Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-01-19

Facts About the Famous Case.
Date ana Place Of Trageay-Th
night Of June ~. 1905, during th
performance % a musical comedy a
the Madison Square Root Garden.
The siayer.-Harry keRdail Tha~
the scapegraee sen Of the lat
william ThaM, . p,ttsburo m1lIior
ARE.
The siaIn--s&antord White. a "a
nnpus New York architect and well
known ~ . man about town.
Alleged Cause Of Tragedy
Whites interest In Tha~fs wife
who was Evelyn Nssbtt, n ehorui
nirs and artists model.
Probable Pleas for Defense.-Jus
LITIGATION and emotional insanity
Special charges Of the prosecution:
Murder, preneditstion and malice.
New York. Jan. i9.~Thirty weeks
tn the day In q prison cell and
Harry Kendall Thaw IL called upon
10 cross the Bridge Of Signs" ana
stand before the bar Of justice 10
stand trial for the murder Ut Stan.
ford Waite,
That ein-ient O. lac public which
ST.. 10 delight III sensational cas-.
o. .s ,4t. c.lar2cttt. aud. II truth be
SD. |: II a very large element. Ia
awaiting the trial with feverish In.
terest II Is limited that the dlsclos.
ures at the trial viii bc of n most
sensational kind aud that such cases
n the Man" Patterson trial viii be-
extremely tame In comparison. A
great throng win be on hand to at.
tend the trial. II ~ probable that
official passes will be required for
admission and more than likely that
at certain stages of the proceeding
the public viii he excluded alto.
gether.
The Thaw-White al contains ev.
cry element calculated to attract
public attention. The prominence Of
the Thaw family socially, the wealth
Of his parents. the circumstances
surrounding the young mans mar.
riage 10 Evelyn Nesbit. the "Floro-
dora" girl and artists model. and
the spectacular scene in the midst
of which he fired the bullets into the
breast OF the man who. he asserted,
had betrayed his wife. all tend TO
attract interest TO the trial from one
end OF the country TO the other.
Even the leading papers OF London
and Paris, In both which cities the
principals to the tragedy were we'll.
known. have arranged 10 cover" the
trial by special representatives.
Who Harry Thaw Is.
Harry Thaw. the ever Maynard
son Of rich and indulgent parents,
had become widely known through.
out the country prior to the killing
of Stanford White by reason of the
publicity given to many Of his esca.
pades. Ills father, the late William
Thaw, was n Of Pittsburg's richest
men. He had early see that Harry
was not TO be intrusted with a large
income, lest he give himself over to
q life OF luxurious idleness and lib
erty. So when the elder Thaw died,
he provided that Harry Thaw should
have only $4,000 a year, The bulk
OF the estate went 10 Mrs, William
Thaw. whose indulgent love for her
children was soon made apparent In
the manner In which she layishef
money upon them, One of the
daughters was married four or five
years & to the Earl Of Yarmouth.
and 1t was reported at the time that
Mrs. Thaw settled IA large sum on
the young English nobleman. whose
wealth was not at all In keeping
with his title.
Harry Thaw had but to ask what
ever Sutlf ne CUuSt, atlu tHH nuui~
gent mother gave 1t to him. He
abandoned his s2,50n a year income
from the estate to his valet. 1t was
said the young mans expenditures
often averaged as high as $4,000 or
100000 a year, 1t was said in
pittsburg by members of the Thaw
family that the mother had spent
nearly 81, 900, 900 in an effort to pre-
vent the young mans marriage to
Evelyn Nesbit.
Evelyn Nesb't's Career.
=. Miss Nesbit, or Mrs. Thaw. was
born In Pittsburg. but did not know
Thaw while she lived there. She
came to New York four or five years
ago to earn her living. Before she
became an actress she was an art
lists model. She first appeared in
taThe Wild Rose" as a show girl,