Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-09-18
'ThaW Sill Isnag
Keep Out yluInl|

b Idtleton. N. Sept. Harry
Kendall Thaw, i fugitiye from Mat.
$teawan, won u victory IN the United
States district court here today when
Judge Aldrich indefinitely suspended
q hearing on writ of habeas corpus.
obtained BY the Thaw lawyers. sIss
fhis means that Thaw viii have
q Federal writ to check his inlmedi-I
at return to New York state In the
event Governor Felker orders his exs
tradition after the hearing to 30 held
|at Concord.
William ,rravers Jerome, specially
deputized to bring about Thaw,s re-
turn to the asylum tried to block the
spostpo ponement on the grounds that
the writ had been obtained as mat.
ter Of expediency.
Jerome ii Undecided.
hat 40 YOU propose to do thensa
insisted the judge
ass Jerome hesitated.
The immediate quest ion, q contin.
sued the court, Is whether the pro.
ceedings shall go onsor be suspended, !,
It " the Judgment of the court that 4
suspension would not menace the ins
terest Of either side and iii view of,,
the fact that the governor hesitates to4
proceed with the extradition hearing
until the status OF the matter is as.
sured. suspend it. 1T Is not atl !
sjourned but suspended aud & suggest.
that either side notify me Within six
days when they are prepared to 60 on
With it.
Tt,aW's Lawyers Pleased.
Thaw sgt with his eyes riveted on
the COW His lawyers were grin
ming ife was remanded back to- the
Joint custody of Sheriff Drew of Coos
county. who arrested him after HIS
recent deportation from Canada and
United States Marshal Mute.
Counsel for both sides, after talking
with the governor BY telephDne,
agreed that the extradition hearing
would not be held until Tuesday, sep
tember %. The lawyers then went
Into conference to decide where Id
hold rrhaw meanwhile.
h| Marshal Mute announced this after.
noon that he would keep Thaw here
over night Thereafter his plans for
the prisoner were Undecided
No Law Covers Case.
In an open discussion with Mr.
Jerome after announcing the suspen.
sion Of the hearing, Judge Aldrich
said that search Of the statutes had
failed to reveal to him any law under
which q man In ThaW's position, a.
iunatic charged with /, crime, could
be extradited.
Thaw, in the joint custody Of United
States Marshal Mute and the sheriff
OF Coos county. arrived here today
shortly before 8 o'clock for arraign-
ment before Jurgs Aldrich Thaw re-
mained In the smoking car during
the trip from Colebrook. Crowds
greeted him at every station. Sitting
by an open window, he made IL
point to lean out and talk with the
curious.
a. Greeted at Station.
Perhaps 800 persons, including q
musical comedy In town for the night. |
swyaarmed around him at the railroad
station.
Ihel lf little court room began to fill |
up shortly before 10 o'clock. The geni
eral era public was not admitted, but perl
l1aps 100 Of the select, friends ofj
court attendants and the like, man
aged tp gain admittance. Outside the
building crowd in which women pre-.
dominated, jammed the street from
curb to curb. They did not get al
glimpse Of Thaw for his quarters were
In the rear Of the building.
Worner, are Curious.
Neeks We're craned and the women
forward tensely when Thawi
took his seat at the counsel table.
The fugitive closed his eyes, rested
MS cheek on his hand, and did not
give the spectators glance. Al girl
With blue eyes, cheeks flushed, stood I
N tiptoe for five minutes gazing rapt-
y at-fhe back of his head. Jeromel
'at almost opposite the prisoner.
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