The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 27, 1906, Page 2

Former Actress Reappears Pay Visit to Her Atlomeys. Escapes Newspaper Reporters by Crossing Roofs of Buildings. Continued from Page 1, Column 3. with a capital offense. Aroused early this mom- ing from his cell in the West Thirtieth street station-house, Thaw, attired in fresh cloth- ing, brought to him by his valet, was shackled, in spite f his protestations, to a de- and taken in the | wagon to police head- quarters. 1 liereafter, awaiting hi in the long line of petty criminals arrested during o n furn the mght. he was pholo- graphed and his measure- ments taken by the Bertillon system. Again, in the patrol he was taken to the iminal Court building, where a great multitude gath- ered catch a passing se of him, and was ar- raigned in the police court. There the proceedings were of the briefest, and, after the bare formality of arraignment had been undergone, Thaw was remanded to the cus- f the Coroner, and on to t(»d}' (@) his order was committed to the Tombs, to await the re- sult of his tnal. OBJECTS TO IRONS. !}xrnughoui the pre wqus 1aw showed little evidence of n, except when the de- tective approached him in the station to affix the handcuffs to Then he protested; but, on being assured that this was the invariable practice, he his wrisls. submitted without further words. While leaving the station, and even in the courtroom, he was Cmfip?”?d to run the gaunfl(’l of batteries of cameras, from which he shielded himsell as well as he could by covering his face with his unshackled hand. Thaw was rPgiitered at the Tombs as “Harry Thaw, bom in the United Stars, 33 years old, student,” and was a<signed to cell 220 on the second tier. Shortly after his amival he was visited in his cell b_v Dr. Austin Flint; Dr. Carlos F. MacDonald and Dr. Mabon, on behalf, it was said, of the District Attorney’s office, and by Dr. Maguire, the Tombs phy- sician, \\'ho was Ca”ed by COunSEl for the defense to make an exami- nation of the prisoner’s mental con- ] Drs. MacDonald and Flint later declined to say anything, but Dr. Maguire said that he believed he had discovered symptoms of dition. emotional insanity and possible in- dications of incipient paresis. The alienists will make a further exam- ination of the prisoner tomorrow, Dr. Maguire meantime keeping him under observation. Dr. Maguire said that Thaw's physical condition was almost per- THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY; JUNE 27, 1906, THAW'S WIFE TO BE SUMMONED BEFORE THE GRAND JURY. EVELYN NESBIT'S GAY LEDERER SAYS THAW | LIFE ON THE STAGE. Continued from Page 1, Column 5. 5 A MORAL IDIOT. Continued from Page 1, Column 4. two and two together are to be trusted, Miss Nesbit's life was hardly given up to humdrum. Former residents of the Au- dubon, where she resided some time during this period, have the liveliest re- | membrances of her manifold activities in | the field of gayety. She was young, pretty, vivacious, and it was not in the nature of things that she should pine for company, they point out. It is not of record in the establishment | that she did. Those who knew her dur- ing this period look exceedingly knowing and leave one with the impression that nothing but the finest professional con- | sideration prevented them from going into details. One episode did crop out. It was at the time that some one of Newport's smart set had the entire “Wild Rose” Company taken to Newport for a private performance. On that occasion the Ri- alto was shocked at the report that, in- stead of going with the rest of the com- pany, Miss Nesbit and another girl, a chum of hers, went on a private yacht for a sail instead. But all this, according to those who remember Miss Nesbit's early lively ca- reer, was before she met Harry Thaw. | Presumably that was after she went with the Shuberts and was given a rather prominent part “The - Girl Dixie” ; for from this time on her stage | career becomes somewhat nebulous in Rialto tradition. “Besides,” as one man who knew her | professionally remarked, “she was al- ways rather uppich, and I never paid much attention to what she was about.” Some views expressed were not so in From clined to say anythmg about the case, except that it was now en- tirely in the hands of Black and Olcott. Olcott declined to make any statement. The whereabouts of Mrs. Thaw, who disappeared from Madison Square Garden