The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-08-19
CONSPIRACY IS
TO Be CHARGE
If Thaw Has Not Left coun-
try, He WILDE Arrested.
Say Authorities.
BARNUM IS HELD.
PENDING HEARING
Warrants Issued IT. Alleged Aocomp.
Ices of Escapsd Man--witnesses
Tell Story of Daring Escape From
Matteawan Asylum.

Poughkeepsie. N.Y., Aug. 1s.-1f
Harry 4. Thaw hassnot left the coun-
try he will be arrested on q warrant
charging him with conspiracy nd re-
turned to the Matteawan state hos
pital. Action with this end in view
was taken In a special term OF the
supreme court late yesterday when
Juslice Joseph .Merchauser issued a
warrant for the arrest of Thaw. chare-
ing him with conspiracy with Keeoer
Howard Barnum and five other men in
making his escape from Matteawan.
Other Warrants Issued.
Similar warrants were also issued
Tor Richard ]. Butler, Roger Thomn-
son, Michael O'Keefe, Eugene Dnffv
and Thomas Flood, Thaw's alleged
aocomplices. Keeper Barnum. the
guard, who opened the hospital gate
Wnen Thaw escaped has been held
wltnout bail for examination Thurs
day. District Attorney Conger claims
conspiracy In an extraditable charge
and that Thaw can be brought back to
Dutchess county, no matter to what
state he fed.
Armed with the, warrants. Sheriff
Hornbeck, and his deputys left last
night for the eastern part of the
county. The. sherine made it known
that he had received an important
clue which he expected to lead to the
arrest Of the five Gccomplices. The
authorities have but meagre descrip.
tions OF the five men. but are taking
With them a man who believes he car
identify them. From witnesses todas
the sheriff learned that all of the mer
wore dark suits and four of them were
cleaning looking 4 New Workers >
Butler 10 described being Just un
der six feet in heighes roughly spoker
and ugly looking"
Robert Lowey. one Of the witnesses
described Flood, the driver Of the
automobile in which Thaw escaped. a.
being man nearly six feet tall
Of stained glasses" The other mar
with Flood wore straw hat, a darl
suit and was stout. Lowery said.
Hotel Man Testifies.
! Other witnesses were William Cor.
at Fishkill. landing, where the five
strangers stopped. Gordon. verified
the five names taken from the hote
register and said:
"o'Keefe. Burt Thompson and Duf.
fy came in the car on Friday last, and
on Saturday Flood drove up in another
car. On Saturday. August 16. FLOOD
| and the others were together all the
time. They spent much Of their time
in the hotel bar room and talked free.
ly. They did not say anything about
their business and when 1 asked one
of them, he replied: Il am in the
water business: 1 get the water out
Of sheepshead bay I know he was
kidding me- and short time after.
ward he came to me and said I wa:
fooling you. Now l am going to tel
you about myself. 1 am one Of those
fellows who never likes to see any.
body in trouble. don't care what he
has done: when see a fellow in trou-
BILE. am sorry for him and will try
to help him out
The men left the hotel together ir
the two cars Sunday morning. They
paid their bills and one man asked
another in the party II he thought
they could be back before night. The
other man replied that they ought tc
make It all right"
Laundress Repeats Story.
Annie Maher, a laundress at the