Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-08-20
'IHAW'S MOTHER
BLHMES COURT
BELIEVES HARRY WAS ACQUITTED
BY JURY AND SHOULD GET
HIS LIBERTY.
SON Is BACK TO MATTEAWAN.
Issues Statement in Which He Declares
That His Side Presented Best
Arguments
HOPES TO WIN IN HIS APPEAL.

! WHITE PLAINS. \. Y. Aug. 1S.-
| Declaring that her son was acquitted of
| the murder of Sanford White Mrs Mary
Copley Thaw today issued a statement
explaining her reasons for having Harry
Thaw transferred from Matteawan to
| the Bloomingdale ayslum. She believes
that the jury found him innocent and
consequently he should not be imprs-
oned in criminal institution. The state
ment also explains why her daughter.
Alice Thaw, gave up her title as Coun-
! tess of Yarmouth. The statement fol
! lows.
! The only request made for my was
| that he be transferred to the Blooming
dale asylum. although sane acquitted
man he should have been liberated alto
| gether
| There was no suggestion of bonds or
any of the other fantastic features men
/ toned. 1t was simply the argument that
! an acquitted man ought not to be placed in
! a criminal institutions
The thought was suggested that the
! judge would surely order this change if Il
| personal appeal was made to him Quickly
! and gladly my daughter offered to go. 1t
| was not until Sunday night that the exact
place could be located. On Monday morn
! ing she started with her maid and II trust
! ed, capable man as courier. Twice she
] communicated with us here. the last telling
| how fruitless the hard journey had been.
! She cannot be back before her brother
| leaves for Matteawan this afternoon.
Son Keeps Courage.
He goes with courage undaunted by this
! outra geous decision and we all look for
! ward confidently to the action of the court
| of appeals. 1t cannot be that this illegal
| restraint of an acquitted man known by
everybody to be absolutely sane can last
much longer no matter how yindictive those
| who thus attempt to defeat justice may be.
Allow me to correct some gross mis-
! takes regarding this brave, devoted sister
| and daughter. Alice Thaw made no stipu-
| lations. nor did the family of the Marquis
| Of Hartford, at the time of her marriage,
! such as are published In some of the
| morning papers. On the contrary, her en-
| tire estate remained in this country, abSo-
! lutely under her control. The Hert-
! ford family always paid her the utmost
! respect for good and sufficient reasons
| aside from her own personality. When she
| annulled her marriage a year and half
! ago she had perfect right under the Eng
! lish laws to hold to the ttle. She was
urged to do so By friends and her legal
! advisor, but she preferred to be rid of 1t
! altogether. She has host of warm
friends in England and her own quiet
! home off st. James park has, like my own,
| been kept open all these months. hoping
! always for justice.
Thaw Is Cheerful
Harry X. Thaw was taken from the
! Westchester county jail back to his old
I quarters in the Matteawan asylum this
| afternoon. He bade goodbye to his
mother in the conversation room of the
| Jail, waved goodbye to some of the Jail
| attendants and accompanied by William
| II. Moore, one of the personal employees,
! left the jail in custody of Dr.. Baker
| and two attendants from the asylum.
! Thaw carried his belongings in a suit
| case and appeared to be fairly cheerful.
! His mother bore up well. She will
move to Matteawan on Friday to resume
! her residence near the asylum.
Before departing ThaW said:
L don't question Justice Mills homes
! ty, but surely his opinion is not as good
! as that of DR.. AGolph Meyers or DR..
Schmid and all the other alienists who
! examined me, or the judges or laymen
! who know me well. The judge was
wrong in relying upon DIR. Baker as I'M
| partial when, out of 267 clippings, he
! produced q, connected with Stanford
| White mounted on pastebOard but com
! pletely left out $40 others containing
| quotations from LincOlns speeches, arti-
| cles by Prof. Brashear, etc. Also the
I judge was mistaken in trusting anything
| forgotten that he told DR.. Pilgrim and
| Mr. Peabody and me at the end Of
| eleven weeks of careful examination that
he and DR.. Lamb were positive ] had no
! trace of paranOia. He also swore he
| had told Mr.. Graham that he and DR..
| Lamb had found no evidence of it after,
| as told by his own testimony, | had full
ly answered all their questions. Did the
| judge forget that Mr.. Jerome was afraid
| to let DR.. Baker testify as an expert?
Holds Justice Responsible.
Il wish to express my appreciation of
the respect and courtesy the judge
showed my mother, but if my mother
| breaks down or the bad conditions at
| Matteawan surrounded by dangerous
| lunatics, and general privation should
ruin my health Justice Mills will be re-
| sponsible for sending me there, for his
| decision is not supported by lawful evil
dence."