 Only when Scout talks to him about his son and how much he owes to Atticus does he reconsider and call off the mob.Scout reminds him of all the things that Atticus has done for him and how she knows his son Walter Cunningham Jr, which causes Walter to disband the lynch mob and all go home.After the verdict is given in the trial, Atticus tells Jem that one of the Cunninghams had changed his thoughts about Tom and pleaded that Tom was not guilty to the jury.