The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-05-17

manner. directly or indirectly. with stan.
ford White or with his practices II is
true that the names Of Whites intimates
we're carefully suppressed during the
trials. hut the name Of Mr. Francklyn. for
example. who Is an entirely respectable
man. was not one of those suppressed and
his name has never been connected with
the case in any shape or form n Is cvi
IDENTITY an attempt to divert attention from
inen Nho were really implicated with White
" It he claimed hat tho forged postscript
IL on separate sheet of paper and that II
wiz be produced upon the trial II is curious
why document that would have been 30
important for the prosecut ion on the murder
TRIALS WAS not produced and used would
have had telling force II genuine. Also II
the forged postscript is on separate piece
OF paper why is il not with the letter and the
envelope in the files of the District Attorney ,
The fraud is palpable and barcfaced and
every fair minded man must In his heart
denouncc such tactics directed a. one who
L. claimed to be insane.
Bancroft Davis, Frederick Gebhard
Stanford White and Reginald Francklvn
are dead, the first two through
natural causes and White az the hand
Of Thaw Bancroft Davis was son
Of Judge John Davis Of the Court Of
Claims, who died in 1902. Craig Wads-
worth was formerly second secretary
to the American Embassy in London
Reginald Francklyn died in 1900
Just before MIR Shearn gave out his
statement last night the reporters looked
up former District Attorney Jerome to
ask whether the kill" letter exists 40 far
IA Mr. Jerome knows
There is such "A letter in existence"
Mr. Jerome said last night Il haven't
possession Of the letter now ,(but expect
to get hold of it in aSvery short time and
shall put II in evidence at White Plains
early in June.
In running over the sixteen volumes
of evidence and the many trunks of OK
hibits. all of which | am now busy trying
TO get thoroughly familiar with. I've come
across many interesting things which
never have been placed in evidence I
intend Of course to bring up these matters
before the court at White Plains
One thing of interest which came up
during the examination of the letters and
other exhibits was that for about a year
and half prior to the shooting of Stanford
White there were in the employ Of Harry
Thaw several detectives whom he carted
about with him on his day and night ram
bles to watch. so the State will try TO show
not only the five men mentioned in the
kill" letter but several others. The de-
tectives. it is said did nothing but con-
stantly hangdog the men whom rhaw
paid them to watch. These activities OF
Thaw and his detectives to trail the men
in question also, so it ia said. will be
brought up at the proceedings at White
Plains
Harry K Thaw in Matteawan in the
last few days has denied positively in
talks with attendants that he is the fat her
of the child which stories recently printed
say is now with Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
In these talks Thaw says that he knows
nothing of any child and never heard Of
his wife's having child except from the
statements printed in the newspapers
recently.
This is trumped up deal" Thaw con
tinued TO help defeat my chances OF
being released from Matteawan II haa
failed in this because more than hundred
persons can deny the possibility Of such
a thing being true"
Thaw said that his wife had made no
mention to him of such a child The last
time he saw her was over year ago when
1haw talked with her only few minutes
and then in the presence Of an attendant
Her last previous visit 10 him Thaw says
was on Thanksgiving day three years
ago, when she spent half an hour AT the
hospital