Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-08-20

tradition commissioner, probably to-
morrow.
The slayer of Stanford White was
arrested at Hermenegilde-G arford,
early today, an hour after he had
driven across the line from New
Hampshire. He admitted his identity
and declared he could not be ex-
tradited as he had committed no
crime.
Two men who are supposed to have
accompanied Thaw in his spectacular
| flight from the insane asylum at Mat
! teawan, n. Y, last Sunday morning.
were found in his company and also
detained.
| They were charged with being I'M
der suspicion of having committed an
loffense in another and friendly nation.
These two, one of large build and the
other smaller man, at once retained
counsel and refused to disclose their
| identities.
The reward for Thaw's arrest be-
| longs to Sheriff b. II. Kelsey, of Cole
brook, N. H., who recognized Thaw on
IA Maine Central Railroad train. last
night. and after the fugitive had left
The train at Hereford, pursued him to
WHCiS, at tllc
request of the sheriff, a Canadian Off
Ger. placed the fugitive under arrest.
Hermenegilde-G arford is village
two miles south of this place and
| Thaw was brought here. Though he
had already admitted his identity to
Sheriff Kelsey, he at first denied that
he was the man who escaped from
Matteawan. Later he freely admitted
| the facts of which the police were al
ready convinced. He said, however,
that he would fight any effort to ex
| tradite him and obtained Attorney j.
Shurtleff of this place. to look after
his interest. Shurtleff had long con-
ference with his client.
Hector Verret. Kings counsel of
Coaticook, is acting for Sheriff Kelsea,
who is the actual complainant in the
ease. Kelsea charged that Thaw was
Il fugitive from Justice and demanded
that he be held for the United States
authorities.
| The police Immediately after Thaw' s
| arrival here. about 6 o'clock this morn
| ing. sent a message to Superintendent
/ Kieb of the Matteawan Insane asylum
| notifying him of the arrest and giving
| description of the prisoner. The SUI
perintendent replied asking that the
man be held.
Thaw shut up like a clam after he
had seen counsel and nothing was
learned by the police of his fight uI
to the time that Sheriff Kelsea recog.
| nized him on a Maine Central Railway
train that was taking him from north.
| err New Hampshire into Canada. Had
lie not made inquiries of the sheriff re-
| garding the country. through which he
was passing he probably would have
been IN Quebec, this afternoon, and
| possibly aboard a steamer sailing for
England, without having his identity
suspected.
1t is believed that Thaw took the
| train that left Portland. Me-, at 9.35
| yesterday morning. Substance is given
to this theory by published dispatches
from Portland, yesterday. which said
that a travelling man thought he rec.
| cgnized Thaw at the railroad station
at Portland just before the train upor
which Thaw reached Canada drew out
Tne fugitive, however, and his tive
| friends attracted no attention through
| out the long days ride. They occupied
seats in the smoking car and, accord
| ing to other travellers, cnatted with
| each other but kept by themselves. I'M
ii! 6 O'Clock, last night, when Thaw, in
| quiring of a stranger the location OF
| the nearest county seat, was directed
| TO Sheriff Kelsea for answer. The ques-
| ton struck the officer as rather ode
/ and he took good look at his ques
TONER. After a few exchanges Thav
| appeared to become nervous under thu
| scrutiny of the sheriff and finally ask
| ed: "Yeu don't know me, do you?' Tit
sheriff, whose suspicious already wer'
aroused. as he noted the resemblance
of the stranger to the published pic
| lures IF Thaw, made random sho
| that hit the bullseye.
We'll, l can make pretty good
guess that you are Harry Thaw.'
You're right"
Thaw's friends took no part in the
iconyeTsa ton. Thaw then told of the
lplan to reach Quebec from which he
INTENDED to sail for Europe.
Sheriff kelsea thus describes what
followed:
"Thaw told me that though l was
1.-THE sheriff of Coos county where we
lthen were, l could not modest him
for no charge making possible his ex-
tradition from New. Hampshire hac
been lodged against him. did not
feel that | had the right to take him
II should however. have continued or
the train and directed the attention OF
the police wherever he stopped to him
but it was necessary for me to leave
the train at Colebroek, N. H.. my
home, as l had business to attend to
last night.
Il am not sure just what happened
to Thaw's companions after L got of
the train, but l think that one O
them followed with the idea of get
Ting car and picking Thaw up be
. yond the Canadian line. The othe
man continued with Thaw.
.At any rate after disposing of m!
business l secured an automobile AM
started in pursuit 1 took with m
Walter Drew. press correspondent
and another man. We overlook Thav
at Hermenegilde- Garford. where W
found him driving with one OF hi
: lcompanions in a farmers wagon.
told the farmer who Thaw was and h
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