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The Murder of Stanford White
New York City, New York, United StatesJune 25, 1906
On June 25, 1906, celebrated architect Stanford White was shot dead at a rooftop restaurant in Madison Square Garden by millionaire Harry Thaw in front of hundreds of witnesses. Thaw believed White had raped his wife Evelyn Nesbit years earlier. The sensational trial was called the "Trial of the Century" of its era. Thaw was acquitted by reason of insanity.