Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-22
DAMAGING LETTERS FOUND
Complained Bitterly of the Treatment
of Her Daughter.
ARCHITECTS AID IMPLoRED
District Attorney Jerome VIII Try to
Have Her Put on the Witness
Stand

NEW YORK, July 21.-The World to-
morrow will say: :,
Motive for the murder as- stanford
White is indicated in a series OF letter,
written by Mrs. c. ]. Holman. mother of
Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, to Mr. White.
and after the latter's death found among
his effects
Abraham III. Hummell of Howe a
Hummeh, who was counsel for Mrs. Thav
ana also for Stanford White, was con-
suited by the architect regarding the let
ters. In them Mrs Nesbit- Holman oor,-
plains bitterly of the conduct of Harry u
toward her daughter, now his wife and inn
piores Mr.. White to, do all In his nower ia
oring ring her back to her mothers control.
In the letters Mrs. Holman refers to
1haw as a scoundrel, villain and a man
with murder in his heart She tells OF an
interview she had with Thaw while thew
were IN Paris and declares that Thaw
wanted her, Mrs. Holman, to sign an afli-
davit to the effect that he Thaw. had
never intended to make Evelyn his wife.
appears that Thaw became aware OF
the fact that White had been appealed to
by Mrs. Nesbit. now Mrs Holman. and
that the architect knew OF the ouarreIs
between Thaw and his present wife also
mat Evelyn had told her step-father that
she was not married to Harry Thay at the
time they arrived from Europe and were
driven out of the Hotel Cumberland
nav at that time had given a state
ment which was afterward corroborated
from Plttsburg that he and Evelyn had
been married while In Europe Thaw knew
that White was the only person not of
his family who knew that this statement
was false and that Thaw did not marry his
present wife until months later in Pitts
burg.
District Attorney Jerome's Desire.
District Attorney Jerome is anxious that
Mrs Holman 70
She may be served with subpoena to ap-
pear at the trial If she does she will be
cross-examined most severely and question
ed as to how. among other things she came
to apply to White for financial aid
Among the papers left by White are also
a number of letters written to Mr. Holman
husband .of Mrs. Harry Thaw.s mother II
would appear that he, too. knew all about
these rela tons between Harry Thaw and
Evelyn Nesbit. In all these letters Mrs
Thaw is referred to as Florence She was
called that before she went on the stage
and later on her friends came to call her
Evelyn But to Stanford White she was
Florence.
Among the first letters is one written
by Mrs. Nesbt to Mr.. White. 1t is un-
dated. but was penned after Mrs Nesoit
mad returned from abroad where she had
been abandoned by Harry Thaw and Eve
lyn, who at that time was not his wife
The letter was headed Friday but eyl-
IDENTITY was written in 1903. 1t is as fol-
lows:
'' Dear Mr. White:
Your letter received VIII send Flor
ence's letter you desired When we
first went to Paris and met Thaw he and
Florence duarreled continually We were
least l was--indeed miserable | expected
each day to hear her say we would return
TO America. Thaw came to me, asked me
to sign paper The article was that he
did not intend to marry Florence. thought
as she hated him 1 was doing the right
thing. / do hope something can be done to
save her from him He does not intend to
about the paper that her pride will a, least
save her. Very truly
tsigned, "'E. F. NEsBIT."
Mrs. Holman Desperate.
About the time Thaw and Evelyn Neg
bit returned from Europe, November l. 1904.
there was considerable space devoted by
the newspapers to young Thaw and his
companion. Mrs Nesbit had married In
the meantime Mr.. Holman. and in her des-
peration it seems the only person she ever
cared to appeal to was Mr.. White who had
been known Evelyn Nesbits early pro-
tector. Mrs. Holman wrote to Mr.. White
as follows:
The morning papers say Florence is in
New York. If the coward won't say she
is honorably his wife, please try to get her
to see you and talk sense to her and have
her understand the awful light he has
placed her In before the world.
am simply tortured with reporters.
My head has simply been splitting for a
week. You have no idea how disgraceful
this affair is to Pittsburg people. They
drive me wild telling me to take action,
that she is not of age.
Mr.. White, please do try to talk to her.
She is too young to understand how she Is
being wronged. / hope I hear from you
very soon- cry truly,
There is another letter signed E. Hol-
man and addressed and written on Thurs
day to Dear Mr.. White Evidently when
Mrs. Holman wrote this letter she was
had also befriended, was beginning to think
that there was something wrong In the
ations of his sister and Harry Thaw. Mrs.
Holman writes as follows:
Florence has asked Howard to visit her
1er at Christmas time. Do you think II
would be right when she is in the horrible
position she seems in? She says she is not
married. Howard is not a child, and he
has heard some horrible expressions from
he boys at school. Oh. how horribly she
has disgraced us all / am heartsick. And
Mr. Holman feels II So People in Pitts
burg talk awfully. and the men hate him
q The wretched beast sent articles to the
papers of Pittsburg. He did all he could
% get me to say something so he could
publish that awful story he had made UP
~ saying sold my daughter. I certainly
lid not. Howard viii soon be home He
will be great comfort. He Is learning to
hope you are we'll and that I may hear
rom you. Do you know IL Florence is
The Much Discussed Affidavit
In concluding Its story. which includes
many other letters. the World says:
Much has been said since the night
Harry Thaw killed White about an affidavit
which Evelyn Nesbit Is said 10 have made
n the Office OF Mr.. Hummel and IN which
The Is reported to have said things concern
ng the man now her husband. Ii Is known
positively that the original affidavit is In
existence and that 1t was drawn In Mr..
aurnmel's office at the instigation of Mr..
White who had taken the girl to the law
fer It is believed shat this aff3davit, the
,ontents Of which are known 10 Thsw had
much to do with the murder nr Jerome
nay be able to get possession OF the afa-
tavit