The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-18
SINCE JUNE 10, 1908, HE AND HIS
FAMILY HAVE ExERTED
EVERY EFFORT.
HAS COST A MILLION
INFATUATION FOR CHORUS GIRL
LEADS TO THE ALTAR AND
TERMINATES IN KILLING
STANFORD WHITE.

Roof Garden and fired two shots into
his head and one into his shoulder.
fortune has been spent in legal pro-
cedure to secure Thaw's release. Ii
was only last February that a bride
of $4,000 was offered to get him out
of Matteawan.
Thaw Is the son of the late William
Thaw, of Pittsburg. who died leaving
an estate estimated at $40. 100000. The
young man having shown wild ten
denotes In his youth, was left only
$4,000 a year by his father. His
mother. Mrs. Mary s. Thaw, straight
way made him an allowance OF sso,
600 a year and with that as begin
ner, Thaw sought to blaze the bright
est path ever trod by any wealthy
| young American.
The Story of Evelyn.
| Before he met Evelyn Nesbit, a
| member of the "Florodora" company
at the Casino, he had won notoriety by
his beauty dinner" in Paris. given
at a cost of $4,000, and had fire.
auently been called the modern Lucui-
lus. The stories told OF his extrava-
gance are almost endless. lie was
| known as well on the other side OF
| the Atlantic as on this.
Miss Nesbit had been like good
many other young chorus girls. pro-
tege of Stanford White, at that time
this country's leading architect He
| secured for her several theatrical SIT
, uations and sent her to private
school at Pompton, N. ]. When she
returned to New York she met Thaw
and he became infatuated with her at
| first sight.
Trips to Europe.
After a rumor had gained CONSIDER
able circulation that she was to marry
Jack Barrymore. an actor. she went 10
! Paris with her mother. MIR. Whlte
having the bills. Thaw followed. He
| deluged her with flowers, 3ewelry ana
attention In the end she left her
| mother and the young couple began o
tour of the continent.
Before two months had elapsed
she was back in New YORK seeking
q reconciliation with Stanford White
and circulating stories about cruelty
to her on the part of Thaw. But In
December. 1904, she sailed Tor
Europe again, this time with Thaw,
and year later they returned to be
married in Pittsburg with Mrs.
Thaw's approval.
Evelyn Is Given polish"
Two years elapsed before the kill
ing of White. During that time Mrs.
Mary Thaw took her daughter in la W
IN hand, introduced her to Pittsburg
society, and had her schooled in Ger
man AMI French. During this time
Thaw had detectives continually fol
lowing White in New York, and was
himself always under the apprehen-
sion that White was trying to get
Mrs. Thaw back to this city.
On June Is. 1905. Thaw and his
wife came to New York and stopped
at the Hotel Lorrain. That evening
White ate dinner at the old Cafe
Martin with his son and some friends
Mr.. and Mrs Thaw dined at the same
place. and the tables were so located
that Mrs Thaw could see White while
Thawr could not He knew Of Whites
presence, however.
Kills Stanford White.
After the dinner at the Cafe Mar
tin the Thaws went to the Madison
Square Roof Garden to see "Mamselle
Champagne" White did not come in
until 11:05 o'clock, He sat down
with his friends apparently not hav-
ing seen Thaw A few minutes later
Thaw got up. walked over to Whites
table ana deliberately fred from the
rear White never knew who killed
him.
Thaw was taken to the West Thir-
tieth street station without an effor,
on his part to escape and locked up
, The next morning after brief pro-
ceedings he was remanded to the
, coroner and sent to the Tombs
The inquest was held on June 28th
, Only witnesses of the shooting were
called. and Thaw was speedily held
ners court the witnesses retired i'm
medately to the grand jury room
and at the end OF an hour Thaw
; was indicted for murder In the first
/ degree.
Trial Is Sensational.
/ Then began long period Of prepa-
ration for the trial. Thaw had diff1-
culties with his counsel. who wanted
: to prove him insane. He refused tc
\ counsel was retained and the case
: was finally called for trial January
81, 1907, before Justice Fitzgerald
In the criminal branch of the Su-
prAme court.
During this time and subsequently
Thaw's wife stood up for him through
thick and thin and when the trial wa,
in progress took the stand unfiinch.
ingly In his behalf and kept back moth
, ing. The trial was In many respect.
the most spectacular OF its kind evel
enacted In New York
After three months were consumed
In hearing the testimony the jury was
locked up for forty-seyen hours before
they decided 1t was impossible tt
I dktte. ftppiiCdtion IoT d new ira
was made Immediately but because
: of delays OF one kind and another Il
was not called until a year later.
Committed to Asylum.
At the outset Martin w. Littletor
: let 1t be known that the defense woult
J attempt to prove that Thaw was in
sane when he shot White. 1t wa.
. during the second trial that Evelyr
! Nesbit Thaw told the stories that Dis
trict Attorney Jerome tried in vain t.
have suppressed. They recountee
orgies that Stanford w hite had been Z
party to. and atrocities her husband
had committed that were calculated
to make any jury believe him crazy.
Thaw was found to be insane Feb
ruary /, 1908. Four hours later HI
was on his way to the asylum for thu
criminally insane at Matteawan, where
ne had been until today except or
| occasions when removed to othel
places In connection with his constant
/ fight for liberty.
Mother Has Spent Milton.
The four and a half years since hi
was declared insane have been hllet
with legal wranglings. His attorney
have tried every scheme conceivable
to get him out OF Matteawan. even to .
different asylum. but all attempts have
failed.
1t was In 1909 during proceedings
before Justice Mills that Evelyn ThAw
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