Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-08-20
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| whose ewes there was stamped an un
usual stare, arose and stood by kelsea
seat, his hand lightly touching the uep
uty sheriff's shoulder as he leaned ioF
ward. The stranger wanted to kno" I'M
name of the county seat. Something II
his manner. or it may have been 'h'
strange light in his eyes-kelsea doesh
| recall which-ea,ised the deputy TO studs
| the face before him. He had seen 1t De
| fore, somewhere. he thought. AS no
| CROPPED into his recollection for the an
| swer, his eyes fell to the open neWspa-
| per in his lap.
1 KeIsea started On the page before
| him was the picture of the man VINO
| was speaking. 1t was labelled, In mar
| ing type with the name HARRY n
| THAW.
| There was no mistaking it, The man
| and the picture were one. kelsea Knit
| his brow and looked at his questoner
| silectiy.
"Yeu don't know who / am. do your?
asked the stranger quietly.
II think / could give a good guess.
| Kelsea replied. now certain of his man.
who am I?''
| You're Thaw-Harry X. Thaw.
The strangers eyeiids iiickered Tor an
| instant and he smiled.
| 81 am Thaw." he said In the same
| dtriet. even tone. but you don't want
me- You couldn't do anything with me.
| | was acquitted of that murder and they
| can't extradite me-
| Taking his cue from Thaw the deputy
replied with equal quietude:
No guess not Where are you GO
ing?"
Il am going to Canada Thaw said.
Then I'm going to cross the water"
The conversation ended with Thaw's
| resuming his seat.
The Chase in Canada
Kelsea got off as he had planned al
Colebrook One of three men who were
with Thaw got off also. Kelsea thinks, to
shadow him. Kelsea went home and d
few minutes later was scattering the
gravel of the state road beneath the tires
of high-powered automobile in whirl-
wind chast for the train.
: IHdW anu SoHipdhiOho dh6hlSu "a
Herford. with the deputy speeding few
miles behind them. At Hereford. Ihav
hired liyerymans team and drove owe
| the International line into the Canadian
woods. After fve-mile trip that seem
| ed purposeless. the driver became sus
| picious of his fares and refused to &,
farther. 1t was. dark, but Thaw and hi.
| companions did not balk at this. They
paid the liveryman, dismissed him, anC
bf starlight began to thread their way
through the forest to the open.
They found farmer who had gone to
bed, but aroused him and bargained d
while for the use of his team. Finally
Thaw offered the farmer 50 to drive the
trio to the village of st. Hermenigilde
De Garford The farmer dressed and by
the light of a lantern harnessed his
horses as Thaw and his companions
stood by. 1t was short drive. Thaw
and his two friends were in their rooms
at the village hotel. at 1880 o'clock.
Kelsea's road lay through the village
too. He quickly learned of the arriva
of the three strangers and telephone the
police at Coaticook The police force
consisting of the village constable decid-
ed to let Thaw sleep. At 6 o'clock this
morning, however, he went to st. Her.
fnenigilde De Garford and to the hote
and placed. the three men under arres:
After Thaw's arrest, Kelsea telegraphed
the asylum authorities at Matteawar
claiming the reward.
why, I'm not Thaw," We're the fugi.
tivsFs first words when he gazed on the
constable's night stick, sole emblem OF
his authority. "I'l bet you $40 I'm not
Notwithstanding, Thaw and his
friends were bundled into an automo-
bile and whisked. away to Coaticook
There Thaw was put in the village
lookup, the constable standing guard
at the door. Thaw sent word that he
wanted lawyer and DIR. W. L. Shurt-
left was summoned to the lookup His
first words were an admonition to his
client not to talk to the reporters.
Before Thaw had been long in the
lookup, he admitted his identity. After
Thaw and his counsel had passed ar
hour or more in consultation, Thaw
was taken for a hearing to the Office
of Justice of the Peace Dupuis and
formally arraigned on the following
Indictment:
THAT Harry X. Thaw was legal,
convicted and confined for life ant
unlawfully escaped from the peniten.
tiary
Justice Dupuis conducted the affai,
| briefly. Thaw heard the indictment
read. That was all. He was not per.
mitted to enter plea. Before hi
astonished lawyer could enter an OBJ
| lection. the court had ordered hin
committed. without bail, to the Sher
brooke Jail for hearing, tomorrow
morning.
! Crestfallen. Thaw went back to TIL
lookup to await the coming of tn
2.30 train for Sherbrooke. The assur
ances of his lawyer failed of com
fort and he refused food. Later
when he was taken to the station, HI
appetite came to him and he ate /;
boiled egg and two sandwiches befor
the astonished gaze of goodly pro
portion of the population of the vii
lage