The Springfield herald., 1907-03-15
A FALSE MOTHER
THE CHARGE AGAINST MRS.
THAW'S PARENT,
SHE SOLD HER DAUGHTER
Such is the Accusation Of the Young
Womans Grandmother ard
Two Aunts

Pittsburg, Pa.-The mother and TWO
sisters of w. Scott Thaw, father II
Mrs. Harry Kendall Thaw. have re-
pudiated Mrs. Charles J. Holman, VINO
was the wife Of w. Scott Nesbit and
the mother of Mrs. Thaw, in a most re-
markabie statement This statement
was written out at a family conference
held at Miles City, Montana, most Of
the Nesbit come ction residing in that
vicinity.
In sending the letter to this city, the
thre women who sign the statement,
also send a letter in which they request
that their joint statement be pub
lished.
I'VE own property in Livingston.
Montana, and In Spokane, Washington,
says the letter, "and we are willing TO
stand back of this statement"
The statement in full follows:
THE attitude Mrs. Charles j. Hul
man, mother OF Mrs. Harry X. Thaw
has taken toward her daughter, Evelyn.
Is, to our minds, almost inhuman. The
evidence that has been given at tho
trial reflects very discreditably upon
Mrs. Holman's character. From tho
facts that have been proven we know
that she has accepted money in large
sums, not only from Stanford White,
| but from other men as well, and now
her plea Is that she thought Mr.. WhIte
was grand man and friend OF The
family. Does she wish to give the i'm
preston that she, woman in the
twentieth century, having attained the
| age long past maturity, was so inno
cne,t so unsuspecting, that she Thought
| the money given the family was given
without recompcnse whatever?
.npaS she Wish tn make the Amgrl-
can people believe she was innocent
| enough to think that men gave her
| money for nothing or simply because
they were friends?
mo. she knew better She was sac
| riflcing her Childs's sCul for money by
which to live without effort. Had she
been a true mother she would have
taken in washing before putting her
| daughter out as an artists model or Il
chorus girl. knowing what temptations
under such circumstances would he
placed before the child's way. What
girl could live the life that Evelyn Mes
| bit lived and come out untarnished7
Mothers, answer. Do you think yonT
daughters could be placed in the same
circumstances, mind you, with such an
example of a man as Stanford White
to teach them morality, what was right
| in his hands for protection, at the age
| of fifteen years, pass through such
crisis and come through all right?
| admitting that Mrs. Holman d'd
not know the true character Of Stan
ford White, should she have left her
beautiful little girl under the charge Gf
an influential man of the world; nnpTn
tected otherwise and in New YHk
| City?
And now considering that she did
all this innocently-giving her the ben
| eft of a thousand doubts-is she Eot an
inhuman wretch to turn agains. her
daughter in the hour of her need!
Even a dumb brute would protect us
Young, but this woman turns against
her daughter, and after being the indi-
| rect cause of her ruin and her down
fall, will not admit her errors. but ID
making strenuous efforts TO save he1
reputation by sending information to
prosecuting Attorney Jerome so that
he can torture the girl under cross-ea-
animation.
"Signed: Eliza J. Nisbct tmotheT
Of w. S. NesbiD; Carrie Mortimer ts's-
ter Of w. s. NesbiD: Laura z. Ga'-
braith (sister OF w. 8. NesbiD.'