In Thomas W. Lawson’s sensational 1907 novel, “Friday, the 13th,” the fear of the date is amplified when a broker takes advantage of the superstition to create Wall Street panic.

Both Luft and Baldauff pointed to a 1907 novel called “Friday, the Thirteenth” by Thomas W. Lawson. In the book, Lawson wrote about a New York City stockbroker who creates chaos in the stock ...

The 1902 Lawson Tower, on the National Register of Historic Places, looks like something out of a Rapunzel story, but instead was businessman Thomas W. Lawson’s answer to an unsightly water tank ...

-- Harry Hamlin, owner of Lord Derby, wired Secretary Horace Wilson of the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders' Association that he positively would not accept Thomas W. Lawson's amended offer of ...

Subscribers may view the full text of this article in its original form through TimesMachine. BOSTON, July 11. -- Thomas W. Lawson to-day sent a long telegram to W.J. Bryan, pledging his support.

ANNA - Mr. Thomas W. Lawson, 92, died at 12:50 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010, in Illinois Veterans Home in Anna. He was born April 29, 1917, in Anna, the son of Ernest and Julia Treece Lawson.

ANNA, Ill. -- Thomas W. Lawson, 92, of Anna died Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010, at Illinois Veterans Home in Anna. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. to ...