Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-06
JUSTICE CENSURES
THAW'S NEMESIS
I'VE Intend to Prosecute Je-
rome," Says Canadian
Magistrate.
OUTBREAK is CAUSED
BY REQUEST FOR DELAY
Formal Trial on Gaming Charge Post
poned-Bail for Thaw May
Be Asked.

coATICOOK. Quebec. September g.
william Travers Jerome arrested in
Coaticook yesterday on a charge Of
gambling. was bitterly denounced by
Justice of the Peace James Mckee in his
courtroom today.
Inc gray-bearded magistrate was very
indignant when Jerome's counsel an
nounced that the New York lawyer could
not be present today and asked an adj
Journment of the hearing Of his gambling
case.
want to say" cried Mckee, banging
the table with his fist that we intend
TO persecute Mr.. Jerome to the full ex-
tent OF the law. He can't come here and
play his card games before our children.
This may be suburb town, but we in
tend to enforce our laws. Our relations
with the American bar are cordial. but
justice must be melted out in this case"
Suggests Forfeiture of Bail.
The court then suggested that Jeromes
bail be forfeited.
That would only hit two of our citi-
zens who went on it." said Mr. Hanson
the prosecutor The justice then al
lowed that he would let the bail stand.
lie put over the case until September il.
mere was crowd of about sixty
,olers IN the courtroom to listen to the
their feat and sna;. They stamped
Jacob Nicoll OF Sherbrooke. crown
prosecutor for this district, and as such
the superior of Joint Prosecutor Han
son. appeared. strangely enough. for the
defense. ~
In Sherbrooke he aided counsel for
New ork In their successful fight to
get Thaw out of Jail. Arriving here last
night he characterized Jeromes arrest
as an outrage.
Complainant Present.
1t was a little past O'Clock when Nc
kee took his seat beside a table in the
little courtroom A. C.. Hanson tho
prosecutor. said he was ready to go on
with the Jerome case. The complainant.
Milford Aldrich, a mill hand, who swore
that he saw Jerome playing poker near
the Grand Trunk railway station, with
several newspapermen, was present.
Jerome meantime was at Norton Mills,
mobile. after being admitted to bail. He
was considering the next move to be
made in the Thaw case, and for this
reason did not deem it best to return to
Coaucook. where feeling against him has
run high.
Rousseau, the local hotelkeeper, and
one OF JerOme's bondsmen, said today
that Thaw had told him in all serious
ness that he. Ihaw. would have liked to
have gone on Jerome's bond. and that he
was ready to stand the loss should the
bond at any time be forfeited.
so. he told Id. me s that yesterday when l
land again this morning when he heard
that the Jerome case was going over"
Removal Optional.
Thaw may remain here a day or
week Not until September Is is he to
appear at Montreal before the full king
bench, appeal side. on the writ Of habeas
corpus obtained by his lawyers yesterday.
1t Is optional with the immigration au-
thorities to move him at once or keep
him here until the last moment.
AS matters stand, the case of the fugi-
tive slayer il more snarled up than at
any time since his escape from Mattea-
wan. Ordered by the board of inquiry
yesterday afternoon deported for two
reasons-entering the Dominion by stealth
and having been an inmate of an insane
asylum within five years-his appeal to
the minister of the interior automatically
stayed proceedings.
Then came the writ of habeas corpus
and the restraining order granted at
Montreal yesterday. AS matter of
fact. the restraining order was issued
prior to the time the deportation de-
cision was returned, and it is a. cues
ton whether this does not invalidate
the findings.
Crowds Wildly Cheer.
The arrival of the writ here last
evening on special train was greeted
with wild cheering by the crowds
around the railway station. Thaw him.
self thought 1t was returnable at once
and had prepared to go to Montreal
on a special train For an hour the
crowd waited. then the special whirled
away. but Thaw was not on 1T. It had
only his victorious lawyers, headed
by J. N. Greenshields and n K. La
Flamme. 1t was they who had OBJ
tained the writ and they who had
rushed it here.
e. Blake Robertson. who presided as
chairman Of the special board that found
Thaw subject to deportation Yesterday
afternoon, has gone to Montreal. leaving
Agent Williams in charge Williams
said today that they would not attempt
to move Thaw until instructions had been
received from the Dominion authorities
at Ottawa.
Thaw Sleeps Well.
Thaw's guards said he slept we'll last
night in spite of the excitement of YES
terday. He retired after the Coaticook
Band had given a concert beneath his
barred windows. playing in conclusion,
God Save the King" while the throng
shouted Three cheers for Thaw.'
Ordinarily the band plays in the park,
but the members could not resist the
chance of playing for Thaw before a
sympathetic and enthusiastic populace
When Mr.. Jerome left town in his au-
tomobile yesterday afternoon for Nor
ton. vt, it was explained that he had
gone for a ride"
May Ask Bail for Thaw.
MONTREAL, September 6.-An applica-
ton for bail will be the next move by the
lawyers for Harry X. Thaw. who yester-
day succeeded in securing from Justices
Cross and Gervals. a writ Of habeas cor
pus returnable in Montreal September Is
and an order preventing the immigration
officiaIs from deporting Thaw
The legal contingent from Montreal
handling Thaw's case, accompanied by
Gentleman Roger Thompson, the
chauffeur who drove the rescue car from
Matteawan, returned on a special train
this morning.
While the Thaw lawyers declined "a