The Thaw family always managed to end up in the news, it seems:
William Thaw Lost On His Honeymoon
Nephew of Harry K. Thaw, Who Was Married on a Good Behavior Pledge, Has Quit His Bride
Detectives Now Seek Him
Young Husband's Disappearance Came Soon After the Robbery of His Mother's Jewels in Pittsburg
Pittsburg, Penn, Feb 9. According to the information given out at North Side Police Headquarters and verified at the Thaw home, William Thaw, 3rd, has disappeared on his honeymoon. Detective Frank Lee of the north side force, who for many years acted as a guard for "Wild Willie Thaw, Jr.", has been pressed into service and is on his way to the West Indies, Thaw having last been heard of in the vicinity of Jamaica. Details of the disappearance are lacking, but it is feared that Thaw has broken the six months sobriety pledge which was given by his mother to Miss Gladys V. Bradley of Bridgeport, Conn, before she would consent to marry him.
Mrs. William Thaw, 2d, who received the word of her son's disappearance within the past three days, fears the young man may have been lost overboard. Very recently the Thaw home was entered at the dinner hour by a burglar and jewels to the amount of $35,000 taken, including a necklace of pearls and diamonds valued at $18,000.
William Thaw, 3rd, is a nephew of Harry K. Thaw, the slayer of Stanford White. About one year after the White tragedy, the mother of William Thaw, 3rd, created somewhat of a sensation by entering the Pittsburg courts and asking that her son be declared a habitual drunkard and that his property be placed in charge of a guardian. By promising to do better, however, young Thaw managed to get his mother to withdraw those proceedings. The young man had always had a penchant for disappearing suddenly. Some years ago at Cairo, Egypt, for instance, he suddenly left his mother and sister alone, on a trip around the world, catching up with them months later in Paris.
NY Times, 2/10/1911He did eventually turn up, apparently.
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