Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-08-27
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HINTED THAT He WILL BE RUSH.
ED ACROSS THE YER
MONT LINE.
LEGAL TALENT IS ENGAGED e |: {
Awaits Hearing on Habeas Corpus
Observation-Disclosures Believed
to Have Aided Escape 10 Arrested
While In Court. 554s q t,@ 81

X. Thaw will cross the American bor-
der in the state of Vermont, II events
in the case OF the fugitive from Mat,
teawan shape themselves as Canadian
officials in iclose touch with the pro-
ceedings expect. This was the semi
official intimation here Wednesday
night as Thaw awaits a hearing on
the habeas corpus writ his counsel
obtained. .55 (, N n. \ / B 4; n tts \
Ofhcial opinion inclines to the be,
lief that under the habeas corpus pro-
ceedings Thaw will be declared free
man. Immediately ThaW is released
by the court, 1t is understood. two.
immigration inspectors will take him
into custody as an undesira BILE under
the immigration act and rush the fu-.
gitive to Coaticook, near where he.
was arrested. 81.
VI The deportation formalities ended,
Thaw will be taken on board a Grand
Trunk train and conveyed to the bor-
der, where the inspectors will hand
him over to the American authorities.
The point OF deportatio ion indicated will
be Island Pond, Vermont, the nearest
border station on the Grand Trunk,
about 20 miles south OF Coaticook
The through ticket, to Detroit
which Thaw has, immigration officials
have learned was purchased in Coati-
cook, and reads from that point to
Detroit. it Is not, therefore, q ticket
from ore American station, via Can
ada, to another foreign point, and does
not qualify as through" Transports
ton. I, IL g3a 53} -
Thaw paced his cell while his coun-
sci succeeded in having his applica-
ton for a writ Of habeas corpus
granted and set for argument Mean
while friends improved the opportu-
nifty to engage the best legal talent
available for Thaw. NJ
Justice Globensky's decision was
rendered In private, while perhaps 300
persons were assembled in the court
room hoping to witness the proceed
ings From among these idlers inn
migrant officers arrested a man CIV
ing the name of Mitchell Thompson"
who was identified as one of the two
men with Thaw when he was arrest
ed near Coaticook. 5s55s
Thompson insisted he was a resi-
dent OF Toronto, but both Sheriff
Hornbeck and District Attorney Con-
ger OF Duchess county. New York.
who looked him over, said he was
none other than '.Gentleman Roger"
Thompson, late OF New York city,
and reputed chauffeur OF the black
automobile that whirled Thaw away
from Matteawan at more than go,
miles an hour.
Thaw's escape was one Of the most
dramatic affairs of the kind ever re
corded. After knocking down a gate
man, who was admitting milkman to
the Matteawan asylum grounds, he
leaped into O. taxicab standing just
outside the wall. This was headed
for the Connecticut state line and
the moment Thaw entered the chauf-
sfeur put on full speed and dashed
away. Before q half mile had been.
covered by the taxicab 1t overlook q
six-cylinder touring car that had been
moving slowly, also toward the Con-,
fnecticut line. The taxicab slackened
sped and Thaw leaped out as the
smaller machine drew alongside the
touring car. The door Of the latter;
was open, and Thaw leaped aboard.
AS the door slammed the touring car
speeded away at a rate of 80 miles an
hour. The machine dashed through
Stormville, N. Y, miles from the
asylum, without any diminution Of
speed, and. according to late reports,
received by the asylum authorities,
crossed the Connecticut line in the
vicinity of New Canaan, Conn.