TI1E 8UNUVY.CITlZ.Sy-i SEPTEMBER 7, 1013.
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How the Thaw Millions Have Been
Used to Defeat Justice and Save Rich
Murderer fromPenalty of His Crime
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Caused Upheaval in Prison
Department of State
Thaw Wealth Has Result
ed in Conviction of One
Lawyer for Attempted
Bribery, the Forced Res
ignation of State Officials
and the Discrediting of
Others-r-New Efforts in
Canada to Subvert the
Ends of Justice by Engag
ing a Flock of Lawyers
Follow the Bedevilling of
Justice in New York
State.
When Hurry jtvendall Thaw, asaii
inated Stanford White on the roof
Of Madison Square Garden June 25,
1104, the Thaw fortune, estimated at
140,000,000, wii Instantly drawn upon
to liberata tho Insane murderer, de
Blare The New York World.
Since that moment, more than ev
n year ago, Thaw fluid has be
devilled the itate of New York an It
now bid fair to bedevil the Dominion
of Canada, It has beisn employed In
New York to bribe trusted officials
of the commonwealth, to buy expert
testimony, to revolutionise a state In
etltutlon, ;o pervert the prom, to In
duct perjury and corrupt moral.
The cause of all this upheaval li a
- degenerate and sadist who shot- it man
without giving him a chance for his
Ufa and who, according to competent
xpert testimony, would commit an
other murder under strea of maniac
al excitement
In hii effort to buy hi way out of
Matteawan he ha been aided by a
core "of reputable lawyer, "by" physi
, tlana. ijeteotlve and a multitude of
hanfer-on, who either possessed poli
tical Influence or Impressed Thaw
with torle to that effect.
Never In tha hUrtory of American
Jurisprudence ha euch a ipectacle
been witnessed. The golden web,
reaching out from the Atlantic sea
board to the Pacific coast, ha en
.' meshed men believed to be above re
. proach and ha brought sorrow and
-. ham to many. The lure of the great
wealth at the foot of the rainbow hn
been irrenwuBie, av to tne courts,
which alone have kept clean.
rTh story of Thaw" attempt to
win ht way back to the rlotoua world
he left that night while the strains of
mulo were cloalng the perrormance
of "MUe. Champagne," have been told
in detail, hut never ha the Inside
tale of many of the Incident been re
lated In prlut They are now written
, tor the flrrt time: they how to what
r
III .v..;:. , ' . ' - " ' "" " dl
'thaws lawyers at v a mors timls and his amkmsts
Rlnre Harry K. Thaw shot Stanford White, a llttit over seven
yea- ago.- he has employed a'mut forty lawyers and In the neigh
borhood of twenty Insanity cxp.-rt to if' n hie release from the
clutches of the law. Here are some of the attorneys and doctors
who have been lit his pay:
ATTORNEYS.
F.x-Oov, William A Mono, of
Pcnnsj Iv-unia.
IMphln M. Ilmn. leader of
the bur In Kan Francisco.
Congrpwrnan Martin W. Lit
tleton of New Yolk.
''.'. il. Franklin llartlctt, now
dead.
luiilel O'Heilly, since sen
tenced to Black well Wand.
John N, Anhut, under sen
tence to prison for attempted
bribery.
Jiime Q. Graham, once seo-reta-V
to cx-Oov, Odell.
Charles A. '.MorBchauser,
brother of Supreme Com Jus
tice Mowhatiser.
Clarence J. Shoarn, frlenJ of
W. P.. Hearst.
Ex-Judge William M. K.
Olcott.
Lewis A. Delaficld.
Frederick A. Pelafteld.
Ajraham Gruber, politician
and lawyer.
.Wx-Gov. Frank Wnck of New
York, now dead.
Tcrrence J. McM&nus,
Clifford W. llartrldge.
A. Russell I'eabody, now
John ftr 01caori.
John W. Longfellow.
Henry McPlke of Kan Fran
cisco. David T. Wajnon of " Pitts
burgh. ... Frederick H. Kahle of Pitt,
burgh.
W, A. Blakcly of Pittsburgh.
William Vnnamee of New-,
burgh,
length the glitter of gold will cor
rupt. They draw attention to the
Question, asked editorially In The
World, whether Thaw money 1 more
powerful than the state of New York.
