The Mena weekly star., 1906-07-19
VISITS HER SON INVERSION.
Affecting Meeting Between Harry K. Thaw and His Mother
 In the Tombs.
RULES OF THE OFFICIALS SET ASIDE
Whiie the Keepers Back was Turned Mrs lhaw Rushed Into Her sons Cell and Clasped Him in Her Arms = Large Crowd of Morbidly Curious Gathered About Prison Entrance

AhaW Rushed Into Her sons Cell and
 Ciasped Him in Her Arms Large
 Crowd of Morbidiy Curious Gathered
 About Prison Entrance.
 New York, July 17.--Mrs. William Ihaw of Pittsburg paid visit to her son Harry K. Thaw, in the Tombs prison Monday where he is prisoner accused of the murder of Stanford White. Mrs. Thaw, who arrived from Europe Saturday and was unable so visit her son on Sunday, went ts the prison accompanied by Josiah C. Thaw ana A. k. Peabody of Thaw's counsel Mrs Thaw's arrival at the Tombs was preceded by that of Harry Thaws wife Evelyn, but the latter, upon ascertain ing that Mrs. WilliA n Thaw had not yet visited the Tombs, declared that she desired her husbands mother to have the first opportunity of seeing the prisoner. The younger Mrs. Thaw then retired to the consulting room to await Mrs. Thaw's arrival
 Before Mrs. William Thaw reached the prison. her sons counsel, Clifford w. Hartridge called on Francis J. Lantry, the commissioner of correc- tions, and endeavored to make ar engagements so that Mrs Thaw could meet her son in the consulting room at the Tombs instead of talking with him through the bars of the cell but MT. Lantry instructed the warden that he could make no exception to the prison rules irI Mrs. Thaws case
 The mother reached the prison shortly before noon. h the mean time large crowd had gat'AAred about the entrance to the prison. When her cab stopped at the door the bystanders pressed forward so closely that the police had difficulty in making 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 in an apologetic way that it would be necessary for her to comply with the prison rule that all visitors must be searched. Mrs. Thaw then retired to the room of the Tombs matron where the rule was complied with. The warden, Josiah c. Thaw and MT. Peabody escorted her to the corri- dor in which Harry Thaw's cell is located and then withdrew after she had thanked them. Mrs Thaw then made her way alone to cell No. 220 and greeted her son for the first time since he shot Stanford White.
 As Mrs Thaw reached the cell of her son, it was seen that her daugh- ter-in-law had left the consult ing room and gone to the cell of her husband When the young wife saw the mother approaching she slowly backed away from the cell to a spot some 15 feet down the corridor There was no sign of re-
 enition between the two. On the mothers arrival at the cell Keeper John Smith saw that she was some ghat feeble and opened the door of Thaws cell to get the stool on which she might sit during the in- terview with her son. The, mother not knowing the rules of the prison npon seeing the door opened rushed onward to see her son. In an in- tant both her arms were clasped round the neck of her son while he with bent head clasped his mother his breast. Tears streamed from he eyes Of both mother and son.
 
 aere ensued few minutes silence broken only by the mothers cry of My boy. my boy.
 Keeper Smith stood with his back urned for a short time and then informed Mrs Thaw that the prison .ules allowed visitors to talk to pris ,ners only with the bars separating fhem The mother stepped out of the cell, while Smith shut the door and turned the key once more on Thaw. X small stool was then placed in front of the cell and Mrs. Thaw took her seat on it and con tinued talking to her son for about half an hour She then kissed her son through the iron bars and was taken downstairs where she was joined by Josiah c. Thaw. who had been waiting for her ih the consWt- ing room.