Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-13
Fears Plan to
 Capture ThaW
JEROME WORRIED BY CANAD-
 IANs' PRESENCE
HARRY LOSES OUTING
Was to Have Had Automobile Rido But Proximity of Two Canadian Carr Caused Abandonment of the Trip.

Caused Abandonment of the Trip. ' Colebrook, N, H.. Sept. 12-The pro- tracted court battle denied Harry K Thaw in Canada by his sudden de- be Waged in the state of New Hamp- shire. His newly retained counsel nope to have a personal hearing be- Tore Governor Felker on the matter of eXtradition and should extradition De granted to carry the matter to l ot habeas corpus. Three of these at torneyS--N. E. Martin of Concord, W. H. Olmstead of New York and Mer- Till Shurtlef of Colebrook-hurried to the capital today.
 Bull by New York Sheriff. Sheriff Hornbeck of Duchess coun- ty, New York, wherein is located the Matteawan asylum, from which Thaw made his escape nearly a month ago, was enroute here tonight with the requIsitiOn signed by Acting Governor Glynn. AS the document must first be laid before Governor FellSer, the New York lawyers were chagrined at the sher1ffs mistake in heading for Colebrook. Upon his arrival he or some other representative of the state | interests will be turned back to Con- cord Why Hornbeck started for this l RASeCO was eb lily SI6Ay lO WllklAIn IIaN- CTS Jerome, who has for three weeks been trying to get Thaw back to the l asylum.
 Plan to Seize ,Thaw. Wednesday next, according to Thaw's lawyers, they expect to have their charge before Governor Felker. | They estimate that three days will | elapse before he can render decision. If this is adverse they will apply at l once for writ of habeas corpus. Ar gument on this would likely be post. | poned for another week. This would mean days of weary waiting unless Jerome could engineer some coup. He has now in mind 1 plan instantly to seize the fugitive in l case his defortation is ordered, thus blocking efficiency of the habeas cor pus writ by concealing from the Thaw | counsel the identity of the individual | to whom Thaw would be given in charge. The writ would have to be directed against the prisoners cus- l todian at the time and if Jerome could work quickly enough and with suf1- | cient secrecy his plan might be suc- cessfuI
 Conspiracy Charge a subterfuse. | Tn view of the intention of fighting the case out at Concord, Thaw was not brought in court in Co1ebrook to- day and it is probable that his hear ing will be postponed again tomor-
 
 1 taken to the capital preparatory to | the arguments for and against sur | rendering him to New York. The chief 1 argument of his lawyers will be that charge of consptracy-a charge which they contend New York never pur- poses to try him on.
 Thaw Loses an Outing. They will contend that extradttson in such circumstances is 8 subterfuge and that there are precedents to sus- tain them in this.
 Thaw left his hotel room for out of doors but once today to go to the ! barber shop. The sheriff and ten spe- cial guards accompanied him. Ru- mors of kidnapping would not down. The citizen of Coaticook, Que. who was denounced yesterday by Jerome as the leader of the anti-Jerome move ment which resulted in his arrest on a charge of gambling. remained in Colebrook today in spite of the i'll feeling his prese1nce has engendered, He whtZzed about in motor car e good part of the day and this fact prevented Thaw from being taken for an airing this afternoon.
 Jerome Fears Canadians. The sheriff had agreed to accom- pany the prisoner on a ride and Thaw and his lawyers were about to climb in the machine when the report spread that two cars bearing Canadians were stationed half mile or so out of town toward the Canadian frontier. There has been so much feeling shown in the ThaW matter by the Canadians and so many of them have trailed after him here that Jerome put his Through his detective aide, John Lan- van of New York, he impressed tho sheriff with the fnadv1sability Of such liberty for the prisoner and Thaw re- turned disappointed to his room.
 Reported Plans of Canadians.
 On Monday next he was to have been produced before the kings bench in Montreal on g. writ of habeas cor pus. This was rudely upset by hIH election from the Dominion under or- ders from the minister of 5us6ces but the writ will come up for arguments nevertheless. It was said today that some of ThawAs Canadian adherents Montreal if possible In the hope Chat the writ would be sustained after all. Failing in this, so the story ran, they purposed to put him aboard a yacht and eventually get him to Pennsy1- vania.
 Thaw's lawyers one and all denied Knowledge of any such plan and re- pudtated any intention of resorttng to strong arm" work. Mr. Jerome on his side said he was, just as anxious to avoid anything irregular in con- nectdon with New York states en- deavors.
 Thaw Declines Aid to Escape.
 Thaw himself. 1t is understood, has refused two offers to aid him in an- other break for liberty. Apparently no got more than enough liberty of thfs kind tn his wild ride on "Wednesday and he places hts hope in the courts. It was reported that he was again try ing to dominate his lawyers This they deny. Ex-Governor William 4. Stone Of Pennsylvania came today person ally to represent the Thaw family and with his coming the lawyers here un- used to Harry's ways and moods sesuA- ed to breathe easier.
 Erie Railroad Fined $2o,0o0.
 Rochester N. F., Sept 12-On plea E. ..AAr