in the confusion that followed the tragedy, remained mystery until this ahz:mocn, when, accompanied by a friend, Miss May McKinzie, she arrived at the offices of Delafield & Long- fellow on Wall street, where she remained in consultation with her ‘While there she was served with a sub- pena requiring her attendance be- fore the Grand Jury on Thursday. FORMER ACTRESS ILL. Mrs. Thaw was clad in a plain brown automobile costume and appeared il and nervous and hardly strong enough to walk from the carriage to the door. At the lawyers' office Mrs. Thaw was joined by Mr. and Mrs. George Camegie, said to be relatives of her husband. Mrs. Thaw was not seen to leave the building, which was closely . watched by reporters, and late in the afternoon it was learned that she and Miss McKinzie had left the lawyers” office on the thir- teenth 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 them. Delafield declined to. make any statement on behalf of Mrs, Thaw, except to say that she would not be spirited away and would re- spond to any summons of the au-| thorities, Assistant Disirict Attorney Nott, who is in charge of the prosecu- tion, said all the witnesses would be ex- amined by him, but that Mrs. Thaw's | appearance at the inguest would not be | required. It was understood that this| action was decided upon because Mirs. Thaw could stand on her right as al wife and refuse to testify against her| a counsel [Ol’ several hours. |only 15 yeras old,” said Mr. Lederer. |She and her mother were afraid of | she was. The mext I heard of her she was | |tocked up all of her gowns and jewels, with | the exception of the dress she wore when she | dinary accused murderer. He will have {decide that.” |office had received no communication |panied by her sister, Mirs. Prescott H. | Gramercy Park, where she is now with said that Stanford White saw her when she was singing in the chorus, and being struck by her great beauty decided to assist her and her widowed mother. \ ““Thaw met the girl when she was ‘“That was before | knew her and when she was posing in Philadeiphia. the young Pittsburg millionaire and would have nothing to do with him. He followed the girl all around the country He sent her a grand piano and numerous gowns and jewels, but her mother always returned them. No repulse, however, seemed to ac- complish anything and the girl finally gave in. “1 found Miss Nesbit in Philadel- phia and was so impressed with her great beauty that I made her a prop- osition to put her on the stage. I be- lieved I could make a star out of her and astound the country. But her | beauty was all she possessed. On the stage she was self-conscious and made no hit outside of being a pretty cho- rus girl. ““It was about that time that she met White. Although the architect had been mixed up in many affairs and was known as quite a man about town, he declared to me that his in- terest in the girl wasthat of a platonic friend. He said he felt sorry for her and wanted to see her placed in a better position. Her mother seemed to feel | that he was only interested as he said, and so, when he fitted out apartments in New York, she and her daughter moved into them. ““All during this time Harry Thaw was following her about the country, sending her fiowers, jewels and other things. They were all returned to | him, as far as | know. Then the girl quit the ‘Florodora’ company and went with the ‘Wild Rose’ company. But she didn’t do any good. Shé& had no talent whatever. Finally White proposed that she enter a private seminary in New Jersey and finish | her education, which had been ne- glected. The fact that the architect placed her in school caused me to be- lieve that his interest in her was| nothing more than honorable. ““Then she quit school and | heard nothing more from her for some time. She practically | diseppeared, and when I met White on the street one day he told me he didn't know where traveling in: Europe with an employed com- | panion and in the company of Harry Thaw. | 1 was greatly surprised, for | knew she alweys had a great aversion for the young Pittsburg man. | “‘Some months passed and 1 heard nothing | from her outside of the elub gossip about her and Thaw. One day I was sitting In my office | when the ddor opened and Miss Nesbit ap- peared. She plumped herself down into a | chair and burst into sobs. When she recovered | her composure she told me that she had run | away from Thaw in