The Washington times., 1913-08-17

rOr more tnan seven years the case OF
| Harry Kendall Thaw. one time Pitts
burgh millionaire and habitue Of the
white light sections of that city and the
metropolis, has been before the public
From the night in June. 1906 when he
killed Stanford White. the noted archi-
tect, he has fought constantly in the
courts for the freedom which he now
enjoys through escape. Hundreds OF
thousands of dollars have trickled from
the once bulging purses Of the Thaw
family into the pockets Of alienists, law
yers, detectives, and others who might
render aid in Thaw's doGged endeavors
to get around the law.
The two Thaw trials were given more
newspaper space, in all probability, than
any criminal proceeding in the history
of the country. The spectacular slay-
ing of White. the story of Thaws girl
wife upon which he counted for ac-
quittal the battle of wits between high
priced LAWYERS. the wealth and promi-
nence of the people involved, and the
SoruIdncss of the entire story as II re-
VOWED about the gay life of Broadway
and Paris, caught and held the public
attention for months and even years.
From the day upon which he entered
Mattea wan. following the disagreement
of the jury in the first trial and the
verdict of insanity in the second, court
after court has been appealed to by the
young millionaire prisoner. The asylum
doors had hardly changed behind him
before Thaw was claiming to be sane,
plotting necessarily to reopen those
DOORS and spending money lavishly to
do it,
Story an Absorbing One.
With the possible exception of Albert
Patrick, sentenced for life for the
murder of the millionaire. Rice, no
man behind prison walls has made
more desperate efforts to obtain lib
erty than Thaw. He has exhausted
practically every artifice of the law
yer's profession, has sued out writs of
every description, has engaged and
dismissed attorney after attorney, and
has even been accused of attempt to
bribe State officials. AlieniSts have
waXed wealthy out of the Thaw mil
lions, for the young prisoner and his
mother came back gamely after every
rebuff from the courts.
The story of Thaw, his crime. his
trials, and his inCarCeratio min an in
sane asylum for a crime which threat
ened to send him to the electric chair,
is an absorbing one, despite the fact
that there is little that is pleasing
about il.
Thaw in early life was a sort of pet
ted, spoiled youth-the son of wealthy
parents who let him have his own
way and run wild" so TO speak. The
father, William Thaw. was too alb
sorbed in business TO hold a check
over the son; the mother-as many
mothers are-was indulgent. so Harry
grew up to have his own way. and he
went fast gait in Pittsburgh. New
York. Paris, and other places where
the night life is the gayest. 4 $4,000
beauty dinner in Paris-at which he
was the only man present-was one
OF the escapades of his young man
hood.
Met Evelyn on Broadway.
He met Evelyn Nesbit on Broadway
about twelve years ago. She was a |
chorus girl at the time and was seen
much in the company of Stanford |
white. who afterward was shot by
Thaw at n performance at Madison ,
Square Garden. The devotion of White |
for the chorus girl and artists mod |
el was well known all along Broad |
way when Thaw, with his reckless |
ness and millions, came.
All along Broadway. and in higher |
quarters. too. the infatuatiOn of the |
ran for the pretty model had been (
noted. Thaw, with mis- money. came |
on the scene. White was more con-
servative in his tastes than the Pitts |
bUTgh millionaire. Money was nothing |
tC Thaw. He loved the girl wildly and !
he was determined TO win her.
White, to get her away from him.
sent her to Mrs. De Miles school, in
New jersey. That was not enough. She
became ILL., There was an operation,
md Thaw came down to see her.
That marked the end of the rule of
White. From that tine Evelyn
tUI ned completely to Thaw. She came
back 10 New York, back to the life of
broadway.
White determined to send her and her
mother abroad. He could have done
not hing tnat appealed more to Harry
rhaW. No sooner were they on the
lther side than the young Pittsburgher
vent TO Europe. Miss SlmOntOn and the
mother were left in England. Harry
md EN eIyn did not want thcm-for the
'cung couple had determined to see Eu-
-upe in their own way. They took in
Paris and all the sights there Then |
hey hired German castle and lived
few weeks in Il. She and Harry had
lad Il little quarrel and finally Evelyn
decided to come back. Miss Simonton
anne with her.
Stanford White was waiting. eager to
Welcome his little friend. as he called
ler She told him OF her quarrel with
larry. and White. taking advantage of