The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-18
HARRY TIIAIV MAKES ESCAPE FROM MA77EAWAN
THROUGH WELL LAID PLOT THAT is SAID TO HAVE
BEEN PL AIMED SEVERAL MON7E1SAGO BYFRIENDS
CALMLY Walks OUT Of THE BIG GATE Of
THE INSTITUTION AS MILK WAGON ENTERS,
LEAPS into AUTOMOBILE AND MAKES Off
Surprised Attendant First Closes Gate and Then Notifies
officials of the Occurrence Telephone Trouble Causes
a Delay of Twenty Minutes

Delay of Twenty Minutes
TWO AUTOMOBILES ARE USED MAKING
SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT TO CONNECTICUT
Delayed Physician and Trusted Assistants Take Up the Trail
and Pursue State Line but Every Inquiry Shows Them
That Their Pursuit of the Two More Powerful Cars Hope
lessDoub Freely Expressed of Ability of State Secure
His Exhadtion Even if Located in Another State, Which
Has Not Yet Been Accomplished
FISKILL, n. Y. Aug Hilary X. Thaw escaped from
the Matteawan Hospital for the just
8 o'clock this morning, and got clean away.
When last he passing through Stormvile vii
age thirteen miles from the hospital in forty horsepower
upto-date touring going at sixty miles hour
Accompanying the large automobile in which Thaw
another smaller machine andauet which aided in the
Five least actually concerned in the escape
besides Thaw, and attendant of the hospital who had
charge of the gate through which Thaw walked has been
placed under arrest charged with aiding and abeng the
escape
Set Out For Connecticut
The object of Thaw and his confederas was the Con-
nectcu State ne thirty five miles away and certain that
they attained their object As far the authorities now
know Thaw speeding through Connecticut Massachusetts,
point north in the machine, accompanied by the
other.
Word of the escape has been phoned and teegraphed
most of the big towns which lay in the direction Thaw prob
ably took but word had been received up late tonight
that the fugitive had been
Cannot Be Extradcted
One of the queer kinks the present situation is that
if Thaw located and caught in other State than
New York there is great doubt in the minds the authorities
that he can be brought back to this State
He has legally been adiudged public menace this
he has been confined in Matteawan he legally
murderer, jury has acquitted him of any criminal
charge AS the matter stands there is good
believe that Thaw will go free for the rest of his life
unless he attempts to New York State.
question of that DR. Raymond Kb superintendent
believes that the method several
Keb has been superintendent since June 18th He appointed after the
proceedings involving which caused the dismissal
that Thaw had planned get
Friends"
handed who preceding
the bars the village of Beacon
mely
the automobiles and other chauffeur with mhneke
5 To complete the
attendant the authorities inclined
believe. he collision attendant
Enters
automobiles pulled
powered
being caught The smaller machine
nothing
Howard Barnum arrested
enter the Then
central Dr. Kie6 dressing when the
spread
Follow Lane.
and
chased after the trail left by the
They followed the roads the Connecticut State
who had
the fleeing after stormvile
The other machine sent the telephone central Beacon nd
story pieces together
house. into t-n a Al a ~ ~
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