The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-08-20
Sheriff Recognizes Runaway
in Train on Way to
Cross Border Line.
THAw ADMITS IDENTITY
Takes Advice From Man Bent
on Getting $500 Reward
for His Capture.

SHERsRooKE, Quebec, Aug. 1s.-Hasry
Thaw was arrested little after O'Clock
this morning at st. Hermcngilde. {. .0arford,
Quebec.
He Is now in Jail In Sherbrooke. charged
with being a fugitive from Justice.
Tomorrow morning his attorney. DR..
w. L. Shurtleff. X. c.. will try to have
him released on a writ OF habeas corpus.
Canadian of'icials say that Thaw will be
deported to the United States as an un-
desirable immigrant. 1t looks as II to-
morrow may see the beginning OF legal
fight that may last perhaps a year.
1t is understood here that Thaw has In
his pocket a through ticket to Detroit. II
this Is true some authorities say that they
will have no choice but to allow him TO
continue to his destination.
Two men who accompanied Thaw to
CoaticoOk and who are supposed to have
helped him to escape from the State Asy-
ium for the Criminal Insane In Matteawan
In New York were not arrested. They
have disappeared.
Thaw Is reticent and Sheriff Aylmer of
Sherbrooke won't let interviewers see him
The man responsible for the arrest Of
the much hunted fugitive is Deputy Sheriff
Burleigh II. Kelsey OF Colebrook. y. II.
He has claimed the $500 reward offered
| by Supt Kieb Of the Matteawan hospital
and another reward Of $50.
Thaw and his two companions had
abandoned the black six cylinder touring
car which took him from Matteawan on a
dash through four States at Rochester,
N. H. Its meter registered 7ss miles.
Attract Attention ON Train.
! They had boarded n train and were
fairly on their way to Canada when
Deputy Sheriff Kelsey, who had boarded
the train at Lancaster. the county seat,
began to exercise his detective instincts
He was reading a newspaper which had
Thaw's picture on the front page when
| the shortest OF three men who were SIT
ting across the aisle asked a stranger
what town was the county seat. The
stranger replied that he did not know.
! He pointed to Kelsey and said: THAT
man across the aisle might tell you"
! The deputy sheriff looked up from his
newspaper. looked past the man who
wanted to know about the county seat and
| found himself staring at tall, sallow,
premature aged man. who seemed to the
sheriff to look exactly like the portrait lie
had just been scrutinizing. The likeness
was So close that the deputy sheriff stared
I hard without realizing it. The tall chap
! shifted uneasily and finally said to kc-
sey:
! DO YOU know who ! am'
Il could make IA pretty good guess
Kelsey replied.
| well. who do YOU think am"
Il think YOU are Harry Il. Thaw."
Il am Thaw." was the reply. but you
! don't want me- You couldn't do anything
with me because have been acquitted
and under the law the New York officials
! cannot extradite me-
In his newspaper the Sheriff had Just
been reading an opinion to that very
| effect. He sat silent for while, mcdi-
| tating as to what he should do. He did
| not want to make any break that would
| bring ridicule on the shrievalty and yet
he did not want to miss the chance to
get DR.. kiebs $500 reward So the
deputy sheriff conversed with Thaw
, further.
Where are you going" he asked.
ITO Canada first and then across the
water" said Thaw.
| The two men who were sitting with the
| Matteawan fugitive said nothing. To tho
Sheriff II looked as II it was their busi-
ness to get Thaw across the border, not
to advise him as to talking with STRANGERS.
| Presently. Thaw. seeing no harm in this
deputy sheriff, talked freely with him.
lie said he wanted to get to the Grand
| Trunk Railway-that he was in IA hurry
to reach Quebec.
| Kelsey told him that they were ap-
preaching the Canadian border. and that
the Grand Trunk was about fifteen miles
away. II would be easy to get from one
railroad to another by buggy or automo-
bile. the Sheriff suggested.
Reward seeker Advises Thaw.
For while Thaw sat meditatins, The
two men with him, one tall and thin and
the other described as short, pudgy and
square jawed. said nothing. Finally
Thaw asked at what station he had better
leave the train for the jump to the Grand
Trunk.
"Beecher's Falls. ! should say" coun-
selled Kelsey,
IAN right. I'll do It," said Thaw
The deputy sheriff. having decided by
this time that he would 20 after that
$500 no matter what the newspapers said
and that he would need help to do II, got
off at Colebrook. He speedily found Two
cronies. Walter Drew. newspaper cor
respondent, and Lib Barbour They
hired an automobile and started north
over the rough New Hampshire roads.
heading for Beechers Falls.
Meanwhile Thaw and his two pplr ha /
got to Beecher's Falls and had ensas
a horse and buggy to take them across
the line.
a few miles out OF town their driver