The Washington herald., 1913-08-18
HARRY K. THAW
ESCAPES ASYLUM

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.
result Of an alleged $4,000 bribery plot
tor the release of Thaw.
Mothers Arrival Timely.
John n. Anhut, a young lawyer, is nov
serving prison sentence for his partici
pauon In the bribery conspiracy.
because OF the conditions under which
ne took Office, DR.. Kieb has taken extra
precautions to prevent just what hap
pened today. He has ordered a rigid in
vestigation to determine just what at
tenoants' II any. were involved in the
successful plot to free Thaw.
Ever since Thaw was sent to Mattea-
wan, more than five years ago. his
mother, Mrs. Mary Copley Thaw, Of
-ittshurgh, has spent hundreds Of thou
sands Of dollars in attempts to have him
freed legally from restraint The aged
mother arrived in New York unexpected
ly from her summer home at Cresson.
Pa, this afternoon, and Joined her
daughter. Mrs. George Carnegie, who is
stopping at the Gotham Hotel. Mrs.
Thaw refused to see any one when news
Of her sons escape first reached the
hotel. but Mrs. Carnegie was apparently
greatly surprised
My mother and / had intended going
to the hospital tomorrow to see Harry"
She said. I'VE knew nothing of his in
tentions. nor have We any idea where he
is or what he intends to do. 1t ID a
great surprise to us all"
Actress Asks Protection.
As soon as, Evelyn Nesbit Thaw heard
of her husbands escape she asked for
protection. She declared she believed
. her life in danger, and accordingly she
was given police protection. She Is also
being guarded by a private detective
hired by Arthur Hammerstein. This de-
tective accompanied her to and from the
Victoria Theater, where she is perform
ing in vaudeville.
William TraVers Jerome, who. while
district attorney. sent Thaw to the
asylum, and thereafter successfully re-
sisted all attempts of the young man to
gain freedom. was told late today OF
Thaw's escape. He said that he would
make no comment, except that he was
afraid that Thaw would attack him.
Legal experts are practically agreed to-
night that Thaw is immune from ar
rest as far as the murderer of Stanford
White is concerned. Even If he were
arres ed in another State on some pre-
text, it is not believed that he could
be oXtradited. His case, il he keeps out
of New York State, forms striking
i.s't'ter to trat of John ArInstron
CEt~!sr. who was declared insane in
NJ" NvYF lat escaped to Virginia
wrn.n IT, lives urroiested. He has
.r--Srd he n-rge Of Chanler to Chal-
u-:tr.
.e New York City police were noti-
LeU o. 7 avs escare within half an
hoIr after it occurred, and detectives
md Uu.'Ui .red men we've dispatched to
ND har
r,1,ic rlaces. with instructions to watch
lvr The fugitive.
DR.. kicb Thinks 1t Plot.
~he Official description sent here by
1, lone was Height. five feet
eleven and a Ter inches: weight, |
) POM: bro 20 air and eyes, ami
DIRK complexion.
DSpIty Police commissioner Dough- |
erty SAID the e-cape of Thaw would be |
egarGed in the same light as would the |
cs ape OF a prisoner from Sing Sing. He |
said he doubted. however, that Thaw
oou!d he Brought back if taken in an
cher State.
DR. Eieb believes that the plot to
Zee I aw was engineered by his rela-
;.ras ard that several guards and at
&. ....--ts were accessories. He has evil
nee hat six men took active part in
g. lihlat'on p oceedings. Four of the
en- nave Deen stopping at the tiolianI ,
louise at Mat. .eawan since Friday
, ;-ht. The fifth, said to be the chauf
eur of the fast touring car that bore /
law TO CunneC icut, arrived ON Sat
'ay. The sixth man drove the small
car that carried Thaw away from the
: syIum gate.
The ESCAPE had apparently been care
fully planned. The four men believed TO
have mapped out the campaign had been
here for two days arranging for its sue
ess. The two chauffeurs were the last
to arrive. 1t is probable that the con-
spirators had been working for some |
time with the guards and attendants who
shared in the plot
Will Punish Perpetrators.
There is no doubt in my mind that
employees of this institution are involved /
in the plot said DIR. Kieb. 1T was
executed with amazing rapidity and cool
ness. Many circumstances make me
absolutely certain that Thaw received as
=istance from the inside, as Wei as the
outside. We shall be able to convict
the insiders. Those on the outside We're
Thaw's relatives. The State
= IL expose and prosecute them"
The quiet of the Sabbath morning was
" ell chosen for Thaw's attempt to secure
DN force what he Hdu ldlltu " Sel |
through appeals to the courts-liberty. l.
His escape was accomplished at 7:45, and
at that hour the road leading by the
asylum is usually free from automobiles.
This morning proved no exception, and
the two automobiles used by Thaw had
a clear road.
The first machine followed the big tour
ing car apparently to block off pursuit
cr to pick up Thaw in case the big car
met with any accident.
The exact time of Thaw's escape is re-
corded by a punched card in the asylum
Office. Every opening of the gate through
which he dashed rings a bell in the
office and a card is punched simultan-
eously.
Acct riding to the asylum attendants, |
Thaw showed no nervousness before his
escape He rose at the usual hour, a.
m, and had breakfast at $50 Then with
sixteen other patients he went into the
north court for exercise before the Sun
day chapel service.
No Signuls Noticed.
After the escape 1t was remarked that
Thaw, while exercising, kept near the
gate, whence he was subsequently to
la sh but all of the attendants questioned
after the escape said that
he made no effort to communicate with
any one outside unless by means OF
which the guards did not notice.
The fence around the court yard Is eigh-
en- feet high.
The men who furnish milk to the In
tuition usually arrive on Sunday morn
1g shortly before O'Clock. This morn
ng the first one signaled at 7:45 that
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