The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-09-23
To Determine w h e t h e r
Thaw Shall Be Extra
dited to New York
BOTH SIDES REALIZE
THE CRUCIAL TEST
Thaw Is Encouraged by the
Presence of His Mother
and Brother

Concord, N. H., Sept. 23.-Harry X.
Thaw's real fight for freedom was begun
o-day. With the opening of the extra
dition hearing by Governor Felker, eoun-
sci for both sides realized that the hour
Of legal sparring for temporary advan-
tage had passed and that the outcome
rested on the Interpretation of points
of law regarding which few, if any, pre-
cedents have been found.
William r. Jerome, who was deputized
by the state of New York to obtain the
surrender OF Thaw as fugitive from
justice, arrived here this morning. ae-
companied by Franklin Kennedy, assist
ant attorney general of New York. The
counsel for Thaw were confident that
extradition would be refused.
Governor Felker said in opening the
hearing that he was inclined to hear
whatever the lawyers had to say with
out strict regard to what might be le-
gally admissible. Mr.. jerome addressed
the governor saying that the documents
speak for themselves and there is moth
ing to do but to honor them.
Judge William NJ. Chase then opened
for Thaw, to be followed by ex,Goy.
Stone OF Pennsylvania and George F..
Morris of Lancaster. Judge Chase dwers
with special emphasis on the fact that
Thaw could not be extradited simply as
insane and he declared that if Thaw is
an insane person, which it had several
times been adjudged he was not, he was
not capable Of entering into a conspir-
acy to escape.
The Senate chamber at the Capitol,
where the hearing was called at IL
o'clock, was arranged for the convent
ence only of those directly concerned,
and the newspaper men. Members of
the executive council were the only out
siders admitted. Thaw was encouraged
by the presence of his mother and broth
er, Joshua, who arrived last night
II was the second attempt of the fugi-
tive slayer's mother to meet him since
his escape from .Matteawan month
ago Although in feeble health she liad
made the long trip from her home at
Cresson to Montreal few weeks ago
in the expectation that Harry would be
brought into court there. But the un
expected action of the Dominion immi-
grafton authorities in banishing the fugi
tive from Canada, which resulted in his
coming to this state, made her journey
fruitless.
Harry greeted his mother and his
brother affectionately Just outside his
apartments which had been reserved for
Mrs. Thaw. There they spent much of
the evening, while downstairs the large
staff of Thaw attorneys went over their
plan of campaign.
After consultation with his mother
and brother, Thaw gave out statement
in which he denied a report that he was
to become citizen of Manchester.
''No one in Manchester wants me-" he
said what our friends in New Hamp-
shire want is the defeat of this dis
honest attempt to extradite me to New
York. Everyone knows that this charge
is only a subterfuge to be dropped az
soon as / should reach New York. The
grand jury in Dutehess county knows it
is fraud and already has refused to
indict. The grand jury won't indict, the
requisition is too fiimsy and my mother
and / hope at last to go home in peace.
while anyone would be proud to BE-
citizen of New Hampshire, | feel that
as | am not one, my place is in Penn
sylvania, where | belong and where my
mother, who has undergone SO much
strain, lives. My desire is to see her
again in peace and comfort such as we
enjoyed before we became the target
for the attacks of few rich, influential
gentlemen in New York. We hope peo-
pie in New Hampshire will help us on
our way home"