The Penn's Grove record., 1913-08-22
THAW CAUGHT
IN CANADA
Sensational Flight From Mat.
teaWan Ends in Quebec Village
CAUSES HIS W CAPTURE
Deputy Sheriff on Train Identifies Him
by Pictures in Newspaper and Ar
rest Fellows After Daring Auto
Dash-Others Not Arrested.

SnerDrOoke, Qu6Dec.-Harry Ken
dali Thaw, cut short in his ffty-hour
fight from the State Hospital for the
Criminal Insane at MatteaWan, N. Y,
by his arrest while riding in a farm
wagon at the village of st. Hermene-
glide de Garford, just over the inter
national line from New Hamp shire,
prepared in his cell in the county jedi
here to fight against being sent back
to the United States.
ground that he is an undesirable alien
Thaw faced deportation on the
and extradition on a warrant charg-
ing him with bribery. The warrant,
already issued in New York State for
his arrest on a charge of conspiracy,
will not suffice to extradite him, in the
opinion of the local authorities.
These authorities received word
that District Attorney Conger, of
Duchess County, N. Y, was on hds
way here, prepared to swear to a
warrant charging Thaw with bribery
an extraditable offense-if neces-
sary.
Thaw's arrest took place just across
the international boundary. Sheriff
B. H. Kelsea of Coos County, N. H,
lodged the information upon which he
was held. Kelsea had recognized
Thaw as they travelled together on a
Maine Central train, when Kelsea was
on his way to his home at Colebrook,
N. H.
Thaw admitted his identity after
some parleying, and was committed
by the local Magistrate and later re-
moved to this place.
The Quebec authorities are said to
be determined to surrender Thaw or
order him deported as an undesirable
alien. Negotiations are in progress
through Albany which it is expected
will result in the deportation of Thaw
and his transfer to the authorities
when he will be taken at once back
to Matteawan unless some legal OBJ
jections, which every one expects,
prove sufficient to delay the transfer.
Thaw wired Pittsburgh for a large
sum of money, and it is certain that
he will interpose every possible OBJ
lection to his removal to Matteawan,
from which he escaped under such
dramatic circumstances Sunday morn
ing.
Thaw was in the last few miles of
his flight from the States when he was
recognized as the fugitive slayer of
Stanford White. He was recognized
because he called attention to himself
by talking in a voice that could be
heard above the noise of the train.
Thaw, inquiring of a stranger the
situation of the nearest county seat
was directed to Sheriff Kelsea for an
answer. The question struck the Off
Ger as odd, and he took a good look
at his questioner.
After a few exchanges, Thaw ap-
peared to become nervous under the
scrutiny of the Sheriff. do you think
you know me?" asked the stranger,
and Sheriff Kelsea, with his New
Hampshire drawl, replied:
81 guess do. Anyway, I'd take you
to be Harry Thaw."
His in~terlocutor sat silent for a mo-
ment, then a smile formed slowly on
his heavy face.
That's just who I am" he replied.
"How on earth did you guess it?"
Thaw continued on the train to
Beechers' Falls, where he alighted
and hired a team. Kelsea came to
Colebrook, and with Walter Drew and
Lib" Barbour took an automobile in
pursuit of the fugitive. They found the
first trace of Thaw and two COM
panions at Beechers' Falls, N. H,
where he had been dropped by the
driver because he feared that Thaw
and his companions were bank rob-
bers. Thaw offered him a large sum of
money to take him further into the
Canadian woods, but the driver re-
fused.
At the village of Hereford they
found another man who owned a
buggy and who wasn't so distrustful.
For 50 he agreed to carry them across
the line to the little village of st.
Hermenegilde de Garford. There at a
country hotel Thaw was arrested.