The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-19


he married Evelyn>Nesblt in Pittsburg,
April 4, 1893, We're admitted in evidence
this afternoon at his trial for the murder
of Stanford White. on the Madison
Square Garden. about fourteen months
after the win was made.
1t was only after a struggle on the part
of the defense that the will was admitted.
and il is the contention of Thaw's law
yers that these two documents show con
clusively that Thaw believed the story
that his wife has testified she told him
about Stanford White.
In the codicil ThaW set apart $500 for
legal expenses TO obtain from White and
another man-name mentioned i'm the viii
but not read in cvidence-damage for
having decoyed four girls TO a certain
apartment which was used for orgies.
by several inhuman scoundrels" The
four girls Thaw named, but they were
blotted out Of the document by consent
of counsel on both sides. In addition
Ih1w stipulated that $3.50 each was To
be paid TO seven men, including DR.. Park
hurst, Anthony Comstock. ard Richard
Rossburg, of Washington. TO prosecute
stanford White and the other men for
their behavior toward the four girls.
Unnatural Death Feared.
one section of the viii. from the stand
point of the defense. shows that Thaw
feared death in an unnatural manner He
provided that should he die under sus-
plcious circumstances. $4,000 was To be
used In investigating his'death and prose
cutting the person suspected of killing
him. OF course it VIII be the contention
OF the defense that Thaw feared White.
or an agent employed by him.
ihaw did not forget his wife. In case
of ms death she was to get 5000 a year
IN lieu of dover, and 5000 10 be put in
trust for her. The residue of the estate
was 60 be- held in trust but should she
remain unmarried she was TO get Sl2.GU
year. and If she married. 5000 a year.
In case Thdw's wife died before him ne
HAed A1.1 year ON Howard Nesbit the
boy who may be a witness for the pros
ecuiion before the trial Is over.
Insane last SeRtem ber.
More testimony bearing on Thaw's in
sanity three months after the shooting
was introduced to-day. Two doctors tes-
tilted that in their opinion he was insane
in the Tombs on September 70. They
which they say he declared that he tried
10 get evidence against White. that he
wanted 10 land him ia Jail. where he
would suffer from the humiliation of pub
lic exposure for the things ne had done
But he had no idea OF killing White be-
fore the shooting. lie did not believe in
Huing men. but Providence came along
and wiped White out He was not sure
that it was not the best thing. for then
White was out Of the way for good
Having laid the foundation for more
testimony from Evelyn Neshit Thaw the
defense felt tonight that she would prob
ably go on the stand tomorrow after
noon. But Thaw's case has been so
wretchcdly prepared that there Is no tell
ing when q slip-up may come i'm their
plans. which are badly disorganized-
DeImas Continues IN Charge.
Dolphin NJ. Delmas. the Californian.
continued to conduct the defense. Henry
c. McPike sat, as usual, at the Thaw
counsel table. There have been dissen-
sions between the lawyers, but there was
no open sign of hostility on the part of
the four New York lawyers against Dir
Dclmas, who was quoted yesterday as
severely criticising them
Interest az the two sessions OF court
to-day iu the Thaw trial was about equal
~ divided between Dr. Evans account
of what Harry Thaw told him in the
Tombs of his reasons, for killing Stan
ford White and the disclosures Of the
provisions of the will Thaw executed on
April & 1905. the day he married Evelyn
Ncsbit
About everything that Dr Evans said
of his talks with Thaw when he ex-
amined him in the Tombs was borne cut
10y the testimony of Dr. Charles G. Wag-
ner, superintendent of the Insane Asylum
az Binghamton, n Y
Duty 20 Expose white.
Thaw told the experts. they swore. that
he had been persuaded that il was his duty
to expose the criminal methods of STAN
ford White with reference to young girls. /
He said that he had formed no intention
of killing White, and that he had never /
carried Il revolver until after he had |
been informed that White had made
threats against him. He declared that
ne knew White had hired the Monk /
Eastman gang to beat him to death
When pressed for his exact reason for /
shooting White he said that when he /
saw White on the roof garden of Madi- /
son Square Garden on the night OF June
25 1896. Providence had taken the mat /
ter out of his hands and removed stan |
ford White.
Or. Wagner said that he asked Thaw
if he did not consider this harsh method 1
to adopt and that Thaw replied: Il think /
il was the better way. Now he is per 1
manently out Of the way IF he had 1
been sent TO prison he might have gotten 4
out and gone back 20 his practices"
Afternoon Session.
At the afternoon session it was that the
much-talked-of viii and codiciI that
Thaw drew the day he married EVELYN /
Nesbit were finally admitted in evidence, !
Mr.. Jerome Withdrawing his previous OBJ /
jeetions, probably because il had been /
sufficiently demonstrated to him that the /
defense had the witnesses to prove these /
documents. They disclosed few facts not /
already known regarding them.
The defense relies on the provisions for 1
setting aside $4,000 TO prosecute any per-
son suspected of being connected with /
Thaw's death and $500 for obtaining /
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