The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-22
.DELvING into
THE THAW CASE
New York Paper Gets Hold of
Some Letters Which Show
Certain Facts.
ACTRESS Is NOT SP0TLESS
MOTIVE FOR KILLING STAMFORD
WHITE.
ACTRESS is NOT SP0TLESS

New York. July 2l.-The World tomor-
row will say
Motive for the murder of Stanford
White is indicated in series of letters
written by Mrs. C. j. Holman, mother
of Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw. TO Mr.
White, and after the latters death found
among his effects.
Abraham II. HummeI of Howe &
HummeI who was counsel for Mr.. Thaw
and also for Stanford White, was con-
suited by the architect regarding the
letters. In them Mrs Nesbit- Holman
complains bitterly Of the conduct of Har-
ry X. Thaw toward her daughter now
his wife, and imploring Mr.. White to do
all in his power to bring her back TO her
mothers control
Called Thaw a Scoundrel.
In the letters Mrs Holman refers to
Thaw as a scoundreI, a villain and
man with dangerous intent in his heart.
She tells of an itnerview she had with
ThaW when they were in Paris and de-
clares that Thaw wanted her, Mrs. Hoi
man, to SIGN an affidavit to the effect
that he, Thaw, had never intended to
make her his wife.
1T 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 quar-
rels between Thaw and his present wife,
also that Evelyn had told her step
father that she was not married to Harry
Thaw at the time they arrived from
Europe. and were driven out of the Ho-
tel Cumberland
False Report Of Marriage.
"Thaw at that time had given state
ment which was afterward corroborated
from Pittsburg 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 his state
ment was false and that Thaw did not
marry his present wife until months later
in Pittsburg
Just what disposition is to be made
Of these letters is not known at present
The letters are kept in a safe and it
may be that they will be produced if
Thaw should ever he placed on trial for
murder and Mrs. Holman should become
a Witness.
District Attorney Jerome is anxious
that Mrs. Holman come to New York so
that she may be served with subpoena
TO appear at the trial. If she does she
will be cross-eXaminer most severely
and questioned as to how. among other
things. she came to apply to White for
financial aid.
Papers Left by White.
Among the papers left by White are
Holman, husband of Mrs. Harry Thaw's
mother. 1t would appear that he. too,
knew all about the relations between
Harry Thaw and Evelyn Nesbit. In all
these letters Mrs. Thaw is referred to
as Florence" She was called thus be
fore 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. Nesbit to MIR. White 1t is un-
dated. but was penned after Mrs. Nesbit
had returned from abroad where she
had been abandoned by Harry Thaw and
Evelyn. who at that time was not his
wife. The letter was headed Friday"
but evidently was written in 1909 1t is
as follows:
Mrs. Nesbit's Letter.
Dear Mr.. White-Your letter received.
Will send Florence's letter as you de-
sire. When we first went to Paris and
met Thaw, he and Florence quarreled
continually We were-at least ] was
indeed miserable. / expected each day
America. Thaw came to me. asked me
to sign a paper. The article was that he
did not intend to marry Florence I
thought as she hated him. / was doing
the right thing. / do hope something can
be done to save her from him. He does
not intend to marry her. l only hope
when she hears about the paper her
pride will at least save her. Very truly.
30 T.. r. NESBlT.
Caused a Scandal.
About the time Thaw and Evelyn Mes
bit returned from Europe Nov. J. 1904
there was considerable space devoted by
the newspapers to young Thaw and his
companion. Mrs Nesbit had MAJ ried in
the meantime Mr.. Holman and in her
desperation it seems the only person she
ever cared to appeal to was Mr. White
who had been known as Evelyn Nesbit's
early protector 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
u am simply tortured with reporters
My head has simply been splitting for
q week. You have no idea how disgrace
full 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 | hear from
you very soon. Very truly.
E, F. HOLMAN"
''Dear Mr.: White"
There is another letter signed e. HOl-