The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-09-05

Coaticook. P. O., Sept. 5.-Harry X
Thaw's hearing was resumed at lC
o'clock this morning with Thaw on the
stand but he was almost Immediately
withdrawn, and it was reported the
board had reached decision.
At noon no announcement had been
made as to the reason for the sudden
termination OF the session of the board
of inquiry and both Thaw and those
who seek his return to Matteawan were
hopeful of the outcome.
Thaw was perhaps the least disturbed
person Of all. He was stunned and
shocked when the habeas corpus writ
was sustained, but the trip here by au-
tomoble did not trouble him in the least,
and Yesterdays grihing was so much
like the court battles of old that he was
unruffied, except when asked about his
mother.
1t had been planned to devote to-day
to an inquiry into his sanity, but the
session came to an end before the board
really commenced questioning
Thaw was on the stand most of yes
terday and made good witness.
Toward Che close of the afternoon ses-
sion his inquisitors gradually worked
into the question of his sanity, and
though his counsel violently objected 1T
was of no avail
Though staving off deportation for the
day, Thaw lost in two particulars. HIS
lawyers we're denied writ OF prohibl-
ton by Superior Judge Matthew Hutch
inson at Sherbrooke, the same judge
who sustained the writ of habeas corpus
which cast Thaw out of the Sherbrooke
iail Wednesday, and he failed to estab-
lish before tile board the contention thas
he had entered Canada as a tourist, and,
like "Jack" johnson, should be allowed
to continue to his destination. He could
produce no through ticket to any point
outside Canada. There was in his pos
session a ticket to Detroit, but unfor-
tunately for Thaw it had been purchased
at Coaticook
Unable to show that he had come into
the Dominion at any recognized port of
entry, Thaw was practically convicted OF
entering by stealth, and on this charge
alone he can be deported. But on this
charge he could appeal to the minister
of the interior while no appeal would lie
should he be found insane at the present
time or to have been in an insane
asylum within five years. If found of
unsound mind now, it is within the dis
cretion of the board to deport Thaw di-
rect to the New York state line, pos
sibly to Rouses Point. Conviction on
either of the other two charges would
mean deportation to Vermont.
William i. Jerome spent an inn
patient day. As chief of the New York
forces he hoped to have Thaw across the
border last night, His automobile stood
all day near the Grand Trunk railway
station in the second story of which
Thaw is held
Thaw resented keenly the questions as
to his sanity. If this were to be taken
up, he contended, he should be allowed
to have alienists present. Two physi-
clans for the immigration authorities,
Drs. Gurd and Beauchamp were present.
When asked point blank if he was
sane or insane when he killed Stanford
White, Thaw quoted, with remarkable
show of memory from the conflicting
opinions of the many alienists identified
with his case and laconically suggested
that the boar take its choice. He
bridIed when asked about his mothers
condition, Just prior to his birth, and
said that perhaps she was better quail
fed to answer