The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-09-11
FEARS KIDNAPPING
BY NEW YORK MEN
Slayer of Stanford White
Taken From Detention
Pen Early In Morning
and Set Free in United
States, Only to Be Ar
rested a Few Hours Later
By 4 Sheriff.
By ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Colebrook, NJ H, Sept 10.-IIarry K
Thaw tonight slept barricaded in g
hotel room here after one of the mos
exciting days of his career. He was
thrust across the border early this
morning despite the habeas corpus
writ demanding his presence in Mon
treal Monday. For three hours he was
q free man and during that time he
drove madly fifty miles in an automo-
bile. Near noon he ran into the arms
OF a sheriff and was brought to Cole
brook
WaIlfann Travers Jerome is rushing
here on a special train to assume
charge tomorrow for New York state
In an effort to return the fugitive to
the Matteawan asylum.
Meantime Thaw is detained. There
Is no charge and no warrant and fear
ing kidnapping by the New York Of
f1cerg Thaw asked for a special guard.
The chief of police swore in twelve
special deputies, all armed. They are
tonight patrolling the streets about
Thaw's hotel. The fugitive has tele-
graphed to lawyers far and near and
proposes to fight to the bitter end.
THREE HOURS or LIBERTY.
Harry f. Thaw enjoyed three hours
OF liberty in northern New England to-
noon on a country road i've miles from
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Thaw, in an automobile with some
newspaper correspondents, was driving
down the road and had reached rural
school house when an automobile con-
tanning the sheriff appeared in sight.
The, sheriff, recognizing Thaw. held up
his hand for the car to stop. Thaw
ordered the chauffeur, French Cana
dian, to bring the car to standstill
and then alighted and went into the
sleriff-s car without protest, although
the officer had no warrant for his ar
rest. Thaw and the newspaper cor
respondents then proceeded to Cole
brook. Thaw was not locked up in
Jail but was taken to the Office of Tom
johnson. local attorney, whom he re-
tanned as his legal adviser.
During the early part of his flight
from Norton Nils, VT. Thaw lost his
hat and when he reached here he wore
a cap borrowed from one of his news
paper companions. His only posses
sion was a bunch of cigars. As soon,
as he arrived here with his prisoner,
Sheriff Drew wired William Drawers
Jerome Of the arrest of Thaw and re-
quested Mr.. Jerome to come here to
take charge of the fugitive.
Later in the day Thaw will be taken
to Lancaster, the county seat. and con-
fined in the county Jail.
When Thaw crossed the information
al boundary at O'Clock this morning,
only about dozen persons were about
at Norton Mflls-the first town on the
Vermont side Of the border-and none
Of them made any attempt to delay his
car.
For the first time since his arrest at
Coaticoo4z three weeks ago, Thaw was
a free man. He stood for a moment
not knowing which way to go and then
asked one of the newspaper corre-
spondents who had followed him from
Coatfcooi in an automobile il he might
enter his car. Permission was granted
and the party started Immediately for
Averf1l. where a stop was made.
ATTEMPTED TO PHONE.
On reaching Averill Thaw attempt
ed 20 get in telephone communication
with his mother and his lawyers ct