The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-09-10
JEROME FREED IN
CANADIAN COURT
apology Comes From Bench
For Attorneys Arre:t
ACTION DISPLEASES CROWD
Judge MuIVena Conducts Court With
Iron Hand and Threatens to Lock
Up Anyone Making Demonstration.

Up Anyone Making Demonstration.
Coaticook, Que, Sept. 9.-The COM
plaint which charged that William
| Travers Jerome, New York's special
attorney general to take Harry Thaw
out of Canada and back to Matteawan,
was common gambler, was dismissed
| by Magistrate Mulyena.
Jerome walked out of the court
house a free man and Immediately
started in AN auto for Island Pont, VT.
He will not return to Canada until
Sept. 10, when Thaw's latest writ Of
habeas corpus will come up for argu-
ment before the court of kings bench
at Montreal.
But Jerome did not get out of the
| Coaticook courthouse without a slight
show of animosity on the part of a
gang of roughly clad farm hands. AS
soon as Magistrate Mulvena had given
Jerome his acquittal, which was ac-
companied by a little speech that
amounted to an apology from the do
minion at large, the crowd which
filed every available space in the
courtroom surged forward.
There was a faint attempt at ap-
plause from one side. From the other
came low snarl from many deep
voices which before it rose to the howl
that it threatened was quelled by
Magistrate Mulvena, who sprang to
his feet and banging his fist on his
bench cried: Order! Order! If any
one attempts a demonstration | shall
have him before me for contempt of
court"
The events of the day were not un-
like Broadway comic opera. Justice
James Mckee, who issued the COM
plant on which Jerome was arrested,
sat in a grocery hurling unpleasant
comments at Magistrate Mulvena of
the superior court who had assumed
charge of the case.
After considerable debate after court
was convened it was finally discovered
that Bailiff John Andrews had the
complaint in his possession and had
disappeared from town. Mulvena re-
fused to go ahead with the case with
out the papers and the hearing had to
be adjourned while searching parties
were sent out for Andrews. The miss
ing bailiff was not found for some
time, but finally appeared bringing
with him Wilfred Aldrich, complainant
in the case.
Harry X. Thaws Canadian lawyers
saved him from deportation into Yer
mont in the sixtieth second by secur.
ing a new writ of habeas corpus from
the court of kings bench, appeal side,
at Montreal.
So close were the connections in a
day of events that moved rapidly that
it required a special train travelling at
times seventy miles an hour to bring
the saving writ to Coaticooke before
Thaw could be hustled into an auto,
mobile and hurried nine miles to Nor.
tons Mills, VT.
Shortly before the writ was issued
at Montreal William Travers Jerome
was arrested in Coaticooke charged
with gambling and locked up in Jail.
After an hour spent in cell he was
released on $500 bail to appear before
a justice of the peace.
The new proceedings will keep
Thaw in Canada for an indefinite
period. Attorney Greenshields says
that he has been directed by Ex-Gov-
ernor Stone of Pennsylvania to appeal
and reappeal Thaw's case right up to
the kings privy council in London If
necessary.
"There is not a chance" he said,
that this case will be over in less
than six months. If we have to take
it to the privy council we will do So"
The new writ is an attack at the
constitutionality of the dominion immi-
grafton act. 1t strikes at the root of
that document. 1t is pointed out by
Mr.. Greenshields that a Canadian in
Thaw's place would have had the right
to appeal to the courts from the de-
Gision of the board Of inquiry, while
an alien has not that right under the
act.
When the special train landed Mr.. |
Greenshields and NJ. X. LaFlamme at |
Coaticooke they went directly to see
Thaw. He was told that they had |
been directed by Ex-Governor Stone to |
fight in his behalf until there was not !
another inch of ground to stand on,
Sut that they would accept only under
me condition.
"What is it?" inquired Thaw.
THAT you drop all of your publicity |
work and remain a dummy in the
CASE
81 accept" said Thaw without hesi-
tation.
Thaw may be given his liberty on
bail at any time after his arrival in
Montreal. Thaw's lawyers wanted to
take him with them on their special
train but had to accede to the request !
of immigration officials that he re.
main.
Chief Justice Archambault and four
magistrates of the kings court will
hear argument on the new writ on
Sent IL at Montreal