Harry K. Thaw

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American millionaire criminal defendant human

Harry K. Thaw was an American millionaire best known for fatally shooting architect Stanford White in 1906 in a scandalous crime of passion that became one of the era’s most sensational trials.

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Label Occurrences
Harry Kendall Thaw 4
Harry K. Thaw canonical 2
Harry Kendall Thaw – defendant 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American millionaire ⓘ
criminal defendant ⓘ
human ⓘ
associatedWith Evelyn Nesbit NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gilded Age New York high society ⓘ
Stanford White NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthDate 1871-02-12 ⓘ
birthPlace Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfNotoriety fatal shooting of Stanford White in 1906 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
culturalImpact case widely described as the “Trial of the Century” of its time ⓘ
dateOfCrime 1906-06-25 ⓘ
deathDate 1947-02-22 ⓘ
deathPlace Miami, Florida, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
detentionFacility Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminally Insane NERFINISHED ⓘ
education Harvard University NERFINISHED ⓘ
University of Pittsburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ
era Gilded Age ⓘ
Progressive Era United States ⓘ
event Trial of Harry K. Thaw (1907) NERFINISHED ⓘ
second trial of Harry K. Thaw (1908) ⓘ
familyName Thaw NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullName Harry Kendall Thaw NERFINISHED ⓘ
genreOfNotability crime of passion ⓘ
givenName Harry NERFINISHED ⓘ
incarcerationEnd 1915 ⓘ
incarcerationStart 1908 ⓘ
legalStatus found not guilty by reason of insanity ⓘ
mediaCoverage extensive newspaper coverage in the United States ⓘ
memberOf Thaw family NERFINISHED ⓘ
motive jealousy over Evelyn Nesbit ⓘ
notableFor Madison Square Garden rooftop murder ⓘ
killing architect Stanford White ⓘ
“Trial of the Century” media scandal in the early 1900s ⓘ
notableTrialCharacteristic jury found him insane at the time of the crime ⓘ
occupation heir ⓘ
socialite ⓘ
parent Mary Sibbet Copley Thaw NERFINISHED ⓘ
William Thaw Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfCrime Madison Square Garden rooftop theatre, New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse Evelyn Nesbit NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouseEndTime 1915 ⓘ
spouseStartTime 1905 ⓘ
victim Stanford White NERFINISHED ⓘ
wealthSource inheritance from William Thaw Sr. ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing → mainSubject → Harry K. Thaw ⓘ
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing → portrays → Harry K. Thaw ⓘ
Thaw–White murder case → perpetrator → Harry K. Thaw ⓘ
this entity surface form: Harry Kendall Thaw
Thaw–White murder case → involvedPerson → Harry K. Thaw ⓘ
this entity surface form: Harry Kendall Thaw
Thaw–White murder case → hasParticipantRole → Harry K. Thaw ⓘ
this entity surface form: Harry Kendall Thaw – defendant
Thaw–White murder case → defendant → Harry K. Thaw ⓘ
this entity surface form: Harry Kendall Thaw
Thaw–White murder case → relatedTo → Harry K. Thaw ⓘ
this entity surface form: Harry Kendall Thaw