Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-03-12
THAW'S TRIAL
BREAKS .llORO
Case Will Have Cost Both
Sides More Than
$l,25O,OOO
Special to Evening Teller.

Special to Evening Teller.
NEW YORK, March 12.-The trial
of Harry K. Thaw for his life Tor the
murder of Stanford White has reaiz-
ed the prediction made at Is begin
ming that it would become u 3 most
famous in the history of criminal
trials in America The long trial
has been a record breaking one in
many respects.
One of the most interesting siGn-
lights on the fomous case Is afforded
by comparison Of the amount of pub
licity it has received with the amount
of newspaper space given to other
history making events or recent times.
Miles of Copy Printed.
Since the date of the negirrin- of
the trial, January %, the leading news
papers of New York City have devot-
ed more than 5000 columns of space
to the case The estimated unmber of
words ranges between 5nno,O00 AMI
5000 900 Placed end 70 emf the col
umns would stretch over one ana
three fourth statute milas. The col
umns of space devoted to the trial
by the daily press of the entire rnun-
try. if the columns were placed end to
end, would form a band of paper long
enough to stretch from New York City
beyond Philadelphia.
EVeIyn's Photographs in Demand
One hundred and forty-tnn pictures
of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw appeared in
the newspapers of New York in sing
lie week. The number printed in New
York during the entire period IF the
trial runs into the thou sands, while
for the country at large the total can
be figured only by the tens of thous-
ands.
tional stage attracted as r1uch atten-
ton from the newspapers Of Europe
as did the war between the United
States and Spain.
Papers Devote Much Space.
The space devoted to the case by the
American press much exceeds the
space given to the assassination ct
President McKinlye and the subse-
quent trial and electrocution of the
assassin.
| More space has been given to ac-
counts of the Thaw case than the
space devoted to the ten most famous
murder trials that have taken place in
America in recent years.
These include the two trials of RoI-
and Mollineaux. the three trials of
Man" Patterson and the trials of AL
bert T. Patrick. Lizzie Barden, Johann
/ Hoch and the murderers of DR. p
H. Cronin of Chicago.
Costs More Than Million.
! 1t is believed that the entire cost
of the trial for both sides will total
nearly $1,25O.OOO.
A half million dollars is placed as
the minimum figure for the cost OF
counsel to the defense. Added to this
the cost of expert testimony, the hotel
accommodations for witnesses and a
hundred and one incidentals that have
to be paid for at exorbitant rates the
result will be that the Thaw fortune
will have to be depleted to the extent
of at least $1.OOO,OOO before the case is
ended. The future developments may
run the amount up to a much higher
| figure.
Cost to State Heavy.
The cost to the state also will be
very heavy. The salaries of the pre-
siding judge and of the district at
torney, exclusive of the latter's as
sistants. amount to $4,000 since the
commencement of the trial
When the trial is concluded there
will be a bill for several thousand dol
lars for stenographers' services.
The cost of talesmen at So ner dav
will exceed $4,000.
The cost of hotel accommodations
Will amount to not less than $4,000