The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-26
GOOD AMERICANS IN VERMONT" !"
Announces Thaw in Starting His Own
Publicity Campaign.

Sherbrooke, P. O., Aug. 26.-As a step
in Matching his publicity campaign, Har-
ry X. Thaw yesterday gave to local
daily newspaper personally prepared
statement, which in part is as follows;
''ln Vermont we know that there are
good Americans and that-not on my
account, but just from uprightness-
they won't allow any trickery to be
used against anyone.
"ln Matteawan | saw a good deal of
an old Vermont lawyer, Arthur Austin.
Mr.. Austin may have suffered from a
mental disease some years ago, but after
zoos he was sane yet was being kept
apparently for life.
TN l9lls Mr.. Austin, who had already
been sane for three years, was still in
the most hideous madhouse with appar-
emily no hope. In 1911, friend and
started in and exposed abuses too pain
full to enter into.
During those exposures we took out
sane patients by writs, and though my
influence was too small to help myself,
1t was great enough to help others. Mr.
Austin was freed. For several months
] gave him employment, until early this
year he went out West to the home
of his son.
From Mr.. Austin | heard much of
Vermont and would be glad to rest there
were it not for going to my native
state.
"Vermonters have communicated with
counsel and me, and one thing is sure:
No subterfuge from New York county
can pull wool over their eyes.
Canadians of all sorts have told us
that there is not the least doubt that
their immigration authorities, If they
should be called on, will arrange for me
TO return home. If the states have diff
ferences between themselves, they say,
it is no affair of the dominion's. A citi-
zen of the United States, once ] was
acquitted by New York jury. | had
the same rights as every other citizen in
the eyes of the law, and no one honestly
respecting the law desires TO nullify the
verdict of that jury.
'No grand jury can be got, even by
packing, that would indict me ON the
trumped-up charge now whispered
against me, and no self-respecting one of
the states would assist tSe fixers of the
fictitious charge.
"Thaw's fellow citizens would be
shocked if Canada yielded where anoth-
er state in the United States would
not"
Better to Have Been Electrocuted.
The prisoner got kilograms from two
lawyers guaranteeing him security from
extradition if he would come to their
states. One letter was from Norfolk,
Va.
That probably it would have been
better had he been electrocuted, was the
opinion given by Thaw, in the case of an
examination in his cell by Dr. Hume of
this city. DR.. Hume was questioning
him as to his apprehensions before the
conclusion of the trial in New York
81 never at any time feared any
thing" said Thaw, and added, mot even
the electric chair, though it might have
been better for myself and all con-
cerned if years ago they had sent me
there"
The doctor says that Thaw, during
his confinement in Sing Sing and Mat
teawan, appears to have made most
careful study of criminal law and in
sanity. He has read the best authorities
on these subjects and has become an
authority on both of them.
His knowledge, Thaw's counsel argue,
is probably his worst enemy Just now,
because ne lnslsIs upon Telylng upon IL,
instead of upon the advice of the au-
thorities on Canadian criminal law pro-
vided for him.
An interesting commentary on Thaw's
attitude towards his detention is sup
piled by w. A. Blakely of Pittsburg, |
district attorney of Allegheny county
and personal friend of the Thaw fam
lily. He says that Thaw literally burns
up his much-needed nervous energy by !
talking too much. He warned Thaw
that unless he quits he may talk himself |
hacLr into Matteawan