The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-10
Yielded to Mothers Pleadines,

the little girl and besoueht her hand for
her son.
Yielded to Mothers Plcadings.
"The little girl who had withstood the
pleadings Of the son could not resist the
pleadinGs Of the mother, And so, on
April 5. 1905. their parents consented and
they met at the altar and were united.
The man pledged to the woman before the
Almighty God that all through life he
Coming to New York. the girl wife
meets Stanford White on the street, and
the man stared at her and had the au-
dacity TO call her by her first name.
She hurried back to the hotel where her
husband was. and, like loyal wife. told
him what had happened. He became
nervous and angry and made the wife
promise always to tell him whenever she
met the 'blackguard
Again in New York the girl. driving
! down Firth avenue, saw the man. He
stared at her When her hanson turned
| Into side street. where she was going
TO see a physician, Whites cab also
the incident 10 her husband.
Now, gentlemen. In May, 1906. just
one short month before Stanford Whites
| Thaw heard this story: May Mackenzie
! had told Evelyn that White had come TO
! see her al the hospital. When May Mac
Kenzle said 10 him that Harry and
! Evelyn seemed TO ho so fond OF each
| other Stanford White said I do not
believe IT, May Mackenzie said. oh.
L
! think It Is so nice Well said stan
/ ford White III will not last long. | Will
| yet get her back
Harry Thaw had cause 10 become ex-
! cited. lie had cause 10 lose his reason.
He imagined attempts were being made
TO take the girl away from him-the girl
who was his lawful wife.
But armed with the right and inspired
by his God 10 redeem the pledge made
at the altar. he determined II should not
he so.
Haunted by Terrible Thought.
she was hts wife" Delmas continued
and when he heard that this man had
said he would get her back he already
saw her polluted by his touch He al
ready fancied the crime committed for
he remembered that il is written In the
word OF God. 'whosoever ooketh upon
woman with lust In his eyes hath al
ready committed adultery And from
that time, gentlemen. the haunting
thought was tha, he might lose her, and
that Stanford White was a constant men
ace 10 his home Horror never left him.
Evelyn, In her testimony, says that Mr..
Thaw would wake In the middle OF the
night, and ! found him sobbing and BIT
Ing his nails. He was constantly asking
me questions, and this happened some
times several times in the night
You must remember that one by one
Harry Thaw had learned specific stories
of other victims OF this man. She had
about the girl in the pie
Delmas read Evelyn's testimony relat-
ing 10 the pie incident and what Thaw
told him about It,. He also read the tes-
timony regarding what Thaw told her
OF the other girls who. he said. were
the victims OF White, Thaw had told
her that White ought to he in the penI-
tentary. as he dangerous man
and was doing untold harm in the COM
munity.
In support of his contention that Thaw
took a sincere interest In the welfare OF
the girl whom he believed TO have been
wronged by White. Mr. Delmas produced
the codicll In which Thaw set aside thou
sands of dollars Ito vindicate and redeem
and rescue from a life of nfamy the
various victims of Stanford White"
Dramatic Scene Before Jury.
Waving the document dramatically be-
fore the jury. Delmas pictured the draft
ing Of IL upon the very night when Thaw
found all his hopes realized In the cere-
mony which made EVELYN his wife on
that same night, Mr.. Delmas argued
Thaw's thoughts drlfted back 10 the time
when his wife was wronged by Stanford
White. and thinking OF the other girls
ruined and degraded by the same person,
he sat down and added the codicil TO his
will.
play with this child. now the wife Of Mr..
Thaw, in the same manner. and in the !
end cast her or like dirty rag TO float |
her way down life's sewers into a pau
that came over him and never left him. |
We admire the chivalry Of the knights |
OF the middle ages who went about re-
dressing wrongs and rescuing maidens |
IN distress. Why should we withhold our |
sympathy from this brave man who was !
anxious 10 take part In the rescue OF !
young girls IN this city?
The efforts OF Harry Thaw 10 protect |
the community against the pollution OF |
Stanford White did not end even with |
the provisions OF the Will and codici So |
deep was the impression on his mind, so /
overwhelming was the impulse. that he /
letter TO Anthony Comstock. under whose
sDecial charge he believed the morals OF /
this community had been placed. telling
of Stanford White and his band. OF dens !
where they enticed young girls and ruined |
them. He called upon the District At
torney. the same man who is here trying .
10 take this mans life, demanding that
he cleanse the city OF this leprous sore.
that :hey might ferret out the facts that
this man might be sent TO prison where
ne belonged but again he was baffled.
He did not lose courage, He battled on
Blocked by Power Of Wealth.
"And when he told his brave little wife
about his efforts. she. better informed
than he was as to the power of these
and powerful for him, and that he would
never succeed: that they had friends who
would stop anything he tried 10 do.
1T was with such, thoughts in his
womanhood and humanity. and baffled by
wealth and social position, that Harry
Thaw met Stanford White in 1906.
You remember the incident at Daly's
theater when Harry Thaw and his wife
and a friend sat In a box and Stanford /
White came into box opposite them