Paris and had come to me for advice. She was dressed in a magnificent moleskin cloak, aithough she did not wear any jewels. | “‘She told me a story of Thaw's actions in | Paris that was simply too horrible to print. it : scems that while they were together In Parls | he had become intimate with a number of | voung girls. She told me that he was a moral degenerate, and that upon the discovery of this she prepared to leave him. She said that she had known for some time that he was addicted to morphine and cigarcttes. Thaw discovered that she was getting ready to leave him and came to New York. | “‘i advised her to go to her mother and she went. | presumed that her separation from Thaw was final, but about the next thing I heard was they had made it all up and were | again traveling In Europe. Then came the naws of their marrlage, and since that time 1| haven’t seen either of them.'" to await his turn to be tried, in all prob- ability. However, Mr. Jerome will be back in town on Monday next and will Up to tonight the District Attorney’s from members of White's family. Mrs. White came in this morning from her summer home at St. James, 15 ]., ac- Butlet, and went to the town house in her son, Lawrence, who came down from Harvard University yesterday and parted from his father only an hour or so before the tragedy. Mrs. White was reported to be completely prostrated by shock and grief. White's body was removed to the house this afternoon. The autopsy held today showed that three bullets had taken effect—one in e comer of the left eye, which pene- AIDED THAW'S WIFE. Brother of Murdered Man Declares Vie- tim Was Actress’ Friend. SEATTLE, Jyne 28 —Richard Mans- fleld White, a well-known clubman of this city, is a brother of Stanford ‘White, the architect who was shot to death last night by Henry Thaw in the Madison Square roof gardén in New York city at the end of the evening performance. The first intimation Mr. White had of the terrible tragedy was when he was told of the crime today by a newspaper man. “As far I know,” said White, “there has never been any bad feellng' be- tween my brother and Thaw. They had known each other for vears, and Thaw was well aware of the relations that existed between Miss Nesbitt and Stan- ford when he made the girl his wife. There had never been a breath of scan- dal in connection with my brother and the girl. He had known her for the last fifteen years~and was a friend of her family, who were aware of all he had done for the -girl in the way of assisting her in her profession. All that Stanford ever did for the advancement of the young lady’s interests was merely In line with countless good deeds he performed in the way of help- ing -young people with whom he was acquainted. As a member of the Art- ists’ League he was in a position to se- cure clients for Miss Nesbitt, who was one of the best known models in New York before her marriage. “Of these and other circumstances in the girl's life young Thaw was well acquainted ‘when he decided to marry her. Although bitterly opposed by his whole family, he made her his wife, and I am certain that since that time her relations with my brother have been none other than those inspired by the gratitude toward an older man who had assisted her'in rising in her chosen profession. Thaw was a man of the world and knew that Stanford had, torough his connections and influénce, aided the girl in securing the position in the theatrical company she was with rrhen he first became acquainted with her. : THAW’S MOTHER TO RETURN. Is Spending the Summer With the Countess of Yarmouth. PITTSBURG, June 26.—Mrs. Charles J. Holman, mother of Mrs. Harry Ken dall Thaw, who lives at Brookline, a suburb of this city, was apprised to- day of the shooting of Stanford White by Thaw. She said she did not know Stanford White and had never heard of him. : At the home of Mrs. Willlam Thaw, mother of Harry, who salled from New York last Saturday to spend the sum- mer with her daughter Alice, the Countess of Yarmouth, it was said that she would be reached as quickly as possible and notifled of the unfortunate affair. It was likely, it was said, that she would take the first vessel for home. Mrs. Thaw was not in the best of health when she left the city, and it is expected the news will have a se- rious effect upon her condition. Up to a comparatively shot time ago but little had been seen of Harry Ken- dall Thaw in Pittsburg