The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-02
THAWS HER JINx
Evelyn Nesbit Calls Harry San
Ungrateful Cad"
Went to Brink of to Save
His Life.
CONDEMNATION Her REWARD
No Defense Will Be Made i'm
Divorce Proceedings.
Alleged Thaw Baby Does Not
Figure in the Case.

Malone, N. Y, Sept. Pr went to
the brink of - to save Harry from
the electric chair and all L ever got
was condemnation from him and his
family. 1 am happily rid of the whole
Thaw tribe"
Evelyn Nesbit, wife of the White
slayer, so expressed her joy at the
action of Thaw in bringing divorce
proceedings when seer at the sum-
mar camp of Jack Clifford, her dane
ing partner, here today.
mo matter what terrible things he
says about me 1 will submit no de-
Tense. This divorce is what l have
wanted for years. The ThawS have
been the jinx of my life"
can Ungrateful Cad"
How q human being calling him
self man can quickly forget the sac
rifice L made for HIM and noncha-
Iantly remark that he has no interest
in the woman who saved his life is one
of the incomprehensible mysteries of
this mysterious universe. A man who
can do that is either insane or he is an
ungrateful cad
The acquaintance between Jack
Francis named as correspondent in
Thaw's divorce petition, and Mrs
ThaW began soon after ThaW Shot
White. Francis at that time was re
porter for the Morning Telegraph. He
and Mrs. Thaw became warm friends
and were often seen in public together.
Attorney stephen Stone, son of ex-
Governor Stone, who is handling the
Thaw case, said that the alleged
Thaw baby did not figure in the case
at all as Thaw does not admit that
Evelyn ever had a child. He has pub
licly denied that he is its father.
Mrs. Thaw went to Europe in 1909
In the meantime she had started an
action for an annulment of her mar
riage but later dropped the case.
Baby's Birth a Secret.
Russell Thaw was born in Hamburg
in August, 1910. 1t was not until
nearly two years later that Broadway
learned Mrs. Thaw was a mother, so
successfully had she kept her secret.
She brought the child back to this
country by way of Montreal in order
to foil reporters, and had been living
for several months in an apartment at
Broadway and Ninety-eighth street
before it became known that she had
a child.
For months she denied the fact.
When she did admit it she said the
baby was the image of his father,
Harry Thaw.
.-I'u tie up the Thaw estate with
my son." she is reported to have said.
THE father of the child is Harry
Thaw and when the right time comes
everything about his birth will be fully
esta blished."
Thaw flew into a wild rage when he
heard his wife had named him as
the father of the boy. He issued a
statement from Matteawan denying
the paternity and saying that he had
been absolutely separated from his
wife for five years.
Francis Denies Charge.
New York, Sept. 2.-"I can't posi-
bly, see how he could do such thing"
said Jack Francis, in referring to Har-
ry Thaws action in naming him as
correspondent in his suit for divorce
against Evelyn Nesbit Thaw.
why, 1 haven't seen Mrs. Thaw
for three years." he added. '"Thaw
has made grave mistake He couldn't
possibly have mentioned my name.."
Francis was informed of Thaw's
action at the Girard hotel, where he
lives. He refused to make further
comment on the case and could not
be found later at any of his usual
haunts on Broadway.
The first intimation given by Thaw
that he expected to bring suit for di-
vorce was in Atlantic City on July IT,
soon after he was declared sane.
There will be no reconciliation
said Thaw. Ultimately there will be
a suit for divorce fled