Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-09-06

news on appeal did Thaw. today. block
his deportation. In addition. ne had
the Measurable knowledge that his old
enemy. W. r. Jerome, had been ar
rested. charged with gambling.
Jerone's Arrest for Gambling.
If ever little town produced sen
sations" Coatieeok did, today. First
came Jerome's arrest. and release on
bail on a charge that he had played
poker. yesterday. on railroad property
with some newspapermen. Then came
word that Thaw's lawyers had OBJ
! tanned in Montreal a writ. variously
| described here as one of habeas Cor
pts. prohibition ard restraint. de-
manding Thaw.s production in court
there forthwith Meantime the spe-
cal hoard Of inquiry ordered Thaw 5
deportation TO Vermont under two
classes Of The iulm!gra ton act, name
Is. that ne had entered Canada by
stealth ard had within FIVE years been
an inmate OF an institution for the
insare. PROM both these decisions
Tfsaw.s lawyers appealed, then elineh-
81 matters with notice by telegraph
that the writ had been granted in
Montreal.
The immigration officers. headed by E.
Blake Robsf tsOn. were inclined to ignore
any court order coming over the wire,
bar they were powerIess in the matter Of
the appeals, and Thaw remained in the
detention rom over the Grand Trunk
Railway station. Finally the Thaw law
/ Sers in Montreal. J. y. Greenshields and
& y n Lahamme. chartered a special
/ train and began a race here with the
! Wit Itself After serving ii, this evening.
i they pBrposed to take their client at once
+ to Montreal on another special.
Jerome's arrest was due to two causes
and was not prompted in any way by the
| Thaw lawyers. One and all they eX-
pressed indignation at the move and said
/ they were ready to aid him. What the
arrest really signified was the state OF
| public opinion here as decidedly pro-
Thaw and more decidedly anti-Jerome
| In the second place. there is a split III
the town council over Chief of Police
John Boudreau. Thaw's original captor
and subsequent petitioner for the writ oi
habeas corpus which forced Thaw GU
of Jail at Sherbrooke into the hands o
the immigration authorities Some of TIN
I hluel HleH contend ttldt bDuufedu was III
fluenced and acted unwsely in the habea!
corpus matter and should resign.
Among his opponents is A. a. Hopkins
chairman of the police commission of tn,
council. Hopkins employs in his girls
mill Milford Aldrich, the eomplanan
| against Jerome. Aldrich says he actes
as jealous citizen and his contention
was sustained by a. c. Hanson, Join
crown prosecutor, who caused the war
rent to be issued.
I'VE were shocked" saM Hanson, 1t
see Mr.. Jerome playing cards for none
in public and it was our duty to arres
him. Little children saw him and wer
talking about it. We have never had an
other arrest of its kind here. If Jerom
tries 10 leave this jurisdiction he will b
arrested"
Mr.. Jerome left town in his automt
bile, this afternoon 1t was explaine
: that he had gone for ride" His cas-
| Is set for hearing before a magistrate
e tomorrow morning. Punishment on cor
$ victon OF gambling on railroad propert
= may range, at the discretion of the cour
: from fine, amount unspeeified, to
$ prison sentence whose maximum is on
k year.