Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-01-19
Famous Murder Trial Win Come Up for Hearing Monda!
Before Justice Fitzgerald In the Criminal Branch
Of the Supreme Court In New York City,
Disclosures at Trial win De of Most
Sensational Kind and The Hear.
Ing Is Awaited With Few.
erish Interest.

hut II WAH only tuF II short tla.e Her
connection In a similar capacity IN
The Girl rum Dlxs*~ wa> cten
mute brief. She Appeared for 4 time
'ln "FIOrodota. and it was thea tma,
sAe frat us*t T'haw, Al u" time did
Mlsn %eab!t tecupy a stage i@'=lGlpn
If any prominence.
Miss S..-solI VAS ssa.. at the party,
ut whlrn ThAW WaA als0 "A member.
that wtnt abroad In the Apring VI
1904. II Was known then that tncv
were often In each others company.
The gossip about them. however. did
nOt become general angii dispatches
told Of Thaw's arrest while speed.
Ing an automobile In Switzerland in
company wlth his wife"
Not long after that a story be.
came current that they had been
married abroad. and that Thaw'a
family was 50 annoyed by the re-
ports that he could hope for no fur.
theT advances from his fathers 60.
tate. The story of the marriage was
Indignantly denied soon afterward
by Thaw and Miss Sesbit when they
returned To this country In October.
1904. The pair travelled together and
attracted much nOtoriety from tho
fact that many hotels refused TO re.
eeIve them unless they would regis.
ter as man and wife" When the
scandal became unbeatable the cou.
pie were summoned TO Pittsburg by
Mrs. William Thaw and the next
the public heard about the matter
that they were married In that
city. Many different stories OF
events and threats alleged TO have
brought about the marriage have
been told since the tragedy of last
June.
Stanford White Well Known.
Stanford White was So years old
and a member OF a family that had
been socially prominent In New
York and New England for several
Ills father was a well.
known critic. journalist and essay.
LIST, Stanford received a splendid
and travelled extensive;
In Europe, On his return TO New
York he formed a partnership sith
Charles +, McKim and William u.
Mead under the firm name of Nc
Kim, Mead & White. The name OF
this firm Is associated with some OF
the most notable architecture of the
country. many examples Of which
designed by Mr.. White Ha
was the architect OF the Madison
Garden, the Washington
Arch. the New York University, the
University OF Virginia. and many
residences throughout the
In 1884. Mr.. White WIS
married to the daughter Of Judge J.
Smith of this city, who,
with one son, a student 1t Harva d,
survived him
jerome to Prosecute.
II IL generally expected that the
trial will be- a short one, The case
Is n Of those which Almost try
because the :acts are so
plain and beyond dispute. There ID
no question that Thaw killed
White, and no disputing the fact
that the killing was deliberate. II is
that about a dozen witnesses
will be- called by the prosecution.
Their examination viii, be direct and
to the point, Mr., Jerome, who will
conduct the prosecution In person,
will proceed with the presentation
of the case against Thaw as If that
Young man were some obscure mem.I
her Of the community. The indica.
tions are that the direct examina-
ton of witnesses for the prosecution
will take not more than a single
court day. The defense will natur-
ally take more time for the cross
examination, and 1t will be by this
that the trial will be heightened.
What the line Of defense will be has
not been made known by counsel for
Thaw. but whatever 1t may be the
district attorney will combat every
fact developed that conflicts with
the story told to the jury by the
prosecutions witnesses.
The Line of Defense.
While 1t is true that counsel for
Thaw have been careful not to re.
veal their plans. certain actions tax.
en- by them and overtures made by
them to professional gentlemen in.
dictate what facts they mean to pre-
sent In court to secure a verdict IA
rorable 10 their client. 1t is the
general understanding in the district
attorneys office that emotional In.
sanity will be the basis of the de.