The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-04
WELCOMED BY
VIRG|NIANS,
SAYS THAN
Calls Stories to Contrary
Lies Gives The Times
Signed Statement

Harry Kendall Thaw, recently
declared sane In Philadelphia courts,
dropped into Washington yesterday
and gave an exclusive interview
to q Washington Times reporter.
He denounced recent newspaper
stories intimating that people Of
winchester, Va, do not welcome
him in the community,
Thaw called those responsible for
stories "coWardly rascalS.''
Those stories are lies, fakes" Mr..
Thaw declared.
He regitered at the Raleigh Ho-
tel, coming to the Capital with
the Washington, and Lee football
team. He was an interested specta-
tor at the game yesterday with
Maryland University.
have prepared a statement in
reply to these scandalous and un-
truthful attacks" Mr.. ThaW said.
He produced a letter from g. Doug.
Las Brown, Of the Rouse Fire Com
pany, which said not one of the
500 members black balled him when
his name was proposed for mem
oershlp. he was unanimously
chosen.
Application Framed.
mot only that" Mr.. Thaw con-
tinueo" but my application hangs
IN frame In the fire house."
Mr.. Thaw asserted he had been
welcomed In the churches and
everywhere else in, town.
The slayer Of Stamford White
was at home with the boys from
the Southern college. AT the game
ne sat on the bench. In the hotel
last night he conversed for several
hours with them In the lobby. He
appears to be a great favorite at
the university.
Mr.. Thaw was very much exer-
cised over the stories printed about
him. They first appeared about
August Is. At that time he said
he thought them too silly to reply
to. However. since then, he said,
q Winchester newspaper had copied
the stories which first appeared in
New York newspapers. He also
said q paper in Asheville, N. c.,
had reprinted them.
Mr.. Thaw's REPUTATION Of these
charges was given exclusively to
q Times reporter in the following
signed statement:
THE unusually tfakish' articles
about churches. society, ETC., in
Winchester and me was too silly
to reply to at the time, August Is
| Winchester and the valley PEG.
pie. of course. paid little attention
to me. naturally. However, when
q Winchester paper copied that
New York lie they have been toe
kind to me since. because they saw
how rotten some articles are
printed. Not any scintilla Of truth
or honest reporting.
Then, Of course, outside Of Vir
| ginia, lot Of other people Of other
States wrote me q lot derogatory e
/ Winchester.
i There. you sees first I was faxed
but then other honest people were
maligned by some New York re
porter filled with some drug, heroir
or something. who saw the towr
but ignored the truth. However
/ Winchester does not mind much
either when people in Omaha OF
San Francisco get angry, when
Omaha and San Francisco were
wrong.
| Finds More Trouble.
however, now ] find a third
trouble. For the above no one
minded to talk out loud. But ]
find that in parts Of Virginia, out
side the Shenandoah valley, many
of them have read this article, and
that was bad. For no one wants
to allow newspapers to reflect on
anyone, including one Of the oldest
cities in the country. That is why
/ want to charge not only the poor
drugged reporter who went to Vir
ginia to lie, but some service who
owned a newspaper who paid him
to go.
Make very sure Mr.. Hearst
never tempted any reporter that
way. None Of his newspapers pub
Hshed a word until the next day
and then none so vicious. But the
creature who got that lying re,
porter to lie, that man, whether
owner or ediotor, was the cowardly
rascal. And do this after went
all around central and southern Vlr.
ginia.
II should not speak Of this, as ]
only came from Pittsburgh until
found It was forced on me"
The statement was signed II. K
Thaw" and dated October 2.
He left the city last night for