The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-08-23
JEROME IN THAW CASE:
THOMPSON GETS PEEVED
THAW'S NEMESIS AGAIN TAKES HAND IN THE CASE THIS
TINE As SPECIAL DEPUTY ATTORNEY
GENERAL OF NEW YOPE.
Gentleman Roger Thompson Admits His He
Is up Against It'-Threaiens to Tell Something if
Thaw Family Don't Come 10 His Rescue.

OTTAWA, Ont. Aug. 22.-Instrue
ton officers at sherbrooks, II was Of
ficiaIIy announced tonight that when
Harry X. Thaw comes into their hands
there must be no Discrimination
against him.
There Is reason TO believe that this
means he will not be sent 70 New
York state, but, on rejection, will be
returned by the Vermont route as
would an ordinary person, coming In
by the way Thaw did. and subsequent
ly denied domieile in Canada.
SHERBROOKE. Que. Aug 22-
Gentleman Roger" Thompson. the
New York chauffeur held under the
Dominion immigration laws as having
aided Harry X. Thaw. legally luna
tic. to cross the Canadian frontier.
announced from his cell tonight that
he was up against it, and that II
the Thaw Family did rot come TO his
rescue he would perhaps in justice
TO himself be- forced to tell all ns
knows about Thaw's escape from M.~
lfdNdAs anu AA4uH thlll iAA' Aiaf lAp
ceednEs under which Thaw's lawyers
hope to obtain his release on writ
Of habeas corpus on Wednesday ncpt.
Tonight Thompson removed the
smoksd eye glass he has worn since
his arrest and openly admitted that
the name Mitchell Thompson" Ee mad
given tho authorities was fictitious
and that in reality be IS Roger Thomp-
son. car salesman and daredevil
chauffeur. VINO drove the black ma
chine which whisked Stanford Whites
slayer away from Matteawan.
Sure. I'm Roger Thompson" ne
said. - need money and help n"Nr
and its up 20 he Thaws. | was framed
up in getting N this case and they
ought 10 stand av me now. l haven't
a cent. and Z they admitted me 10
hail couldn't raisc the money. Even
II could. would be arrested II /
crossed the Nov York state line is
rough stuff. Tae other four fellows
mixed UP in the rame made their get
away But ! stuck to Thaw 20 the
fnish. and I'm the goat That's pret-
~ hard"
what about the details OF the es-
cape" he was asked
Don't ask ne" said Thompson. Il
can't talp about that now"
Thaw in a ,ell above "Gentleman
Roger" refused 20 admit he had ever
seen him. "Oh. that man" he ex-
claimed. You know l can't talk
about him"
Counsel For Thompson.
Counsel has been employed for
Thompson by the Thaw family and II
was through their efforts that his ar
raignmenf to-day as a violator Of tho
immigrations laws was POSTPONED un-
III Friday next His lawyer is Louis
ST. Laurent. ~ Quebec lt was ad-
mitted by the chauffeur that "the
Thaws" had retained 81. Laurent and
that they expected him Thompson
20 keep bis trap shut" lie added
Erimiy that no 'hourh' they ought 20
do moro than give him a lawyer All
they want he said 'is 20 keep my
case separate from Thaw's. ] wish
hadn't mixed up in b."
Thsw had q quarrel with his many
attorneys to-day. Thoy had warned
him 20 Issue no statements. bu' no
insisted on talking about what b." de-
sCribed as an omission on the part Of
newspapers IN Canada and tho Iri'"d
States in not printing in f1li n recent
FtateTncnt % his lawyers CuOtI. VII
Ham Travers jerome as saying Thtw
was sane.
This omission has OUTRAGED he
British Idea 81 fair play a1.d Thaw
They believe in q .0uarr deal" n.
fdgeted o. Dc spoke. hf Dis nails
~ the quick. and fTesod with "a pile
~ letters and telegram on thr pinc
table To bis Crll ON 'Hn window $50
tsOod a bouquet ~ wild flowers sent
him ty an anorymo1r woman s.mpa.
tlizer over tin pine table surl~led
tho remnant ~ l ura' served hv q
local hotel Tftr't appetite arr. r..f.
lv is good fJ- only I.. or food 90.
fualned Ruf 7 ia.r not lrd e. ft.rr
90 drink buy water Doc .mflrd
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