Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-17
MRS. c. J. HOLMAN
BREAKS SILENCE
DECLARES SHE LOVES MRS.
HARRY THAW
In Statement Given to Public, How.
ever, Evelyn Nesblt's Mother In-
Inmates Daughter Did Not
Tell the Truth
Copyright 1907 by the Plttsburg Leader
Publishing Company.

Copyright 1907 by the Pittsburg Leader
Publishing Company.
P1TTSBURG, Pa, April 16.-The
Leader this afternoon prints a six
column statement from Mrs. G. ]. Hol-
man, mother of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw,
in which she defends herself against
the accusations expressed and implied
against her during the Thaw trial,
She says that two nights after the
night upon which Harry Thaw shot
Stanford White she received this tele-
gram from her daupghter:
1T Is most important for you to say
absolutely nothing"
Until now she has remained silent
and has been forced to take the de-
fenslve because of tho attack made
upon her by Mr.. Delmas in his closing
address to the Thaw jury
She denies that she aided the district
attorney in any way and that she had
been seen by Mr.. Jerome, Mr.. Garvan
or Mr.. Hartridge.
Mrs. Holman then details her strug-
gle following the death of her first hus-
band in her efforts to properly rear her
two children, and says her daughter
first posed for an artist named Storm of
Philadelphia, who met Evelyn at a sum-
mer resort when a little girl.
Loved the Stage
Florence" she says, was in love
with the stage"
She did everything to discourage her,
but 1t was useless.
The story OF Florence's first meeting
with Stanford White she says, is sub
stantially as told by her upon the wit
ness stand.
When Florence returned she told her
mother she had met rthe grandest
man." and when Mr.. White sent for her
she went to his office.
Mr.. White, she says, warned her
especially against several young men
with whom Florence had become ac-
quainted, but did not refer to Thaw.
Mr.. Whites words and actions were
the personif1cation Of whole-hearted,
disinterested generosity, Mrs. Holman
says, and If ever a woman reposed im-
plicit confidence in a man, she says she
did in him.
Mrs. Holman then asserts that If
Florence underwent. the experience that
is said to have befallen her she did not
take her into her confidence.
Continuing she says:
Would Have Killed White
Had she told me what she told the
Thaw jury 1t would not have been
necessary for Harry Thaw to kill STAN
ford White. I would have done 1t my
self"
Speaking of the European trip, Mrs.
Holman says:
EVERY detail of the trip was and is
nightmare to me. Mr.. Thaw Joined
us in Paris. Florence and shared the
same apartments and Mr.. Thaw had
apartments by himself. There was no
pleasure in the tour for me. The things
which appealed to Florence and Mr..
Thaw In Paris did not appeal to me.
Florence testified that we quarreled
frequently in Paris.
THE disagreements were caused by
my protests at visits to various res
taurants."
In closing Mrs. Holman says:
Il solemnly affirm that my love for
my daughter is as deep and intense as
it was when first had her in my arms
a helpless babe. Regardless of all that
has transpired, my affection remains
unaltered. The door of my home is
open to her and will open wide to her
lightest tap today tomorrow and all
ways while live"