New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-18

They were ten minutes out OF Mdt'e"-
wan and the limousine had been ioi'
behind. At that rate the car shoulu
have reached the state line in less
than half an hour.
Rarnum. it was said. did not report
for breakfast. Thaw ate his breakfast
soon after he arose at $50 o'clock
DIR. Keib was nearly fifteen minutes
behind Thaw and his rescuers Wneh ne
got under way in an automobile rive
minutes later he passed william IAN
nigan. A liveryman, on the ROAD ana
pulled up.
~ saw him" Flanagan shouted
"He was near Fishkin village and
Going sixty miles an hour. ! saw nm
coming and Just had time to crowd my
horece over 10 the side Of the road
Le.d have hit me sure Just let INN
Leep on. he'll break his neck as sure
Is shooting"
Or. Kcib turned back and made haste
70 notify District Attorney Conger'
Sheriff Hornbeck and County Judge
Haehrouck The authorities at once
tD,ophoncd to points in the eastern part
If the county. Persons in none OF the
towns near the state line were able to
give any definite information about the
two cars. The last definite news was
from StormVile.
Two Routes Open TO Cars.
Two routes lay open to ThaW AFTER
he left Stormyille. one was by way OF
Iuddingtonvine. Carmel and Brewster
10 Mill Plains. five miles beyond Brew
ster. The other was by way OF Paw
ling to the state line.
Or. Kieb at once began an inVesu-
CATION of the asylum. According 30
him. when Barnum opened the gate ior
the milkman ne let II stay open ana
Permitted Thaw to run out Dr. kleu
announced that he had offered a per
sonal reward of 5000 for Thaw's cant
ure. in addition to the so usually
given nv the state in such cases.
According to DR.. Kieb. four men
came 10 Matteawan Friday IN large
Hack automobile and put up at the
Holland House. They registered As
pogar Thompson. Richard ID. Beetle
Michael O'Keefe and Eugene Dutty' an
If New York City. The automopi'e
Immediately became the centre OF al
,rsction for an admrng crowd about
me garage. The great power ut was
said 10 he GO-horsepoWer) oil the 'di
was something new for Mattea"an'
the observers said.
The fifth man, who is believed To
have been implicated in the escape j.
said 10 have come 20 MatteaWah Ha'-
,,rds, afternoon. He joined the group
81, tho Holland House under the name
cr Thomas Flood, of New York. Dr.
Kich said this man drove the car "he"
the getaway" was staged.
THE first men to arrive io'Neo
rather sporty" said william GORDON
owner # the Holland House. IheY
spent most of their time at the par anu
established regulations as good spend
,rs SATURDAY afternoon before Flood
arrived. they left the hotel for an au-
tomobile ride, and didn't get back uni"
evening Perhaps this was the last
tast of the car To- find defects in the
motors and To 90 over the route.
II had talk with Thompson that
morning Ne had been drinking tire
night before and was al it again that
morning. tic talked about a great many
thincs and seemed TO be pretty well
Informed. ! wondered what his line
was but ne didn't SAY anything that
would give me a ciew 50 finally |
asked him He waited a long time be-
fore answering Then he said.
Ny business is helping good fellows
who get into trouble
Gordon said the five men left their
rooms about Gas o'clock yesterday
morning. paid their bills and called
for their cars. They didn't eat an
breakfast The clerk asked them #
they were going away hungry, and they
said they would get something 10 eat
at Poughkeepsie
There was some delay getting the
cars around to the door, and the men
showed much impotence. Flood took
the wheel of the touring car and two
others got i'm behind him The other
two men got into the limousine car.
Both cars went leisurely along Main
street in the direction of the asylum.
Or. Kieb UphoIds Barnum.
According 10 DR.. Kieb, Barnum. the
eatekeeper. came 10 the asylum twenty
years ago from Danbury. Conn, where
H. was a hat maker. He is fifty-seven
Years old. and was appointed by the
late pr. f. +. Allison, former super
jntendent. Or. Kieb said Barnum was
regarded as one Of the most trust
worthy guards Of the place
"Barnum wasn't especially friendly
with Thaw." said Dr. Kieb last night.
In fact, he appeared to dislike him.
He told his friends on several occa-
sions that Thaw made trouble for all
the guards and kept the asylum in
more or less OF a turmoil all the time"
Another Of the asylum officials said
LIST night:
"Thaw was housed here not as a
murderer but as an insane person. The
Jury which sent him here acquitted
him Of the murder Of Stanford White
on the same grounds that caused his
.;,,, 10, ba IoCpital for 10