Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-22
MRS. THAW HAS
ONE MORE Wall
ABOUT Her SON
STATEMENT ANSWERED BY
CHIEF AT MATTEAWAN
OLD PRIVILEGES DENIED NOW is
HER CHARGE
Or. Lamb Answers That Treatment
Such as Other Prisoners Receive
Is Best for Whites
Slayer
CRv Associated PressD

4 All tA w AN, N /" AUS 81
NE Mrs Mary COPY Thaw, mother
ALA of II. X. Thaw, made public to-
dav a statement critCising the treat
ment accorded her son in the Mattea-
wan state hospital for the criminal IN
sane since his return to that lnstitu-
tion by order of Justice Mills
Mrs ThaW said not only the COM
forts accorded to her son when he was
first sent to the asylum were not re-
stored after his return, but that he mad
been denied privileges he enjoyed for
eighteen months while in the asylum.
DR.. Lamb. superintendent of the
hospital, Mrs. ThaW said. when asked
the reason for the discontnuance of
the privileges to Thaw answered what
had been done for him was not appfe-
ciated. Mrs. Thaw says;
Whites of Eggs Denied
Even the privilege is denied me OF
giving my son the whites of eggs and
orange juice prescribed for him by ms nus
own and my physicians, and which
heretofore | have given each afternoon
when l made my visit.
For the first time in these eighteen
months they have denied him the priv
ilege of playing the piano.
HE is still locked up in the bare
cell which l described in court, at 6
o'clock, although other patients, some
of whom do not work, are allowed 10
remain up until o'clock.
Yesterday my son had nothing 10
eat from 6:15 a. m to 5:45 p. m. be-
cause a lawyer came to see him at
noon, dinner hour. Even the keepers
wished to get him something to eat
but DR.. Baker gave special orders they
should give him nothing during this
eleven and one-half hours Of starva-
ton.
Lack of Denial Mentioned
81 inquired of DR.. Lamb the reason
for the deprivations. He answered
that what they had done was not ap-
preciated much when we went to
court To this Harry replied: DR..
Lamb, I treated both you and DR..
Baker much better i'm court than you
deserved, as you know, when testify
ing. So this must be revenge for what
my mother said Or. Lamb made no
denial.
I'VE asked DR.. Lamb more than once
if he had any further reason except re-
venge toward me, and the desire to
enfeeble my sons health so that he
would not be able TO testify the next
time, as he had when opposed to Mr..
Jerome at the last hearing. Dr., Lamb
could give no other reason for this in
famous conduct"
Lamb Tells His Story
Superintendent Lamb of the Mattea
wan asylum said today concerning
Thaw's treatment at the hospital:
when all arguments are made, the
question remaining for final settlement
is, Shall Harry X. Thaw submit to the
same treatment and accept the same
privileges as are accorded all other
patients at the MatteaWan state hospi-
tai, or shall he have all changed so as
TO suit his peculiar wishes?
AT no time during his residence in
the hospital has he suffered any priVa-
tiOn whatever. In fact, every time MI.
Thaw has left this institution to take
I'D temporary Jail residences, and there
in a measure follow his own rules and
inclinations. he has lost weight, only
10 regain it directly on his return TO
our care.
THE visiting privileges to Mrs Thaw
have been moro liberal than she could
gain in any other state institution that
I know of. It is to be regretted that
differences have arisen, but the medical
officers here can scarcely concede to
any patient the sole right of prescrib-
ing for himself his own medicine, diet
and rules of conduct.
1T is for lack of reason and Judg-
rent that ThaW is here 1t is for lack
of reason and judgment that he makes
no effort to adjsut himself to conditions
that are by no means unfair or unjust.