Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-22
AUTHORITIES WIN
POINT IN ACTION
TO DEPORT THAW
Put Off Arraignment of Thomp-
son, Accused of Being Flu.
gitive's Chauffeur.
TO KEEP HIM JAILED TILL
AFTER THAW'S HEARING
Stanford Whites Slayer Ad-
vised to NaturaIize to
Foil Extradition.

SHERBROOKE. Que, Aug. 22.-The
hearing In the case of the self-styled
Mitchell Thompson" arrested by the
immigration authorities. charged with
aiding a lunatic-Harry X. Thaw-in
crossing the Canadian frontier, was
postn ned today until Friday next.
Tho, apson was arraigned before Po-
lice JSdge Mulvena shortly after 10
o'clock F. Campbell, acting jointly
for the Dominion department of i'm
migration and the Dutchess county
On. W authorities. asked that the
case be put over on the ground that
documents from Matteawan, showing
that Thaw had been confined there
and is insane, had not arrived here.
Thompson came into court disguised
by pair of smoked glasses. Pic
lures of Gentleman Roger" had ar
rived during the night, however, and
Sheriff Hornheck of Duchess county,
holding one of these and gazing at
the prisoner, said:
y 'Jt Certainly Is Roger"
who could miss it? 1t certainly is,
Roger"
Thompson said not a word.
The little courtroom on a floor be-
low the Superior Court, where Thaw's
habeas corpus hearing is to come up.
was packed to the doors. The judge
listened patiently while counsel
wrangled over the date for the hear
ing. All of Thaw's lawyers were
present
Thaw has been advised by certain of
his counsel, II was learned today. to
take steps to become naturalized as a
British subject and buy property In
Canada.
This. II was held, would prevent his
deportation.
Although describing himself as
Mitchell Thompson" this man has
been identified as Gentleman Roger"
Thompson. a chauffeur of New York
city, one of the Ave who aided Thaw
in his escape from Matteawan.
"aIet Thaw by Chance"
When arrested in the Superior
Court here, Thompson MAIN
taned that he was a citizen of To-
ronto and that he had met Thaw by
chance. However, he retained as
engaged to represent Thaw, although
Thaw had up to today declined to
admit that he had ever seen Thomp-
son or that there was under arrest
here any one of the quintet who took
part In his dash from the asylum In
Duchess county.
Sheriff Hornbeck, of Duchess
county, although coming here pri-
narily to watch the Thaw case, has a
warrant charging Thompson with
conspiring with others to bring about
Thaw's escape and he hoped that
the proceedings today would result
in the prisoner being surrendered for
return to the state OF New York.
To Face Seven witnesses.
Seven witnesses, it was said, would
be produced to show that Thomp-
son accompanied Thaw across the
Canadian border. Among them was
Octave Nedeau, his wife and two
Coaticoak. Nedeau has said ii was
he who furnished the rig for Thaw's f
last dash before his arrest, and that
Thompson accompanied him.
Thaw's sister, Margaret Thaw
Carnegie, and his brother-in-law
George Lauder Carnegie, left Sher-
brooke last night after comforting
with his lawyers and ascertaining
that everything was being done to
protect his interests.
he habeas corpus proceedings not
being due until Wednesday, Thaw
endeavored to relax today and to eu-
JOY the first good rest he has had
since his escape from Matteawan.
He still refused to discuss his flight.
He said again today that ne hoped
soon to be able to give an account
of his escape. Today he was jotting
down notes on the incidents. He had
been supplied with the New York
and Montreal papers and read every
word bearing on his case.
why Thompson Case Went Over.
The inside motive for the immi-
grafton authorities causing the
Thompson case to be postponed lies
In the fact that the charge on which
he is held is punishable only with a
fine. He could pay this at once and
decamp for parts unknown. The
warrant from Duchess county.
charging him with conspiracy. is not
regarded as sufficient basis for extra
dition. To patch up this loophole more
time Is needed.
Thaw broke away from his lawyers
last night long enough to frame a
telegram to q friend in Pittsburgh,
saying that he (Thaw) had tele-
D
Governor Stone, of Pennsylvania,
asking him to appeal to Secretary of
State Bryan in his behalf Thaw
added that he was the victim of
some underhand influence from some
other State exercised to prevent the
journeyinE to his own home"
The governor of the Sherbrooke
Jail laughed today when asked II
special guards had been detailed to
watch Thaw. He denied that this
was true. but it is understood that
precautionary measures have been
taken at the request of District At
torney Conger, OF Duchess county.
and his allies, the immigration au-
thorities.
To Pass Merely on Commitment.
MONTREAL, Aug. 22-"All that |
have to decide is whether the war
rant of commitment on which Harry
X. Thaw is confined in Jail was legal
ly issued or not" said Justice Glob-
ensky, before whom the Thaw case
in Sherbrooke is pending, on his ar
rival here from that city. He has a
home heer and spends week-ends in
Montreal during the summer.
"As the case now stands before
me-" the justice added, "it has moth
ing to do with extradition or deporta-
tion proceedings. The warrant on
which Thaw is confined was signed
by Justice of the Peace Dupuis. of
Coaticook. and the charge against
Thaw is that he illegally escaped from
Matteawan asylum. The writ of
habeas corpus was issued yesterday
afternoon. 1t was to have been
served on the jailer instanter. in
which case Thaw would have been
produced in court before me this
morning.
THE writ, however, was not served
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