#5 Ms. Nesbit, artists' model and chorus girl, was at the heart of what was known at the time as the Crime of the Century. Her abusive husband, Pittsburgh millionaire Harry Thaw, murdered 52-year-old architect and socialite Stanford White (of the firm McKim, Mead, and White), who had taken advantage of 16-year old Evelyn and subsequently become her lover a couple of years before she married Thaw. Harry Thaw's mother quickly financed propaganda, even a film, to portray her son as a protector of women's virtue; at the same time, the media reported the very-married White's many other transgressions involving young women. After his first trial ended in a hung jury, Thaw was retried in 1908 and found insane. He was sent away to a mental institution for the criminally insane in upstate New York, from which he which he escaped once; in 1915 he was released with reputation untarnished--a homicidal hero.Family: Her father, Winfield Scott Nesbit, was a lawyer who died when Evelyn was eight, leaving the family destitute and plagued by debt for years until her modeling jobs got them back on their feet. Began her modeling career at 15. Spouses: Jack Clifford (1915 - 1933) (divorced) Harry Kendall Thaw (4 April 1905 - 1915(divorced) (1 child) Russell Thaw Personal Quotes: Shortly before her death, 1966: "Stanny [Stanford White] was lucky, he died. I lived." Lifespan: Born December 25, 1884, in Tarentum, Pennsylvania, USA Died January 17, 1967, in Santa Monica, California, USA (undisclosed) Other: Nickname: The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing Height 5' 3½" (1.61 m) |
| Posted by: Titus Pherelet6342 2022-10-05 23:29 |
| #4 Born a poor White bisexual's child To be mild and beguiled and defiled... When he needed a respite From Evelyn Nesbit, She did a damned good Oscar Wilde. |
| Posted by: Angaigum Thretch1250 2022-10-05 15:16 |
| #3 Looks like Otto was way out ahead of the curve in 1901. Had himself a nice little job. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2022-10-05 12:15 |
| #2 Can I push your swing? |
| Posted by: Beldar Prince of the Geats5014 2022-10-05 09:11 |
| #1 Beautiful woman. Tragic life. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2022-10-05 08:41 |
