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Murder at Mamzelle Champagne Shocks Madison Square Garden
Stanford White, famed architect of McKim Mead & White, was shot and killed during Mamzelle Champagne at Madison Square Garden. Harry Kendall Thaw, a Pittsburg scion, fired three shots from behind White, then fled. The audience panicked as White died instantly and Thaw was taken into custody after a brief struggle with a fireman and police. Thaw later claimed to have acted over harm to his life and marriage.
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New York
Stanford White
McKim, Mead & White
Marty K. Thaw
Pittsburg
Madison Square Garden
White
Thaw
Madison Square Foot Garden
Harry Short
Mr. White
Uys
Than Apranng
West Thirtieth Street
John Smith
Lafayette Place
Washington, D C
Harry Thaw
Manhattan
Garden
Braden
Dobbs
Andrew Carnegie
Spice
Harry Stevens
East Twenty First Street
Henry Rogers
Whittle
Evelyn Nesbit
Florodora
Harry
Debes
J. Smith
Washington, D. C
Harry Kendall Thaw
Lewis A. Delafield
Frederick Longfellow
Mrs. Thaw
William Thaw
Pennsylvania Lines West
Western University of Pennsylvania
Lyndhurst
Beechwood Boulevard
Paris