Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-20

Ovation Accorded Him
as He Leaves Train in
Pittsburgh.
POLICE ESCORT is NECESSARY
AT No Time Since Arrest for Muir
dor of Stanford White Has He
Appeared TO BE i'll Better Condi-
tion-Fnmily Reunion Held.
Especial to The Times Dispatch. ]


4 PITTSBURGH PA, July 19-Harry
Is. Thaw is home Tonight. for the first
timo in nine years a tremendous ova-
ton was rendered him on hts arrival
at East Liberty at 6,2J this afternoon.
as he emerged from the train which
brought him from Philadelphia. \ po-
lice escort under the personal dircc-
ton of Chief Of Police Matthews.
forced a way Tor him through the
cheering crowd 10 a waiting automo-
bile in which he was driven AZ a nifty
mile hour clip through the fash
ionable East End district TO his home
, in Beechwood Boulevard.
Under the porte Cochere of tho hand
some mansion his mother. atttred IN an
-all-white gown for the first time since
the shooting OF Stanford White. re
ccved him with open arms. Leaping
from the car, while the crowd darted
over tho lawn in all directions, Thaw
threw himself into his mothers arms.
An instant later he was swallowed
UP in the throme. Fighting his way
out his face aglow with tho excite
mcnt Of the moment. he bcCiioned TO
him the party of newspaper men who
had accompanied him from New York.
Il want to say this" said Thaw; Ito
return 10 Pittsburgh has been my de
sire for so long that | do not find
words 10 express myself now l am At
home. and also want 10 thank my
friends, so many Of them, for helping
toward this success, that now l can
name hut one-my mother"
Just within the door OF the mansion
Mrs Thaw stood. her face wrcathed in
smiles. While Thaw was dragged off
by the photographers for one last pic
ture. she shook hands laUchinEly with
the New York reporters. most OF whom
had followed her sons fortunes since
the shooting Of White. and were per-
sonally known TO her. Then Thaw
himself fought his way To the door.
THAw TELLS IT'S OLD
FREsNDS G0oD-RI
"Good-hy." he cried shaking each OF
his old friends hy the hand, and
thank you all"
His mother held the door open TOR
him rs he greeted he 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
inomrct. III mn nm n, m
To-n!sht an old-iashioued family re-
union is in progress Mrs Thaw asked
10 be excused from making any state
who are celebrating his liberation with
Harry
Almost at tho end Of his iourrev
home, Thaw, In conversation with mem
bers OF his party. gave expression 10
sentiments which NAV fairly be in
terpreted as meaning that ne feels. as
sane man. he had ample Justification
for tho tragic event Of June - 1905
and that he finds in the verdict Of the
jury which set him free and the inter
view of Foreman Robinson. ~ that
jury. particularly, complete virdication
for his action.
Published reports received AZ the
train en- route To PITTSBURGH !ntirated
that A;tornev-icncral Woodbury.. Of
New York. believes The Robinson in
terview which based the verdict on the
''unwr!tten law" VIII greatly s;-earth-
en- N" States arnes! from the dsci-
sion o: Justice Hendricks freeing Thaw.
Tn" !aue-'s attention VAS called 10
this and he said
The statement .: tho foreman ot
the jury agrees with The opinion OF
n!ae OF: o: ren people in the state .:
New York who have ex2rcssed them
selves n me- The sentiment In New
Hampshire Vas little different. hu,
In Canada. in Boston. and from evcry-
where this side ot New YORK tho sam.
opinion is held by the great majority
CO people
The same idea was TO ne found. not
only ~ Judge Dclmas's speech. which
extended the limits TOO widely. IN: in
District Attorney Jsromc's summing up
at the second trial YOU can md il
in dozen o, his striiEcst assertions
TO the laos jury a.fd.. 1T acquitted
me
ANY talk nv The $4,000 Attorney
General. Mr. WOODBURY. that the jurors
positions would help him IS buncombe.
Mr.. Woodbury. knows they had no evil
/. dence Of INSANITY and that when he
presented case with no basis. with
I. the exception OF admitted perjury OF
), his chief witness 10 mi.ht also have
1T -. ~.