The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-01-19
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few York, Jan. 19.-Thirty weeks
3D. day in a prison cell and Harry.
ndall Thaw is called upon to cross
: Bridge of Signs" and stand be-
e the bar Of Justice to stand trial
the murder of Stanford White.
Mat element Of the public which
BINS to delight in sensational cases
this character, and, If truth be said,
is very large element, is await
g the trial with feverish interest. 1t
limited that the disclosures at the
tial will be Of a most sensational. kind
I'D that such cases as the "Nan" Pat
rson trial will be extremely tame
comparison. A great throng will
on hand to attend the trial. It 10
tobable that official passes will be
I eQuired for admission and more than
kelly that at certain stages of the
{ Proceeding the public will be excluded
4 Hltogether.
@ The Thaw-White case contains
aevery. element calculated to attract
epublic attention. The prominence of
lsthe Thaw family socially, the wealth
sof his parents. the circumstances sur
grounding the young mans marriage
Ito Evelyn Nesbit, the "Florodora" girl
shnd artists model, and the spectacu-
liar scene in the midst of which he
ffired the bullets into the breast Of the
man who, he asserted, had betrayed
his wife, all tend to attract interest
Ito the trial from one end of the coun-
ftry to the other. Even the leading
Apapers of London and Paris, in both
(Which cities the principals to the
&kragedy were we'll known, have ar
$fanged to "cover" the trial by spec.
HAL representatives.
A Who Harry Thaw Is.
Y Harry Thaw, the ever wayward son
Sof rich and indulgent parents, had be-
&come widely known throughout the
country prior to the killing of STAN
Sford White by reason of the publicity
Sgiven to many of his escapades. His
gHfather, the late William Thaw, was
Zone Of Pittsburg's richest men. He
chad early seen that Harry was not
ITO be intrusted with a large income,
salest he give himself. over to a life of
sluxurious idleness and liberty. So
when the elder Thaw died he provided
8that Harry Thaw could have only
$2,5O0 a year. The bulk of the estate
went to Mrs. William Thaw, whose
indulgent love for her children was
soon made apparent In the manner in
which she lavished money upon them.
!, One of the daughters was married four
or five years ago to the earl of Var
mouth and it was reported at the time
that Mrs. Thaw settled large sum
son the young English nobleman, whose
wealth was not at all in keeping with
This high title.
Harry Thaw had but to ask what
n ger sum he chose, and the indulgent
\ other gave it to him. He abandoned
Il $2,500 year income from the
ate to his valet. 1t was said the
aspng mans expenditures often aver
d as high as $4,000 to 100000
sS sSgSear. It was said in Pittsburg by
hbers of the Thaw family that the
ther had spent nearly 100000 in
& effort to prevent the young mans
arriage to Evelyn Nesbit.
ss Evelyn Nesbit's Career.
iSsg5M ii;SSss5 Miss Nesbit, or Mrs. Thaw, was born
Sfn 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
IAN actress she was an artists model.
She first appeared in "The Wild Rose"
las show girl, but it was only for a
short time. Her connection in a
similar capacity in "The Girl From
Dixie" was even more brief. She ap-
4peared for a time in "Florodora,' and
a NJ was then that she first met Thaw.
bAt no time did Miss Nesbit occupy
stage position. of any prominence.
Miss Nesbit was one of the party,
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