Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-05
THAWS WILL CONFER
Conference is to Be Held About
the Defense.
MOTHER is STILL OBDURATE
She Does Not Want Certain Family
Secrets Made Public.
HUSBANDS MEMORY SACRED
Reason for Implacable Hostility Of
Mrs. Holman is Disclosed-Latter
MOTHER is STILL OBDURATE
HUSBANDS MEMORY SACRED

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of members of the Thaw family is to be
| held. probably within ten days. for the
purpose of making a final appeal to Mrs.
William Thaw to permit her son. awaiting
| trial in the Tombs for the murder Of STAN
| ford White to be examined by commits
| sion in lunacy and to secure through her
| the prisoners consent to such q legal pro-
| ceeding
| Efforts to effect peace with Mrs. Holman.
| mother of the young Mrs. Thaw, have
| failed She has vowed vengeance on her
| Son-in-law
| The only obstacle now in the way Of hay
| ing Thaw declared insane by a properly
constituted tribunal is the opposition of
! the defendant, who is encouraged in his at
| titude by his mother. She. if report be
| true. holds the memory of the husband and
| father s sacred as the life of her son. Her
| opposition to having Harry declared insane
! has followed single line since she first
| went over to the boys side
| Mrs. Thaw, ST., voiced her feeling in the
matter when the subject of having Harry
pronounced a lunatic was first preached to
her in the Office of former Judge Olcott.
and the facts that would necessarily be ad-
duced to support the theory of insanity
| were made plain to her. On that occasion
| she is reported to have said:
Something is due to the memory of his
| father. which must always be respected"
Husband Stands First.
do you prefer that your sons life be
placed in jeopardy rather then nave certain
| matters affecting the family history laid
beforl. the publc?" Mrs. Thaw was asked
His fathers memory must be respect
ed she is said to have replied with great
decision, and would hear no more.
In her opposition to having her de-
clared insane the elder Mrs Thaw stands
alone in the family. This statement Is
made with authority. The other members
of the family in the position where
| they prefer that details of the inner family
| life. heretofore unknown only to a few
intimates, should become public rather
! than have any member of its legally execut-
ed for murder
AS matter of fact, the idea of having
| Harry placed in an institution is not by any
means in the Thaw family, all the
| members of which, except the mother, be-
| levng the young man to be of unsound
| mind. They have urged the mother to do
something in the way of restraining Harry
| ever since he was boy.
Respect for Sister.
But throughout the lurid and kaleido-
| SCOPE career of the young man he main
| tanned a profound respect and fondness for
| his sister Alice, now Countess of Yarmouth.
| If she happened to be about the parental
| mansion he never did anything that would
| give ouellSe. lie sought ner ADVICE ana
| gave her his confidence at all times. She
was. and is, the only member Of the family
| with any influence over him. Harry has
| crossed the ocean to seek the advice and
| consolation his sister could offer
The aid and influence of the Countess of
| Yarmouth have been enlisted in a last at
| tempt to bring Harry and his mother to a
realizing sense of his position. 1t is the
| only hope they have based on the unalter-
| able conviction that Harry has been of I'M
sound mind since he was boy.
So far repeated appeals to his mother
| have encountered only her seemingly in
flexible determination to have no such
| smirch on the family name as she seems to
| fear would follow a legal inquiry into the
mental condition of her son. The final eff
| fort in that direction is expected to be
| made in the apartments of Mrs William
Thaw in the Lorraine The exact date has
| not yet been set.
Mrs. Holman against Thaw.
There was a confident report about the
district attorneys office yesterday that Mrs
Holman, mother of Mrs. Evelyn Nesbu
| Thaw, is ready and willing to come to this
| city and testify on the side of the prosecu-
| ton.
1t Is said that the evidence of Mrs Hol-
| man will be of value to the prosecution
only in the event that it is needed for re-
| buttal. She, it is understood, will be called
| to the stand to refute Thaws testimony
| II he takes the stand and tells of alleged
relations between his wife and White
Mrs HOlman's attitude in the case dates
back to the time of the marriage in Pitts
burg of Harry Thaw and her daughter. The
| story has 1t that Mrs. William ThaW con-
scented to the marriage on the condition
that Evelyn Nesbitt would thereafter have
nothing to do with or recognize her own
mother. To this the girl consented, and
| has lived up to her promise, it is said
1t is also said that Mrs. Thaw the wife
of Harry, has never spoken to her own
mother or written to her since her mar
riage. This is said to be the reason for
| the bitterness of her mother against Thaw.
| 1t was to try to reconcile these differences
or at least to keep Mrs. Holman neutral
| that Roger OMara, the Pittsburg detec-
| tive, was called into SO many conferences
after the killing of White