The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-09-22

The milkman enter. At the same mo-
ment. the two cars drew up on the
further side of the road opposite the
gate and stool still. Their engines
throbbing
AS Barnum stepped aside for the
milkman to drive inside the grounds
he heard the gravel crunch beneath
Thaw's feet and, looking up. saw the
mailman dash past him straight for
one + the waiting cars With a
shout. Barnum started in pursuit.
but a flying leap landed Thaw safely
within the car The wheels were
slowly turning before the keeper had
fairly reached the roadway. They
were throwing up cloud of dust be
fore he had gone twenty feet.
/ Down the roadway the cars sped
in a whirling cloud of dust that
quickly blotted them from sight For
moment Barnum shaded his eyes
with his hand and watched them;
then, with the first great blot cn his
career of twenty years as keeper. he
dashed madly back into the grounds
and locked the gates. "Thaws gone,
Escaped" he shouted. bursting into
Dir. kiebs presence. And moment
later the hunt was on.
The great black car flashed like a
thunderbolt through Stormvile. ten
miles east of MatteaNan. along the
road to the Connecticut line. Early
risers in the little hamlet saw the
car going at 20 miles an hour.
Barnums GREATNESS declaration at
the asylum brought DR.. Kieb to his
feet lite pistol shot. Within
moment he was standing at the tele
phone and as Barnum poured the
story into his ears repeated ii over
the wire to police headquarters. Mat
teawan became the center of I'd
ening ripple of telephone and tele
graph alarms as DR.. kieb planned
pursuit
lie might as we'll have tried to
chase twelve-inch shell. The ten
minutes start. the high power of the
ear in which Thaw made his flight.
the nearness of the Connecticut state
line. toward which Thaw was head
ing, and the inferior power of the
pursu ng cars mitigated against him
and made the chase hopeless.
According to the account given by
gate TO allow the milkman to enter
he left it remain open, and so far as
Dr. kieb could judge. had quietly
stosd by and allowed the prisoner
to walk out
A rigid investigation begun without
delay, inclined DR.. Kieb tonight to
the belief that Thaw planned fight
on yacht on Long Island sound and
that if he reached the yacht it VAS
10y relays of automobiles, stationed
along the road to throw pursuers off
the trail.
The Investigate II disclosed the
fact. DR.. kieb added, that four OF
the men who aided Thaw came to
Matteawan in the black touring car
last Friday and registered at the
Holland hotel as Roger Thompson,
Richard d. Beetle, Michael O'keefe
and Eugene Duffy, all of New York
city No more powerful car has ever
been housed in local garage. The
fifth man aiding in Thaw's escape,
according to the investigation, came
to Matteawan Saturday. He Joined
the group at the Holland hotel I'M
der the name of Thomas Flood of
New York city He is said to have
driven the big car when Thaw escap-
ed.
The asylum housed Thaw not as
murderer but as an insane person.
The jury VIII CHI sent him here &C
quilted him of the murder Of Stan
| ford White en- the same grounds as
caused his incarceration in the hos
| pital for the criminal insane-that of
| insanity. Hence he could not be
brought back to New York on the
murder charge. He could not there
fore be arrested in any other state
for extradition, the hospital author
ties said tonight, as he is charged
with no crime.
EVELYN IN FEAR.
NEW YORK, Aug 17.-Uniformed
police stood guard tonight at every
entrance to the hotel where Evelyn
Thaw is staying. Always fearful of
her husband, she showed terror
to a marked degree on learning that
he was at large.
Harry has threatened to kill me-"
Mrs. Thaw said, "and | believe my
presence in New York prompted him
to escape. Four years ago he told
me, 4 suppose I'll have to kill you
next Many men will have cause
to fear now that he is free. He con-
siders DR.. Austin Flint his worst enc
my and undoubtedly will try to
make trouble for him.
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