Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-08-27
THAW's FFGRT FOR LIBERTY.
Makes Interesting Moves for Free
dom--Saill Held in Canada.

Sherbrooks, Quebec, Aug. 20
Harry Kendall Thaw's legal fight
against deportation to the United
States, after his dramatic escape
from the Matteawan State Hospital,
will begin in the open in this Cana
dian frontier town tomorrow morn
ing at 10 o'clock. He then is to be
produced before Judge Globensky, of
the Superior Court, on a writ Of
habeas corpus obtained by his coun-
sci this afternoon.
If the writ is sustained he will be
a free man. But for how long he
will be free is problematical. Cana
dian immigration authorities, watch
ing every move in the case, announc-
ed tonight they stand ready to de-
tain him should he be released, and
then TO take steps to thrust him back
across the border as IAN undesirable
alien" either at New Hampshire
line, where he entered the Dominion,
Facing such a situation, Stanford
Whites erratic slayer, ordinarily To-
quaCious, has shut his lips tight and
for once in his life has refused to be
interviewed He has talked vaguely
OF matters not appertaining to his
escape, but not one word has come
from him regarding his fight from
Matteawan, or Of the inception of
the p1o' that led to his delivery, or
Of The five men who spirited him
away.
"Gcntlcmnn Roger"
or these five. one is believed to be
in Jail in SherbroOkc. He gave the
name of "Mitchen Thompson" and
insisted that he was a resident Of To-
ronto. But both Sheriff Horncbeck
and District Attorney Conger, Of
Duchess county, New York, who
looked him over to-day, said he was
none other than "Gentleran Roger"
Thompson. late of New York city,
and reputed driver OF the black au-
tomobile that whirled Thaw from
Matteawan.
Thompson was idling in the Supe-
rior Court room, waiting for the
Thaw case TO come up when immi-
grafton officers arrested him. He
quickly was identified as one of the
two men with Thaw when he was ar
rested near Coaticook yesterday. He
denied he had aided 'Thaw in cross
ing the border and maintained that
he had met the fugitive by chance.
Notwithstanding his protestations of
innoc"r"o he was 1rlo IN >I0U bail
.u" a h,o ring Trd0N luaN.. 10 fur
njsh tHo 1md. We was rcmaDd2d TO
tav
Technically nr rs ehargCa with aiu-
ing and abetting a lunatic to cross
the Canadian border, an offense pun
ishable with $500 fine If the au-
thorities fail to hold him on this
charge, District Attorney Congcr will
seek his eXtradition on warrant
charging conspiracy with others to
defeat the ends OF Justice in liberat-
ing Thaw.
Though there are 10000 persons
in Sherbrooke, less than 300 came to
the court. or these, twenty-five
were women
"Herc to Get Thaw."
COnger and Hornebcck waited like
the others for the disposition Of the
Thaw case, and departed with the
immigration authorities when it was
announced that the application for
the writ Of habeas corpus had been
granted and would come up for ar
gument in the morning.
II am here to get Thaw," said
Conger. Get him / will"
"Thaw surely will be returned to
New York" continued the district
attorney, "probably by deportation,
as the Canadian government does not
want him on its hands. If not by
deportation, then by extradition.
IF by chance our plans to secure
Thaw by deportation fall through,
and | scarcely can imagine such a
contingency, you may be sure there
VIII be strong case against him to
bring eXtradition.
Conger carries with him a warrant
charging Thaw and his five liberia
tors with conspiracy, but he admit
ted that its efficacy was uncertain.
"That is the least OF my worries.
though he added.
His mother, Mrs. Mary Copley
Thaw, up to tonight had sent him
no word as far as could be learned.
Sister Margaret En- Route.