El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-19

Z burg The same year and lost $4,000
Z IN a single poker game
In 1901 he met the beautiful Eve
Ism Nesbit Her father. a Pittsburg
( lawyer. had died and left little money
and SO she had come to New York.
. where her splendid features and fig
ure proved IN demand among photo
Sraphers and artists. She also served
+. for a period in the chorus Of a mu-
steal production
Before meeting Thaw she had known
stanford White. an architect of inter
national reputation. who designed some
OF the most beautiful buildings OF this
metropolis
The story Of her visits to Whites
at the trial IF Thaw. but she said she
mad TOLD Harry before she married
him all about ~ part White had
played in her lie.
Are Married ON Christmas Eve.
Evelyn and her mother went to Eu-
rope and Thaw followed them Later
he returned to this country with Eve
Ign and they were married on Christ
At first the members Of the Thaw
family were disposed not TO recognize
Evelyn. but her charms conquered
them and she was soon - be seen
standing in the receiving line beside
the elder Mrs Thaw at the receptions
ia the Pittsburg mansion.
Harry and his young wife lived
more IN New York than in Pittsburg
and theaters. All this time Harry was
harhoring a strange jealousy against
stanford White. who, he declared. had
ruined Evelyn's life and his own
The evening Of June %, 1906. the
Thaws took dinner in a restaurant
mere and then went TO the opening
performance Of musical show at the
Madison square Roof Garden.
The young Pittsburser wore a light
gray raincoat and 1t was noted that
during the performance he paced up
and down among the tables as If look
ing for some one.
Kills stanford White.
Presently White and several com
panions entered the roof garden and
seated themselves at a table. Thaw
walked over and pulled a revolver
from his pocket. CursinE the archi-
tect he shot AT White three times
two bullets taking effect.
The slayer was seized by a fireman
and identified by cards in his pocket.
lie was not put on trial until January
%. 1907. almost seven months later In
the course Of the trial district attor-
ncy William T Jerome tried TO prove
Ihaw insane. while the defendant bit
terly opposed the action 4 commits
sion declared Thaw sane and the trial
continued. the jurors disaEreeinS. with .
seven for conviction and five ga inst
\ second trial resulted in a jury
acquitting him February I. 1908. on
the ground Of insanity. but ne was
committed to the Matteawan asylum
for the criminal insane.
Later in the same year Thaw at
tempted r. gain freedom on a writ
Of habeas corpus. After the taking
of much testimony. justice MOrschau-
ser found that Thaw's release would
be dangerous to the public
Thaw tried to be transferred to the
Middletown state hospital and then
demanded a trial by jury to prove
4 second writ Of habeas corpus
brought Thaw before justice Mills at
White Plains. who ordered the prison
er returned to Matteawan-
At the end of 1909 Thaw tried TO
get the case into the supreme court
Of a United States but failed. In
1912 a third habeas corpus proceeding
was obtained and failed TO free him.
and in 1913, fourth writ was equally
ineffective
Later that year a careful and skiiful
plot was laid to take Thaw to Canada
On August Il he escaped from Mattea-
wan and was hurried in a fast motor
car through New England 20 Canada
The energies Of the state OF New
York and the United States govern
ment were enlisted in eXtraditiOn pro-
,eedings. but these ended suddenly
when minister of justice Doherty or
1ered ThaW taken to the border and
forced across the line into
ermOnt Then came fight in the
VermOnt state courts and an appeal
I'D the United States supreme court
The upshot OF it was that Thaw was
ordered back to New York.
In June, 1915, he secured a jury
rial on the question OF his sanity and
vas found sane.
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