THE THAW TRIAL.
SENSATIONAL EVIDENCE.
United Press Association —Copyright (Received Jan. 23, 8.40 p.m.) NEAV YORK, Jan. 23. Air. Anthony Comstock, the President of the New York Society for tho Suppression of Vice, testified that Thaw called on him in 1904, and complained that a. gang of six or seven rich criminals had conducted orgies and drugged and ill-treated young girls at two houses in New York. Thaw said that one room was furnished dike a forest, with secret stairs loading to another room, which was hung with mirrors. The drugged girls were unable to escape, as tho doors were difficult to find. Thaw described the third room which was approached by a door concealed behind pictures. He declared that the loom contained a valuable French painting of peculiarly infamous suggestiveness. Thaw gave the names of five girls who had been victims. Ho offered to supply secret service funds md suggested that Miss Helen Gould might be -asked to subscribe. Mr Comstock stated that he had never gained admission to the house. The prosecution insisted that Thaw’s communications to Comstock indicated' that he was sane.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2097, 24 January 1908, Page 2
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