Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-18
THAW COUNSEL NOW
IN SERIOUS MIDDLE
Associate of Delmas At.
Temps to Secure Exhibits,
But Fails-DeImas' Fee
Was $4,000

P1MsDurg, April l6.-(Copyr1ght 1907
by Pittsburg Leader Publishing Com
pany):
The Leader this afternoon prints a
six column statement from Mrs. G. J..
Holman, mother of Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw in which she defends herself
against the accusations expressed and
Implied against her during the Thaw
trial. She denies sthat she aided the
district attorney in any way or that
she had been seen by Jerome, Caravan
Or Hartridge. The story of Florence's
first meeting with White, she says, is
substantially as that told by ner on
the witness stand.
Said She Would Have Killed White.
Mrs. Holman says If ever woman
reposed implicit confidence in man,
she did in White and she asserts II
Florence underwent the experience
that is said to have befallen her
she did not take her into her conf
dence. Continuing she says:
HAD she told me what she told the
Thaw jury, 1t would not have been nee
essary for Thaw to kill White. I
would have done it myself
Says Still Loves Daughter.
In closing Mrs. Holman says:
81 solemnly affirm that my love for
my daughter is as deep and intense as
it was when first held her in my
arms. a helpless babe. Regardless of
all that has TRANSFERRED my affection is
unaltered The door of my home is
open to her while l live
Counsel in Scuabble.
New York. April 16.-The first indi-
cation of the reported trouble between
the array or attorneys who represented
Harry K. Thaw in his recent trial
came when Henry G. McPike. associat.
ed with D. M. Delmas, called on Clerk
Penny of the supreme court today and
demanded the immediate surrender
of some exhibits introduced during
by the defense during the trial. Pen
ny responded that he could not sur.
render any of the exhibits unless di
rected to do so by supreme court or
der. McPike said that he would en-
deavor to procure the necessary order
All of the exhibits were locked up In
Clerk Penny's safe yesterday upon re
quest of Daniel O'Reilley, one OF
Thaw's counsel.
Delmas' Fee $4,000.
New York, April dolphin M.
Delmas yesterday received $4,000
from the Thaw family, and with the
payment came the announcement that
his fee, which has been estimated var
iously at from $4,000 to 100000, was
$4,000. 1t was said Mr.. Delmas soon
will start on hunting trip in Canada.
Daniel O'Reilly was much III evi-
dence and enjoyed evidently undis'
puted sway as Harry K Thaw's chief
counsel. Mr.. c'Reilly was busy about
the Tombs and the criminal courts
building attending to Thaw's interests
and acting entirely independent of all
the other lawyers He served notice
on the clerk of the supreme court not
to deliver any of the exhibits in the
case to anyone claiming to be Thaw's
counsel until the question Of who is to
be or is his counsel of record is set.
tied, and also made the announce
nnent:
"If another trial is held it has been
agreed that the same line of defense
as that used in the first trial will be
followed Evelyn Thaw will tell ner
story again, but her testimony will
be greatly strengthened by documen
tary evidence that was not used be
fore''