The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-17
MRS. THAW WEPT
ON SEEING SON
Mother of Murderer of Stan
ford White Visits Tombs
for First Time.
WAS AN AFFECTING SCENE
THAW'S WIFE WITNESSED MEET
ING, BUT THERE WAS NO SIGN
OF RECOGNITION BETWEEN
THE WOMEN.
Publishers PressJ

New York. July 16-Mrs. William
Thaw, of Pittsburg, paid a visit to
her son Harry K. Thaw in the Tombs
prison. She was accompanied. by
Josiah G. Thaw and A. r. Peabody,
of Thaw's counsel. Mrs. ThaW's ar
rival at the Tombs was preceded by
that of Harry Thaw's wife. but the
latter after ascertaining that Mrs.
William Thaw had not yet visited the
Tombs waited as she desired her
husbands mother to have the first op-
portunity of seeing the prisoner. The
younger Mrs. Thaw then retired to the
consulting room to await Mrs. VIII
liam Thaw's arrival.
The mother reached the prison
shortly before noon. In the mean
time a large crowd gathered about
the entrance to the prison. When
her cab stopped at the door, the by
ISLANDERS pressed forward so closely
that the police had difficulty in max
ing a line through them to permit
Mrs. Thaw to pass into the prison.
Mrs. Thaw was met at the door by
the prison warden. who told her 1t
would be necessary for her to comply
with the prison rule that all visitors
must be searched. Mrs. Thaw re-
tired to the room of the Tombs ma
iron where the rule was complied
with. The warden, Josiah G. ThaW
and Mr. Peabory escorted her to the
corridor in which Harry Thaw's cell
is located and withdrew after she
thanked them. Mrs. Thaw then made
her way alone to cell No. 220 and
greeted her son.
AS Mrs. Thaw reached the cell OF
her son it was seen that her daugh-
ter-in-law had left the consulting
room and gone to the cell Of her nus
band. When the wife saw the mother
approaching, she backed away from
the cell some Is feet down the cor
ridor. There was no sign of recognl-
ton between the two. On the mothers
arrival at the cell the jailer saw she
was somewhat feeble and opened the
door of Thaw's cell to get a stool on
which she might sit during the inter-
view. The mother not knowing the
rules of the prison, upon seeing the
door opened rushed forward to her SON
In an instant both her arms were
clasped around the neck of her son
while he with bowed head clasped his
mother to his breast. Tears streamed
down from the eyes of both mother
and son. There ensued few minutes
silence, broken only by the mother
cry of My boy, my boy
The jailer stood with his back
turned a short and then informed
Mrs. Thaw that the prison rules al
lowed visitors to talk to prisoners
only with bars separating them. The
mother stepped out Of the cell, the
taller shut the door and turned tho
key once more on Thaw. small
stool was placed in front of the cell
and Mrs. Thaw took her seat on 1t
and continued talking to her son about
half an hour. She then kissed her
son through the iron bars and was
taken down stairs, where she was
Joined by Josiah C. Thaw, who waited
for her in the consulting room.
While the elder Mrs. Thaw was in
conversation with her son, his wife,
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, remained seated
in the corridor. about Is feet away
from the cell, where she could see
mother and son without being seen.
After the mothers departure
Thaw's wife spent few minutes with
her husband and then hurried to the
Office of Mr.. Hartridge where coun-
Gil was held.