HmiT FOIl FKK.KDOM
HKUA.V IMMEDIATELY
Thaw had scarcely sent the bullets
Into White which caused the archi
tect' death than ho began planning
to win hi freedom. He had Imme
diately besn arrested and It waa with
considerable bravado that he turned
over the weapon to the patrolman,
who took him In charge and con
ducted hlni to the Tenderloin station.
He felt, us he wild himself, that he
had rid the world of an objectionable
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Henry
Herschherg- of New
York.
Charles
Kennedy, M. 1)., ot
New York.
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Olmstead of New
Y.f;.
W. L. Shurtllff,
K.
of
(u lada.
J:ihn N. Oreenshlclds,
K. C,
of Canada.
M. K. McKeon, K. C
of
Canuda,
Col. H. R. Fraacr of Canada.
Charles D. White of Canada.
alhsnists.
Dr. Adolph Meyer, Professor
of l'sychletry at Johns Hopkina
University, Baltimore, Md.
Dr. Frederick Peterson, Psy
chiatrist at Columbia university
New York.
Dr. William A. White, super
Intendent of tho government
hospital for tho Insane, Wash
ington, V. C.
Dr. Hritton D. Evans, sup
erintendent of the state Hospi
tal for the Insane, Morris
Plains, N, J.
Dr. Allan McLane Hamilton
of New York.
Dr. (ieorgo W Jacoby --of
New York,
Dr. Graeme Hammond of
Ne York.
Dr. John P. WIIon of New
York.
Dr. Charles E, Lane of
PiuRhkeepsle.
Dr. (1. L,' Hume of Canada.
Dr. J. O, Lldoux of Canada.
Dr. W. A. Sterling of Canada.
Ir. R. H. Pope of Caniida.
character end expected to be applaud
ed for It. At the same time he real
ised that certain formalities must be
gone through with before he could
again walk the street and receive the
plaudits of the multitude,
That murdering a man in cold
blood would bring scrlou conse
quences to himself apparently did not
enter the rnlnd of Thaw. There were
two reason for this. The first was
that Thaw Is a potential paranoiac
and the other that In the past his
violation of the Irwj had been con
doned with Thaw gold. He had been
wont to beat women, wreck barrooms
and flog boy when and where ho
-LET US.
Fight for Freedom Began
Twenty Minutes After
Commitment to Mattea
wan, When Writ of Ha-
. beas Corpus Was Procur
ed but Never Filed for
Fear it Would Arouse
Fublic Sentiment Series
of Sanity Hearings Fol
lowed Which Cost the
State and Thaw . Family
Immense Sums Thaw
Money Disorganized the
Whole System of Govern
ment at Matteawan.
pleased 'and. to the extent the whim
aiiKKtwted.
T-'iuw Gold Ih Poured Out,
At tho moment of the murder the
maniac's mother, Mrs. William Thaw,
of Pittsburgh and New York waa en
route to London and the hews of her
aon's latc-Bt exploit did not reach her
until she landed. Apprised of he sit
uation, she Immediately returned and
I he Thaw pursestrings were unloosed.
From this time until the present day
they have never been tightly drawn,
How tho first fortune was legiti
mately, If vainly. pent In an effort
to bring ubout an" acquittal on tho
charge of murder, is familiar to the
pnMtr; - for-no-1 wo trlalgj of. .modern
times were as fully recorded by the
newspapers. How other Thaw fortune
were later expended In an effort to
thwart the ends of Justice is known
by thoi;e who have kept in touch with
Thaw, and his never-ending efforU to
Veirain his liberty, but the general
public kTi iws little of the devlou
ways employed.
At 5 o'clock on the afternoon of
Feb. 1, 1908, Juattce Victor J. Dowl
ing committed Thaw to the Mattea
wan Institution on the ground that he
was Insane and dangerous to the com
munity. Tiaw had escaped the elec
tric chair by a meagre margin, but
the egotism which had been hU main
stay in latter years counselled him to
rebel.
Probably not more than a dozen!
persons, Including those who consider
themselves well pouted on the case,
know that within twenty minuter af
ter Thaw had been committed a writ
of habeas corpus was procured and
that it was tho Intention of ThaW to
begin then and there a fight which
would . prevent the' barred doors of
Matteawan from Hnslnf upon him.
