Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-09-01
THAW SWEARS JAIL
LIFE SUITS HIM;
NOT ANXIOUS
FOR FREEDOM
Attorneys for Matteawan Flu
gitive Bend Every Effort to
Prevent Release Of Client on
Habeas Corpus.
COUNSEL FOR CAPTIVE
FRANKLY WORRIED
IBy I,eascd wlfv 70 Esenlns IIeFaid.l

Ifiy Leased Wifu ~ Evening iiessid.l
Sherbrooke, que. sept. i.-crowds
streaming into shorbrooko today for
fair week, an determined to get "A
glimpse OF Harry X. Thaw. 80 inn
pressed the authorities by their num-
Der ana outspoken sympathy for the
fugitive from Matteawen that Super
ior judge Matthew Hutchinson con-
ferred with sheriff Aylmer with re.
gard TO the adyisability OF holding tho
habcas corpus hearing tomorrow IN
private, The Judge has In mind the
demonstration for Thaw on Wednes-
day last. when counsel for New York
were ruled out OF court and every cf-
fort Will be made 10 prevent its rep
ctitiOn.
The sherln. custodian OF the court
house. argued against a secret hear
lna on the ground that it would out
rage the British idea of the courts be-
ing opon TO all This afternoon the
question was undecided and plans for
a heavy police guard we're being made
II Is estimated that twenty thousand
persons beside sherbrooke's normal
population OF 20.000 viii be In town
this week. To hold them In check
there viii be on hand four separate
squads of police. These viii include
the Dominion police. Dominion secret
service men. Incorporating with the inn
migration authorities; provincial uni
formed police. and provincial plain
clothes men, under command of Ken
near McCaskill. familiarly known
throughout Canada as Pete"
Thaw's lawyers went forward today
with plans OF preventing his release
on the writ of habcas corpus tomor-
row. u the writ is sustained there
Win be % dramatic scene IN the court,
for the instant Thaw Is a free man =
Blake Robertson, acting Tor the im-
migration department. will step for
ward tap him on the shoulder ana
announce.
~ arrest you in the name OF the
king"
Secure for one day at least from
any sudden judicial action against
him. this being legal holiday, Thaw
spent the forenoon with MS stenog-
raphcr attending 90 his voluminous
mail. His counsel discussed their
plans fnr appeal I'm the event of the
writ being sustained. They we're not
sure this afternoon that they had
precedent for such an action. An ap-
peal against "a writ OF haboes corpus
" ould, In sense, destroy the efficacy
OF the writ and the rights of citizens
guaranteed centuries ago under the
Magma Chnrta, II would mean that
hereafter a prosecutor could appeal
from sustained writ and stay pro-
ccedings after court had ruled that
IA prisoner was detained Illegally
william r. Jerome, special assistant
attorney general Tor Nc,. York re-.
tninod 10 get Thaw back 10 Mattea-
wan. returned To- Shorbrooke this al
tcrnoon. lie went 10 Quebec on sat
urday and thence To Montreal whore
the american bar association is IN
session
sncrbrooRe, Quebec Sept. THE
ThaW lawyers showed plainly today
the nervousness and anxiety with
which they look forward to tomor-
rows proceedings In the superior
court of 1t. Francis county.
The decision of superior Judge
Matthew Hutchinson tomorrow g.
the right of John Boudroau, chief OF
police of Codticook, TO demand the
freedom of Harry X, Thaw, whom
Boudrcnu arrested two weeks ago,
viii dotemine whether there shall he
sct in motion at once machinery
looking TO ThnW's deportation aud
subsequent cXtraditiun from hor-
der state. or whether he shall be re-
mandcd to the sherhruoke jail to re-
main until the session of the king
bcnch in October
In their preparation for fighting
the case in its present status. Thawf
lawyers have caused him To swear be-
fore a notary that he contemplate
no damage suits, and releases Boud-
reau from amy responsibility in the
matter. Thoy have gone a step fur
thcr In having ThRw swear that he h
In no way dcsirous OF being set free
at this time