The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-18


driven in pursuit he met William Flanni-
gan a liveryman.
Il saw him. Flanagan shouted. "IIe
was near Fishldll village and going &C
miles an hour. l saw him coming and
Just had time to crowd my horses close
over to one side of the road. He'd have
hit me sure. Just let him keep on; he'll
break his neck
Flanagan said he recognized Thaw in
the seat of the touring car; the limousine
was trailing the big car, Flanagan said.
DR. Keb, realizing the futility of the
chase, called it off and went back to
Matteawan.
Before starting, DR.. Kieb notified Dis
trict Attorney Conger. Sheriff Hornbecl1
and County Judge Hasbrouck. The coun-
ty authorities telephoned to points in
the eastern part of the county. None of
the towns near the state line, however,
was able to give any information about
the two cars. The last definite news was
from Stormvlle.
Two Routes to Choose
After Thaw left Stormville he had two
routes open to the Connecticut line, one
by way of Luddngtonville, Carmel and
Brewster to Mill Plains, five miles be-
yond Brewster. The other was by the
way of Purling to the state line. The lat
ter is the best road for an automobile.
The road to Brewster would have taken
him over a rough country part of the
way and would have been more liable to
have caused his halt by telephone Just
before Brewster is reached, however,
there is a back road leading to the Con-
necticut line and which would have taken
him away from all observation until the
Connecticut line was reached. Which
road he took no one knew.
According to the account given by DR..
Kieb, when Barnum opened the gate to
allow the milk man to enter, he let it re-
main open and, so far as Dr. Kieb could
Judge had quietly stood by and allowed
the prisoner to walk out 1t was impos-
sble to obtain an interview with Barnum,
as he had been placed in custody by the
hospital authorities. DIR. Tieb has Of
fered a personal reward of $500 for Thaw' $
apprehension in addition to the $50 usual
ly given by the state in such cases.
Rigid Investigation Begun
A rigid investigation. begun without
delay. inclined Dr. Kieb tonight to the
belief that Thaw planned flight on a
yacht in Long Island sound and that IL
| he reached the yacht it was by relays of
| automobiles, stationed along the road to
! throw pursuers off the track
This investigation 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 escpa, e
/ according to the investigation, came to
Matteavan Saturday. He joined the group
at the Holland hotel under the name of
| Thomas Flood of New York city. He is
said to have driven the big car when
| Thaw escaped
The four men who arrived Friday were
described as rather sporty individuals
by William Gordon, proprietor of the
hotel. They spent their time mostly in
the barroom, where they made name
as free spenders Gordon talked quite a
bit with the four men. especiallN Thomp-
son, who appeared to be the leader
He had a talk with Thompson Saturday
which caused him to open his eyes wide
when he heard of Thaw's escape.
I Thompson had been drinking pretty
much the night before and had started In
again that morning" Mr.. Gordon said
He talked about a great many things
and seemed to have a large fund of in
formation. l wondered what his line OF
business was and asked him.
Significant Remark
He waited for long time before he
answered. Then he said:
My business. is helping good fellows
who have gotten into trouble"
The five. men came down from theii
/ rooms at 6;45 o'clock this morning ant
paid their bills. There was a considerable,
wait before the cars We're ready and a.
this the men became impatient. FINAL,
they drew up at the front entrance ane
Flood took the wheel of the touring car
TWO of the men got in to the back seat
The other two left in the smaller car