That can only be said to be because the author wrote it that way. It certainly was not in character. The character as wrote would not have left a retarded man alone outside in fear, just so as to have sex with a stranger. The mini-series movie did well to change that.
Lawry's was created in 1938.
Bill Lawry's birth name is William Morris Lawry.
Bill Lawry is 6' 2".
Samuel Lawry died in 1933.
Samuel Lawry was born in 1854.
Lawry Lewin was born in 1985.
William Lawry was born in 1940.
Bill Lawry goes by Phantom.
Bill Lawry was born on February 11, 1937.
Bill Lawry was born on February 11, 1937.
Edward Lawry Norton died in 1983.
Walter Lawry Waterhouse was born in 1887.