The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-08-18
MOTHER SURPRISED,
BUT GLAD TO HEAR It
Mrs. Mary Copely Thaw
Talks Of Escape OF Her Son
From Matteawan.
HAD LETTER SATURDAY
Paragraph Missing Which She
Says Contained No Ref
erence to Flight.
HAD LETTER SATURDAY
By International News Service.

By International News Service.
NEW YORK, Aug. IL" Harry's
escape was like a thundercap out Of
a clear sky to ME. but I can L say
shat / am sorry'' vas the comment
made tonight BY Mrs. Mary Copley
Tbaw on the sensational fight of her
son from Matteawan.
Mrs. Tbaw had III first refused to
see reporters, but later consented TO
receive them.
VAS never more astonished in
my life than when I heard OF this thing
at clock this afternoon, - she con
daughter (Mrs. Carnegie), who heard
Of II through the newspapers have
not the slightest idea how it all hap
pened, nor can I guess where Harry
is now.
81 suppose he will communicate with
me as soon rs he gets where he is
safe. He is too intelligent to take
safe place. Further than the frag-
mentary reports from newspaper men
I know nothing ] have a letter which
Harry wrote Saturday morning and he
said nothing about intending TO leave
Letter Mutilated.
The letter was on plain sheet Of
paper such as is used by stenographcrs.
Everything but the signature is type
written and it is dated August l6, no
year being appended.
In the center of the sheet a space
sufficient to hold a large paragraph
of words has been cut out, The pieces
were then fastened together with small
green seals.
In response to question Mrs. Tbaw
explained the mutilation of the let
ter.
"I cut that OUT she said, "be-
cause it referred to two men, lawyers
whom / had never heard of before.
1t had nothing to do with this case.
She refused to name the men or to
show the missing portion of the let
ter. In its incomplete form the letter
follows;
''Mrs. Mary C. Thaw, Hotel Gotham,
New York.
"Dear Mother: Mr. vanamee told
me that you are starting. I'M glad
an easy trip. A couple of days ago
I wrote you and expect the letter
reached you before YOU left home.
The only thing immediate was TO ask
You to telephone to Mr.. Shearn s of
fice and learn just when he gets
back.
Paragraph Cut Out.
A paragraph was cut out here and
the letter continues:
HI hope Margaret and George re.
turn safe and well. That was curious
about Copenhagen when they were Civ
on a reception as though it was 'Un'
Gle Andrew The paper that / saw
said that George appearance was very
good, but quite unlike Mr.. Andrew
Carnegie.
"Will they come with you or 1aterf
1t is better maybe TO divide the visits.
If you don It feel very we'll Monday
please postpone the visit. for it is bet
ter to take things easy
"HARRY. -
The signature was written in pencil
in remarkably small letters.
That doesn + look like Harry,s
porters.
Wait. III see," answered Mrs.
Thaw, going to a desk and taking out
several letters. ''Yes, the same,' she
said, "only larger. T"
Envelope Not Shown.
The envelope was not shown, nor
were the reporters allowed TO compare
the signature with those on the let
teTs
.sHarry is in the commissary de-
partment, you know said Mrs Thaw,
when asked if her son had the use of
a typewriter. az suppose he wrote
this while he was at work aud had
nothing else handy, 1t doesn t look
as if he intended TO leave before L
came.
"Do you know whether he ever CON
-, IL ,f hxrr rnr
Mrs, Thaw was asked.
'|Pcople have mentioned it to him, .
she replied. .sHe had plenty of oppor.
tunities during the hearings and sew
eral people have said to him Why don 3
YOU take leg bail?' but he always re-
fused TO consider it then. Never in
all the time L have been with him
escape through any other means than
the law
Calls Russell Perjurer.
"Isn't it about time that he got
out of there-a sane man, proved so
before the courts, confined with q. lot
of lunatics in an asylum for the crimi-
nal insanee | think so, and be
would have been out before if it had
not been for that perlurer, DR.. Rus-
sell.
''It was that man 3 testimony that
kept him there the last time he tried
TO get free. -
'7Haye You any idea who the men
were that were with Harry" she was
asked, "Isn t there relative OF
Harry's in New EngIandi'
"Only Mr.. Andrew Carnegie, the
younger. and he isn't the sore of q
man to mix up in an affair OF this
sort Mrs. Thaw answered 'FHe has
a place in Massachusetts. but don.'t
suppose that he heard Of this or would
he interested in it if be did.
Gas to Roger Mara, SO far as
| know. he is in Fittsburg, / haven II
heard from him recently and don't
know where he is, but I am almost
certain that he is in Pennsylvania.
Harry has plenty of friends in New
York. some of whom 60 up to see
him. -