New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-18
STORY OF KILLING TOLD
BY WIFE AT TWO TRIALS

added to by the statement that Thaw
urged upon Evelyn Thaw "A suicide pact
She said Thaw tried 70 kill himself In
Paris hotel in 1904 Mrs. Thaw said she
did not tell her story at the first trial be
cause Mr.. Demas said it would tend to
make Thaw out to be too crazy"
She told in almost the same phraseology
as at the first trial Of her meeting with
Stanford White; how he gave her mother
money and clothes 10 make a trip to Pitts
burGh and how at other times she was his
guest at dinner. She told Of her first trip
e. studio in East 22d street. where she
vas photographed She repeated the
story OF her visits to Stanford Whites
studio IN the Madison Square Garden
tower. where. she asserted. White drugged
her II was this story. repeated TO Thaw
that brought about the death OF White
she said.
Asked what was Thaw's appearance
when she repeated this story 20 him.
Evelyn said Thaw became greatly excited,
grawed his fingers and paced up and
down the room and sobbed This sob
bling. she said Thaw kept mp all night
young brother were very poor at tnat
time. all three living in one room.
We did not have enough % eat" she
said on the stand Sometimes We mad
only crackers and milk. ! had a hard
time to earn enough to provide for US by
my work in the studios thought II 1
could get job on the stage everything
would be all right. White promised 20
get me job where ! could earn much
more FOR our keep"
She said one afternoon In the Grand
Hotel in New York that Thaw told her
MS life was ruined. that White and MS
friends were constantly circulating IN
pleasant stories about him. and that so
many things had happened that he didn't
want to live
"He was going to Kill himself, and he
couldn't see why wouldn't XIII myself
with him" she said.
Thaw nxed the time FOR their suicide.
she said. but. instead - killing them
selves. they went to the theatre In
March. lsD4. she said while at the Palais
d'Orsay. Thaw tried to Kill himself oy
drinking laudanum.
~
came into Martins Restaurant carly on
the evening he was killed and no" she
wrote Thaw note. saving the Il
was there From Martins the party. con-
sisting Of Tnaw Mrs Thaw. TruNton
Beale. a writer. and rich young man
from San Francisco named McCaleo'
went to the roof garden.
After sitting through a part Of the per
formance they started toward the eleNa-
tor Mrs. Thaw turned TO speak 10 her
husband. but he was not In sight The
next minute she heard three shots. Tina"
went 10 her after the shooting. and she
said: My God. Harry. what have you
doneg" He kissed her and replied: II :
all right. dearie; / have probably saved
your life"
EVELYN Thaw testified that the night
Tbaw killed White his actions were not
greatly different from what they usually
were.
Harry Thaw was acquitted February j.
1905 Of the charge OF numbering stanford
White. and was sent Immediately 10 Mat
teawan. II was only after long argument
that Martin ". Lttleton persuaded the
prisoner and his family not 10 swear out
a writ Of abeas corpus. To Thaw II APP
parently meant that his commitment 10
Natteawan would be for long time ana
his fear Of being sent TO an insane
ASYLUM was realized. Thaw rebelled
against going to Matteawan. but. OF
course. had 10 go on Judge Dowlings
order
After Thaws acquttal and commitment
II was said by members OF the jury that
il was the unanimous opinion OF the jury
that Thaw was a dangerous man, who.
II the opportunity came, might again XIII
some one II was said that he was
sufferer from paranoia in the form OF
exaggerated ego.