Evening journal., 1913-09-11
AGAIN
BATTLES FOR
HIS LIBERTY
Secures Writ Of HabeaS Cor
puS, While New Hampshire
Officials Clash
THAW TO BE ARRAIGNED
TODAY AS FUGITIVE
Rv rhe rnited Press.

By The United Press.
COLEBROOK, \. H., Sept. ll.-While
Governor Feker of New Hampshire and
Attorney General Benjamin Tuttle were
doing an "Alphonse and CASTOR turn in
the matter of Harry X Thaw's extradi-
ton Thaw went before Judge r. n.
Chamberlain. in the Superior Court to-
day in the fourth of the habeas corpus
proceedings that have characterized his
amazing "here he comes there he goes
escape from Matteawan.
Thaw was represented by Thomas r.
johnson anad Merriam Shurtless. local
lawyers, who are respectively the thir
teenth and fourteenth attorneys that he
has retained since he was arrested in
Canada on August 10 Opposition TO
the writ was directed by William T.
Jerome, special deputy attorney general
and Franklin Kennedy. deputy attor-
ney general, representing New York
state.
"ln the matter of extraditing Thaw.
at the request of New York, Governor
Felker said: 1T is up to the attorney
general what we shall do. ] will take
his advice"
Attorney General Tuttle said: "It
is matter for the governor alone to
decide. I cannot advise him."
Attorneys for Harry K Thaw, evi-
IDENTIFY awaiting the arrival Of other
] Thaw lawyers, surprised the New
York state representatives by not ask
ing Judge Chamberlain for a hearing
on Thaw's latest habeas corpus writ.
Bernard Jacobs, attorney represent
ing New York. stated shortly before
noon that there would be nothing
done in the Thaw case until 4 o'clock
this afternoon, when Thaw will be ar
raigned before Justice of the Peace
Carr as a fugitive from justice. IL is
believed that Thaw will not have his
habeas corpus plea argued until the
state of New Hampshire has taken its
initial action.
Jerome and Kennedy asserted that
they we're certain of having the slayer
of Stanford White back in Matteawan
in short time.
Early today, the sleepy special po.
licemen. twelve in number. sworn II
at Thaw's demand, to keep Jerome
from kidnapping him." still patrollet
the vicinity of the Monadnock Hotel
/ where Thaw is quartered, while
crowd Of early rising citizens l0Okel
Q on open-mouthed and waited TO Sc
the prisoner.
Thaw has not been in Jail since h
was arrested in New Hampshire
Sheriff Drew keeping him in a lockel
! room of the hotel. He excitedly de
manded the extra guards near mid
night when he was told that Jerom
and Kennedy had arrived in Cole
u brook by special train from Manches
ter. Vt.
With Thaw. besides the local law
yers. are L. ]. VOrhaus, a New Yorl
attorney, who came from his summe
home at Fabyans, n. H., and T. R. 4
+ McInnes, of Ottawa. framer of tn
= canadian immigration law. Othe
e Thaw lawyers we're said to be ol
their way here from New York, Penn
sylvania and Canada. Bernard Jacol
+ iof Lancaster. N. H., who brough
b about Thaw's arrest, represented tn
y New York State attorneys in tn
Il habeas corpus hearing.
). Thaw is held on the charge of be
J. ing a fugative from New York justice
= the accusation being based on tn
r. warrant charging bribery and con
. spiracy, that was issued against hin
v after his escape from Matteawan.
q II is certain that Thaw will EN-
:, ploy every possible means at the CON
= mand of the Thaw millions, to figh
- extradition and more perplexing in
tricacies than those that becloude
q the Canadian legal riot are expecte
when the prisoner is surrounded b
n his army of lawyers.