Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-21
Lawyers Are Delaying Ap-
peardnCe in Court of
Fugitive.
FEAR OF DEPORTATION
Error in Commitment Allows
Him to Remain in Canada
Jail Indefinitely.

Thaw will be arraianed in superior
court here on a writ OF habeas corpus
at 10 o'clock Wednesday next His
counsel agreed to this.
seVen-day delay is considered a
victory by Thaw's counsel, who have
been fighting for time all along.
Ottawa, Ont, Aug. 21.-There is no
assurance by the immigration depart
ment that Thaw, In the event he is
ses free at Sherbrooke, will be return.
ed 20 New York. It is understood n
Thaw is returned by the immigration
authorities he will be taken to coatl-
cook, thence, after formal inquiry, to
tho border.
Albany, N. ", Aug. 21.-Actlna Gov
ernor Glynn was advised over the teIe-
phone by immigration authorities at
Ottawa this afternoon that they would
uee every effort In their power TO as
sist In having Thaw returned to New
York state. A formal demand for the
return Of Thaw was made today by
Glynr
sherbrooke, Que, Aug. 21.-After an
all night conference, attorneys for
Thaw announced they would not pro-
duce. the fugitive in superior court to-
day on the writ OF habeas corpus OBJ
tanned yesterday.
According to present plans they will
use the writ tomorrow morning. This
marking of time is due mainly to the
arLly2l---Ia Iasts1ndght-- Of Mn and. MpsrI
George Lauder Carnegie, brothersinsI
law and sister of the prisoner, who
were anxious that no court step be
taken until every bulwark Of the de-
Tense had been strengthened.
J. d. Greenshields OF Montreal, an
eleventh hour addition to Thaw's law
yers, pointed out that the writ was re-
turnable at the pleasure OF counsel for
Thaw and that II was best TO 60 over
his case more thoroughly before COM
ing into court
SURPRISE TO OFFICIALS.
The move came ss q surprise to the
immigration officials, and District At
torney Conger and Sheriff Hornbeck
of Duchess county, New York. They
had expected Thaw would be arraign-
ed before noon today and released on
present commitment then held as an
undesirable alien and quickly deported.
AS matters stood this forenoon indica-
tions were this program would simply
be put of a day. With Thaw once
more In the hands of the immigration
authorities opinion varied what course
would be followed. ThRw was very
worried this morning. and was up be-
hn Cd "A Al
MIR. and Mrs. Carnegie as his first Wis
itors. Though apparently cheered by
their arrival, their presence seemed to
make him more close-mouthed than
ever regarding his escape.
ERRORS IN PAPERS.
Owing to errors in the papers COM
mitting Thaw to jail he is safe there
for an indefinite period, as no date for
hearing can be mentioned in them.
While in jail Thaw is also safe from
the immigration department, which has
no power over him. BY allowing Thaw
to remain in custody the defense has
Offset the immigration officials, who
have been waiting with confident ex-
pectation Thaw's release from Jail,
when they would pounce upon him and
It is firmly believed order his deporta-
ton at once.
Thaw. of course, is fighting against
being rocaptured or deported to the
New York state line. The fact that
Thaw is a lunatic in the eyes Of the
country from which he came makes
his entrance to the dominion illegal.
II gives the. Immigration authorities,
once they get hold of him. power to
detain him or Immediately ship MIN
back from whence he came. Shur;leh,
one OF Thaw's lawyers. left for Ottawa
last night to confer with the depart
ment OF the interior His purpose is
believed to be the endeavor to obtain
a promise from the department that II
deported Thaw might be able to Sc
lect his own destination. If the move
is successful It was declared here by
one OF Thaws counsel he might go to
South America.
RELATIVES TAKE CHARGE.
Summoning Greenshields from Mon
treal TO take precedence over all of
Thaw's lawyers has served to confirm
the impression that the fugitye's rela-
tves as fer as possible are taking the
conduct Of the case out OF his hands
GTcenshields is described here as one
OF the ablest lawyers in the Dominion.
who rarely takes a criminal case. II
IS said Thaw knew nothing OF the re-
taining OF Greenshields until the law
yer arrived here. A flaw in the pro
ceedings against Thaw is the comroit
ment on which Thaw was lodged In