South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-04
ENJOYS ONLY THREE
MINUTES OF LIBERTY
Is Placed in a Big Roadster and
Sent to CoatiCook Where
Two Men Guard Him in De-
tention Room.

COATICOOK, Que, Sept. 4.-Harry
Kendall Thaw, pried out Of the Sher-
brooke Jail on a writ Of habeas corpus
obtained by a coup of William Travers
Jerome, enjoyed three minutes Of lib
erty Wednesday afternoon and was
then seized by the Dominion immigra-
ton authorities and hustled by auto
mobile 10 this little town where We'd
nesday night ne paced the floor in the
immigration detention room over the
Grand Trunk railway station.
Thursday morning a special board
of inquiry will sit in his case and by
night he may be thrust across the Yer
mont border as an undesirable alien.
His lawyers have planned no pro-
cedure TO resist extradition TO New
York and the belief was current
"Wednesday night that before many
hours Thaw will be back in Mattea-
wan asylum for the criminal insane.
from which he escaped Sunday, Aug.
IT.
The beginning OF the end Of Thaw's
refuge in Canada came with dramatic
swiftness. 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 at 2:45 o'clock We'd
nesday afternoon by Matthew Hutch
inson, superior judge OF the district
IT
Sherbrooke.
Thaws Hears Decision.
Stolid, pallid, numb. Thaw sat not
five feet from the judge as he read
the decision. When, in the very last
paragraph the court declared him
free man whether he desired liberty
or not Thaw seemed TO crumple up
on the lounge where he sat. A cigar
stump fell from his left hand and
scattered ashes on the floor; from his
right hand huttered two gay bits OF
ribbon a child had given him.
But he did not rise. w. K. Nc
Keown of his counsel leaned over and
patting him on the shoulder, whis
pered Thaw raised his big staring
eyes and stood up. Immigration Off
GERS in the room, headed by Z. Blake
Robertson, assistant superintendent,
moved near him and then Thaw be-
gan 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 10 the reporters. Thaw obeyed.
Five minutes later a gray roadster
streaked away from the court house.
in the back seat was Thaw. He had
not even been given time to pack his
scanty belongings md voluminiOus
correspondence in mis- cell. In an
hour he was here in Coaticook, guard
ed in the detention room by two stall
wart Dominion police None but
counsel was allowed to see him.
Express No Surprise.
The % mile trip was without spe-
cial incident Thaw expressed no
surprise. evidenced no grief. Behind
him trailed his defeated lawyers
w. l.. Shurtleff. the first to arrive,
issued this statement:
''f they have doctors already to
pronounce Thaw insane, as I am in
formed they have. there is almost no
hope OF preventing his immediate de-
portatiOn. I believe If we could find
a way TO get the case into the courts.
we would have good chance to
prove this immigration act uncon-
stitutiOnal on the ground that Il Is in
consistent with the Ash burton treaty.
But II the authorities at Ottawa are
as determined 70 send Thaw back as
they seem TO be, then doubt very
much whether they would pay any at
tention 10 any writ OF prohibition we
might obtain.
The immigration act expressly
provides that no court may interfere
with the findings OF the board OF in
quiry and l am afraid that the immi-
grafton officials viii act before we
have found way TO circumvent
them"
was 10 be held in secret. wrote out
this question and sent il down 10 the
reporters.
Thaw Gives Statement.
us IL true that English law allows
a secret trial with the public excluded
when a mans life or liberty is at
stake. like in Turkey or Bulgarian"
Thaw's chief counsel. J. y Green
shields. a Montreal millionaire, was
not present when the writ was sus-
tanned Wednesday night but IL was
said he was hurrying here TO make a
last desperate stand. Another emf
nent Thaw lawyer due 10 arrive was
y. X. Lafiame also Of Montreal.
Charles ID. White, already here, was
discouraged and peSsimiSic.
"It looks as IL they were going 10
railroad him." he said. Those high
er up have apparently made up their
minds"
Jerome had not q word 70 say. AS
II Givining in advance that Thaw was
10 be forced out OF the Sherbrooke
Jail. he preceded him here by auto
mobile and was sitting In the machine
gazing down the roadway when the
car bearing Thaw hove into sight
Franklin Kennedy, deputy attorney
general OF New York. was seated be-
side Jerome.
Few or the sympathetic townspeo-
pie OF SherbroOke knew that Harry
1'haw- whom they cheered last We'd
nesday as martyr. was 20 leave them
wednesday. Nobody expected the de-
cision on the habeas corpus writ so
soon-s