The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-07-19
'GREETS Her SON
THROUGH BARS
Mother Of Harry Thaw Sees
Il Him for First Time Since
i Killing.
PRISON RULES OBEYED
.Elder Mrs. Thaw Had to Be Searched
and Then Meet Her Son
Through Grating of
His Cell.

His Cell.
# New York, July 1S.-Immediately
Following her interview with her son,
Harry X. Thaw, in the Tombs prison
yesterday, Mrs. William Thaw as
sumo full charge of the defense and
arranged to retain the service as coun-
sel of the firm Of Black, Olcott, Gruber
Bonynge, who were dismissed by
young ThaW a few days ago. This ac-
@stiOn is taken to mean thai Harry
88Thaw's desires and opinions regarding
the defense will be ignored and that
5@saIeliance will be placed on the plea of
1nSan1ty, inSistence on which by Mr..
sOlcott resulted in the rupture w
himself and his client. Whether an APP
application will be made for the appoint
s1nent Of a committee on lunacy TO de-
termine young Thaw's mental condi-
tion will probably be determined at a
COnference TO be held by Mrs. ThaW
the counsel today.
The meeting between Mrs. Thaw and
her son at the Tombs was an affecting
zone. After the first greeting they were
left alone together to converse through
bars of the cell for half an hour.
During the interview the prisoners
wife stood in silence in the corridor q
few feet away from the cell door wait
ling her turn to speak with her hus-
sband. No words were exchanged be-
stWeen Mrs. ThaW and her daughter-in-
slaw.
New York, July 1S.-Mrs VIM. Thaw,
of Pittsburg. paid a visit to her son
Harry Thaw in the Tombs prison to-
day where he is a prisoner accused Of
1.-THE murder of Stanford White.
86R Mrs. Thaw was accompanied by Jo-
siah L. Thaw and A. r. Peabody. Of
Thaw's counsel. Her arrival at the
Tombs was preceded by that of Thaw's
wife Evelyn, but later upon ascertain
ing that Mrs. VIM. Thaw had no. yet
visited the Tombs she declared she de-
sired her husbands mother to have the
first opportunity of seeing the prisoner.
Had to Talk Through Bars.
The younger Mrs. Thaw then retired
to the consulting room to await Mrs.
VIM. ThaW'S arrival. Before the latter
reached the prison her sons new coun-
sci, Clifford w. Hartridge, called on
francis j. Lantry, commissioner of cor
Il. rectlons, and endeavored to make ar
engagements so Mrs. Thaw could meet
her son at the Tombs instead of talk
ing with him through the bars of the
cell, but Lantry instructed the warden
NJ ne could make no exception to the
prison rules in Mrs. Thaw's case.
The mother reached the prison short
ly before noon. In The meantime a
large crowd had gathered about the en-
trance to the prison. When her cab
stopped at the door b~ystanders pressed
ga forward so closely the police had diff
g Guilty in making a line through them
81 to permit Mrs. Thaw to pass into the
IN prison.
Searched Before Entering.
Mrs. Thaw was met at the door by
the prison warden who told her it
would be necessary for her to comply
with the prison rule that all visitors
must be searched.
Mrs. Thraw then retired to the room
&8 of the Tombs matron. where the rule
was complied with.
She then made her way to cell No.
220 and greeted her son for the first
time since he shot White.
With the one idea of planning a de-
Tense for her son, Mrs. William Thaw,
the leader in Pittsburg fashionable cir
cles and the mistress of millions,
reached New York late Saturday after
noon on the Hamhurg-America liner
Kaisrin Auguste Victoria.
Disappointment greeted her at the
gang plank when the news was broken
to her by Josiah Thaw that, although
she had hurried back from Europe, she
would not be able to see and talk to
Harry Thaw until Monday, as a special
permit for visiting the Tombs could not
@ be secured.
That this sob she loves needs his
mothers aid and counsel was never
10 illDl dlcu more pldliuS lldn SAT
urday when he discharged the success
full criminal practitioners. Black, Oh
II colt, Gruber & Bonynge from fur
Their connection with his defense. In
their stead he retained Clifford w.
Hartridge, not because Of his ability
as a criminal lawyer. but because he
was an old personal friend.
Split Over the Insanity Plea.
The dismissal came, it was said, as
~ the continuation of a n1Irnher Of @,
mentS ThaW has had with various
q members of the law firm over the ques-
ton Of a defense. Judge Olcott, who
has been the active member of the firm
in connection with the case all along,
insisted that insanity be made the
chief point in the defense. it is be-
lieved, while Thaw has insisted with
equal if not greater emphasis that he
would not allow the insanity plea.
While there ave been numerous ar
guments between Thaw and Judge Oh
i colt on this question, there was no
open break, it is aid until Saturday
afternoon. Then, according to the
authority upon which the story is
based, Thaw. during a verbal combat
with Judge Olcott in the Tombs, be-
came enraged and wound up a TRADE
by telling his lawyers fatty that Black
Olcott, Bruber & Bonynge no longer
were his counsel.
"I am the boss" Thaw is declared tc
have said, after Judge Olcott had CIV
en- it as an ultimatum that Thaw should
place himself rs absolutely in the
hands OF his counsel as a patient in
the hands of his physician and submit
entirely to the judgment of the law
ea firm as to the best manner of conduct
ing the defense, "and I will not stand
for the insanity plea" the prisoner
added.
Judge Olcott then left the prison, it
is said, and received a letter, accord
ing to the story, from Thaw in which