Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-01-19


famous New York architect and
well known as a man about town.
Alleged cause of tragedy
Whites interest in Thaws wife,
who was Evelyn Nesbit, a chorus
girl and artists model.
Probable pleas for defense
. Justification and emotional insan-
ity. Special charges of the pros
ecution - Murder, generalization
and malice.
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Special to the Herald.
New York, dan. 19.-Thirty weeks
to the day in prison cell and Harry
Kendall Thaw is called upon to cross
the Bridge of Signs" and stand be-
fore the bar of justice to stand trial
for the murder of Stanford White.
That element of the public which
seems to delight in sensational cases
of this character, and, if truth be said,
it is a very large element, is awaiting
the trial with feverish interest. 1t is
limited that the disclosures at the trial
will be of a most sensational kind and
that such cases as the Nan Patterson
trial will be extremely tame in COM
parison. A great throng will be on
hand to attend the trial. 1t is prob
able that official passes will be re-
quired for admission, and more than
likely that at certain stages of the
proceedings the public will be ex-
cluded altogether.
The Thaw-White case contains ev-
cry element calculated to attract pub
lie attention. The prominence of the
Thaw family socially, the wealth of
his parents, the circumstances sur
rounding the young mans marriage to
Evelyn Nesbit, the "Florodora" girl
and artists model, and the spectac-
ular scene in the midst of which he
fired the bullets into the breast of the
man who, he asserted, had betrayed
his wife, all tend to attract interest to
the trial from one end of the country
to the other. Even the leading papers
of London and Paris, in both which
cities the principals of the tragedy
were well known, have arranged to
cover" the trial by special representa-
tives.
Who Harry Thaw Is.
Harry Thaw, the ever wayward son |
of rich and indulgent parents, had be-
come widely known throughout the |
country prior to the killing of Stanford |
White by reason of the publicity |
given to many of his escapades. His
father, the late William Thaw, was
one of Pittsburg's richest men. He
had early seen that Harry was not to
be intrusted with large income, less
he give himself over to a life of lux
urious idleness and liberty. So when
the elder Thaw died he provided that
Harry Thaw should have only $500
a year. The bulk of the estate went
to Mrs. William Thaw. whose indul-
gent love for her children was soon
made apparent in the manner in which
she lavished money upon them. One
of the daughters was married four or
five years ago to the Earl of Yarmouth
and it was reported at the time that
Mrs. Thaw settled large sum on the
young English nobleman, whose
wealth was not at all in keeping with
his high title.
Harry Thaw had but to ask what
ever sum he chose, and the indulgent
mother gave it to him. He abandoned
his S25O0 year income from the es-
tate to his valet. 1t was said the
young mans expenditures often aver
aged as high as $4,000 or 100000 a
year. 1t was said in Pittsburg by
members of the Thaw family that the
mother had spent nearly 100000 in
an effort TO prevent the young mans
marriage to Evelyn Nesbit.
Evelyn Nesbits Career
Miss Nesbit, or Mrs. Thaw, was
born in Pittsburg, but did not know
Thaw while she lived there. She
came TO New York four or five years
ago to earn her living. Before she
became an actress she was an artists
model. She first appeared in 1.-THE
Wild Rose" as a show girl, but it was
only for a short time Her connection
in a similar capacity in THE Girl from
Dixie" was even more brief. She ap-
peared for time in "Elorodora." and
i was then that she first met Thaw.
At no time did Miss Nesbit occupy a ;
stage position of any prominence.
Miss Nesbit was one of the party. !
Of which Thaw was also a member. ,
hat went abroad in the spring of
1904. 1t was known then that they
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