Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-01-26
INTEREST IN THAW CASE
Public at Fever Heat Over the
Approaching Trial.
SKETCH OF The DEFENDANT
Maynard Son Of Rich and lndulgent
Parent--Victim Was Famous and
Gifted Architect.

Parent--victim Was Famous and
Gifted Architect.
New York, January 19.-Thirty
weeks TO the day in a prison cell and
Harry Kendall Thaw is called Upon tc
cross the Bridge Of sighs" and stand
trial for the murder OF STANFORD White
That element OF the public which
seems to delight in sensational cases
OF this character, and If the truth be
said 1t is very large element, is
awaiting the trial with feverish inter
est II Is limited that the disclosures
at the trial win be of a most sensa.
tional kind and that such cases as the
Nan Patterson trial will be extreme
Iy tame in comparison. A great throng
will be on hand 10 attend the trial Il
is probable that official passes will be
required for the admission and more
than likely that at certain stages On
the proceedings the public win be ex-
cluded altogether.
The Thaw-White case contains every
element calculated to attract public at.
tention. The prominence of the Thaw
family socially. the wealth of his par
ents, the circumstances surrounding
the young mans marriage to Evelyn
Nesbit, the @Flol odora" girl ard ar
lists model, and the spectacular scene
IN the midst of which he fred the bull
let's into the breast Of the man who,
he asserted. had betrayed his wife
tend to attract interest to the trial
from one end of the country to the
other Even the leading papers of Lon
don ard Paris, in both which cities the
principals TO the tragedy were well
known, have arranged to cover" the
trial by special representatives.
Who Harry Thaw Is.
Harry Thaw the hayward son OF
rich and indnlgent parents, had become
widely known throughout the country
prior TO the killing of Stanford White
10y reason of the publicity given to
many of his escapades His father, the
fLHst William Thaw, was one OF Pitts
burgs richest men. He had early
seen that Harry was not to be trust
ed with large income, lest he give
himself over to life of luxurious idle.
mess and liberty. So when the elder
Thaw died, he provided that Harry
should have $4,000 year The bulk
of the estate went to Mrs. William
Thaw, whose indulgent love for her
- 'ldren was soon made apparent in
the kmanner in which she lcvished
money @pon them. One of the daugh-
tiers wasemarried for or FIVE years ago
TO the Earl Of Yarmouth and it was re-
ported at the time that Mrs. Thaw set
Tied a large sum on the young English
nohleman, whose wealth was not at
all In keeping with his high title.
harry Thaw had but to ask whatev.
. er sum he chose and the indulgent
mother gave it to him. He abandoned !
his $500 a year income from the es- |
t4ste uplAis valet. It was said that the !,
vonng mans expenditures often aver !
aged as high as 1900 to 100000 a
year il was said in Pittsbulg by
members of the Thaw family that the
mother had spent nearly $1,oo0,O0O ih
an effort to prevent the young mans
marriage to EVELYN Nesbit.
Evelyn Nesbit's Career.
Miss Nesbit, or Mrs. Thaw, was
born in Pittsburg, but did not know
Thaw while she lived there. She
came TO New York four or five years
ago TO earn her living. Before she
became an actress she was an artists
model She first appeared in The
Void Rose" as a show girl, but it was
only for short time. Her connection
in a similar capacity in The Girl from
Dixie" was even more brief She APP
peared for a time in "Florodora, and
1T was then she first met Thaw. At no
time did Miss Nesbit occupy a stage
position of any prominence.
Miss Nesbit was one of the party, Of
which Thaw was also member, that
went abroad in the spring of 1904 It
was known then that they We're often
IN each others company. The gossip
about them however, did not become
general until dispatches told of Thaw's
arrest while speeding an automobile
IN Switzerland in company with his
wife"
Stanford White We'll Known.
stanford White was ffty-three years
old and a member of a family that
had been socially prominent In New
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