for a number | his father's | of years. Shortly after death he went abroad and there made his residence, living most of the time in Paris. After his return from Europe and his marriage he purchesed a fine | piece of property on Fifth avenue, and it was sald that it was his intention to put up a handsome home. One of the reports current here today was that | Thaw had had some talk with the man killed relative to some of the archi- tectural features of the new house. DRUNKARD ANNOYS SLAYER. Millionalre Passes Sleepless Night in a Police Station. CANAL COMPANY CHANGES HANDS Los Angeles Capitalists Buy Hq]dings of Irrigationists. Syndicate Also Purchases Big Tracts in Glenn and Colusa. SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. REDDING, June 26.—A financially strong Los Angeles syndicate has com- pleted negotiations by which the Cen- tral Canal and Irrigation Company and its holdings will change owner- ship on July 1. The first payment will be made on that date and three quar- terly payments will be made there- after. For some weeks data has been collected relating to the ratifications of the projected’ irrigation scheme, for the benefit of which an endeavor was made to pass a bill through Congress a few weeks ago. Not only has the canal property been bought, but a large portion of the rich Jacinto grant in Glenn has also changed hands and a tract of fertile s0il near Princeton, Colusa County. ‘Within the next thirty days the pro- moters of the syndicate“expect to bring 200 people to the land already bought and now being surveyed preparatory to colqnhlngn il e TWO BODIES IDENTIFIED AS THOSE OF SAME MAN Description of Each Tallles With That BIRMINGHAM, Ala, June 26.—Two bodies, each of which is declared to be that of W. J. Marshall, a well-known contractor, who disappeared from his home here June 4, lie in a local un- ertaking establishment. The family of Marshall supposed that the man who committed suicide by jumping from a bridge at Little Rock, Ark. on June 6 was Marshall. S. H. Harris went to Arkansas, recovered the body which was found in the river at Pine Bluff, Ark., and brought it here yesterday. Harris declares emphatically it is the body of Marshall. 1 Yesterday, on Red Mountaln, south of | Birmingham, another body was found, and the description of clothing tallles | so closely with that worn by Marshall jat the time of his disappearance that | the Coroner is in a quandary. Marshall | carried vonsiderable life insurance, and agents of the Insurance companies are | especially sctive in the investigation. | —_— WOMAN AND LITTLE ONES NEARLY BURNED TO DEATH | Escape From Blazing House Near Red- | ding In the Nick of Time. | REDDING, June 26.—The residence, | barn and store of B. r.. Gumm, Western | Shasta, owned and occupied by Frank- |lin P. Wolcott, were totally destroved by fire Saturday night’ Mrs. Wolcott and her children had a narrow escape from death in the flames. started by a defective flue. | about $3000. The loss is i | the police, but because of the promi- |nence of the family the incident was The fire was | | he was locked in a cell. | scenes and was unmoved, but NEW YORK, June 26.—Harry Thaw |Suppressed. All the cities of the coun- passed a sleepless night in his cell in|try have been notified of the robbery the Tenderloin Police Station and was |and a description of the jewels has kept under constant watch lest he |been sent to the varlous police depart- should attempt to harm himself. He |ments. had just settled himself on the couch | in tho grimy cell when a drunken | prisoner was brought in. The man was half insane with drink and began yell-| NEW YORK, June 26.—Between his ing at the top of his voice as soon as |sobs this morning Lawrence White, son SON SWEARS VENGEANCE. on watch was -accustomed to suca |ance on Harry K. Thaw and swore that Thaw | every resource at his avail would be was bothered. He called the door man | used to send him to the electric chair. and asked him: | “He murdered my father and mur- “Say, can't you have that roomer next | dered him in cold blood,” half brokenly to me moved away? He annoys me aw- said the youth. “His stories may be fully.” true and then again they may not. Su¢h The drunken man was removed to an- | things never lose anything when. pass- other section of the cellhouse. |ing from gossip to gossip. Father loved the gay life of Broadway and the | cafes, but he never did half the evil ey things charged up against h Home Robbed of Valuables Worth Sixty | sw,,gm monggcrs. - Yo by fhe Thousand Dollars. “I am only a young man, but I have PITTSBURG, June 26.