Harry K. Thaw
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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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Harry Kendall Thaw | 6 |
| Harry K. Thaw canonical | 2 |
| Harry Kendall Thaw – defendant | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5746995 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harry K. Thaw Context triple: [The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing, mainSubject, Harry K. Thaw]
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A.
Theodore Hook
Theodore Hook was a 19th-century English man of letters best known as a comic novelist, wit, and prolific writer of light fiction and satire.
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B.
Lucien Hubbard
Lucien Hubbard was an American film producer and screenwriter best known for winning the first Academy Award for Best Picture for producing the 1927 war film "Wings."
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C.
Nicholas Schenck
Nicholas Schenck was a prominent early 20th-century American film studio executive and theater owner who played a key role in the development of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) and the Hollywood studio system.
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D.
James Ashmore Creelman
James Ashmore Creelman was an American screenwriter best known for his work on early 1930s adventure and horror films, including the classic monster movie King Kong.
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E.
Sidney Wagner
Sidney Wagner was an American cinematographer known for his work on classic Hollywood films, including the 1946 adaptation of "The Yearling."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harry K. Thaw Target entity description: 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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A.
Theodore Hook
Theodore Hook was a 19th-century English man of letters best known as a comic novelist, wit, and prolific writer of light fiction and satire.
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B.
Lucien Hubbard
Lucien Hubbard was an American film producer and screenwriter best known for winning the first Academy Award for Best Picture for producing the 1927 war film "Wings."
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C.
Nicholas Schenck
Nicholas Schenck was a prominent early 20th-century American film studio executive and theater owner who played a key role in the development of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) and the Hollywood studio system.
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D.
James Ashmore Creelman
James Ashmore Creelman was an American screenwriter best known for his work on early 1930s adventure and horror films, including the classic monster movie King Kong.
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E.
Sidney Wagner
Sidney Wagner was an American cinematographer known for his work on classic Hollywood films, including the 1946 adaptation of "The Yearling."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American millionaire
ⓘ
criminal defendant ⓘ human ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Evelyn Nesbit
ⓘ
Gilded Age New York high society ⓘ Stanford White ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1871-02-12 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
| 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
ⓘ
linked to:
Miami, Florida
|
| detentionFacility | Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminally Insane ⓘ |
| education |
Harvard University
ⓘ
University of Pittsburgh ⓘ |
| era |
Gilded Age
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Progressive Era United States ⓘ |
| event |
Trial of Harry K. Thaw (1907)
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linked to:
Thaw–White murder case
second trial of Harry K. Thaw (1908) ⓘ |
| familyName | Thaw ⓘ |
| fullName |
Harry Kendall Thaw
ⓘ
linked to:
Harry K. Thaw
|
| genreOfNotability | crime of passion ⓘ |
| givenName | Harry ⓘ |
| incarcerationEnd | 1915 ⓘ |
| incarcerationStart | 1908 ⓘ |
| legalStatus | found not guilty by reason of insanity ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | extensive newspaper coverage in the United States ⓘ |
| memberOf | Thaw family ⓘ |
| 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
ⓘ
William Thaw Sr. ⓘ |
| placeOfCrime |
Madison Square Garden rooftop theatre, New York City
ⓘ
linked to:
The Theater at Madison Square Garden
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| residence |
New York City, New York, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
New York City
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
linked to:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
| spouse | Evelyn Nesbit ⓘ |
| spouseEndTime | 1915 ⓘ |
| spouseStartTime | 1905 ⓘ |
| victim | Stanford White ⓘ |
| wealthSource | inheritance from William Thaw Sr. ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Harry K. Thaw Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (9)
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