The daily sentinel., 1907-02-02
DISSIPATED LIFE
OF HARRY THAW
Interesting Sketch of the Meaningless his-spent and
Hayward Career of the Young Man Whose Trial
Is Attracting the Attention of the World--
Natural Climax of Wild Career

but again he paid up and was re-
leased.
! Then he broke up the performance
at Weber's Music Hall and thrashed
a few ushers who had the temerity
to APPROACH him. He thrashed cab
man. He drove his auto up the steps
of an exclusive club and was ex-
PEELED. He drove his auto through
a plate glass window and paid for it.
He lost $4,000 in one night playing
poker.
Then America became too "slow"
| for Harry Thaw. He kas 80 years
old. He fled to Paris. He gave a
beauty dinner" which cost him
$4,000. and which was more elabor-
ate than nice. He gave other equally
silly entertainments. A French
countess threatened to commit sulr
eide about him. He placated her with
a promise of submarine boat. He
didn't care
Thaw became friendly with penni-
less noblemen. He brought the Earl
of Yarmouth back with him and in
troduced him to his sister. Soon af-
ter Miss Thaw became the Countess
of Yarmouth. Harry Thaw deliber-
ately absented himself from the we'd
ding.
Meets Evelyn Nesbit.
Then came the climax. Thaw saw
Evelyn Nesbit, daughter of a poor
Allegheny lawyer. who had died. The |
mother took Evelyn Nesbit to New
York and she became a famous
artists model Gibson made her the
model for his famous Eternal Ques-
ton" Men raved about her.
Stanford White, artist, architect. |
millionaire bon vivant and rake, met
her. He took her under his ques-
tionable protection.
Follows Girl TO Europe.
She had stage aspirations. White |
got her into the Florodora Sextette
and other productions. She met |
Thaw. and spurned him. He sent her
gifts, and she returned them. He |
sent more costly gifts-and won.
White sent the girl to a famous
boarding school. She became sick |
Thaw rushed to her side. Then
White sent to her Europe. with her
mother. now Mrs. Holman. Thaw
followed. Mother and daughter quar-
relied. Mrs. Holman returned to
America. Thaw and the girl stayed
in Europe and then dropped out of
public view.
One day a. bulletin came from
Switzerland. Harry Kendall Thaw
and wife" had been arrested for
speeding an automobile. America
then wondered about the wife.
The Thaw family said they didn't
know Harry was married.
From the London came the an
that Harry Thaw and
wife" were there and returning to
America. They came. To reporters
they denied they were married. They
We're elected from the Cumberland
hotel on this ground.
Family Forces Wedding.
The Thaws grew tiredof the scan
1ei ana forced wedding, which oc-
cured in Pittsburg. April 5, 1906.
Paid announcements said a previous
ceremony had been performed. Ever
lfter that Evelyn Nesbit Thaw APP c
'eared at the side of her mother-in-
aw at social functions.
Thaw ceased his wild carer, but L
grew wildly jealous of his bride. He a
threatened to kill men who gazed I
90 long upon her or spoke too at c
entively. He suspected that White h
ianted to steal her AWAY. Is
On the night of June %, 1906,
ored audience watched Nam zelle Z
on the roof garden OF
he Madison Square Garden, an
rchitectural creation of Stanford ie
White. Harry Thaw was there with nj
Is bride. Stanford White was near X
No word was spoken. Thaw walked J.
yer to White. He said nothing. He II
rev an automatic revolver and fired at