—While seek- |life before me and while I have a dol- ing information of the Thaw family it lar and a hand with which to pay it out was learned tonight that the home of TI'll look only for vengeance on the Mrs. William Thaw, mother of Harry lman who murdered the best father that Thaw, who is charged with the murder ever lived. of Stanford White in New York last | night, was robbed of jewels and silver | charge of murder, or if he gets a term plate within the past few weeks, the | of imprisonment, he may depend upon value of which is said to amount to |it that I will get even as soon as he $60,000. The wmatter was reported to | breathes free air again.” THAW “JEWELS STOLEN. Open a Box for the Children Leave it where they can reach it. Watch them gain in weight. Watch their cheeks grow ruddy with health and life. Uneeda Biscuit Soda Crackers— the most nutritious food made from wheat, thcreio_rc the most wholesome food for children. In a dust xii;ht, : moisture proof package. NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY The door man | of Stanford White, breathed out venge- | “And If Harry Thaw Is freed of this | PAID BY STANDARD OIL T0 G0 OUT OF BUSINESS Operator Tufifi: That the Cor- poration Allowed Him a Pension. SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. CALL BUREAU POST BUILDING, WASHINGION, June 26, —A very strong piece of evidence which the Government may use in| its prosecution of the Standard Oil Company was disclosed here to-day during the examination of Law- rence Nicolai, formerly an oil dealer, in bankruptcy proceedings. He| was formerly in business with his brother- under the firm name SHONS MERC! "0 FIVE FELONS Governor Commutes the Sentences of Prison- ers of State. Burglar to Be Released at Once and Others in Short Time. 26.—Governor five commuta- SACRAMENTO, June Pardee today granted tions of sentence. Fregerick Wilson, serving a fifteen- | year sentence for burglary from San Francisco, with a prior conviction of from | petty larceny, will be released Sap Quentin at once. - g The sentence of Thomas Gormley, sent to San Quentin from Los Angeles Nicolai Brothers, The firm retired from business in 1895. Nicolai resumed business in January, 1905, | under the name of the National Oil| Company. [ “After a ten years’ fight, from 1885 to 1895, my brother and 1" said Nicolai in the course of his examination, “were forced by the Standard Oil Company to accept its | terms, From 1895 to January,| 1905, Standard Oil paid me a regu-| far salary or pension every month to keep out of business. Then they found, I suppose, they could get along without me.” In response to a query of coun- sel, Nicolai stated that the contract was made in 1895 for three years, | and had been renewed from time | to time. / | Frank B. Kellogg ‘of St. Paul| and United States District Attor- ney Morrison of Chicago, who have | been designated by Attnmcy—Gcn—ly eral Moody special counsel to in-| vestigate the operations of the! Standard Oil Company and assist in prosecutions, arrived here to-| |day and were in consultation with| officials of the department of jus-| |tice. They have already entered upon their duties and expect to be | busy the entire summer, CAPTAIN WYNNE CONVICTED, BUT GETS OFF LIGHTLY | WASHINGTON, June 26.—The court- | martial which recently tried Captain | R. F. Wynne, United States Marine Carps, on charges of insubordination, | found him guilty and recommended his dismissal from the service. The court- | martial made no recommendation for | clemency. The Navy Department recommerded to the President approval of the sen- | tence, but in view of Captain Wyane's | service and the provocation under | which he acted, the department advised that execution of sentence be delayed | until Captain Wynne could- be xlven“ opportunity to resign. The President approved the recommendation of the | Navy Department that Captain Wynne | be permitted to resign. i for fifty years for felonious assault, is commuted so that the prisoner wiil be released about July 27. I W. A. Cheney, who committed o informed Governor Pardee that circumstances surrounding the daid not warrant a heavy senten Gormley has served, with crediis, equivalent of thirty years. FEugene Sutherland, sent from Ama- dor County to San Quentin for five years for felonious assault, will be re- leased immediately. F. O. Melseter, serving a county jail sentence of nine months for obtaining money by false pretense, and Freder- ick H. Taylor of Vallejo, serving ninety days In the county jail at Fairfleld, benefit through the Governor's clem- ency. e —— MUTUAL LIFE MAY GIVE UP ITS FRENCH BUSINESS Regards the Regulations Imposed by the Paris Government as Toe Onerons. NEW YORK, June 26.