HARRY THAW.
PETITIONING TO BE DECLARED BANKRUPT.
Received August 10, 9.35 p.m. NEW YORK, August 10. Hany Thaw is petitioning to be declared a bankrupt. He asserts that after paying his legal retainers £IOO,OOO, they now claim another £90,000. He estimates his assets ?t £5,000.
Harry Thaw was charged with the murder of Standford White, a millionaire, in Madison Square Gardens, New York. White had made insulting references to hi 3 wife, who was formerly an actre&s. The trial caused a great sensation, and especially the evidence given by Mrs Thaw. Thaw was eventually declared to be insane when he committed the murder, and was confined to an asylum.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9163, 11 August 1908, Page 5
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109HARRY THAW. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9163, 11 August 1908, Page 5
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