightes
objection 20 the intimacy of the pair an
| that this applied to the countess of Var
| mouth who has not been in court for sew
| eral days on account of the strain OF tn
| first day and who has stayed in the hott
to recuperate.
Mr.. Peabody said that the report this
Mr.. Delmas had delivered an ultimatur
that he would withdraw from the case VI
less May Mckenzie was kept out of tn
court room is absolutely without founds
ton and he said that Mr. Delmas had M
declared at the Yale club that either he {
Miss Mckenzie would have to keep out {
the court room.
Mr.. Peabody also declared that the repo
that Harry Thaw and his wife were col
templating a divorce II Thaw is acquitte
is also false. He said that Thaw and h
wife ARE more inseparably bound togeth'
than before the tragedy"
in Dir LAT
dealing WITH Thaw's motive for shootir
Stanford White was to the effect that c
the night before the shooting Thaw callt
on White and exacted from him promi
that he would never try to communica
with Evelyn Thaw again. 1t was also r
ported that while at dinner in the Ca
Martin, four hours before the TRACED
Thaw intercepted a note from White as
ing Mrs. Thaw to meet him.
Rooms are reported to have been e
gagged in this city for eight Pittsburg wi
nesses for Thaw to be brought to this ci
under the care OF a Pittsburg detective.
The Thaw jurors were kept under clio
surveillance at their hotel today. I'll
wives of two OF them called last night b
their guards only permit conversations
the presence of another juror and OF Il
guards.
PittsbuFE witnesses Ready.
PITTSBURG, Jan. 26-Roger omar
the former superintendent of police OF II
city, who was employed by Harry X. Ths
10 gather evidence in his case, will lea
for New York with number Of witness
early next week 20 be present at the Tha
trial. There is much speculation as TO q
nature Of the evidence he has secured.
Several trips that were made by the
tective 20 the Brooklyn residence OF N
and Mrs. Charles ]. Holman, the stepfath
and the mother OF Evelyn Nesbit Tha
are taken to indicate that Mr.. o'Mara W
after documents in possession of the HI