The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-22

Whiiles. would grab him. Once In
the hands Of the Immigration depart
ment Thaw might be quickly deported.
Nothing can be done to him while
he Is still in Sherbrooke Jail with an
uncertain charge against him,
Court Room Fills.
The court filled up again at o'clock.
At so the spectators as well the
local legal fraternity were surprised to
hear that the writ would be served,
hut that Thaw would not be brought to
court until Wednesday at 10 o'clock.
one local lawyer said that such pro-
ccdure lis quite contrary to legal prnr-
tices in the Dominion. AS soon as
hahcas corpus writ lis served the prs-
oner is supposed To be produced Then
the excitement began. BailIf Bailey
took the writ to Governor Laforce. of
the jail and presented 1t TO him. II
called for Thaw's appearance In court
Immediately.
Laforce did not know anything about
the agreement between Thaw's law
yers and Judge Giobensky. Thaw's
lawyers had overlooked this but the
New York officers had not. They were
at the, Jail entrance with an automo-
bile. Whether they would have made
the attempt or not cannot be known.
They say they did not dram of kid
mapping Thaw. Maybe they did not,
hut most everyone believes they did.
Laforce put on his hat and coat and
climbed UP stairs to the iron gate be-
fore the hospital ward where Thaw la
confined. He was putting n key In the
lock when a telephone bell rang be-
low. He changed his mind about get
ting Thaw right away and descended
To see who was calling. II proved to
be Judge Globensky, who had recall
ed the oversight n few minutes before
his train for Montreal pulled into the
station.
"Laforce." he said. Yes, sir" said
THE writ is not returnable till next
Wednesday"
Laforce put up the receiver slowly,
realizing that he had narrowly escaped
making a fatal error. He went outside
hitchcd up his horse and drove to the
courthouse.
He Sees Light.
When he got there Attorney Conger
WAS already with the hailif trying to
get him to produce Thaw in court as the
warrant demanded. Pretty soon De
putty Attorney General Kennedy Joined
Conger and added his voice to the re-
quest The haiiin, a very old man and
palsied. studied over the matter for
some time
Then he saw the light and decided
/
cided--that there was no use of bring
/ ing Thaw to the courthouse when no
| judge was there to hear arguments on
! the writ
! IT was hard luck for the New York
officials. Had another superior Judge
/ been present they might have secured
the hearing they so much wanted
There is no telling either what might
/ have happened to Thaw on his way
! to the courthouse.
Thaw got up Mt 5 o'clock this morn
ing and nibbled at some breakfast
He has spent most OF his time pae-
ing the floor Of his room. His keeper
said his nerves were jumping for the
first few hours of the day. At 0
o'clock Mr.. and Mrs Carnegie en-
tered his room and stayed for half
an hour IT was the first time they
had seen each other for three months.
Late in the afternoon DIR. Britton
y. Evans. medical director OF the
New Jersey State hospital, called on
Thaw with three physicians There
was an examination that lasted for
more than an hour.
Swear He is Sane.
All three swore to an affidavit that
Thaw is sane. Attached to these doc
uments We're papers saying that Thaw
was held in Matteawan for six years
ny conspiracy oH tHs part VI HE
enemies when the immigration au-
thorties get hold OF Thaw. If they
ever do, these papers will be used as
grounds for habeas corpus proceed
ines. another trick to get delay II Its
wanted.
There is talk that Thaw may be re-
leased IN bail tomorrow, pending his
hearing on Wednesday. It's not all
talk. either. as proved by the fact that
Sheriff Hornheck, Of Poughkeepste,
has established a Gordon around the
Sherbrooke Jail lest the prisoner may
be taken out for this purpose by
stealth. He has an automobile, too,
that any attempt on Thaw's part to
get away may be foiled by pursuit.
Thaw's attorneys have promised that
they won't try to get bail for him.