Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-12

The White-Thaw case has been called Tho
occurred In New York sinco Ed. Stokes shot
down Jim Fisk on the stairway of the old
Grand Central Hotel years ago. but that
tragedy was accompanied by no such net
work of ramifcations as to call forth even
fraction of the incidents that have fol-
the young spendthrift millionaire from
Pittsburg killed the distinguished architect
on the Madison Square Roof Garden
No Tombs prisoner facing trial for murder
has had pen..iL him the money that ha,
been and w.tl be used to keep Thaw from
the chair. According to report the mem.
bers Of his family expect that $500. 900 Will
have been 81 ent by the time Thaw goe
into court. o. the money used In looking
up innumerable witnesses and couccting
evidence for the prisoner there can be lit
tie attempt at an estimate.
Stanford White.
OF the three principals in the tragedy
Stanford White stood irst because of The
great ability as an architect that brouyat
him International fame. The other ,wo
Harry Thaw and his wife. who was Evelyn
Nesbit, artists model and chorus girl. had
also been heard from on two continents.
but theirs was notoriety OF the cham
payne stained order that comes with the
lavish spending OF money and gay doings
in Tenderloins. lie they local or foreign.
zenith OF his career. He was hfty-three
years old, and in the structural growth that
transformed New FORKS sky line In the
past twenty years his hanGiwork was seen.
His friends declared after his death that
nearly every block of New York greatest
thoroughtare was tull OF monuments to AIS
taste and genius. Madison Square harden,
on whose root he met his death, was per-
haps the greatest OF mis- achievements.
Wnue was married and had one son, who
took dinner with him on the night ne was
killed and is undergraduate al Harvard.
White was a member OF the American Az
sutute OF Architects, of the Tlie, knlcker-
booker, Union, Universal, Brook, Players
and Lambs Clubs, OF the Century Associa-
,loh, OF tn, Garden CITY Golt Club, the
and tAe Automobile Club OF
America. he College OF the City OF New
\ ork conferred the degree OF Ma. ON nIiu
IN 1882.
In appearance White looked much NOR
the heavyweight athlete than the artist.
he was sIx feat tall anu OF heavy pu.ia
lie had rugged face, heavy ILL., -c-s
and a massive head. his shaggy auburn
hair, which ne wore In pompauour fashion,
mad no streak OF gray III II. his nsure Was
a familiar one along Broadwa.. at the
tneaters ami the restaurants. lie came 10
Ce known as the friend OF the chorus gifi
and was known TO many women OF The
stage. Everywhere he was known for his
and it is said he never failed
70 aid The stage folk wno sought nim Ii
their financial difficulties.
Harry Kendall Thaw.
In many respects Harry Thaw was the
direct opposite of White. While White was
the maker of his own fortune and had ac-
CURED fame for his ability and the pro-
duct OF his genius. Thaw never earned a
dollar in his life, and his one aim in livS
seemed to be to spend the money that had
been left by his father. Beginning hts as
a poor mechanic in Pittsburg,. William
Thaw, the father. had accumulated a y.st
The Thaw fortune at the time Of William
Thaw's death was estimated at S4O.Ooo,ouo.
As boy Harry Thaw was mixed I'D in
all kinds Of pranks, and he had Consider.
able knowledge OF the world when hs was
seEt to the Wooster University Of Ohio In
1851. No theatrical company ever came to
the town but what Thaw sought out the
female members OF the troupe. On one
occasion he got all the girls of a show 10
wear g1rters and bows of college colors
and display them.
In 1854 young Thaw was sent to Prince
ton and there he remained until 1897 Re
turnine to -Pittsburg, Thaw cut a swath
mat even In that town. which was becom-
ing we'll versed In Tenderioinese. w.s con-
sidered very wide In his Will his father
mad cut him down to an allowance OF
70 ZOO a year until he was thirty-five years
oId. bur to this his mother added yearly
allowance OF $80.000.
The $50, 900 "Beauty Dinner"