The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-02
THAW AT MATTEAWAN.
Slayer of White Will Be Treated
Just Like the other Prisoners.

MatteawaH, N. Y, Feb. Harry X
Thaw arrived here tonight and was
Immediately assigned to the observa-
ton ward of the state hospital for the
criminal insane, where he will remain
for a week or two until the authorities
can note his mental condition and make
some definite arrangements for his fu-
ture stay in the institution.
The new patient sleeps tonight in a
small iron bed in a dormitory where
about fifty other men are quartered
An attendant is on guard constantly
to prevent any of the men from aris-
ing.
The arrival at Fishkill Landing of
the train bearing the Thaw party
caused quite a commotion in the little
town. Photographers from New York
had come on an earlier train, and a
dozen fiash-light charges were exploded
as Thaw, accompanied by Deputy Sher-
iff Bell and Attorneys Peabody and
O'Reilly, stepped from the private car
in which the journey from the city had
been made.
outing for Thaw.
The party stopped in Fishkill sever
al hours, going to the Holland house
there for dinner. The diners were two
hours at the table, the occasion being
something in the nature of a consider
alton of 'Thaw's day in prison" The
prisoner patient was much depressed
on arriving at Fishkill to find that he
would have to occupy a bed in a ward
with fifty other patients and wanted
to know if some other arrangements
could not be made. He was assured
that this accommodation was the best
the hospital could afford.
After the dinner Thaw was not so
detected. He called I'D his wife in
New York over the long-distance tele-
phone to tell her not to worry, that
he was all right. and was well salts
fed
He said he would send many mes
sages by Mr.. OReilly and would eX-
pect her to visit him on Monday.
The fiash-light photographers contin-
ued to annoy the party wherever they
went and while the dinner at the Hol-
land house was in progress a crowd of
several hundred persons gathered in
front of them.
The drive to Matteawan occupied but
fifteen minutes, and the party reached
there at 10:40 p. N.
When Josiah ThaW bade his brother
goodbye in New York he delivered to
him a message from his mother. She
told him TO be of good cheer and all
would come out right in the end.
No Special Privileges.
When DIR. Robert B. Lamb, medical
superintendent OF the hospital, was told
this afternoon that Harry Thaw had
been committed TO the institution he
said the prisoner would be given no
special privileges while here.
1.-The first thing we will do with
him." said DIR. Lamb. 'as with all pa
tents. is to place him in the observa-
or two, or possibly longer, until we
customary plan, and il will be adhered
studying his mental condition, assign
him with some judgment to some par
ticular ward in the hospital. He can
not have any special quarters, for all
the patients here are treated alike.
During the day Thaw will assOci-
ate with the other men and dine at the
table in the main dining room. Thaw
will be given no special work to do.
He can take daily walks in the large
court, and If he is so disposed can have
tobacco and dainties sent him, or he
can, on an order accompanied by the
cash. procure any articles he desires
for his comfort i'm Fishkill. The hos
pital is now crowded far above its ca
pacity. We have us patients, and the
institution was originally planned to
hold only 500. Eight years ago, before
the Damn Moore state hospital was
built, we had 772 patients"