The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-27
PROCESS SERVERS ARE
HUNTING MRS. THAW
she rs said 60 BE In Adirondncks,
Near Canadian Border. and Not
Anxious 20 Testify.
STATE DELvEs INTO
THAw's COLLEGE DAYS
Il said 20 Have Enticed Small Boys
% HIS Room and Then Beaten
Them with whip--wni Hold He
was Then Incurabiy Insane.

New York, June 2S.--Eyeiyn Nes-
bit Thaw and her little son, Russell
Thaw, two maids and green par
rot, all have gone TO the woodland
camp of her dancing partner, JACK
clifford. at Chateaugay Lake, in the
Adirondacks, so II was said today by
State officials who. during the past
week at the county courthouse have
teen opposing Thaw's efforts in ma
beas corpus proceedings to be u.s.
charged as sane.
As to CLIFFORD and young Mr.
Thaw's encourage the State Is NOT
particularly concerned, but II wants
Mrs. Thaw in Manhattan as q wit
ness. Subponea servers will look her
in An the woods and have her come
hack to town.
Thaw's wife, Il Is said. has for some
time told friends that now that sne
a earning her own living on the stage
and free Of the Thaws. she does not
wfsh 10 be connected further with
Thaw's legal troubles. But unless
Young Mira Thaw crosses into Can
ada---ahe IL said to be only a snort
distance by automobile from the Dor
der--ahead OF the process servers, the
state will bring her to town in the
hone that she will give testimony con-
earning her relations with STANFORD
white which the state expects VIII
prove Thaw had no sane reason Tor
shooting White.
Not III I'm Chicago.
when the present insanity hearing
was begun last Tuesday the state y
lawyers had been told and believed
that Evelyn Nesbit Thaw was Ill In
Chicago and could not be brought into
the State. Only today. said DepuIs
Attorney-General Becker, II was learn
cd positively that young Mrs Thaw
was In Manhattan few days ago
and from here had gone TO Clnords
camp In the Adirondack
some details of the States version
of why Thaw left Harvard In 1882
were revealed today. This version has
II that when Thaw first went TO Har-
ward as q special student" he lived
nj q boarding house run by Mrs. EN-
ma spyvse, 1T SO North tnow called
Massarhuse.ts) Avenue, and while In
this boarding house he Was charged
with getting young boys into the house
ana beating them.
One day, 80 lawyers opposed 70 Tnaw
say, Thaw enticed the young son OF
: local policeman 20 the boarding
house. The boy ran screaming from
the whip and told his father what nae
happened. The matter was hushed up
but Than was compelled TO leave tins
boarding mouse
Beat Tn Three others.
He thsreupon. says the Informant
took quarters In Quincy He'll. About
4 year later. the story continued. NJ
rot three boys into his quarters and
beat them. News Of this reached Pres
ident Charles W. Eliot, and DR.. Blio
haa Thaw Summoned 80 his ONCE. Al
ter \ Talk about an hour DR.. Eiio
Il said TO have given Thaw his choice
az feaving the university by ooioci
that afternoon. or suffering the public
ity OF hearing the charges aEziHst hin
thrsshsd out In q faculty examination.
I'VE proved this story" Deputy At
torney-0sneral Becker said today, At'
our own satisfaction. and now We In
taud to try to introduce II Into tn
records OF the present hearing through
the testimony Of DE-. Eliot For THU
purposs we have retained BanKo
lawyer to accompany Representative
Of Thaw 20 the summer home OF @-
Eliot in Maine"
The purpose Of DR.. Eliot's Testimony
surposins II can be obtained. VIII b
to show that even as far back as tn
early EOS Thaw was aniicted with al
incurable form OF insanity.
The State, 30 II was also SAID a
the attorney-generafs ONCE today. In
tends TO place on the stand severa
Harvard men who were In Cambridge
when Thaw was there.