The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-08-30
New Move May Result in
Quick Deportation Of
Fugitive.
WOMAN SHIELDS RUNAWAY
Wife of Canadian Justice Pre-
vents His Obeying Order
to Act.

York State oif1cers. calling for the produc-
ton Of Harry Thaw tomorrow morning
In the Superior Court here.
This means that Thaw will be produced
In court here tomorrow morning at 10
o'clock
Jacobs will plead that Thaw be tried
Immediately because he Is held on faulty
commitment.
The Immigration authorities are return
ing to Sherbrookc 10 os on hand In the
event that Thaw Is ordered out OF Sher-
brooke jail They wi!l se.zo him imme-
diately. according 20 the bcst Information
now at hand. and take him into their
custody. Should this occur Thew may be
declared an undesirable OH Monday or
.ven to-mo, row and deported early IN the
week
Up 20 the prescn. t.r.e. strange as u
MAJ seem. Thaw has :caliy been IN the
hands of a littie French-c anadian woman
of Coaticook. five r,iles from rcre,
Her husband .s Lexis Dupuis. he who
signed the faulty commitment on which
Thaw .s t-ing he'd IN Sherbrookc's jail
Alexis. retired EreenGrcc"r. is now a
Justice OF tie peace. Havits; signed the
ccmni,men, he has the power. according
to Canadas laws. to summon the prisoner
before him. determine that the papers arc.
as al, the world knows. incorrect. and
thereupun cTde. the pI!sune: released
whether the prisoner likes !, rr NOT
And ell CT this Justice Dutuis is Will
ing TO 10. wants TO do. III iS''. "ui
madam. will have none Of il.
She said so this afternoon. She stamped
her foot as she spoke.
No one would have questioned her au-
thority for momer: and least Of AL
Alexis Nine. Dupuis spoke vehementlY
and at length. In the end Alexis. true 10
his French extraction. threw out his
hands and shrugged his shoulders.
Helpless. says Justice Of Peace.
You see" said he. Il am helpless
Madame ls determined and when madame
is determined what can one do'"
II sounds like a page from The Mar
Who Understood Women" But it was
far more realistic than that to Magis
tra,e Dupuls. He twirled his black and
gray mustache, he walked up and dowr
the room.
Gentlemen he burst out as hs
slapped his chest majestically this is moi
hc.ion). Il want to release Thaw. for
think he is as crazy as what do YOU
call it-ah, yes. a February hare. That IL
not all. no. no. | think he is dangerous
man. Besides am overwhelmed with
modification because the commitment Il
a commitment when II should be re-
mand made the error and l shoult
/ like to right II. but what can | do''
There are only two persons in all Can
| ada, SO II is said here who can come
to the front now and stop the slow grinc
Of legal machinery that Thaws lawyers
| have started for him.
| They are this little Magistrate Dupui:
| and the Premier and Attorney General o
Quebec. Sir I-omer Gouin. The Attorney
Generals office was appealed to by Will
lam Travers Jerome yesterday. The ap
peal. according to Jerome's own state
ment met with no success
| Representatives of the Immgrat ton De
partment went to Magistrate Dupui'
Wednesday. They explained the situation
to him and begged him 20 exert his pecu
liar powers in the predcament. Dupu
consulted his wife.
Magistrate Was Threatened.
| When he explained her attitude tn
immigration authorities threatened him
They even said they would make charg
against him and secure a warrant 70
his arrest II he did not comply. Agai'
there was conference OF the Dupui
family and again the justice announced
that he was helpless,
Since then attorneys representing New
! York State have gone to Duputs and ap
pealed for his help. He told them tn
same story that he had told his frs
visitors: namely. that he was helpless,
Nine. Dupuis delivered herself q
quite a long oration this afternoon whe
newspaper men called, Part OF the speec
was directed at Dupuis himself. part O
It was fired in quick and broken Englis
at her visitors.
"You are going to do nothing that vii
hurt Harry Thaw." she said,
He Is a young man to whom ever
| woman in America owes n debt of graf
tude. He rid the world OF a monste
whose name was White. but whose heai
was black. Thaw Is "A splendid young mar
and II the men won't. the women Of Car
ada will see to it that ne is not delivere
to the wolves who are pursuing him."
But, my dear" began the Magistrate
think Of my duty"
"Your first duty IL to your wife an
your country" interrupted Mrs. Dupui
Then she added half seriously; III 20
do anything against Harry Thaw I'll d
vOrce you.
"Boston is the town OF my nativity,
continued Mrs. Dupuis, land know wha
conditions are In the States. Harry Tha,
struck at IA monstrous wrong when h
killed stanford White and every on
should bc grateful to him, New Yor
state should have released him long az
with commendatory pat OH the bacl
but New York would not do 1t and no,
we In Canada are going to see that h
secures his rights"
There Is some chance that Dupuls wi
become more Arm.
J "The question In one that Is very din
cult for me to decide" said he later.
,, am going to SherbrOoke on Tuesday