The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-20
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codiciI. Mrs. Ilaw read it and said
the names were the same
The "Pie Girl" Story.
did you and Mr.. Thaw discuss the
fate of the pie girl?'" Yes, sir. 1t
was in Paris in 1909. He asked me
what other girls / knew of who suf.
fered at the hands of Stanford White
told him | heard of the pie girl,
whose name was known to both us
A girl at the theater told me about it.
The night when Stanford White came
to my dressing room / asked him
about 1t. He asked me where / heard
the story | told him girl told me-
Then he told me all about it, There
was a stag dinner, he said, and this
girl was put in big pie with lot of
birds. She was very young-about 10
years ! think he said. He also told
me that the girl had a beautiful figure
and wore only gauze dress. He
helped put her IN the pie and fix it,
and said it was the best stunt he ever
saw at a dinner. When the girl jump
ed out of the pie the birds flew all
about the room. At dinner party at
the st. Regis in 1904, when Mr.. and
Mrs. Thaw and another man were
present the guest told Mr.. Thaw the
story OF the pie girl He said White
and another man had trouble about it
trouble to keep 1t out of the news.
papers. He said they went on their
knees to the editor OF one newspaper
% keep it out of the paper, and final
~ I'D Of fffa
they had il suppressed
What did Mr.. Thaw say?' "He
said he must investigate this story
and see what the truth OF it was"
when did he next talk about this
story THE next time was in Pitts
burg when we were married. He told
me that the girl was dead. He said
he had investigated the story and that
" WIS true; that afterwards the girl
married, but her husband heard the
story with her connection with Mr..
White, and that he cast her off, and
she died in great poverty and dis
grace
Did you and Mr. Thaw often speak
of these girIs?" Eyes, there was a
constant conversation. l could not
PO5ofD1y tCii YOU VNCil PioSC 49,
every time we discussed it. He told
me something ought 70 be done sbout
the girls. | told him / could not do
anything. He then said. / could help
him. / tried TO get his mind on other
things, and then he would say | was
trying to get out of it. He said Stan
ford White ought to be in the peri
tentiary: that he got worse and worse
all the time and something had to b.
DONE"
You may take the witness said
Mr.. Delmas to District Attorney
Jerome.
The moment of waiting for the pros
ecutor's first question was interruptei
by Mr.. Delmas, who he'd a few more
papers for the witness to identify.
Thaw Writes to Corstock.
One of the papers introduced was
letter from Thaw to Anthony Com
stock. Mr. Delmas read the dOcu
ment in which Thaw described the
study in the Madison Square tower
and said it was filed with obscene
pictures and should be raided. He also .
described the studio at % West Tween
ty-fourth street, which he said was
"consecrated to debauchery," and wa
used by "a gang of rich criminals.
He described the studio and said IL
1t there were many indecent pictures.
In this building, the letter said, |
were the famous red velvet swing ana |
the rirrorcd bedroom. He enclosed |
a sketch of the arrangements of the
rooms. "WorLmen on the outside OF
the building, says the letter. have
frequently heard the screams OF
young girls from this building" The
letter continued that the place was
run by a gang of rich criminals, but
was frequently visited by young men
who did not know its character. The
letter said that the place had been
partially dismantled three years ago.
The letter called attention to still an
other house. saying: You may also
abolish another place at 122 East
Twenty-second street a house used
secretly by three or four of the same
scoundrels. Young girls are taken
there to perform a felony. In one of
the rooms is French painting of a
nude woman and suggestive litera-
ture'
.One more question and then | am
through" remarked Mr.. Delmas. He
sUruea 10 SEra. Ti.,v. "Pare-n roe for