The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-19
WARRANT ISSUED
FOR HARRY THAW
Fugitive From Matteawan
Arylum Formally Charged
With Conspiracy.
HIS AccoMPLIcEs SOUGHT
Officials Confident He Can Be
Arrested and Returned to
New York.

Poughkecpsie, y. Y. August 19.-If
Harry X. Thaw has not left the country
he VIII be arrested on warrant charg
ing him with conspiracy ana returned
TO the Matteawan State Hospital for
the Criminal Insane. Action with this
end In view was taken In a special term
OF the Supreme Court here this after
neon when Justice Joseph Morschauscr
issued warrant for the arrest of
Ihaw. charging him with conspiracy
with Keeper Howard Barnum and five
oth,r men in making his escape from
Matlcawan.
similar warrants were also Issued
for jtchard J. Butler. Roger Thompson,
Michael O'Kcefe, Eugene Duffy and
Thomas Flood. Thaw's alleged accom-
pliccs. Keeper Barnum the guard who
opened the hospital gate when Thaw
escaped. has been held without bail for
examination Thursday.
Justice Morschauser issued the war
rants for Thaw and his five alleged ac-
completes after taking the evidence Of
several WITNESSES this afternoon. Dis
trict Attorney Conger claims conspiracy
Is an extraditable charge, and that
Thaw can be brought back to Duchess
County. no matter to what State he
He'd
Expects TO Make Arrests.
Armed with the warrants, Sheriff
Fred Hornbeck and his deputies left
furriedly totnight for the eastern part
Of the county. The sheriff made 1t
known he had received a clue which
lie expected to lead TO the arrest OF the
FIVE accompl.ces
From witnesses to-day, the sheriff
learned that all OF the men wore dark
suits and four OF them were clean
looking New Workers." Butler is de-
scribed as being just under six feet in
height, roughly spoken and ugly look
ing"
Witnesses to-day included william
Gordon. proprietor OF the Holland
House at Fishkill Landing. where the
Ave strangers stopped Gordon vcri
ned the five names taken from the
hotel register He said the. five spent
much OF their time in the hotel bar
room and talked freely. According to
Gordon. when the men were asked
about their business. one Of them re-
piled:
ii am In the water business: get
the water out of Shecpshcad Bay"
Aftcrward the same man said TO
Gordon II am one OF those fellows
who never Ike to see anybody in
trouble. | don't care what he has done:
when sec a fellow in trouble. am
sorry for him and Will try to help
him out"
The men left the hotel together in
the TWO cars Sunday morning" Gordon
continued. "They paid their bills. and
one man asked another in the party
IL he thought they could be back be-
fore night. The other man replied that
they ought to make /; all right"
Lindley Churchwell. employed at the
Holland House said the car in which
Thaw escaped was n 1913 model. and
was run by man who gave his name
Thompson. There were numbers on
tho car, the witness said. but he was
unable 10 tell in the poor light what
they were.
Witness Describes Escape
Robert Lowery another witness.
told OF the approach Of the five men
10 the hospital Il was working in
my barn Sunday morning." he said,
from Matteawan TO Fishkill village. 1t
was large touring car, with two
men in IL. One man got out and walk
ed up the hill to point where IL was
possible TO see the rear gate OF the
hospital. He came down and went
back and climbed the hill n third time.
each time reporting 10 his companion.
Al that time. went into the house
and heard car coming down the hill,
and some one was yelling. Then
came out and saw the same man lump
into the car. saw the tail OF the
other car passing the corner. and
saw this man jump into the car that
had been standing there.
This car soon followed the other
There were three men in the rear
seat OF the car that came down the
hin and one man in tho front seat
driving
Leroy s Crum, an employe of the
hospital, gave the following account
OF the escape:
Il went to the door some three or
four minutes before the car came down
the road. I looked up and saw Thaw
standing in the middle of the gate
and Barnum on the side. stayed
there for over a minute. and went to
the harness room, and when return
ed the car was going down the hill
Bobbie ODell came in with some milk,
and ! said to O'Dcll That's thaw in
that automobile He replied. Are you
sureT and / said il looked very much
like Thaw. did not see Thaw get
into the car. but ! did see him sitting
in the middle OF the back seat"
Crum said he had no conversation
with Barnum, but added that he had
seen Barnum and Thaw walking
around the yard for the past two or
three months, and on Sunday morning
Barnum and Thaw walked toward the
cate