—At the regu- far meeting of the Mutual Life direc- tors tomorrow the serious situation In Frapce Is likely to be considered. Chafles A. Peabody, president of the company, has recent information from Emory McClintock, vice president, which does not Indicate a flattering outlook for the American companies, and it is more than probable that the Mutual's management may decide to withdraw from the effort to acquire new business in France. “Under the recent French edict,” < Peabody, “which requires Americ companies to invest In strictly Fren securities to the full amount of the legal reserve on policies written In France, the Mutual would have to seg- regate $15,000,000 to $20,000,000 for the purpose.” The Overk Sixty-eight hours to C! train. Leaves San Fra: Atlantie E?rm. leaving at ® a. m., and Chins and Japan Fast M. leaving at 6 p. m., earry standard and tourist sleepers, diner and chair cars. Soutbern . TRANSFER OF YOSEMITE PARK IS NOT YET COMPLETED SACRAMENTO, June 26. — Another hitch has developed in the matter of the transfer of Yosemite Valley to the Federal Government. Governor Pardee notified the Yosemite Commissioners after recelving the notice of the See- retary of the Interior that the grant had formally been accepted by the Fed- | eral Government to close up their af- fairs, when the question was raised as to what disposition should be made of the State property in the valley. This consists of horses, cabins, wagons, and personal property of considerable value. It_seems to be conceded that the State can remove the chattels and that Major Benson will not interpose any objec- tion. The State has in the valley a costly electric light and power pl To leave it will be to give what is needed in the h will be of high value to it. The Yosem- ite Commission has referred the mat- ter to the Attorney General to get his opinion. ley and leh —_— Headaches and Neuralgia Fi.m Colds. Laxative Brome Quinine, the world- wide Cold and Grip remedy, removes the cause. Call for the full name and ook for sigpature of E. W. Grove. 23¢.* | THECITY This view SUNDAY THE CALL Will Issue the SECOND of Its Series of FIRE PICTURES, Entitled BURNING was taken R from. the Hopkins Art ngfia and shows the fect and his appetite excellent. baSoM, e e s P trated the brain and was instantly fatal ; EMINENT COUNSEL. Louis Delafield, who took charge of Thaw's interests immediately after his arrest, announced that the fim of Black, Olcott & Bonynge, of which Former Govemor Frank S. Black is the senior partner, had been retained to conduct the de- pear before the Grand Jury, however. ‘one in the upper lip, knocking out sev- The District Attorney's office is busily | eral teeth, and another striking engaged in looking up_ Thaw's lntzcc-‘-‘hofl_l'def-il ices will be held st dents, his mode of living and his re- meral services c_held .at ported dissipations and indulgences, with g:r}:}wlomtogfihl’dl.r with Coadjutor a view to analyzing their bearing on his | T;‘:w‘, bearing in We Totibs vas mental condition. On this subject Nott | the source of much wonder to the war- said: » |dens who had him in charge. While “He 1s not insane now, nor was hemlfpflffid lo.be:dlh:m of dfl!:"md insane at the time he shot White.” ble to compreh i i“’m’ ion, his ap- Asked conceming the probable date | fit: subdtanial e disposed uf "BULLOCK & JONES CO. 80] Van Ness AVB.! Eddy Street Corner - AGENTS SHOULD scope of the fire. Do not fail to_get this picture and make your galle‘gtion complete. SEND US THEIR fense. Later Delafield and Olcott d ! - ml;dmmg the afhz - - & had an interview with the prisoner N ' ! AsSent Ditict Atomey noon, and, having dined at 6 gcock CARS PASS THE DOOR g ORDERS FOR EXTRAS AT ONCE. inthe consuting room in thel "I koow of o seson why T | remnd. S8 e i & B All garments made on the premises as in our old establishment. : pnson, aiter wi e- = R SLtE ek Lo expected to wd | should be treated differently from an or- | comfortable night. ‘,