Dnnlel J. 'llly. who with Mar
tin W. -Littleton, had conducted tha
defense, obtained the document while
that are Indispensable in
DEMONSTRATE
Justice Dowllng waa in chamber
awaiting any motions counsel might
make, and It waa only after Little
ton had absolutely' refused to be a
party to the move that the lunatic
agreed to delay service until nubile
sentiment wa less
him.
antagonistic to
While O'Reilly had asked for the
writ on Thaw's peremptory demand.
he knew the danger of serving It and
on hla return to the pen where the j Mexican constitutionalists, directs the
vT "JuhT h8 g8.V hlS Hrk of propaganda from, the lux
vice withjut mincing words. In the ,
midst of a heated argument in which urlous P"tment looking . over the
profanity wa not conspicuous by its' Avenue B" a Boulogne, which he
absence O'R.lllv Mm.n. . occupied as President Madero'
whether Thaw oxoeofrt m.
mltted to Sherry, or Martin' h kePta ft map . of MJC. uPon
With the aid of champagne and!which lnark out ln b,ack e4ch
whiskey Thaw wa delivered at Mat- part f f"itory wung from the
teawan without further trouble The' force ot Prsldpn' Huerta, reported
trip waa made to Flshklll Landing in
the baggage car of the train and on
the way Thaw received 15,000 emerg
ency cash from his brother Joslah.
En route It was suggested to Thaw
tihat a swift launch lay, at a con
venient dock near Tarrytown and that
hi aged guards were crippled with
rheumatism, but if tho prisoner
heard he paid little heed to the infor
mation.
Thaw had other plans. They had
been, formulated while his counsel
WfrA flirhtlnv thrnlivh Vil wa trtala
If Thaw prided himself on anything!
it was hi knowledge of his case, j
Like most paranoiac hi brain wagj
clear on all subject save that upon
which he entertained delusions. His
hobby wa law as It applied to himself
and long tefore he was committed to
tho asylum he had schemed and
planned to effect his release. Four
courses wre open to him and he con
sidered them carefully.
Sought to be Freed as ane.
Possessing a large fortune and be
ing extraordinary fond of the glitter
of Broadway, he wished and schemed
to obtain hi release ln such a way
that would give him freedom, first
to control hi wealth, and second, to
spend It -Wiiere he liked. Thi could
be accomplished provided a supreme
court Justice adjudged him sane or
the superintendent of Matteawan gave
him a certificate of recovery.
He choae first to be adjudged ano
by a Jury which would sit In hahe9S!8t "f th" thrr urrcea f revP.n,f
corpus proceeding and recommend
hi release to the presiding justice on
the ground that no matter in what
mental state he had been when he
murdered White, he had recovered
his reason and the doors should be
open to him.
If he were unable to Induce a Jus
tice to grtnt his a Jury hearing, he
would accept a hearing before a Jus
tice who would take the responsibility
of attesting to hi mental cure. This
would not be as much ofta vl:l.iry
over his enemies, but It would Insure
him hi liberty and that, after all,
was the main thing to be considered.
With what In effect would be bett.r champion long distance
tfc . . i,.., fcJthat by far tho greatest difficulty to
rh-h. nM -AC,, ,.,v,the touring aviator is that of find
,.. 4 u. .!, ,
Gainlrisr his liberty throueh a fcertl-
i . . . m . j,,
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Biiui.BO id maw lur me reason ami.
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back of the suDerlntendent s act on.
It would be a meagre victory at best
nl nam tn ho nnaiHoroH nnb aftanl
(Continued on Ncit rage.)
21
Constitutionalist Representative
in Europe Keeps Tab on Mexico
PARIS, Sept. . Senor Miguel Dlax
Lombanto, European representative
f General Carranza, leader of the
minister to rxance. neaay to nw nana
ny came or ieuer.
Kenor Diaz Lombardo is a quiet,
earnest man, neither given to Invec
tlvea against his adversaries nor to
exaggerating the ; successes of his
friends. He does not believe that Gen
eral lluera and his party are going
to be overcome with ease, but he is
full of confidence that Senor Carran
za will triumph eventually, though the
moment of his triumph may be a
long way off.
