The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-03-14
MOST NOTED IN CoUNTRY's HIS
TORY IN LENGTH OF TIME.
A VAST Cash EXPENDITURE
Attracts as Much Attention in Euro
pean Newspapers as Did the
War Between the United
States and Spain.
BY Associated Press.

New York. March l3-The trial of
Harry X. Thaw for his life for the
murder Of Stanford White has realiz.
ed the predictions made at its begin.
ming that II would become the most
famous in the history of criminal
trials in America The long trial
has been a record breaking one in
many respects.
One of the most interesting side.
lights on the famous case is afforded
by comparison Of the amount of
publicity II has received with the
amount of newspaper space given to
other history making events of rec.
ent times.
Since the date of the beginning Of
the trial. January %, the leading
newspapers of New York City have
devoted more than 5000 columns to
the case. The estimated number of
words ranges between 5000 900 and
5000, 600. Placed end to end the col.
umns woultstretch tver one Ihree
fourths statute miles. The columns
of space devoted to accounts of the
trial by the daily press of the entire
country, If the columns were placed
end to end, would form a band Of pa
per long enough to stretch from
New York City beyond Philadelphia.
One hundred and fortytwo pic
tues Of Evalyn Nesbit Thaw appear
ed in the daily newspapers of New
York is a single week. The number
printed in New York during
the entire period of the trial
runs into the thousands, while
for the country at large the total can
be figured only by tens of thousands.
The Thsw trial at its most sensa-
tional stage attracted as much atten-
tion from the newspapers of Europe
as did the war between the United
States and Spain.
The space devoted to the case by
the American press greatly exceeds
in amount the space given to the as
sassination of President Mckinley
and the subsequent trial and electro
cution OF the assassin.
More space has been givn the
Thaw case than the total amount de
voted TO accounts OF the ten most ia.
nous murder trials that have taken
place in America in recent years.
These include the two trials of Rol-
and Molineaux, the three trials of
"Nan" Patterson, and the trials of
Albert T, Patrick, Lizzie Borden, Jo-
ham Hoch and the murderers Of DR..
z. II. Cronin in Chicago.
1t is believed that the entire cost
Of the trial for both sides will total
nearly s1,25O,00O
half-million dollars is placed as
the minimum figure for the cost OF
counsel for the defense. Added to
this the cost of expert testimony, the
hotel accommodations for witnesses
and hundred and one indidentals
that have TO be paid for at the extrav-
agant rate, the result vii. dc that
the Thaw fortune must be depleted
TO the extent of at least sl,O00,0OO
before the case Is ended. Future de
velopments may bring the amount up
to a much higher figure.
The cost to the state also will be
very heavy. The salaries OF the pre-
siding judge and Of the district at
torney, exclusive OF the iatter's as
sistants. amount to $4,000 since the
commencement of the trial.
When the trial Is concluded there
will be a bill of several thousand dol
lars for stenographers' services.
The cost of talesmen at SO day
will exceed $4,000.
The cost of hotel accommodations
will amount 10 not less than $4,000,
Cost of bailiffs and guards $4,000,