Bisbee daily review., 1911-07-27

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 -Oo~~~ criminal law, but the Thaw trial was the last of his great cases.
 Almost immediately after the killing of White Frank $. Black, former gov ernor Of New York state. was retained to conduct the defense. He, with his associate. William IT. K Olcott, wished to interpose the plea of in- sanity, there seeming but one course open to save Thaw from the electric chair. They would have to prove in- herent insanity-not mere temporary alteration. This line of defense was vigorously opposed by the members of the Thaw family. and Black got out Of the case.
 One Who Escaped Blight.
 Of all the men who at one time or another were counsel for Thaw. it ap- pears that Frank S Black is the only man who has escaped the blight Of misfortune. He promptly withdrew from all contact with the case. and he alone has escaped the hand of Meme sis Lucky MT BIackl
 One Of the associates of Stanford White in the acquaintance of Evelyn Neshit Thaw was a Wall street finan- cler. He was a millionaire. the head of a prominent banking firm. He was Q man approaching the Biblical three score years and ten, with married sons and two unmarried daughters. | He remained nameless throughout the ! first Thaw trial and was known only as the "Old Man" Fascinated by the youth and fresh beauty of Evelyn Thaw the old man paid no attention to his ! business, but spent most of his time in pursuit of the girl He layished | upon her gifts the price of which had 1 taken years to accumulate. Although | the unsettled conditions in the money l market demanded his attention he let 1 events take their course. Deeper and | deeper he involved himself by reck less spending and by neglect of his l business affairs. Before the end Of the n-st trial he was in deep water | One day the city was startled by the news that he had been declared bank rupt
 Yet Another Victim.
 There was another man who trod the howery path in Evelyn Nesbita wake. satiated with the pleasures his l S22. 900, ,000 had bought and could buy his interest was whetted by this girl whose name was upon every ones lips | Her husband in prison, the light oi tragic notoriety about her, her stand ing in the family of the Pittsburg mil liouaire extremely precarious, she ap pealed 10 him and he constituted him self her protector. But even the Gay White Way withholds its favor and ap proval sometimes. On more than one occasion certain gilded palaces Of re freshment denied them hospitality Twice in one evening these two were l compelled to leave the places in whicl they had sought entertainment
 ! This man. still young, has had tC submit to the tying up of his huge fortune by creditors and the insistanc' of his family that he remain abroad SO weary and discouraged are they b! his dissipations and spendthrift hah it's. Today he Is a derelict upon th' | bouIeVards of Paris-another of th' many victims of the most famous trag edy New York has ever known. Ill | wife. after years of neglect, divorce' him. Today. despite his wealth. he i
 no more to be envied than Dan O'Reil | ly. for he is hopeless drunkard.
 The Mothers Suffering.
 And if the Nemesis of Harry Thaw'
 crime rests heavily upon his sister
 what frightful havoc has 1t wrough in the heart and life of Mary COple , Thaw, his mother. After life al
 ready filled with enough of trouble ! the weight of a thousand humiliation
 is laid upon her shoulders to bear tn
 best she can. Every sacrifice of wnic woman's heart is capable she ha
 made. She has fought each step C the way with the frenzy of a terroi stricken mother trying to save he , child at any cost Secret after secre
 has been dragged forth from famil , privacy and held up to make discul sion for two continents. The pride ( , a good woman and true has been hl
 initiated before a world. her action I criticised. her indulgence to a wortl , Iezs son blamed for his downfall Sh . has depleted her fortune and give : the last years Of her life that this si , may pay the price of his crime wit the minimum misery and suderinl