The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-17
She WOULD HAVE
DONE IT HERSELF 5 {: ].
Mrs. Holman Would Have Killed
White Had Mrs. 1haw Told
Her Same Story.
STILL LOVES DAUGHTER i.
LOVES DAUGHTER
Heart and Home Ever Open 70
Hcr--EIad Implicit Confidence
in White.

Copyright, 1907, by the Pittsburg
Leader Publishing Company
P1TTsBuRG, PA, April 1G.-Thc
Pittsburg Leader this afternoon prints
q six-column statement from Mrs.
Charles ]. Holman, mother of Evelyn
Neabt Thnw, in which she defends
herself against tho accusations cx-
pressed and implied against her dur
Ing the Thaw trial.
Tho statement opens by saying that
two nights after the night upon Which
Harry Thnw shot Stanford White she
received this telegram from her
daughter:
1T is most important for you to
say absolutely nothing"
Until now she has remained silent
and has been forced to take the de-
fcnsive because of the 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.. Caravan or
| Mr.. Hartridge.
Struggle to Raise Children.
| Mrs. Holman then details her strug
| gle following the death of her first
| husband in her efforts to properly
! raise her two children, and says her
| daughter first posed for an artist
| named Storm, Of Philadelphia. Pa,
who met Evelyn at Cresson. Pa, a
| summer resort, when a little girl.
Florence" she says. was in love
| with the stage" She did everything
to discourage her. but 1t was useless
The story Of Florcnce's first meeting
| with Stanford White. she says, is
/ |, IN, iall NJ h1,
| witness stand. When Florence return
| ed she told her mother she had met
| the grandest man. and later, when Mr..
White sent for her, she went to his
| Office.
Mr. White. she says, warned her
1 specifically against several young men.
with whom Florence had become ac-
quainted but did not refer to Thaw.
His manner, words and actions were
| the personitication Of whole hearted
disinterested generosity. Mrs. Holman
says, and If ever a woman reposed
implicit confidence in man. she says
she did in White.
| She Would Have Killed Him.
Mrs Holman then asserts that If
Florence underwent the experience
that is said to have bcfallen her, she
did not take her into her confidence
Continuing, she says:
Had she told me what she told
the Thaw jury. 1t would not have beer
necessary for Harry Thaw to kill Stan
ford White. I would have done it my.
SELF,
Speaking Of the European trip, Mrs
Holman says:
Every detail Of the trip was ant
is nightmare to me. Mr.. Thaw join
ed Us in Paris. Florence and I shared
the same apartments. Mr.. Thaw hae
& apartments by himself. There was NJ
pleasure in the tour for me. TIL
things which appealed to Florenc
and Mr.. Thaw in Paris did not ap
peal to me. Florence testified that W
quarrelled frequently wsi'- in Paris
in fact, continually The disagree
ments were caused by my protests a
visits to various restaurants
Love for Daughter.
/, In closing. Mrs. Holman asys: :.
5 solemnly affirm that my love for m
j daughter is as deep and intense q
it was when first held her in NJ
. arms a helpless baby, Regardless q
: all that has transpired. my affectio
u is unaltered, The door Of my home
} open to her, and will swing wide q
9 her lightest tap. to-day. to- MORO,
;. and always while 1 live"