The Ely miner., 1913-08-22
THAW IS FIGHTING
EXTRAD|T|0N PLANS
ARRESTED AT ST. HERMENE-
GLIDE DE GARFoRD, JUST
ACROSS LINE.
CHARGE HE IS UNDESIRABLE
Faces Deportation on This Ground
Prisoner Says He Was on Way
to Detroit and Cannot Be
Detained.

Sherbrooke, Que, Aug. 21.-Harry
K. Thaw, cut short in his flight from
the state hospital for the criminal in
sane at Mattewan, ~ Y, by arrest
at the village of ST. Hermenegilde de
Garford, just over the international
line from New Hampshire, is prepar-
Ing in his cell in the county Jail here
to fight against being sent back to
the United States.
Thaw faces deportation on the
ground that he is an undesirable alien
and extradition on warrant charg-
ing him with bribery. The warrant
already issued in New York state for
his arrest on charge of conspiracy,
will not suffice to extradite him, in
the opinion of local authorities.
Officer on Way.
These authorities received word that
the district attorney of Dutchess coun-
ty, in which Matteawan is located, is
on his way here prepared to swear
out a warrant charging Thaw with
bribery-an extraditional offense--if
necessary.
In his own defense Thaw claims
that he was merely passing through
Canada on his way to Detroit, when
his passage was interrupted by arrest.
He exhibited what he claimed to be
transportation to Detroit in support of
this claim and cited the case of Jack
Johnson to bear out his contention
that he cannot be sent back to the
United States by the Canadian author
tiles as long as he was simply passing
through the country and intends to
go beyond it's borders.
District Attorney Conger of Dutch
ess county, New York, it is under
stood here, wants Thaw ordered de-
ported. He wants Thaw returned to
the United States over that part of
the international line touched by the
state of New York
Custom of Case.
Thaw came into the Dominion from
New Hampshire, however, and if Gus
tom is followed, he would go back to
New Hampshire.
The Canadian immigration depart
ment at Ottawa wired the chief of
police here to hold Thaw under the
immigration act, indicating that steps
would be taken to deport him. This
theory was made almost a certainty
by the information that the depart
ment had sent back two inspectors to
Sherbrooke with instructions to watch
the case and institute proceedings to
deport Thaw.
At Coaticook, where he was lodged
in the lookup Immediately after his
arrest, Thaw engaged a local lawyer
He was arraigned before Justice of
the Peace Dupuis. The justice read
to him an indictment charging him
with having unlawfully escaped from
Matteawan and without permitting a
plea remanded him to the Jail at
Sherbrooke.
Companions Are Released.
Three men were arrested With
Thaw, but liberated later at Coat
cook. They are believed to be con-
federates who aided Thaw in his es-
cape. The men refused to give their
names or say anything about them
selves. They followed Thaw here
from Coaticook. .a
w. l.. Shurtleff, the Coaticook law
yer retained by Thaw, denounced the
hearing before Justice Dupuis as un-
fair and said he would apply for a
writ of habeas corpus for Thaw prior
to the hearing before the extradition
commissioner. Should the writ be
refused, Mr.. Shurtleff said he would
seek an appeal.
From his cell in the county Jail
Thaw sent out to the newspaper men
a statement under this caption, type
written in capitals:
mo one has contended that for the
two years that Thaw has been in the
Tombs he has been insane. There is
no evidence of delusion in the slight
est degree on his part. Is it anything
crazy to take pistol to defend your
self against man who calls you a
and threatens to kill you be-
fore morning?"
Earlier story of Escape.
Matteawan, N. Y, Aug. 19.-Harry
Kendall Thaw, the slayer of Stanford
White, escaped from the hospital for
the criminally insane hera at 7:45
o'clock Sunday morning. A dart for
liberty through an open gate, dash
into the open door of a powerful au-
tomobile that stood On the outside,
and flight like a rocket for the Con-
necticut state line. 80 miles away, ac-
comnlished his escaDe
The hospital authorities feel certain
he is outside the state. Once be-
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