Harvard Student Vows Vengeance on Harry Thaw
Lawrence G. White, a Harvard sophomore living at Randolph Hall on Mount Auburn Street, declares he will kill Harry Thaw if Thaw is freed or released. White defends his late father as a good man and says he will pursue Thaw with whatever means and timing he has. He cites personal motive and vows to act as soon as Thaw breathes free air again.
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Lawrence G. White
Harvard
Harry Thaw
Young White
Randolph Hall
Gold Coast
Mount Auburn Street
White
Fencers’ Club
Thaw
Father
Broadway
Mrs Thaw Refuses to Answer Grand Jury Questions
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw declines to answer further questions about the case saying she may harm her husband. The grand jury adjourned as she was excused and Miss May McKenzie was not sworn in though subpoenaed in the John Doe proceedings led by the district attorney.
Comstock Denounces White and Thaw Conspiracy Claims
Mr. Comstock discusses Thaw’s revelations about Stanford White and unnamed New York figures. He describes Thaw’s motive as to expose moral perverts protected by respectability and recounts the failed Madison Square Garden attempt to gather evidence.
Thaw Consulted Comstock Over White Conduct
New York report states that about eighteen months ago Louis Thaw sought Anthony Comstock and held numerous talks about White and his associates. Acting on Thaw’s information, Comstock began an investigation that corroborated long circulated stories about a group linked to White and alleged heinous conduct.
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Anthony Comstock
Thaw
White
New York
Comstock
Mrs Evelyn Nesbit Thaw Back in Public Notoriety
New York June 28. In the roof garden tragedy discussion the former chorus girl Evelyn Nesbit is cited in the Lederer divorce suit. The complaint recalls Nesbit and her daughter knew Lederer well and that he introduced the girl to an architect who showed early personal interest amid her tumultuous career.
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New York
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Roof Garden
George .W. Lederer
Adele Rice
Evelyn Nesbit
White
Mrs Thaw Theatrical Performance Description
A critical note on Mrs. Thaw describing her voice as not strong enough for stage management, even after vocal culture training. The piece also contrasts her physical appeal with modest mental attributes.
Pittsburgh attorney to aid in Thaw defense in New York trial
Pittsburg lawyers and detectives from this city will assist in the defense of Harry K. Thaw in his trial for the Stanford White killing. David T. Watson, now in London, is to meet Mrs Thaw on her arrival in England and may travel to New York. Delafield Longfellow Black Olcott Gruber and former DAs Rand and O Reilly will handle the case with lead attorney Frank S Black.
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Pittsburg
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
David T. Watson
London
William Thaw
England
New York
Watson
Young Thaw
Delafield & Longfellow
Black, Olcott & Gruber
Rand and O'Reilly
Frank 8. Black
Unknown man found dead at harbor near Commercial wharf
Harbor police picked up a tall unidentified man about 35 years old with sandy hair and a smooth face, found near Commercial wharf and taken to Briggs & Co. Undertaking Rooms. He was wearing a black sack coat, trousers, and brown shoes. No identification by late night.
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Commercial Wharf
Briggs & Co
Howard Street
John Doherty
West End
Causeway Street
Group of Accidents Reported at City Hospital
Herbert Leonard a 49 East Concord street resident now on the dangerous list after being thrown from a derrick at the gasometer on Massachusetts avenue. His sister Kate Leonard of Wickford Rhode Island was notified. H Downes a 47 Walpole street worker for the Boston Elevated Company on Dorchester avenue near King street sustained a possible broken ankle after being struck by a car. William McAvoy a 12 Opden place slipped and broke his left ankle while playing in a vacant lot at the corner of Wood and Huntington avenues. all cases noted at City Hospital.
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Herbert Leonard
Concord Street
City Hospital
Massachusetts Avenue
Kate Leonard
Wickford
H. Downes
Walpole Street
Boston Elevated Company
Dorchester Avenue
King Street
William McAvoy
Cpen Place
Ood and
Huntington Avenues
Tragic boating accident off Dorchester Bay claims two lives
Miss Lillian Clapp, 20, a Simmons College senior, was rescued after her companion Harry Porch, 24, secretary of the South Boston YM CA, drowned when their canoe capsized near Thompson Island. The rescue followed a one hour struggle as Clapp clung to the craft. In Roxbury, an elderly widow Mary Storey died of old age after neighbors suspected foul play, and James Cagney, 40, was briefly arrested but released. Other lone incidents include several men found injured or dead in Roxbury and Dorchester, with hospital care arranged for multiple victims.
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Dorchester Bay
Thompson Island
Lillian Clapp
Simmons College
Harry F. Porch
South Boston
Young Men's Christian Association
Clapp
City Point
Greensburg
Penn
K Street
Kendy
James Cagney
Roxbury Crossing
McDonald
Storey
Storey House
Ireland
Thomas Storey
Meeting House Hill
Fatal Excerpts of City Tragedies Across Three Incidents
Bernard Wyanski a boy of 11 2 lived at 141 Chambers street fell from a fourth story window to the street a 40 foot drop fracturing his skull. He died shortly after at Massachusetts General Hospital. Mary Grasso age 10 of 3 Carter place caught fire while playing with matches and died after clothing burned off at Relief Hospital. Jerry Hayes a veteran cabman perished in the Spillers Stable fire on Hanover Street his charred body found next morning. Mrs James B Mitchell injured in a runaway on Walkhill Street Forest Hills died at Faulkner Hospital after lingering unconscious since the accident.
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Bernard Wyanski
Chambers Street
Massachusetts General Hospital
Mary Grasso
Carter Place
Relief Hospital
Jerry Hayes
Spiller
Hanover Street
James
Mitchell
Walkhill Street
Forest Hills
Faulkner Hospital
Perished of heat at Charlestown factory
August Lundberg aged unknown, of 22 Bay Street Charlestown, died at his work in the factory of H. W. J. Manville & Co. The incident occurred during hot conditions at the workplace. Authorities report heat exposure as the cause.
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August Lundberg
Purchase Street
Bay Street
Charlestown
H. W. J. Manville & Co
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Congresca
James Learman
St. Alphonsus Street
Longwood Avenue
Mary Storey
Roxbury Street
Roxbury
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Mary Kendy
Babe
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Pabst
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