The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-09-04
FOLLOWING GRANTING
OF HABEAS CORPUS
Impression Prevails That
Thaw Will Be Deported to
Norton's Mills, VT, Al
though the Time Is I'm
certain

Coaticook, p. O., Sept. 4.-The Harry
X. Thaw hearing before a special i'm
migration inquiry board which is to de-
eide whether he is to be deported, opened
this morning with Thaw himself as the
first witness. Questioned regarding his
entrance into Canada, hs said he board
ed train at Rochester, N. H., with his
objective point Pittsburg, Pa. He also
told of hiring men to drive him here
after leaving the train.
The hearing was private, but the in.
formation as to Thaws testimony was
given out by Attorney Shurtleff, appear
ing for Thaw, when the attorney left the
room during hull in the proceedings.
The impression prevails that Thaw wilt
be deported to Norton's Mills, Vt, al
though it is uncertain how long the pro
ceedings which started to-day might last.
In more detail, Thaw explained he had
bought ticket to Beecher Falls, VT,
the last station on the Maine Central
r. r., and when he learned the train
went no further he began the overland
trip by buggy, which ended in his ar
rest at Barford.
H. Johnston. the farmer who drove
Thaw across the line, was next called.
He said he drove toward the border in
the direction Of Paquettsyille, 100 feet
from the line, turned back, he said, and
made way toward Canaan, VT Finally
4 d.. l..1
house. Johnston said that as they went
through that place Thaws low, cautious
tone frightened him and he refused to
go further. Thaw and his companions
alighted, and he went home.
Octave Nadeau, who agreed to drive
them to the inn at Barford, was the next
witness, and at noon the hearing was
adjourned until 2 o'clock. The adjourn
ment came after Thaw had brought up
the point that the case came under what
is known as the tourists law in the inn
migration. He claimed he was tour
ist passing through Canada and so was
exempt from molestation. The board
said it would take the point under con
sideration and render its decision later.
Thaw Pried Out of Jail.
Thaw, r~ied out of Jail at Sherbrooke,
enjoyed three minutes of liberty yester-
day afternoon and was then seized bv
the Dominion immigration authorities
and hustled by automobile to this little
town.
The beginning of the end of Thaw's
refuge in Canada came with dramatic
swiftness. A writ of habeas corpus,
sued out last Saturday at the direction
OF Jerome with John Boudreau, chief
of police of this village, as petitioner,
was sustained yesterday afternoon by
Matthew Hutchinson, superior Judge OF
the district of st. Francis, sitting in
chambers at Sherbrooke. Stolid, palld, |
dumb, Thaw sat not nve feet from the |
Judge as he read. When, in the very
last paragraph, the court declared him |
a free man, whether he desired liberty |
or not, Thaw seemed to crumple up in |
the lounge where he sat A cigar stump |
fell from his left hand and scattered |
ashes on the floor; from his right hand |
fiuttered two gay bits of ribbon a child |
had given him.
But Thaw did not rise. w. X. Nc |
Keown of his counsel leaned over and |
patting him on the shoulder, whispered. |
Thaw raised his big, staring eyes and |
stood up. immigration officers in the
room headed by E. Blake Robertson, as
sistant superintendent, moved near him,
and then Thaw began slowly to move to /
the door. At the threshold, Robertson
said simply: "Come with us, Mr.. Thaw."
And without a word except a hoarse
good bye TO the reporters, Thaw obeyed.
Five minutes later a gray roadster
streaked away from the courthouse In
the back seat was Thaw. He had not
even been given time to pack his seanty
belongings and voluminous correspond
ence in his cell. In an hour he was in
Coaticook, guarded in the detention room
by two stalwart Dominion police None
but counsel was allowed to see him.
The 23-mile trip was without special
incident. Thaw expressed no surprise.
evidenced no grief.
W. L. Shurtleff, the first TO arrive,
issued a statement. 1t follows:
IF they have doctors all ready to
pronounce Thaw insane as am informed
they have. there is almost no hope of I
preventing his immediate deportation.
I believe if we could find a way to ger
the case into the courts we would have
a good chance to prove this immigration
act unconstitutional on the ground that
il is inconsistent with the Ashburton
treaty. But If the authorities at OF
tawa are as determined to send Thaw