Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1907-12-25
SECOND THAW TRIAL
WILL ECLIPSE FIRST
FOR SENSATIONS
A Yonkers Private Detective
Declares That White En-
deavored to Badger
His Rival.
PLOTTED TO BLACKMA|l;;
HIMSELF THE VICTIM
Sleuth Declares Architect Once
Employed An Actress to DeCoy
Pittsburger TO a Beating--Dc-
tectlves Are Said to Have
Kept Alive Hatred.

New York. Dec. 25.-The second
trial of Harry Thaw for the killing
OF Stanford White. which will be be-
gun on January s, should there be
no further delays, will give the pub
lie more thorough understanding OF
the relations which existed between
the two suitors of Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw.
How great was the bitterness be-
tween Stanford White and Harry
Thaw who Is now awaiting his Sec
nous architect, was revealed yester-
day by Frederic S. Drew Hughes. .
private detective OF Yonkers Hugh
es story was in the possession OF
Thaw's counsel prior to the begin
ming of the first trial. but because
court had left The state 1t was net
possiDie toF get X III tsfdence. ~ah
Stanford White. according to
Hughes and the affidavits In the
hands OF the young millionaire's
counsel, planed among one of the
last moves he made against Thaw to
discredit him through the means OF
a badger game. White at the time
was nearly frenzied by the knowledge
that his every step was dogged by
Thaw's agents and by reports of
watchers in his employ that the
Pittsburger was working in conjunc-
tion with the district attorneys of
flee and Anthony Comstock. of the
Society for the Suppression of Vice.
my motive in making this matter
public" said Hughes. 'is to see a
cleansing of the private detective
system of this state. Both White and
Thaw were the victims of leeches.
who, for the sole purpose of gain,
stirred between the two men the
hatred which ended in a tragedy
am of the opinion. however. that IL
Thaw had not killed White that
White in the end would have been
driven by his emotions to slay Thaw.
Planned a Badger Game.
ITO show to what ends White was
driven to offset Thaw / will tell the
| facts of a planned badger game. In
February. 1905, White employed a
couple OF detectives to shadow and
do guard work for him. These two
! men were the ones, who, little
| while later were to propose the bad
ge' game; the enticing of Thaw to
meet a woman, who AT the proper
| time would stand aside 20 reveal an
| irate husband or lover who would
pummel him and discredit him with
Florence Evelyn Nesbit.
There is an affidavit in the hands
| OF Thaw's counsel In which one of
these men. who, all the time he was
| in Whites employ was betraying him
| to Thaw, makes this statement
white. said to me, I don't like TO
get mixed up In any dirty work, but
some friends OF mine have warned
me that certain feIiow Crhaw) has
been circulating some stories about
my private life and / am going to
| take steps TO shut his mouth and
\ make him swallow his lies. He Is q
young cad with more money than
! brains and, of course, his money Is
1 "a mi Is
as reckless fellow and Is jealous
| OF my friendship for a certain lady !
| was once permitted to help In pro-
fessional way,
"A man in my position must
| meet lots OF opposition Of this kind,
for l know ali the principal theat-
| rical people In the profession, but
this is the only case where I ever
had any serious trouble threaten me.
/ can't AFFORD to fight THIS fellow
| openly, for II would ruin me and my
family Now. personally, l want you
fellows to do this thing up right
yourself
~ am not rich man. but I
would give $4,000 to know this thing
would never come 10 light, and the
only way know is to have him
| shadowed, and when you get him in
the right place have him exposed
publicly I'm such a way that his stock
viii drop so low that he could not
blacken my name and a decent wo-
man would not look him in the
| face"
Woman Tool Is Found.
"At this conversation between
White and the two sleuths one OF
them suggested that he would get
woman TO decOy Thaw; some swell
actress with a lover or Jealous hus-
band in the background. When
White heard this he said he would
think the matter over. A month later
| March l9. an actress had been found
/ who was willing 20 lead Thaw into a
trap. She was In need OF money.
and she got her price-s200. Be
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