Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-08-27
IS VICTOR
IN The FIRST
Fight
The CANADIAN JUSTICE UPHOLDS
THE ATTORNEYS FOR THAW IN
SPITE OF OBJECTIONS BY THE
COUNSEL FOR new YORK STATE.
WILD CHEERING FOLLOWS.
THAW GOES BACK TO
JAIL FOR AWHILE LONGER

Sherbrooke, Quebec, Aug. 27.--Har
ry K. Thaw. fugitive of Mattewan, will
remain in the Sherbrooke Jail indeti
nitely to be dealt with according tC
law"
| This was the decision of Superior
Court Judge Globensky this afternoon
in granting the motion for discontinue
ance of a writ of habeas corpus It
was the second victory of the day for
the Thaw forces. the court having rul,
ed in the forenoon that Canadian cOun.
Isel representing New York state could
present.
The decision, delivered in French
was received in silence by a packed
court room. The court had previously
warned spectators that repetition OF
the forenoons demonstration, when
the New York lawyers were ruled out
would mean jail sentences for those
it.
Thaw was taken back to Jail almost
while throngs that over,
flowed the court house lawn and ad,
jacent streets, cheered wildly, The
prisoner lifted his hat and acknowled
8ed the demonstration.
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Aug. 27.-New !
York state was ruled out OF court
here today in a dramatic preliminary |
skirmish with lawyers for Harry X |
rhaw, the Mattewan fugitive, fighting
Superior Judge Globensky, hearing
arguments of Thaws counsel on a ma |
ion to discontinue writ of habeas
'orpus, absolutely refused to enter.
ain the objections Of Hector Verret.
representing New York. This was
greeted with wild outburst of cheer
ng by thousand Canadian specta'
ors. Thaw, rising, bowed in acknowl. :
,dgement. ID
"Hooray for the British flag Hooray
or Harry Thaw," shrieked men and
standing, on chairs, waving
andkerchiefs,' parasols and hats.
Judge Gobensky later granted the II
lea for the dscontinuance of the !
abeas corpus writ and remanded -
haw to Jail. This was complete g
ictory for the Thaw lawyers. |
Thaw bowed three times like t
ar taking a curtain call before a t
audience. His cheeks s
ere flushed, his big, brown eyes il
lone. but he maintained his com h
)Sure.
When the New Workers and their b
anadian lawyers got back their a
'eath, they assembled in their hotei. r'
r. Jerome called the reporters aside CT
I'd dictated this statement. T
"We, who represent here the state p'
New York, are entirely unwilling rt
comment on the scene that occur
d in one of his maiesty's courts to 't
W The relations between the fiji
II of the United States and the al
ates of the Dominion of Canada are o\
ost friendly and cordial and we real
: keenly the sense of humiliation ex. ca
rienced by our brethren in Canada OF
10 are assisting us. Mr. Jacobs, who Sc
dSSCCldl0u WIN US, IS present dlu VI
, would prefer not to say anything II
tn reference to the occurrence or tn
: morning do
Mr.. Jerome turned toward Mr.. ia tn
BIS and the latter said:
There is nothing l can add | viii ca
Y, though, that it is the first in. ko
nee to my knowledge where such th
outburst in any of our courts was er
followed by the immediate clear
of the court" ar,
Judge Globensky taking his seat at an
10. denounced the forenoon out. pie
'ak as the most disgraceful scene" sol
had ever witnessed and threatened COZ
all sentence to any one repeating air
III demonstration. He made his 10,
nouncement first in French. and WI
n in English.