Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-08-23

Shcrbrookc. Que. Aug. 22.-'Gen-
uoman Roger Thompson the New
York chauffeur held under the Do
minion immigration laws as having
aided Harry Thaw legally a lunatic. to
cross the Canadian frontier, an
nounced from his cell that he was
"up against il" and that il the Thaw
family did not come TO his rescue he
would perhaps. in justice to himself.
be forced 10 tell an he knows about
Thaw's escape from Matteawan. and
thus complcate the proceedings un-
der which Thaws lawyers hone TO oh
tlin his release on writ of haheas
corpus on wednesday next,
Tonight Thompson removed the
smoked eye glasses he has worn since
his arrest and openly admitted that
The name mitchell Thompson, he
had given the authorities, was false
and that in reality he Is Roger
Thompson. car salesman and dare
dcyu chauffeur. who drove the black
machine which whlsked Stanford
Whites slayer away from Matteawan.
sure Fm Roger Thompson" he
said. u need money and help now
and It's mp to the Thaws. ! was framed
mp in getting I'm this ease and they
ought ta stand by me now. ] haven't
a cent and If they admitted me to
bail, couldn't raise the money Even
il ! could I would be arrested if J
crossed the New YORK state line It's
rough stuff The other four fellows
mixed up in the game made their
getaway But ! stuck to Thaw to the
finish and I'm the goat That's pretty
hard"
What about The details Of the cs-
cape?' he was asked.
Don't ask me, said Thompson 81
can't talk about that now"
Thaw in cell above, Gentleman
Roger refused even To admit he had
ever seen him.
"Oh, that man" he exclaimed "Iou
know I can't talk about him"
Counsel has been employed for
Thompson by the Thaw family ana it
was through their efforts that his ar
laignmcnt today as a violator of the
immigration laws was postponed un-
iii Friday next. Ills lawyer is Louis
st. Laurent Of Quebec It was admitted
by the chauffeur, that the Thaws re-
tanned 81. Laurent and that they eX-
peetcd him CThompson) to keep his
trap shut lie added grimly, that he
thought they ought TO do more than
give him lawyer "All they want.
he said. lis to keep my case separate
from Thaws ] wish I hadn't mixed up
in it,"
Thaw had quarrel with his many
attorneys today They had warned him
to issue no statements, but ne insisted
on talking about what he described
as an ommission on the part of news
papers in Canada and the United
states in not printing in. full recent
statement of his lawyers quoting Viii
liam Travcrs jerome as saying Thaw
was sane.
This ommssion has outraged the
British idea Of fair play said ThaW
They believe in a square deal
lie fidgeted as he spoke, bit his
nails to the quick and fused with n
pile Of letters and kilograms on the
pine table in his cell on the window
sin stood a bouquet of wild flowers
sent him by an anonymous woman
Nmpathizer over the pine table
sprawled the remnants Of a meal sery-
ed by a'locaI hotel. Thaws appetite
apparently is good for only bits of
food remained. But / haven't had a
thing to drink but water" he smiled.
Whitewashed walls encompass
Thaw. An iron cot stands in the cell
corner. lie makes his toilet at an iron
sink
A. Taforce. the jailcr, said tonight
That his observations Indicated that
Ihaw had spells" Hes queer" he
SAID, but he has behaved fine"
Or Joseph T.. Noel. tho Jail ply
stefan who has visited Thaw daily
SaId this afternoon he regarded him
as sane 1t was said that the doctor
had been watching ThaWs actions at