Harry Kendall Thaw

Harry Kendall Thaw was the son of Pittsburgh coal and railroad baron William Thaw, Sr. Heir to a multimilliondollar mine and railroad fortune, Harry Thaw had a history of severe mental instability and led a profligate life. His historical legacy rests on one notorious act on June 25, 1906, on the rooftop of Madison Square Garden, Thaw murdered renowned architect Stanford White, who had been the lover of Thaws wife, modelchorus girl Evelyn Nesbit.

Thaw was born on February 12, 1871 to Pittsburgh coal and railroad baron William Thaw, Sr., and his second wife, Mary Sibbet Thaw. The elder Thaw fathered eleven children from his two marriages. Thaw had five siblings, Margaret , Alice Cornelia , Edward and Josiah . A brother born a year before Harry, died an accidental death in infancy, smothered by his mothers breast while he lay in her bed. There was a history of insanity on his mothers side of the family, and Thaws mother herself was known for her abuse of the servants, and episodes of ungovernable temper.

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