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Thaw admits killing White in sensational New York case
In New York, Harry Kendall Thaw pleads insanity to a murder charge after admitting he killed architect Stanford White to avenge his wife Florence Nesbitt. The Madison Square Garden tragedy shocks the city as grand jury action is anticipated and Mrs. White receives a subpoena.
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Yarmouth
Jamies Fisk, Jr
Edward Stokes
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Madison Square Garden
Thaw
May MacKenzy
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