The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-20
THAW HAPPY IN
MOTHERS Home
Pittsburgh Crowds Turn Out
to Receive Freed Mat
teawan Inmate.
FAMILY REUNION IS HELD
While in Cell He Earned Enough on
Stock Market to Pay for
Trials. He Says.
FAMILY REUNION IS HELD

Pittsburgh, July l9-Harry X. Thaw is
home tonight, for the first time in nine
years. A tremendous ovation was ten
dered on his arrival at East Liberty at
SIS this afternoon, as he emerged from
the train which brought him from Phila-
delphia. A police escort under the per-
sonal direction of Chief of Police Mat
thews. forced a way for him through
the cheering crowd to a waiting auto
mobile, in which he was driven at fifty
mile an hour clip through the fashionable
east-end district to his home in Beech
wood boulevard.
Under the porte cochere OF the hand
some mansion his mother. attired in an
all-white gown for the first time since
the shooting of Stanford White, received
him with open arms. Leaping from the
car. while the crowd darted over the
lawn from all directions. Thaw threw
himself into his mothers arms.
Mark of Cameras.
An instant later he was swallowed up
in the throng Fighting his way out, his
face aglow with the excitement of the
moment. he beckoned to him the party Of
newspaper men who had accompanied
him from New York
Il want to say this" said Thaw. ITO
return to Pittsburgh has been my desire
for long that l do not find words to
express myself now I am a home, and
also l want to thank my friends. so
many Of them. for helping toward this
success that now / can name but one
my mother"
Just within the door of the mansion
Mrs. Thaw stood her face wreathed in
smiles. While Thaw was dragged off by
the photographers for one last picture
she shook hands laughinsly. with the
New York reporters. most of whom had
followed her sons fortunes since the
shooting Of White. and were personally
known to her. Then Thaw himself fought
his way to the door.
''Good-by'' he cried. shaking each OF
his old friends by the hand, and thank
You all
Family Reunion On.
His mother h, Id the door open for him
as he greeted the last man. He waved |
his hands. and then the door closed upon
him
After nine years of fighting. he was
hack IN the maternal fold once more |
tonight an old-f1shioned family reunion !
is in progress. Mrs. Thaw asked to be |
excused from making any statement or
giving out the names of those who are |
q" "''r"ti,!s his liberation with Harry.
The talk in the Compa rtment of the |
Pullman which he shared with the Corre-
srond"nts on the journey 10 Pittsburgh |
'''red on the expenses of his nine years
{ III Ic-.tiOn to escape the electric chair |
and the rradnouse
TIL" estimate Of n million dollars is an
.Nacger;ition. said Thaw. an extrava-
CANT guess The first trial cost several
hundreds 81 thousands of dollars where
aT in he hands OF good lawyer it need
not have cost more than 25.OOO. l was
outraGcOusly robbed there. The second
trial cost much less. but still a great
d al to" MUCH
Your mother had to pay heavily for
Your battle" WAS suggested.
Has Paid Sisters.
Very little was lost by nv family
through the trials" he answered
Il borrowed the money from my mother
and my two sisters. Mother lost about
81 per cent Of what she put into the first
trial, but l have since paid my sisters in
full
Thaw smiled quietly to himself min
Ute and then said
DO YOU know that during the height
OF the panic of 1901. while | vas in the
Tombs awaiting the second trial I made
more than enough to pay all my ex-
renses in Mattea wan up TO the time I
left there"
He chuckled over the incredulous ex-
pressons of the reporters.
Did YOU deal in n:argins?" he was
asked
Yes" was the reply. But a man
needed very heavy margins in those days
] went into the markets where stocks
were at their lowest and bought railroad ,
stocks exclusively on heavy margins ,
They almost Immediately advanced in ,
price and kept on Going up. keech, Loew ,
& Co. who managed my account. said ,
II was the only one that at the time did :
not al some period or other show a loss |
So. YOU see. l practically paid nv own r
expenses between the first trial and my !
escape"