The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-29
THAW FAMILY
 PROVIDES BAIL
 FOR THOMPSON
Formidable Array Of Legal Talent in Can-
 adian Court
"GentIenlan Roger" Is At Liberty Until kext "Wednesday Un-
 der Bond Of $500

Sherbrooke, Que. Aug 29-"Gentle- man Roger Thompson, the New York chauffeur who whirled Harry K. Thaw away from Matteawan in an automo- bile walked the streets of Sherbrooke, today, a free man. Police Magistrate Mulvena admitted him to $500 bail af- ter he had appeared for trial charged with aiding Thaw, 1unatic, and therefore an undesirable, to enter the Dominion.
 F. Campbell, for the immigration de- partment announced to the court that he wished to press first the charge that Thompson entered Canada by, stealth Thompson's counsel, Louis St. I4aurente, acting with the Thaw counsel, objected to proceedings on this charge and at their request the adjournment was granted.
 William Travers Jerome, District At torney Conger. of Duchess county: Deputy General Franklin Kennedy and others here trying to get Thaw back to Matteawan, were in court. The little court room was packed,
 With Thaw in Jail for indefinite period, probably till the session of the Kings bench in October and the Thompson case postponed, indications were, today, tha tthere had set in decided IHIl in matters pertaining to Stanford Whites slayer.
 MT. Jerone's unproductive visit to Quebec, where he had hoped to see the
 
 the case back to where it was when Thaw was first committed to the Sher- brooke jail. Messrs. Jerome and Ken nedy were still here, today, but what move ta1e New York attorneys would next make they would not say.
 Thompson's bail was supplied by the Thaw family. They have done all in their power to ease his position fol- lowing his yelled threat to @squeaI' sS7ee1 " ID zsrstss behind tIae- plot Ifef7 her
 William Travers Jerome, chief of the New York state forces working for, the deportattou of Harry K. .Thaw, re- turned here from Quebec, early today, after fruitless trip to see31ae pre- mier and attorney generaB1s Lomer G4ouin, whom he found absent and the status of the states case in the Thaw matter remained unchanged.
 Lawyers for both sides gathered in police court for the trial of Gentle man Roger Thompson, the chauffeur who drove Thaw from Matteawan on the morning, of his escape He is charged with aiding Thaw to cross tn Canadian border and violating the immigration laws by assisting an un- desirable alien to enter the dominion
 "I do not think I shall return to Quebec said MT. Jerome. +I cannot say now what will be our next step.''
 ''Gent1eman Roger, told his lawyers that he would plead not guilty and
  having been born in Toronto and there fore not subject to deportation.
 Thaw evinced marked interest in the Thompson case, today, as he thought it might involve a, subsequent test as to his own sanity. His lawyers did not see him, this forenoon. Jerome was one of the first to ap- pear in court. Thompson came in at 10:O5 and held a conference-w his lawyer, Louis St. Laurente. Thaw's lawyers, White and McKeown, assist ed him. The case of Thompson is so interwoven with Thaw's that the Thaw counsel were anxious that no false step be made. L. T. MarechaI, of Montreal, of the | Dominion's leading lawyers, appeared as chief counsel for the immigration | authorities, assisted by F. Campbell. Magistrate Mulvena did not take his i seat on the bench until nearly 10:3O. | M. Campbell opened the case for the prosecution, electing to try Thompson on the charge of entering the Dominion by stealth, sidetracking the Thaw is | sue. A recess was then taken in or 1 der that a court stehographer might l be procured. When Court reconvened, 1 adjournment, was taken until Wednes- l day, September 3. Meantime, Thomp- son was admitted to $500 bail