The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-22
by Associated Press.l

| Sherbrooke, Quebec, August 21.-
Until Wednesday OF next week. bar
ring unforeseen Developments Harry
Kendall Thaw will remain in the Sher-
brooke Jail On that day he is to be
arraigned in the Superior Court on Il
writ OF hnbeas corpus. Between now
and that time ibis battery Of Canadian
lawyers hopes to perfect plans. not to
thwart deportation. but to submit TO il
gracefully-to point selected BY
Thnw.
This. in brief WINS the status to- night
OF Matteawan's fugitive. arrested Tues
day near Coaticook. Quebec. and COM
mitted to Jail here on n defective war
rant Ignorant Of the moves made by
his lawyers. Thaw has spent his time
pacing the length or the narrow cor
ridor in the Sherbrooke JAIL and was
not even aware that the writ OF habcas
corpus IN his case was served on the
Jailer this afternoon, and that but for
timely telephone message he would
have been produced in court to-day
with the bench vacant
Error Due To Hurry.
This incident. variously described as
IA blunder. case of absent-minded-
ness and an error due to hurry. arose
after Judge Globcnsky failed to specify
in writing that the writ was returna BILE
before him next Wednesday. He had
set this date in chambers but the writ
jailer. set that official into instant ac-
ton. and he had called Il carriage and
ordered Thaw to dress for an outing
when n telephone message from the
judge Informed him that the latter was
leaving for Montreal not to return here
as circuit Judge until next week.
Meanwhile District Attorney Congcr.
OF Duchess County. y. Y; Deputy At
torney-General Franklin. of Albany.
and others primarily interested In get
ting Stanford Whites slayer across the
border, seized on the possibility of
sought to find another judge before
whom to arraign him. But Mr.. La
Force, governor of the jail, declined
to surrender the prisoner until he had
consulted Sheriff Aylmcr.
The sheriff after reading the writ
carefully, said that, while no time for
its return was stated, he had under
was the day and he allowed" that
thnw had bette stay In Jail.
itumora sproutcd, meanwhile. that
the New York authorities We're IT.; ing
To- l:i'intr 1haw. that an automobile
Was really 10 Wniil him TO tno N"N
\ orN Inc, that AN open clash. pci maps
in street battles, was imminent AS a
matter Of fact. tho officers from New
York were as much surprised as any
ore They had protested against post
poninG the proceedings until Wcdnc;-
dag, but. their l'rc'ic.'S fai; lg. had
decided &c bide their time, hoping that
When atraicGcd. rnaw would he =,
leased as fugitive and promptly
snapped up by the immigration au-
thorities as an undesirable.
Difficulties of Jnilcr.
The governor of the Jail, explaining
his difficulties tonight. said:
some one representing himself to
I've Judge Globcnsky called me on the
telephone this afternoon and said
Thaw would not need to appear in
court before Wednesday,. 1t was not
entirely settled as TO time. because
thought he said something about to-
morrow. AS matter OF fact, | rather
doubted that it was Judge Globen
sky.
Il was confused. particularly when
| received another call. This time it
was from a man who told me to Get
under cover, because something is go
Ing TO happen
Half an hour later tho bailim APP
peared and served habeas corpus
papers on me, saying that was to de-
liver Thnw immcdiatcly. vas as
near bcwildercd then as ever have
been in my life. Within half an
hour, | had been told to produce him
Wednesday. tomorrow and inimcdi-
ateiy.
IL found a crowd outside. and there
were runors that the prisoner was
going to ne taken away. But, of
course, these were untrue. and I fin
ally Strengthened matters out by con
fcrring with the sheriff"
Thaw's lawyers said tonight they
We're well satisfied with the events of
today. They feel now that Thaw's
fate, so far IS the Canadian authori-
ties may influence it, is practically
settled. The departure for Ottawa
carly this morning OF w. l.. Shurtleff
was the first step in plan 10 procure
Thaw's removal from Canada without
prolonged legal proceedings
All OF the lawyers profess to believe
that the Minister Of the Interior will
accede to the request that Thaw be
permitted to nominate his destina-
ticn" In return for submitting without
further protest to deportation.
Those who are advising Thaw. among
them some of the ablcst criminal law