Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-09

play with this child. now the wife Of Nh:
Thaw, In the same inhum4n manner and
In the end cast her Off like a dirty rag to
float her way down nfes sewers into q
pauper's grave. These were the thoughts
that came over him and never left him.
We admire the chivalry of the knights OF
the middle ages who went about redressing
wrongs and rescuing maidens In distress
Why should we withhold our sympathy
from this brave man, who was SO anxious
to take q part in the rescue Of young girls
in this city7
Wrote to Comstock.
1.-THE efforts of Harry Thaw to protect
the community against the pollution Of
Stanford White did not end even with the
provisions Of the will and the codicil. So
deep was the impression on the mind Of
Harry Thaw. SO overwhelming and ire
sistible was the impulse, that he had, in
the early part Of 1905. written a letter to
Anthony Comstock, under whose special
charge he believed the morals Of this COM
munity had been placed, telling of STAN
ford White and his band, and Of their dens.
where they enticed young girls and ruined
them.
He called upon the district attorney. the
same man who Is here trying to take this
mans life. demanding that he cleanse the
city of this leprous sore. He went to the
principal detective agency that they might
ferret out the facts that this man might be
again he was baffled But he does not lose
courage He battled on, and when he told
his brave little wife about his efforts, she,
better informed than he was as to the
were too rich and powerful for him, and
that he would never succeed; that they had
friends who would stop anything he tried
to do.
at was with such thoughts in his mind.
waging a battle for American womanhood
and humanity, and baffled by wealth and
social position, that Harry Thaw met STAN
ford White in 1906.
The Incident at Days.
You remember the incident at Days
Theater, when Harry Thaw and his wife
and friend sat in box and Stanford
White came into a box opposite them.
When Harry Thaw looked into those eyes
which had leered on the poor, mangled
form of the woman beside him; those eyes
into which SO many girls had gazed as
they went down to ruin, his face became
as chalk and he trembled with emotion.
You have heard that story-heard 1t from
the trembling lips of Evelyn herself
She says, Another time We were going
up Broadway in an electric hanson, and at
Herald square Mr.. Thaw suddenly saw
stanford White. l think he had a fit right
there He cried, sobbed, bit his nails, and
carried on like that for fifteen minutes
He shook and trembed all over He
moaned, clenched and unclenched his hands,
out his agitation showed mostly in his
eyes.
Pictures of Horrors.
This condition Mr.. Delmas attributed m
the many infamies'' which .Thaw believed
stanford White was perpetrating in his
'dens of Iniquity." Mr.. Delmas read that
part OF Evelyns testimony where in re-
Spouse to questions asked by Mr.. Jerome,
she stated that she believed ThaW crazy
about Stanford White and that all his
friends held the same opinion
And it was true" declared the speaker.
The man who had brooded on this subject
Tor three years, who had pictures of dread
ful horrors haunting him by day and in
the stiffness of the night could not be hui
man to retain the calmness of his reason
Gentlemen, place yourselves in his place;
picture to yourselves the horrors he went
through. and do justice to Harry Thaw."
1t was 1890 o'clock and Mr. Delmas an
nounced that he found 1t would be impos-
sible for him to conclude by the usual re-
cess time, as he had expected to do, and
asked that recess be taken until O'Clock
The recess was ordered.