While expressing the greatest' ad
miration ir President Wilson a a
'""J" " 1 ' '"""" ' C J
and f Ml. Senor Dias Lombardo
considers that the step he advocated,
dent Huorta, and a. clean slate elec
tion, would not have the effect of
pacifying Mexico even assuming that
General. Huerta would consent to it.
The elections would be carried out un
der the present government and It
was hardly to be expected that they
would allow themselves to be turned
out If th-y could help it. In other
words, the election would bring about
no change whatever In the situation,
and would not be accepted by the
constitutionalists nor by the followers
of Zapata, who though not actually
Co-operating with the constitutlonal
iats, have the same social, political
and economic program.
L.., sen-or -Diaz- fjombardo points out
that many of the customs ports are
In the hands of bis party, and that
avaiiaoie to uenerai uuma aic cur
pled by the destruction of means of
communication. The total Income of
the Huerta government is now about
$2,400,000 per month, most of which
Is wanted tor the army, whereas at
least $8,000,000 is necessary to carry
on the work of administration. If the
troops are not paid they will desert,
an eventuality which cannot be stav
ed off indefinitely, ln view of the pro
hibition by the French government of
French lmins to Mexico, upon which
the Huerta government had been
counting.
Brindcjone den ' Moullnals, the
his wav. After several year
of
' . .tw,nt Vn.tlrmnl
study ana ei-- " 1 ,
of France ha devised
AAnn.i league
I mMhod of directing signs which will
- , ., ,at i,aa!,, i j,.K,fi -,hfv- ln
remOVettlU8 trOUUlt. nua "J"'
. h., nnoroved by the I rench minis-
1 "een app' . ... ,
try of puMlc worK, ana -..
ailtnoriaeu i" V" . .
considered but
the one whlchappeared to meet all,
Many .ir-
the Moderh
requirements in the beat and simple,
way consist in painting the figure!
representing- the latitude 'and longi
tude of each town in hug white let
ters on the top of tho- gasometer in
every town possessing .a gas plant
The latitude will ba to the north
and the longitude underneath to the
south. Th j an aviator flying over th
town jjll know not only what th
town is, but also If he la on hi right
course, and If not, how far "and in
what direction he has deviated from
it. In other words, he will he sup
plied with the Same information as a
ship' captain 'would obtain frdrrf tak
ing an observation with a sextant.'
The managers of the gas plants at
Amiens, Tjulouise, and Nancy have al
ready undertaken to place the signs,
and the: recent congress of gas-companies
ha pronounced ln favor of thi
request of the league. " A, thero are
830 gas companies In France, every
town of any Importance will In tha
near future have Its aerial sign pajat
The league, however, will not be oon
tent with this; It contemplates plac
ing sign In every village. " ' '
As the system is applicable to ev
ery country using the ordinary num
erals, it is hoped that the lnltlatlv
of the French league will he followed
by every similar organization ln Eu-'
rope! M. Rene Quinton, president ot
the league, has devised a series ot
figures after exhaustive experiments
conducted from the Summit ' of th
Eiffel Tower. The outlines are some
what different from those of ordin
ary numerals, notably 'in the case ol
the 1, 9, End 8, so that they may b
read distinctly and easily from a
great height.
An antiquary in the ministry of
France has found laws of 1814 and
1892, never enforced, under" which
Importations bearing' trade ..marks
must also bear - the word -.,"Import -dea
Etats-Unl8 d'Amerlque" If for ex
ample, ths importation should com
from the United State. A ministerial
order has been issued declaring tho
laws ln force as from January 1, 1914.
The Inscription showing the country
of origin must be stamped into th
material 'n the isame way as th
maker's other mark, Consequently
in the case of agricultural machinery,
of which .sreat quantities are brought
from the United States and Canada,
every part of the machine must have
the phrase ln French cast Into It
showing where It came from. Borne
of these machine have as many as
3,000 pieces, Into each of which, ac
cording to the ministerial decree, the
words muit be cast.
The obvious effect of the minister
ial order Is to exclude absolutely all
metallic articles bearing markis, be
cause within the six months allowed
it would be impossible for the manu
facturers to remake their patterns
and molds. Even
If years were al-
lunu n. ,3 uv.uuL.uf niipiun """B"
companies
selling machinery
in
France would find it profitable to re
make all their patterns and molds
and would not prefer to abandon tho
French market
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