The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-08-20
THAW JAILED IN
CANADIAN TOWN
Will Probably be Returned
to New York.
WAS HEADED FOR QUEBEC
Was Recognized on Train by New
Hampshire Sheriff, Who Followed'
Him Across Border.

Was Recognized on Train by New.
Hampshire Sheriff, Who Followed
Him Across Border.
Coaticook, Quebec, Aug. 20.-Harry.
X. Thaw is in Jail here. He will be:
arraigned at Sherbrooke as a fugit1vel
from j~stice in the United States.
The final disposition of the prisoner
however, rests with the Dominion
government.
Thaw was arrested at Hermene-.
gildeGarford, a small village near
Coaticook. An hour before he had
driven across the line from New
Hampshire. He admitted his identity;
and complacently declared that he
could not be eXtradited, as he had,
committed no crime.
Two men, who are supposed to have
accompanied Thaw in his spectacular
flight from the insane hospital at Mat
teawan, New York, last Sunday morn-s
ing, weer in his company and were.
also detained
They were charged with being un-g
der suspicion of having committed an;
offense in another and friendly na-s
ton" The two men, one of large
build and the other smaller man, at
once retained counsel and refused tos
disclose their names. ]
The $500 reward for Thaw's arrests
belongs to Sheriff B. H. Kelsea, OF
Colebrook, N. H., who recognized
Thaw on a Maine Central railroad:
train After the fugitive had left the
train at Herford. Kelsea pursued h1ms
to anegilde-Garford, where, att
the request of the sheriff. Canadianl
constable placed the fugitive under1
arrest.
Garford is small vil-S
lage two miles south of COaticOOk, and
Thaw was brought to Coaticook. Al.
though he had already admitted hiss
identity to Sheriff Kelsea, he at frstH
denied that he was the man who es-s
capped from Matteawan. Later he freelya
admitted the facts of which the police
were already convinced. He said, how
ever, that he would fight any effort toa
extradite him, and retained Attorney
]. Shirtliff to look after his interests. !.
Shirtliff had a long conference W1tn5
his client before he was arralgned az
Sherbrooke Thaw will probably BED
taken from Sherbrook to Montreal.
Hector Verret, kings counsel At|
Coaticook, is acting for Sheriff Kelseo&
who is the actual complainant g. tl!1|7
case. Kefsea charged that sTnaN
fugitive from justice and demanded
that he be held for the United States
authorities.
The police Immediately after the
arrival of Thaw sent message to Su-
perintendent Kieb, of the Matteawan
hospital, notifying him of the arrest,
and giving a description of the pris-
oner. The superintendent replied, ask
ing that the man be held.
Thaw's companions were not put In
Jail, but appeared to be under sur
veillance, presumably in custody OF
their counsel.
Thaw shut up like clam after he
had seen counsel and nothing was
learned by the police of his flight up
to the time that Sheriff Kelsea recog-
nized him on a Maine Central railway
train that was taking him from north
ern New Hampshire into Canada.
Had he not made inquiries OF the
sheriff regarding the country through
which he was passing he probably
would have been in Quebec and pos
sibly aboard a steamer sailing for
England, without having had his iden-
tity suspected.
Thaw was arraigned before Justice
of the Peace Dupey and was remanded
to the Sherbrooke Jail. He will appear
before Judge Mulvena, extradition
commissioner
Thaw was examined by DR.. Trem-
holme, who found that he was suffer
ing from excitement. The examination
was made because Thaw looked flush
ed and feverish. The doctor asked
Thaw to give him a thumb print i'm
preston, but this the prisoner declin-
ed to do.