Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 9, Hammond, Lake County, 27 June 1906 — Page 3

THE LAKE COUNTY TIMES PAGE THREE On Furniture, Pianos, Horses, Wagons, Etc. Without removal of property and without pubIf you cannot call, write, and we will send our confidential agent to see you. Positively no charge unless loan is made.

Wednesday, June 27, 1906

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Chicago and Hammond THAW IS IN THE TOMBS Man of Many Vagaries Remand ed for the Murder of Architect White. HAS EXPRESSED NO REGRETS His Appetite Is More Than Good and He Expects to Sleep Well. Declares the Man He Murdered Had Ruined the Life of Mrs. Thaw Defense Will Be the InPlea. New York, June 27.-Frankly adthat he killed Stanford White, the famous architect, and pleading in justification of the deed that White had ruined the life of his wife, the beautiful ex-chorus girl and artist's model, Florence Evelyn Nesbit, Harry Kendall Thaw, of Pittsburg, brother of HARRY K. THAW the Countess of Yarmouth, occupies a cell in the Tombs awaiting the action of the grand jury on a charge of murHis counsel will offer the deof insanity, and the prisoner has been examined by eminent alienretained on his behalf and by the district attorney's office. Both Sides Are in a Hurry.

The coroner's inquest will be held tomorrow, and in all probability the case will then be considered by the grand jury, when the prisoner's wife will be required to appear before that

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Telephone Lake Shore 443 body, she having been served with a subpoena while in consultation at the office of her husband's counsel. Eveffort is now being made by both sides to expedite the legal preliminso that the arraignment and trial may take place at the earliest possible date. Recalls the Murder of Fisk. Not since the killing of James Fisk, Jr., by Edward S. Stokes on the stairof the Grand Central hotel, more than thirty years ago, has the metropolis been shocked by so startling and dramatic a tragedy as that which was enacted in the presence of an audience of more than 1,000 persons on the roof theater of Madison Square garden. Not the least dramatic feature of the tragis the fact that White met his death in the structure which is perthe most conspicuous memorial of his architectural genius. PROTESTS AGAINST HANDCUFFS But He Has to Wear Them-Camera Fiend on Hand. Roused early in the morning from his cell in the West Thirtieth street station house Thaw, attired in fresh clothing brought to him by his valet, was shackled in spite of his protestato a detective and taken in the patrol wagon to police headquarters, where he was photographed and his Bertillon measurements taken. Then, he was taken to the criminal court, where he was arraigned and remandto the coroner's custody, who had him committed to the Tombs. He showed little evidence of agitation, exwhen being handcuffed. It goes without saying that wherever there was a chance to see the prisonthere was a multitude of the morbid. Probably a fact that hit him as hard as anything that happened was that while leaving the station house, and even in the court room,, he was com pelled to run the gauntlet of batteries of cameras from which he shielded himself as well as he could by coverhis face with his unshackled hand. Shortly after Thaw's arrival at the Tombs he was visited in his cell by Dr. Austin Flint. Dr. Carlos F. Macand Dr. Mabon. on behalf, it was said, of the district attorney's office, and by Dr. Maguire. the Tombs physician, who was requested to make an examination of the prisoner's mental conditions by counsel for the defense. Drs. MacDonald and Flint later declined to say anything, but Dr. Maguire said that he believed he discovered symptoms of emotional insanity, and possible indications of incipient paresis. The alienists will make a further examination of the prisoner

today. Dr. Maguire meantime keeping him under observation. Dr. Maguire said that Thaw's physical condition was almost perfect, and his appetite excellent.

