Evening star., 1909-08-21
|REVENCE UPON THAW I'm CAPTURED BOSTON
Mother Accuses MatteaWan District GuardSen Are Hav
! Official of Spitefuness. ing Magnificent Time.
SONS TESTIMONY CAUSE DUE HOME NEXT THURSDAY
Was Without Food They Are Now Chartered Board
Eleven Hours Transports
PIANO PLAYING DENIED TOO ONLY ENTER CITY
Him lis Declares. Gen.. Harries
| Explanation
Says Harry Was Without Food
Eleven Hours.
PIANO PLAYING DENIED. TOO
Superintendent Refuses to Give
Him His Mail, She Declares.
Demands Explanation.

| MATTEAWAN. n. Y, August 2l.-Mrs.
Mary Copley Thaw, mother Of Harry X.
Thaw. today made public a statement
criticsng the treatment accorded to her
son In the Matteawan State Hospital for
| the Criminal Insane since his return to
that institution by order of Justice Mills.
Mrs. Thaw said not only that the COM
| forts accorded to her son when he was
| first sent to the asylum were not re-
stored after his recent return, but that
he had been denied privileges he enjoyed
for eighteen months while In the asylum.
DR.. Lamb, the superintendent Of the
hospital. Mrs. Thaw said. when asked for
the reason for the discontinuance of the
privileges TO Thaw answered that what
had been done for him was not appre-
ciated.
Instead of little comfort ordered by
DIR. Lamb when my son first went to Mat
| teawan. February 1, 1908. and which Jus
| iice Mills asked to have restored. said
Mrs. ThaW. 'the superintendent Of this
institution has deprived him still further.
Even the privilege is denied me Of giving
my son the Whites of eggs and orange
| juice. prescribed for him by my family
! physician. and which heretofore ] have
given to him each afternoon when L made
my visit.
Oeu1e0 E1tnO HldyluK.
For the first tine in eighteen months
! they have denied lim Ahe privilege of
playing the piano. he Is still locked ur
| in his bare cell at 3 O'Clock, although
other patients, som. of whom do not
work, are allowed t. remain up until g.
| Yesterday Mrs. phillips carried a bas-
ket with wholesome food but was re-
fused permission to see my son. DIR. Bak-
! o. fnl6 thew had made some rules
for Mr.. Thaw. Yesterday my son had
nothing to eat from 6:15 q. IN. to I:i5 p
nl., because q lawyer came to see him al
noon during the dinner hour. The keep
| ers wished to get him something to eat
but DR.. Baker gave special orders that
he should have nothing during the eleven
and one-half hours.
Refuse to Give Him Letters.
This morning carried up large num-
Der Of letters. but Dr. Baker told me he
would not permit my son to have them
We inquired Of DR.. Lamb the reason for
these new deprivations. He answered
that what they had done was not appre-
! ciated when they went to court. To this
Harry replied: I treated both you and
DIR. Baker in court much better than you
deserved. SO this must be revenge for
| what my mother said.
| 1--WE asked DIR. Lamb more than once
if he had any further reasons for his at
titude than revenge on me and his desire
ito enfeeole my sons health SO he would
not be able to testify next time. This Is
the first time l have written about the
treatment accorded my son in this insti-
tuition, to which, he, sane and acquitted
man, should never have been sent
| Courts Investigation.
| Special Dispatch to The Star.
MATTEAWAN. n. Y, August Il.
l
auainted with the complaint made b!
Mrs. Thaw he said:
IF Mrs Thaw or her son have an,
complaints to make about his treatment
all they have to do is to lay the matte
before the superintendent Of state pris
| ons or the lunacy commission. The mat
| ter will then be thoroughly looked into
and if any injustice is being done t,
Thaw i: will be rightsd by either one
| of those agencies.
LAS matter of fact. since Thaw ha:
| returned here he has been complaining
| and insolent. The question naturally
| arises, arc the conditions i'm this asylum
| to be changed to fit the whims OF Thaw
| or Is he TO fit himself to the conditions
| as they exist? There is no discrimina.
tion against him. and he is treated will
| just as much liberality is possible in
| conformity with the rules and regulations
| "Thaw has conpia ned Of the food and
lnourishment he received here, but | take
notice that he lost seventeen pounds from
the time he left here until he was sent
back That speaks rather well for the
food Of the institution.
| Not True, Says Lamb.
| Regarding the refusal to permit the
| delivery Of letters to Thaw, it was done
because he refused TO submit the letters
| to inspection Under the law We are
required to inspect all letters received
for patients and mail is delivered
without this Interpretation.
| THE statement that Thaw did not get
any food all day yesterday because a
lawyer called on him at noon is not
true The lawyer did not call until after
IA o'clock in the afternoon.
"In regard to bedtime, if Thaw or any
other pa:.aa. works hard all day and
wants an extra hour before retiring he
gets it. Thaw is well treated, but does
not seem to appreciate the fact"
New Navy for Canada.
Special Dispatch To The star.