The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-22

wards anyone. The death list is
tommyrot.
I'm going hack to New York to-
night and Mrs. Carnegie is going
with me. Harry is to take entire
charge If his own case here In Can
ada Isn't that a proof of his family's
belief in his sanity"
why did you come up If you are
going back 40 soon?''
I'VE came up mainly at his moth
er's request She wanted TO know his
exact physical condition. and If he
was situated comfortably in the jail
here"
Trick Of Fate.
II leaked out today that Thaw s
coming To Canada was ali a trick Of
fate, and not at all according to the
planned flight Ry some underground
channel Thaw had been in secret COM
municatton with the leader of the
men who aided him In his escape for
months according to one OF ThaW
attorneys whose name cannot tie men
toned Shortly before the date set
for the dash, and before the route 10
be followed had been clearly deter
mined then that II was TO end AT
Pittsburg Thaw's channel OF com mum
ication was shut off. So tho day
came, last Sunday. and Thaw not even
sure that an automobile would he
waiting for him made a blind race
through the gate at Matteawan. All
the particulars Of Thaw's escape have
been told but II has not been told
vet that Thaw began to quarrel with
his helpers from the start. They
had selected a route which he thought
was too far to the north. ana ne
didn't like that. It could not he help
1ufa
the touring car kept on, The III
feeling grew It was furthered by
the fact that Thaw did not have the
promised cash to hand over imme-
diateIy. Finally at n point some place
In Vermont Thaw washed his hands
Of the outfit. left the touring car and
took n train for Canada on a mo-
ment's inspiration. Two OF the men
stuck by him despite the fight One
81 them Ia supposed to be Educated"
Roger Thompson. there Is still doubI
about the other.
Why He Chose Canada.
Thaw has told his attorneys here
that he picked Canada because he
realized that his photograph had been
spread broadcast throughout the
United States and that every sherr
and policeman in the country was
looking for him He thought his
unrecoEnized were pretty good.
AT Hereme ngllde- Barford he had
time to buy IA railroad ticket TO De
troit before he was apprehended. In
some way he got rid of the ticket
before he was searched in the Sher-
brooke jail Today the man who sold
1t to him. a ticket agent at Heremen-
glide Barford. came over to Sher-
brooke and identified him.
The Superior court, n big white
walled room in the Sherhrooke court
house where Judge Globensky sits,
was empty at o'clock this morning.
BY 10, however, there wasn't stand
ing room. Everybody expected to see
Thaw and everybody had turned out.
But even before the spectators be-
gan to gather II became apparent that
Thaw's lawyers We're fighting for de-
lay Two OF them were waiting for
Judge Glohensky when he reached
his chambers. They talked for half
an hour and then departed.
Right away District Attorney Con-
ger stepped in and was closeted with
the Judge for another thirty minutes
Conger demanded that the writ be
served at once 1t did him no good.
At II o'clock an attendant, announced
to the court that counsel for Mr.,
Thaw had agreed to appear before the
bench at in the afternoon and an
nounce whether the writ would be
served or not. The crowd dispersed
and again Thaw's counsel cornered
Judge Globensky. There was no chance
OF holding Thaw on the. complaint I'M,
der which he is locked up. His at
torneys knew tt. They also knew that
the moment he was released the i'm
migration inspectors, Reynolds and