The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-10
Anthony COmStoCk Viii
Probably Be Called as
Witness for the
Accused.
Judge DelmaS Hopes to
Have Harry ThaW'S
viii Accepted as
Evidence.

NEW YORK, Feb. 9.-Harry K.
Thaw Will take the witness stand
to deliver the final blow in his de-
tense for the killing Of Stanford
White. Judge Delmas, chief coun-
sci for Thaw, practically decided to-
day that the millionaire defendant
should become a witness, and cor
roborate the sensational testimony
given by his chorus girl wife.
Harry Thaw viii tell of EVELYN
Nesbit's refusal to marry him be-
cause Of what she termed her deg
relation at the hands of Stanford
White. He viii tell the jury how
the fragile child, in fearful words
that day in Paris, sobbingly told
him Of her shame and ruin-a story
that burned into his soul and
famed the FIRE OF q consuming
hatred for the architect Thaws
lawyers will seek to show by his
testimony that he brooded over his
wife's wrongs until, ir the stretch
of time, there appeared in the pig
ment of his disoTdered mind a
white specter of a girl, a victim of
Whites lust, as his wife. This
spectre came to him at night and
in his waking hours, and with il
the hallucination that Stanford
White was pursuing his wife to
tale her life with some subtle poi
sol.
When he saw White that night on
the roof Of Madison Square r~Garden.
Thaw viii tell the jury that he believed
that as the agent OF providence" he
was directed to kill the architect.
Anthony Comstock as Witness.
Should Anthony Comstock. head Of
the AnJi-Vice Society, recover from an
attack of pneumonia before the conclu-
sion Of the Thaw trial he viii be called
IS a witness for the defense and viii.
he himself says, give startling testi-
Irony to corroborate the testimony OF
Evelyn Nesblt Thaw.
Mr.. Comstock gave an interview at his
year before the shooting Thaw came to
him and told him Of Whites character
and that he found one clear case
against the architect. Mr.. Comstock
said:
II know that Stanford White was a
human monster. I know that much of
what Mrs. Harry Thaw has stated as a
witness l. true. ] know that Stanford
Square Garden was as she described
t. l know that White made a business
Of running young girls. 1 know of at
least one specific Instance And what
know I learned after had been given
the first clues by Harry X. Thaw him
self"
Mr. COmstOck said that IN the summer
Of 1905 Harry Thaw came to him and
told him of Stanford White. charging
that the architect was running young
girls in his studios.
Told of Whites Character.
As nearly as I can recall" said Mr..
Comstock today, Mr.. Thaw said to
me, I want TO tell you of a man who
has ruined more young girls than any
man in New York. He is particularly
given to pursuing the young girls Of the
stage II is debt which society owes
to itself to halt him now. before he
brings shame and sorrow to any more
victims "
He has come in my own life in such
a way that ! desire above everything
else to see his practices stopped in or
der that others may be spared. the suf-
fering he has brought upon me and
mine. His name is Stanford White.
and he has an Infamous den in the
tower Of the Madison Square Garden
That in effect vas his statement"
continued Mr.. COmstock. although of
course, i asked him a great deal more
Of the matter. He left after securing
my promise TO invcs tigate. He agreed
To pay the cost of looking into the case.
He at once mailed me "A check to de
fray the necessary expenses. and sub
seouendy wrote me several times upon
the subject OF White, asking each time
what progress we were making.
Investigation Proved Facts.
Our investigation confirmed to a
great degree what Thaw had told me.
Our detectives were astounded at what
they discovered. We worked hard and
L learned great deal, but of all cases
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