Chapter I: Front Matter

Other Juries Compared With That in the Thaw Trial.

_Trial._ _Jury was out_ _Verdict._

Thaw 47 hours 8 minutes Disagreement.
William J. Koerner 59 hours 10 minutes First degree.
Nan Patterson (first) Mistrial.
Nan Patterson (second) 24 hours Disagreement.
Nan Patterson (third) 11 hours 35 minutes Disagreement.
Roland B. Molineux (first) 8 hours First degree.
Roland B. Molineux (second) 25 minutes Not guilty.
Albert T. Patrick 2 hours First degree.
Guldensuppe case 3 hours First degree.
Boscchieter case 4 hours Second degree
Carlisle W. Harris 1 hour 10 minutes First degree.
Dr. Buchanan 28 hours First degree.
Dr. S. J. Kennedy (first) 3 hours 13 minutes First degree.
Dr. S. J. Kennedy (second) 6 hours 35 minutes Disagreement.
Dr. S. J. Kennedy (third) 22 hours 5 minutes Disagreement.
Burton C. Webster (first) 19 hours Disagreement.
Burton C. Webster (second) 4 hours Manslaughter.
David Hannigan 6 hours 20 minutes Not guilty.

The Scene of the Thaw-White Tragedy.]

Window in Circle Marks Thaw’s Cell.]

THE GREAT

HARRY THAW CASE

OR

A Woman’s Sacrifice

BY
BENJ. H. ATWELL

A graphic and truthful narrative of the most sensational
case in modern jurisprudence. A thrilling account of
a young girl’s struggles in her battle for fame and
fortune, and the unconquered love of the man
who has baffled the world’s greatest alienists;
with portraits of many leading characters,
famous society leaders and noted
actresses who have made this case
the talk of America and Europe

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO
LAIRD & LEE, PUBLISHERS

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1907,
By WILLIAM H. LEE,
in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at
Washington, D. C.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

CONTENTS

PAGE

Chronology of the Case, 6

CHAPTER

I. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, the Woman in the Case, 11

II. Harry Thaw’s Courtship and Marriage, 19

III. The Story that Startled the World, 28

IV. Stanford White, Creator and Destroyer, 41

V. Greatest Legal Battle of the Age Opens, 53

VI. “I swear Harry K. Thaw was Insane,” 68

VII. A Human Sacrifice on the Altar of Love, 78

VIII. Evelyn Reveals White as a Fearful Monster, 87

IX. Intrigue like those in Days of Nero, 102

X. White on Verge of Arrest when Shot, 120

XI. Thaw’s Will Disclosed Fear of Assassination, 128

XII. The Hidden Witness to the Proposal, 142

XIII. Lived on Bounty of Stanford White, 158

XIV. Thaw’s Mother on the Stand, 164

XV. Scathing Denunciation by Jerome, 182

XVI. Shocking Disclosures in Famous Affidavit, 193

XVII. Jerome Calls Thaw Madman, 201

XVIII. Lunacy Commission is Appointed, 213

XIX. Commission Finds Thaw Sane, 220

XX. Delmas, “The Napoleon of the Bar”, 223

XXI. Delmas’ Speech Moves Jurors, 228

XXII. “The Unwritten Law”--The Defense Ends, 244

XXIII. “Thou Shall Not Kill,” Quotes Jerome, 262

XXIV. The Judge’s Charge to the Jury--Thaw in Collapse, 278

XXV. Deliberations of the Jury, 285

XXVI. Ending of the Trial--Jury Disagrees, 293