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Stanford White was 32 years Evelyn's senior and vied for her company. Evelyn Nesbit, an American chorus girl and model, was at the center of a famous murder trial and scandal in 1906. White, a prominent architect, was accused of murdering Evelyn's husband, Harry Kendall Thaw, who was acquitted by reason of insanity after pleading that he was avenging his wife's honor.