The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-04-16
Declares Harry ThaW Would
Not Have Had to Kill STAN
ford White Had She Known
Of What Occurred,
DAUGHTER NEVER SAID
AUGHT AGAINST WHITE.
Mrs. Holman Says She Trust
ed Great Architect With the
Most Implicit Faith-TeIIs
Of Hardships.
(Copyrighted, Pittsburg Leader.)

Copyrighted, Pittsburg Leader.)
Pittsburg. April 16.-Mrs. Evelyn
Florence Holman, mother-in-law of
Harry Thaw, brought into case by tes-
timony of her daughter and who was
so severely arraigned by Attorney Del
mas, today issued a signed statement,
two columns in length.
In part the statement follows:
1.-TWO days after the night upon
which Harry Thaw shot Stanford
White at the Madison Square Garden
we received this telegram: 1t is most
important for you TO say absolutely
nothing (SigneD F.
The One Telegram From Evelyn.
Il Immediately formed the resolution
that l should say nothing to anyone
pending the outcome of the trial which
I realized must take place. This is
the only communication which mas
come to me from my daughter since
the murder. | did say nothing.
would have said nothing had not At
torney Delmas attacked me in his
speech. | made no statement to Je-
rome or any of his representatives l
have had privileged and private COM
munication with personal friends
Aside from these | have not comment
ed on the case nor did | communicate
in any way with Mr.. jerome. If any
thing in this statement seems harsh
it must be recalled that it is a fact
for | shall say absolutely nothing that
| cannot prove in court of law"
Tells of Her Hardships.
After reciting her hardships after
her first husband died, saying he left
her exactly s113 she said, Florence
was no drudge and that all the money
she earned by posing supported her
self only I sewed for a living in
and New York"
Recounting how she reluctantly
permitted Florence to go on the stage
she comes to telling of the meeting
with White. He offered to do all
kinds of things for us. l asked him
why he liked my daughter. He said,
Mrs. Holman she is so unsophisticat
ed, and so are you. She is SO pretty
and must not be spoiled. You should
be, in better surroundings.
White Gave a Warning.
Mr.. White warned me against GER
tain young men who had met Florence
and told me not to let her go with
them. He did not refer to Harry
Thaw If ever woman reposed i'm
plicit confidence in a man / did in
Stanford White. His manner, his
his actions were personifica-
ton of wholehearted. disinterested
generosity. He was the first man l
met in New York who seemed to not
be expecting returns for what he
did
Away From Office Crying.
after our first conversation l went
away from his Office in tears. 1t
seemed so comforting, so grateful to
feel 1 at last had a friend upon whom
could depend; who was interested
n my children and asked nothing in
'eturn. / thought Stanford White was
he noblest man on earth. Florence
never told me of her experience which
she now relates took place with STAN
ord White. Nothing out of the ordin
ary seemed to have occurred. Had
'he told me what she told the Thaw
Jury. it would not have been neces-
,ary for Harry Thaw to kill Stanford
White. | would have done it my
self
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