Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-23

specific denials and could only stand by
their statements that White was manly
and generous man and altogether different
from what he was painted. His friends
were many, and they made a noble de-
Tense.
AS it turned out later. Harry Thaw. with
the aid Of detectives, had been trying for
two years to fasten like offenses on the
man he hated, but had failed. After his
death the New York chapter Of the Ameri-
can Institute of Architects, the Beaux Arts
Architects and the Architectural League
passed resolutions In which they declared
that White was man of commanding
personally and that whatever he pro-
duced had the touch Of genius.
The Story Of Harry Kendall Thaw.
In many respects Thaw was the direct
opposite of White. While White was the
maker of his own fortune and had acquired
fame by his ability and the product of his
genius, Thaw never earned a dollar in his
life and his one aim seemed to be to spend
the money that had been left by his IA
Their. Beginning life as mechanic In Pitts
burg, William Thaw, the father, aocumu-
chiefly in coal lands and coke, and he was
at one time the heaviest individual hacker
of the Pennsylvania railroad. He was
known for his generosity, and Is said to
have given away $25O.OOO a year. One Of
his early gifts was Of 100000 to the West
ern University Of Pennsylvania. This money
was in bonds that became greatly depreciat-
ed in the panic Of 1873. When the panic
came Thaw withdrew the bonds from the
institution and gave it the 100000 in cash.
Three Years at Princeton.
In 1894 young Thaw was. sent to Prince
ton, and there he remained until 1897. In
his days at the New Jersey college town he
made frequent visits to New York. On
one of these he smashed a valuable win
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the damage gracefully. Returning to
Pittshurg, Thaw cut a swath wide even
for that city. His favorite method of
entertaining his friends, it was said. was
stand for all the bills and then send
them home to his mother. In his will his
father had cut him down to an allowance
of $500 year until he was thirty-five
years old. but to this his mother added
a yearly allowance of $4,000
Thaw first came into the strong lime
light, however. in 1900, when he went to
Paris. It was then that he gave his IA
were invited the reigning beauties of the
Paris giddy stratum. Among these were
LANE de Pougy, Nellie Neustretter, lie
Belle Otero and Cleo de Merode. The din
ner. set all Paris talking. Thaw made an
other trip to the French capital the fol-
lowing year. having done little more to
attract attention during his say at home
than to lose $4,000 one night at poker.
ports that the Comptesse Louise diMon-
tame had announced that she would COM
init suicide II Thaw did not marry her.
Thaw signalized himself on this trip by
entertaining Prince Komatsu, the mika-
dos brother, and some friends. This en-
tertainment consisted for the most part
of a ten days revel at the Moulin Rouge.
This was followed by a famous tea party
at the Cafe Madrid.
When he came back to America Thaw
went to Washington and leased the Don
Cameron house In Lafayette square. 1t
was about this time that he met the Earl
of Yarmouth, who was afterward to marry
his sister Alice. In the meantime Thaw
had met Evelyn Nesbit.
The Woman in the Case.
The young woman over whom sprang
up the enmity that was to lead to STAN
ford Whites death was born about twenty
years ago in Pittsburg, the daughter of
Winfield Scott Nesbit struggling lawyer.
Her father died about ten years ago. and
her mother was forced to look to her own
work for livelihood. Since then Mrs. Mes
bit has become the wife Of Charles ]. Hol-