Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-08-23
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a cent and IL they admitted me to bail
l couldn't raise the money. Even II
/ could I would be arrested If cross
ed the New York state line. Its rough
stuff The other four fellows mixed
up in the game made their getaway.
But | stuck to Thaw to the finish and
I'm the goat. That's pretty hard"
What about the details of the es-
cape?" he was asked.
Don't ask me-" said Thompson, Il
|ean't talk about that now"
Thaw in a cell on corridor above
'"Gentleman' Roger refused to admit
even he had ever seen him. "Oh, that
man. he exclaimed. You know 1
can't talk about him"
Thompson slouched in his cell coat
less and collarless. Counsel had been
employed by him by the Thaw family
and ii was through their efforts that
Thompsons arraignment, today, as a
violator of the immigration laws was
postponed until Friday next. His law
yer is Louis st. Laurent of Quebec. 1t
was admitted by. the chauffeur that
the Thaws' had retained St Laurent
and that they expected him (Thomp-
son). keep his trap shut" He added
grimly that he thought they ought to
do more than. give him lawyer. All
they want he said, lis to keep my
case separate from Thaw's, l wish
hadn't mixed up in it,
Thaw had a quarrel with his many
attorneys, today, They had warned
him to issue no statements, but he in
sisted on talking about what he de-
scribed as an omission on the part of
the newspapers in Canada and the
United, States in not printing in full a
recent statement of his lawyers quot
ing William Tavis Jerome" that Thaw
is insane. This omission has outraged
the British idea of fair play" said
Thaw. They believe in square deal
He hdgeted as he spoke. bit his nails
to the quick and fumbled with a pile
Of letters and kilograms on the pine ia
BILE of lis cell. Over the pine table
sTrawled the remnants of meal serv-
ed by local hotel. Thaw's appetite APP
parently is good. for only bits of food
/ remained. But / haven't had a thing
tc drink but water he smiled,
Whitewashed walls incompass Thaw.
An iron cot stands in the cell corner.
He makes his toilet at an iron sink.
DR.. Joseph E. Noel, the Jail physician,
/ who mas examined Thaw daily said,
this afternoon, that he regarded him as
sane. 1t was said that the doctor had
been watching Thaw's actions at the
| request of the dominion immigration
authorities. Whether he submitted his
findings TO them formally he declined
to say.
During his varying moods, today,
Thaw was reminded of the predica
ment in which his escape from Mat
teawan had placed Howard Barnum,
the old gate keeper, past whom he
| fled to freedom.
That's too bad, said Thaw. Bar
mum didn't know a thing | was to do
He was victim of circumstances.
| He is innocent and the charge against
. him should never have been made.
| Thaw telegraphed instructions, to-
night, to William Vanamee, his at
torney at Newburgh, n. Y, to assist
Barnum in any court procedure. at
Thaw's expense.
/ New York state officers waiting here
for Thaw's release on habeas corpus
| and his seizure then by the immi-
grafton authorities, admitted, tonight.
that they were at sea as to where he
would be deported in that event.
1T doesn't make much difference"
| said Franklin Kennedy, deputy attor-
ney general from New York. We
| have arranged to expedite extradition
! in either. Vermont or New Hampshire
| Well get him sure. 1t doesn't mat
| ter where they send him, so long as
its across the border Once in the
| United States the road to Matteawan
lis practically clear. We have been in
negotiation with officials in every
state to which there is a probability
of his being sent"