The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-08
READY FOR trial
Jerome Arrives at COaticOOk
to Answer the Charge
OF Gambling in Violation of
the Law.

Coaticook, Sept. S.-WiIliam Travers
jerome stepped off the train from Mon
treal at noon today ready to appear in
court this afternoon on a charge of
gambling.
Samuel Jacobs, K. c. of Montreal
chief counsel for New York state in it's
fight to return Harry K. Thaw to Mat
teawan, accompanied Jerome. They
alighted from the train almost direct
ly beneath the window of the detention
room where Thaw is held. 1t was rain
ing and there were no more than forty
idlers at the station.
notwithstanding the open hostility
that has been shown Jerome here no
threat was heard today. The crowd
dispersed quickly and drifted toward
the court house, where the hearing was
to be held at o'clock. 1t was pre-
dicted that the charge would be dis
missed on a technicality in that it spe-
Gifted that Jerome played cards in "a
railroad station when, as a matter of
fact, he was more than so feet from
the station.
Thaw Is Forgotten.
Coaticook, Sept. S.-Harry K. Thaw
was temporarily forgotten by the
townspeople of Coaticook today and
house where William TraVers Jerome
had promised to appear this after
noon for a preliminary hearing on a
charge of gambling. He was released
his departure for Montreal to make
arrangements to oppose the habeas
corpus writ on which Thaw is to be
arrafgned next Monday, many of those
here antagonistic to him and his mis-
sion, remarked that Jerome had
jumped his bail, he'll never show mis-
face in Coaticook again" 1t was with
considerable surprise therefore that
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his case forward to today.
James Mckee the aged justice of
the peace who signed the warrant for
Jerome's arrest and flayed him in
court when Jerome did not appear at
the first hearing, had no part in to-
days proceedings. He was super
seded by a district magistrate, H. w.
Mulvena, of Sherbrooke. Mulvena
agreed to come here and preside.
A. c. Hanson, joint crown prose-
cutor for the district, was in charge
for the prosecution, and Jacob Nicol
of Sherbrooke, crown prosecutor of
the district, for the defense.
This strange state of affairs de-
veloped out of NicoPs aiding the New
York forces in getting Thaw out of
the Sherbrooke Jail. He has since
been identified with anti-Thaw inter
ests and after denouncing Jerome's
arrest as an outrage volunteered to
defend him. 1t has strained the rela-
tions between him and his associate,
Hanson, but the latter had no alterna-
tive but to prosecute.
Milford Aldrich, the mill hand COM
plainant against Jerome, got leave of
absence for this afternoon so that he
could be in court. He said this morn
ing he had no sympathy with Thaw
and had acted against Jerome be-
cause he thought it was his duty. 'I
got in a little trouble one time for
playing cards in New Hampshire" he
confessed, land this will sort of even
things up"
Thaw evinced great interest in the
Jerome hearing but could get little in
formation from his guards. No one
but his lawyers was allowed to see
him and most of them are in Mont
real.
1t was still uncertain today when
Thaw would be removed there.
Jerome was due in Coaticook about
noon and his case was to be called
later in the dav