Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-01-31

COURT Q o is JAMMED
Scenes Approaching Absolute Disorder
MARKED the Opening Of the Trial
Over 200 Newspaper Men
Fight for Admission.

IL. lHLW went 10 trial today before
Justice Fitzgerald on the charge of
numbering .Architect stanford White,
president of the Chorus Girl's club"
ANA %despoiler of the virtue of heaati-
full Evelyn Nesbit Thaw. former Floro-
'iort actress. aad. present wife of the
defendant. 1t was Informally given u
just before court convened that the
defense had decided to make the "un-
written law its strOngcst ground.
The court was damned almost to suf-
location. ThaW appeared pale ana wan
from his confinement m tho Tomhs and
his recent attack of l|cnsolitis.
Scenes approaching absolute disor-
der attended the opening of the trial
and inHre wer" many clashes botween
reporters and correspondents and tn.
polce. OF newspaper men there per
hapS We're 200 ANA there. WAS /. po-
iicernan for each. ONLY abou, fifty
writers were finally admitted. the re-
mainder of the space in ,hc court room
being reserved for 200 itleslnen sum
mon on the special jury plnel.
Mrs. WIlii'im ThaW. mother of The
defendant: the countess Of Yarmouth
and Mrs. Geplg" i.aGder Carnegie. her
daughters Mrs. Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw.
thc wife; MAY Mckenzie. the actress.
a Nc Nki1N iva = ID i.tttll y ar
nesio, Thaw's hrothcr-in-law. We're
among those present when the pro-
oeedings opened.
AIienists on Hand.
There was Il decided stir in court
When tw" prominent alienisls. PRS.
'arlos Mcdonald and Austin Flint. were
given seats inside the clerks rail. They
We're soon iii consultation with Mr. lie
rome and it is said they nave been en-
gagged to watch the case and be pre-
pared to give testimony Whenever ii
may be required.
There were several panel absontecs
and the cour, imposed "a fine OF Sloo
un each.
Or. Mabin. a third expert. Joined
Flint and Mcdonald. When the roll
nad been completed Jerome moved that
the trial proceed.
Justice Fitzgerald ;tdmonished the
throng that absolute order must be
maintained.
Harry n. Thaw to The bar" shouted
'he clerk, and there was Il hush of eX-
~pectancy.
n prisoner walked nervous!y al
mother. wife and other members of his
family his solemn face lighted.
without further ado. the task OF Sc
iecting Il jury began.
Unexpected progress Was made in Sc
lecting the jury and when recess WAS
W Ia vi - ilt'l btfll DIV
sworn out of seven examined.
h examination did not fully deVelol
the line of defense, though there Were
illusions in the questions of the prose
rution both as to The law as ii relates
10 the sanity Of accused persons ant
rs L" the unWritt.n law.
Sure to Sc Nasty.
What Thaw's story viii bc. 40 ont
beside his lawyers is supposed 10 KNOW
maj II reNolves around Evelyn Neshii
ihaw, his wife, who once WAS the toy
of White, is known There have beer
dozens OF versions printed and seNcra.
others are unirintablc. one is as likely
as the other.
But the plea be what ii may. the tria
is sure to be nasty. 1t could not b,
Otherwise with the killer. The kille,
and the cause what they are. The,
lived lives of shocking immortality an,
Wound up their careers with Il killins
lit tor the brothels of which they :,
long had been
Harry Ihaw is the son of Mrs. VII
ilafn Ihaw. an immensely wealthy
widow. OF Pittsburg. His kindred mr..
many. some of whom are dietjnrnished
others notorious.
stanford White was the mos, famnu.
hrcn'.ecl or New York. Newport.
hanuscmest chateaus and \av S,r,.,
palaces of pleasure and business AZ,
monuments to his genius
IL Is too horrible TO print what ma,
p' we marks of his degcneracy To-
GOSSIP says he left his mark ON man,
~ me needless young girls he met.
Not a JekyI and Hyde.
VIM was not II DIR. Jekyl and Nh
rNa., norh 70 the higlies. estate tha
separations of respectability ,aucatior
feH9sInehl ana association ,ould hiring
ne vas u superb product of these \iT
'"'S, i.tielv mas this generation, se,
nulp' "oe',hpilshed man. Good to looi
l'll ~ IN nf 1AI 49,
tionalist. he married ono 90 Ne he,l..
"f the town. and for manv v,,rs main
tanned ms family in the forefront o
what is best In social life OF Ney
fork-wmch. by the wax. is moi O
necessity the 400. ~ " 49, -
All this he threw away ae,ibe,a talx
He became better known in tbe ~
night places of New York. Mt the stag
entrances ana in other places wher
freedom Spells license. than in H.
homes OF those his family knew. ~
"as a member of his household bu
~ ~" entertainment ELSEWHERE.
Madison Square Den.
IN me toprnost part Of Madisot
~lutfe 'ower-it was his child, for h
planned the structure-white bad
ael' - WIS an artists dream of lux
my Here he entertained his rronic
and made new friendships.
iust how deep in depravity these din
ners degcnerated depends on who tcIl
The story. Whites friends say he wa
Il prince among men who never too
advantage OF n woman. others Their
are who say he was viciously Ieprayec
certain 1T IS. no outbreak eyer occurre,
uh.'i Harry Thnw shot him down. bu