Lewis Delafield, who took charge of Thaw's interests immediately after his arrest, announced that the firm of Black, Olcott, Gruber & Bonynge, of which ex-Governor Frank S. Black is the senior partner, had been retained to conduct the defense. Later Delafield and ex-Judge W. M. K. Olcott had an interview with the prisoner in the conroom in the prison, after which Delafield declined to say anything about the case except that it was Olcott. Olcott declined to make any statement. MRS. THAW VISITS A LAWYER Dodges the Crowd When Leaving the Office-Thaw's Appetite Good. The whereabouts of Mrs. Thaw, who disappeared from Madison Square garin the confusion that followed the tragedy, remained a mystery until, acby a friend, she arrived at the offices of Delafield & Longfellow on Wall street, where she remained in consultation with counsel for sevhours. While there she was served with a subpoena requiring her atbefore the grand jury tomorMrs. Thaw appeared ill and nervous, and apparently hardly strong enough to walk from the carriage to the door. Mrs. Thaw was not seen to leave the building, which was closely watched by reporters, and later in the afterit was learned that she had left the lawyer's office on the thirteenth floor, crossed the roofs of two adjacent buildings, and entered a window of the City National Bank building in front of which a carriage was waiting for her. Delafield declined to make any stateon behalf of Mrs. Thaw, except to say that she would not be spirited away, and would respond to any sumof the authorities. The district attorney's office is busily engaged in looking up Thaw's antehis mode of living, reported dissipations and indulgences, with a view to analyzing their bearing on his mental condition. On this point Nott said: "Thaw is not insane now, nor was he insane at the time he shot White." Thaw's bearing in the Tombs was the source of much wonder to the warwho had him in charge. While he appeared to be in a sort of daze and unable to comprehend his posihis appetite was unimpaired, for he disposed of three substantial meals during the afternoon and having dined at 6 o'clock with every appearance of enjoyment he remarked that he expectto spend a comfortable night. DEAD MAN'S WIFE IN TOWN Her Prostration Complete-Three Bullets Struck White. Up to this writing the district attorney's office has received no communi-

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cation from members of White's famMrs. White came in from her sumhome at St. James in Long Island went to the town house in Gramercy park, where she now is with her son Lawrence, who came down from Harvard Monday and had partwith his father only an hour or so before the tragedy. Mrs. White was reported to be completely prostrated by shock and grief. The autopsy showed that three bulhad taken effect on White, one in the corner of the left eye, which penethe brain and was instantly fa tal; one in the upper lip, knocking out several teeth, and one striking the left shoulder and lodging in the elbow. Fuservices will be held tomorrow at St. Bartholomew's church, Coadjutor Bishop Greer officiating. ANOTHER THAW SENSATION Family Home at Pittsburg Robbed of $60,000 Worth of Jewels. Pittsburg, June 27.-It is learned that the home of Mrs. William Thaw, mother of Harry Thaw, who is charged with the murder of Stanford White in New York, was robbed of jewels and silver plate within the past few weeks, the value of which is said to amount to $60,000. The matter was reported to the pobut because of the prominence of the family the incident was sup pressed. All the cities of the country have been notified of the robbery and a description of the jewels has been sent to the various police departments. The jewels are said to be some of rare value gathered by Mrs. William Thaw in her travels and include strings of pearls, diamonds of rare value and perfect color and silver plate that was convenient for the robbers to take away. Heavier pieces of plate of cum bersome bulk were left behind. One Man as Good as Another. Jackson, Miss., June 27.-Governor Vardaman has announced to the offiof the Mississippi National Guard that there will be no "officers'" ball at the annual encampment at Gulfport this summer; that if a ball is given privates must be allowed to attend. The officers are making a strong protest, and declare there will be no free-for-all affair. The Dead Sea. The Dead sea is 1,300 feet below sea level. There can, of course, be no outfor the Dead sea, and the volume of from 6,000,000 to 10,000,000 tons of wathat the Jordan throws into it every twenty-four hours must be caraway by evaporation. Not a solidwelling is on its coasts, and there is no living thing in its waters. As we stand on the north shore the sea stretches out some forty-two miles to ward the south and is, on an average eight miles wide. The water is of a greenish blue and as clear as crystal.

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