Milford chronicle., 1907-02-22

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Mrs. Thaw had told of the conversa-
tions she and her husband had con-
cerning the fate of other young wom-
en- at the hands of Stanford White.
One of these girls was known as the
pie girl" She was Is years of age and
wore only a gauze dress when she
sprang from a big pie at stag din
par. She said this girl later married,
and when her husband learned of the
pie incident he drove her out and she
died an outcast.
The witness declared that May Mac
Kenzie had told her that Stanford
White. when told she and Harry were
verv happy together, had remarked; {;
Pooh, it won't last. I will get her
back"
Harry Thaw's letter to Anthony
Comstock, describing three houses or
studios where he declared Stanford
White and "other scoundrels" luTed
Young girls, was read. Among the
places described was the house in
West gath street, where the velvet
swing and the mirrored bedroom were
located.
Mrs. Game, who was the only other
witness of the day, testified to over
hearing Harry Thaw ask Mrs. Nesbit
for her daughters hand in 1903. She
also testified as to how Harry ThaW
acted when he saw Stanford White
She declared he appeared angry.
"As a man in the face Of his enemy
might appear?" suggested Mr.. Jerome
on cross-examinatiOn.
"Yes." replied the witness blithely.
Didn't Mean to Kill White.
"This man (meaning White), the
dead man, this creature, the beast, the
blackboard, sought to take the virtue
of every pure-minded woman that
came into the sphere Of his obserVa
ton. tried to save them with all my
power, but could not
81 never wanted to shoot at the ere
ature: l never wanted to kill him; /
never had a desire to do him physl
cal harm. l knew he was a vile crea'
ture. devouring the daughters of the
fathers and mothers of New York, OF
America, but 1 did not want to kill
him. wanted to bring him to legal
trial. l wanted to bring him before
court so that his infamous life would
be exposed to the public and he would
be brought to justice.
"But it was not to be so.
providence took charge of him.
This was an act of Providence. If ]
had my own way he would have sut'
fered the humiliation which comes
with laying bare such vile and in
famous life before the court and pub
lic."
This is Harry K. Thaws own story
of the killing of Stanford White. It
was told by him to DR.. Britton D.
Evans. the alienist, last August in the
Tombs. DR.. Evans repeated the pris-
oner's words to the jury which is try
ing Thaw for his life.
District Attorney Jerome fought
hard last week against the introduc
tion of this evidence, which the de-
fense believes is conclusive proof that
Thaw did not know his act was wrong
Once the testifying physicians had de
clared that in their opinion Thaw
was insane at the time he made the
statements to them, however, the rules
of evidence permitted the introduction
of the prisoners words.
In further bulwarking their conten'
ton that Thaw was insane when he
killed Stanford White, the defendants
counsel succeeded in placing before
the Jury the will executed by Thaw the
night of his marriage in April, 1905,
and codicil to the will executed at
the same time.
Thaw's Will Read.
The will and the codicil, as read to
the jurors, was offered in evidence as
cumulative testimony of Thaw's men.
tai unsoundness prior to the killing OF
White. In his will Thaw provided that
his executors set apart a sum of $780,
O0O for the purpose of investigating
his death in case of a violent or sus
picious end, and for the prosecution
of the persons suspected of having
had a hand in his taking off. In the
codicil Thaw left to a lawyer in Pitts.
burg the sum of $500 to be used in
securing legal redress from Stanford
White and one other person, whose
name was not allowed to be read, for
the benefit of four young women who
Thaw declared, had been the victims
of degrading assaults" in a house
Furnished and used for orgies by
Stanford White and other inhuman
scoundrels."
The names of the four young wo-
men were mentioned by Thaw, but
were not made public. Thaw also be-
aueathed sums of $25O0 each to Rev,
DR.. Charles H. Parkhurst, Anthony
Comstock and a lawyer named in his
codicil, to be used in discovering fur
ther alleged misdeeds by Stanford
White and securing redress for the
women