Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-06
WHITES NAME BLACKENED
Harry Thaw Testifies About Man He
Killed.
ACCUSES HIM OF MUCH EVIL
Effort is TO show that His Ideas
About Him Are Not DeIu-
sIOns Of nm Insane
Mind.


WHITE PLAINS N. Y, Aug. 5.-More OF
those stories which have stained the mem
DRY Of the eminent architect, Stanford
White-stories that paralleled the tale OF
the Madison Square tower room as told
by Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, were related in
the Thaw sanity hearing before Judge Mills
today.
They were told first by Witnesses called
In HAIRY Thaw's behalf, and then by Thaw
himself, who took the stand, hoping to
SHOW that things he knew about White
were not "delusions,' as the state, con-
tended, and that this phase Of the. states
attack on his sanity is ~unfounded.
Whites Letter Offered,
Charles AorsOhauser, Thaw's attorney,
started off.the day by calling, to the stand
David N C~arvRlbo. the New York hand
writing expert Mr. Carvalho told of the
episodes connecting Stanford White with
young women whom, Il, is alleged, he
tried to ruin. . g..
Both these women allowed the use OF
their names, One was Miss Ma Mckenzie,
an actress, who appeared several times at
the trials with Evelyn Thaw, the others
name was givef as Sue Parker. From
Miss Mckenzie Thaw's attorney had OBJ
tanned a note which figured in. the trials
as the mushroom letter. White was rep
resented as the author. 1t was read in
today. 1t was concerning this letter
thai Miss .McKepaiSl had; said, accoruing
to Thew that her father would kiU both
her and White II he had seen the con-
~CtSS"Sii s.
Mr.. Carvalho testified as to the affidavit
which he said Sue Parker made, .describ-
ing an alleged attempt OF White to ruin
her when she first came to New York as
a young chorus girl. In addition he pre-
scented in evidence a number of letters
said to have been written BY White to Miss
Parker, which she sold to Thawrs attorney
before the first trial for $500. The letters
were not read today. '.' 20 '',',. So.
ThRw Tells 81 white.
1t was at the beginning Of the afternoon
session that Thaw took the stand. Then
the New York district attorney seemed anx-
ious to let him tell all he knew, and he
led him through one sordld story after
another, evidently with the hope that the
palpable' eagerness to talk on this
theme would show Justice Mills that he
insane on the subject.
And Thaw was eager to tell. The words
fairly tripod over each other as he ran on.
This thing L am going TO tell you now"
said he, referring 10 one Of his narratives,
me very seriously at the time"
Continuing, he described in detail the al
eyed experience of a girl, whom he said
White tried to wrong when she was but 1s.
He said that after winning her confidence
by a display of friendship, White lured the
girl to his place on Twenty-fourth street.
New York. The girl escaped through a
lucky chance. he said, and later obtained a
.arge sum OF money from White under
Of a suit. After that, he continued.
White had the girl boycotted so that for
several years she GOULD not obtain any en-
yssement at any theater in New York.
The incident as related,q occurred within
4 month Of the -eYents in the Madison
tower, rooYs narrated at the. trial
by Evelyn Nebit Thaw.ce .--.-
This woman now concluded Thaw; lis
one. Of the foremost actresses, on the Amer
can stage. -, .. ..I,,
According TO Thaw these were not all of
he tales he could tell about the man he
killed. He gave the location Of four places
ne said White maintained for immoral pur-
poses One was in. Maryland near ,Baltl-
more. Thaw said 1t, was called "Th Blind"
The others were ipY New. York. ...