Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-09-04

Coaticook. Que, Sept. 3.-Harry
Kendall Thaw. pried out of the Sher-
brooke Jail on a writ of habeas corpus
obtained by coup of William Travers
Jerome, enjoyed three minutes OF
liberty this afternoon and was then
seized by the Dominion immigration
authorities and hustled by automobile
to this little town where Tonight he
paced the floor in the immigration de
tention room over the Grand Trunk
railway station. Tomorrow morning
a special board of inquiry will sit
in his case and by night he may lie
thrust across the Vermont border as
an undesirable alien. His lawyers
have planned no procedure to resist
eNtradition to New York and the be-
lief was current tonight that before
many hours Thaw would be n the
Matteawan asylum for the criminal in
sane from which he escaped on sunday,
August L.
The beginning of the end of Thaws
refuge in Canada came with dramatic
swiftness writ of habeas corpus. sued
out last Saturday at the direction Of
jerome with John Boudreau, chief of po-
lice Of tho village, as petitioner, was sus-
tained this afternoon by Matthew Hut
tlllllSol superior lUuEt DI tHt blSIlltl Oh
st. Francis, sitting in chambers at
Sherbrooke. Stolid pallid, numb, Thaw
sat not five feet from the Judge as he
read When, in the very last paragraph,
the court declared him It free man,
whether he desired liberty or not. Thaw
seemed to crumple up in the lounge where
ne sat. y cigar stump fell from his
left hand and scattered ashes on the
floor: from his right hand huttered two
gay bits of ribbon child had given him.
RUSHED AWAY TO COATICOOK.
But Thaw did not rise. w. IL Nc
Kcown of his counsel leaned over and
patting him on the shoulder, whispered
Thaw raised his big staring eyes and
stood up. Immigration officers in tho
room headed by +. Blake Robertson, as
sistant superintendent moved near him,
and then Thaw began slowly to move to
the door. At the threshold Robertson
said simply: Come with us. Mr.. Thaw."
And without n word except a hoarse
goodbye 70 the reporters ThaW obeyed.
Five minutes later gray roadster
etreaked away from the court house. In
the back seat was Thaw. He had not
even been given time to pack his scanty
belongings and volumlnous correspond
ence in his cell In an hour he was in
Coaticook guarded in the detention room
by two stalwart Dominion police None
but counsel was allowed to see him.
w. l.. Shurtlcff, the first to arrive, is
sued statement II follows:
"Tf they have doctors all ready to pro
nounce Thaw insane as | am informed
they have, there is almost no hope of pre-
~. I he
lieve If we could find a way to get thu
case into the courts We would have ;
good chance to prove this immigration
act unconstitutional on the ground tina
It is inconsistent with the Ashburtoi
treaty But If the authorities MT Ottaw;
are as determined to send Thaw bacl
as they seem to be, then I doubt Yer!
much if they would pay any attention
to any writ Of prohibition we might OBJ
tain.
NO TIME FOR ClRCUMVENTION,
THE immigration act expressly pro
vides that no court may interfere Will
the findings of the board of inquiry
and | am afraid that the immigration
officials Will act before we have foun(
a way to circumVent them"
Thaw, when he was told that the in
quiry was to be held In secret, wrot'
out this question ana sent it down t.
the reporters:
"Is It true that English law allow
a secret trial with the public excluded
when a mans life or liberty is at stake
like in Turkey or Bulgaria."
Thaw's chief counsel, j. n. Green
shields, is said to be hurrying here 4
make last desperate attempt An
other eminent Thaw lawyer due to ar
rive was N. K. Lahamme, also of Mon
treal, Charles d. White of the coteri
already here was discouraged and pes
simistic
ut looks as If they were going t
railroad him" he said. Those high
er up have apparently made up thei
minds"
Jerome had not a word to say, AS
diyining in advance that Thaw was to /
forced out of the Sherbrooke jail he pr'
ceded him here by automobile and We
sitting in the machine gazing down II
roadway when the car bearing Tina
hove in sight. Franklin Kennedy, depul
attorney-general Of New York, was sea
cd beside Jerome
..The first thing we saw" said NJ
Kennedy was the spiked helmets or u
Dominion police Then the car swept
us and there was Thaw, apparently
his ease"
NOBODY EXPECTED DECISION.
Esw or the sympathetic townspeople
eberbrooke knew that Harry Thaw, who
hoy cheered last Wednesday as
martvr. was to leave them to-day n
Cbody expected decision On kha hahsi