The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-09-11

and the tumbler crashed through a
window and was smashed on the sta
ton platform below.
Five minutes later Thaw was half
carried. half dragged down the stairs,
forced into a waiting automobile.
wedged between two dominion police
and whirled toward Norton Mills VT.
: nine miles away. He protested
I throughout the short trip but his
guards ignored him. At S:55 he was
whisked past a gray stone slab mark
Ing the boundary and like a rabbit
; being released was set gently down
on a bit OF open ground. He whimp-
cred In bewilderment He looked
! north. south. east and west as IL try
Ing to decide which way to go. Half
dozen idlers stepped toward him
timidly. but none tried to lay hands
on him.
! For perhaps a minute Thaw stood
there. his hat pulled over his ewes.
his hair awry. his face unshaven. his
clothes rumpled. Then. as there was
nothing else to do, he climbed into
the automobile Of a newspaper cor
respondent and asked to be driven
away
Take me to the New Hampshire
line" he implored. Jerome has got
the attorney general OF Vermont fixed.
In New Hampshire believe will
have fighting chance against ex-
i tradition. Maybe we can reach a
railroad somewhere and ! can buy a
through ticket to Detroit
Talking incoherently of Detroit. his
lawyers. his mother. and writs of
. habeas corpus. he was driven east
over winding road. stones throw
! from the boundary. At Averill, Vt.
five miles on, the car stopped at a
small summer hotel Thaw had not
breakfasted lie ordered bread and
milk and gulped II down while he
tried to get Montreal over the long
distance telephone 10 inform his Ca
madam counsel and his mother OF his
predicament
Chauffeur Deserts.
Hu' wires were bad and Thaw was
excited. and be could make no con
neciion. He strobe out on the
, porch. only TO learn that the chauf.
feur OF the car had deserted. This
man was Thomas Trihey. a substan
tial business man Of Coaticook. and
he had volunteered TO assist the
J newspaper men. but had not count.
ed on aiding Thaw. BESIDES. he had
not reported his car on crossing the
boundary. as required by the Gus
, toms regulations. and was afraid OF
the consequences. Reluctantly he
! turned hack. leaving Thaw tuning on
! the porch OF the little hotel.
J Then came up Frank Cantine. 4
J lean French-Canadian. He was driv
! ing small four seated car. and was
ready 10 travel anywhere for money
Sure. ] will drive you to hell and
back" he assured the fugitive.
Thaw got in and so did the news.
paper correspondents Thaw clune
(, tightly 10 box OF cigars. all the
baggage he carried.
The little car jumped away. Can.
4 tine evidently thought IL was a race
for life Thaw tried 20 appear calm
, His hat was swept of. dust blinded
his eyes. The little car took the
/ Vermont hills like a squirrel
Never mind my hat" shouted the
Fugitive. But hold on. there. driv-
err we don't want to break our
' necks"
Cantine pulled his car down 10 %
miles. 4 farm wagon hove in sight
nav seemed frightened for a mo
, men'. then he settled back and tried
10 smoke. He could not talk con
nectedly. he could give no idea OF
what he proposed to do. After sew
eral miles the car swerved north
and was back in Canada again Thaw
grinned This Is familiar" he said
Il was along here coming up"
Lands In New Hampshire.
Can'ne gave his car more fuel
and the car fairly hummed through
the town Of Canaan. VT Ahead lay
tho Connection river and beyond =
New Hampshire Three minutes
more and Thaw was paraning about
the public square ~ West Stewards
7 town. He wore = checked cap a
: Newspaper man had loaned him IN
replace tho lost straw. and made M
/ attempt 10 conceal hts identity. In
fact. he appeared rather proud 10 lot
u BE- known who he was Being ir