Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-08-24
Defense Waits for Arrival Of
0'Mara Who Is Legal
Guardian of Slayer Of Stan
ford White,
JEROME TO LOOK AFTER
NEW Y0RK'S INTERESTS
Heavy Battery Of Attorneys
Secured to Contest Every
Step That May Be Made to
Return Prisoner to Asylum,

'sY MORNING IoUssAt srtcitL LfssCp wistl
Sherhookc, que, Aug. 23.--ilarr
Is. Thaw. squabhling with the DO.
minions leading lawyers retained e
prevent his return TO the Matteawm
state hospital from w1ieh he es-
capped on Sunday morning last. To-
night Is apparently as much In ignof.
ance of the next move in the case az
the casual idler around the SHERLOCK,
JAIL
For two hours his counsel con
ftrred this afternoon dehating whether
tu produce Thaw in court on a writ
of habeas corpus next Wednesday,
or abandon the writ. surrender him
10 the immigration authorities and
countenance his deportation 20 Yer
mont. a procedure to which it was
said here the immigration officers had
agreed The two-hour talk was pre-
eeded by a conference with Thaw as
to his preference but it resulted in ne
definite decision.
Thaw was loquacious, crratc, DON'T
ncering and 1t was decided to await
the arrival here of Roger O'Mara. of
Pittsburgh. ThaW's detective-guardia
According to the rumors here. he viii
arrive tonight by way Of Montreal
Never in the history Of the prov
ince OF Quebec. or the Dominion of
Canada. for that matter, has such a
legal snarl within a sn-li. case within
a case been before the courts ln
hricf. Thaw Is held on a commitment,
charging him with being fugitive
from Matteawan where he was con-
fined on criminal charge This Is
an error Acquitted for Stanford
Whites murder on the ground OF in
sanity he was held there on no
charge, but as "a lunatic
Both sides have admitted that the
commitment IS defective and it was
conceded that he would bc released on
the writ when arralened Why not
then. Thaws lawyers were asked by
Immigration authorities, cancel, AS it
were, all your objections to his being
held, turn him over to us. have a
hearing at Coatlcook. where he was
first locked mp after crossing the Dor
der. and we will deport him to Yer
mont? II viii then be up to New
York state to extradite him.
But the agents of the immigration
authorities are subordinates. and
ThaW's lawyers believe that the final
decision in the matter of deportation
viii come from the minister Of the i'm
terror, who is at present In Vancouver
on his vacation Facing such pre-
dicament it was said tonight that the
habeas corpus hearing would be held
on Wednesday. as previously set
Another possibility was suggested
Thaw would come into court plead
not guilty to the present charges and
demand trial This. it was said. might
not take place until the October term
of court
How about it," Thaw was asked
Wait for Roger" he said.
O'Mara was thus literally the miss
ing keystone in the Thaw structure
tonight. and William T jerome.
Thaws old enemy and prosecutor.
was the missing general Of the New
York forces
1t was said here that jerome. re-
tanned by the New York attorney gem
erals department. would arrive sun
day.
Thaw did not appear particularly
disturbed when told Jerome was hur-
lying here.
so Wine's coming" he said.
For once in my life | have lawyers
who have no tremendous ability. but
am able to confer with them.
have never had a lawyer, except Del
mas and maybe couple of others,
who were worth over S25 a day.
"A CLIQUE of stanford Whites
friends have aiways pursued me and
they have pursued me up here. bat
their Influence is waning. Public
opinion in Now yorI, ana elsewhere