Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-05
JEROME IS JAILED
0NGAM|NG CHARGE
"Hooray for ThaW" Shout Ca
nadjans as Foe Is Led
to Cell.
GETS FREEDOM ON BAIL,
BUT JUSTICE is PUZZLED
Special Board of Inquiry Passes on
Deportation of Thaw This
Afternoon.

COATICOOk, Que, September will
liam Travers Jerome relaxed his vigil in
the case of Harry X. Thaw today for the
first time since he was retained by New
York state to bring about the fugitive
slayer's return to Matteawan- The rea-
son was that Mr.. Jerome was in Jail.
For nearly an hour he stood in a small
cell In the Coaticook lookup. charged with
gambling on railway property. Shortly
before noon he was released on 500 ball
for hearing before a magistrate tomor-
row morning. The maximum penalty, &C
cording to the crown prosecutor. Is one
wears Imprisonment, with no option OF
fine.
Meanwhile the special board Of inquiry.
sitting to determine whether Thaw shall
be deported, heard two witnesses. The
session was in secret.
The board adjourned at 1 o'clock. with
tile announcement that decision would
be made at pm.
The special board of inquiry said that
the question of Thaws sanity had not
been officially considered Convicted
merely of entering the Dominion py
stealth. Thaw would have the right or
appeal to the minister of the interior
This would insure his remaining here for
forty-eight hours more. He also might
be deported as an undesirable not neces-
sarily insane. This also could be appeal
ed The insanity phase was dropped II
was stated, to obviate the necessity OF
long drawn out examination by alienists
Still another angle to the fight over
Thaw was given about O'Clock tnis
afternoon when Judge Gervais issued
writ of habeaS corpus calling for the
production of Thaw in Montreal at once.
The witnesses examined in the fore
noon by the board of inquiry were TnaW
himself and Franklin Kennedy, deputy
was on the stand less than two minutes
He was asked one question: Are you
the man who killed Stanford White?
ION the advice Of counsel, | decline
10 answer" said Thaw. He was then
excused.
Identifies Commitment.
At this point a recess was taken and
later Mr.. Kennedy was called. He iden-
tilted the commitment on which Thaw
was first sent to Matteawan and the de-
crees remanding him there after his de-
feat in various habeas corpus proceed
ings in New York.
Jerome's arrest grew out of his in
formal card game played with re-
porters on a suit case yesterday near
the Grand Trunk railway station.
where Thaw is held in the immigra-
ton pen. 1t sent a thrill through the
town and crowds followed the FORMER
district attorney to. the jail. some
hooting him. some shouting, HQoray
for Thaw; deport Jerome.
Thaw's lawyers unanimously denied
that they were in any way responsible
for Jerome's arrest. and MILFORD AID
rich. the complainant. said he had acted
is a millhand. He complained to A. e.
Hanson. crown prosecutor. that he
saw Jerome playing cards. and this
morning Justice of the Peace James
Mckee signed the warrant
Starts With Surprise.
Jerome had just stepped from the tele-
phone booth at his hotel when Police
man John Andrews. somewhat difHdent
and uncertain of what would happen,
told him he was under arrest, Jerome
started with surprise, then smiled gravely
and was led away to Jail.
Hector Verret, of counsel for New York
in the Thaw proceedings. rushed to the
jail confirmed reports of his associates
predicament. then went to the office of
the justice of the peace and drew up a
bail bond Hanson, the prosecutor, fol-
lowed him and told the justice in no un-
certain terms that the prisoner could not
be admitted to bail at once, but should
be held for twenty-four. perhaps forty
eight hours. The old justice was in a
auandry.
III have to look up my law books. :
he said.
Il demand Jerome's release at once
shouted Verret. This is an outrage"
Don't do anything hasty. What au-
thority have you to release this man.
Mckee fingered his beard and
scratched his head Finally he decided
that he would go TO the courthouse and
! see what could be done Mr.. Jerome
was brought in and in five minutes the
formalifies were arranged
Jerome Leaves Laughing.
Face TO face with him in the little
court the crowd said not a word of de-
rision, and Mr.. Jerome left the building
laughing.
Should Thaw be deported suddenly II
will be necessary for Jerome to forfeit
his bail
Thaw laughed when he was told Of
the arrest. Il knew that man would
never come to any good end" he said
sarcastically.
Thaws Fail to Appear.
The on-appearance of any member
of the Thaw family barring the flying
trip of Mr.. and Mrs. George Lauder
Carnegie to Sherbrooke. has puzzled
the lawyers for both sides. One Of the
Thaw lawyers today expressed the be-
lief that the Thaws did not want to
see Harry free.
Mrs. Thaw had not arrived here today,
and in the absence of any other informa
ton 1t was assumed that her health
would not permit the trip. Thaw thought
yesterday that she was coming in re.
Spouse to his repeated appeals by tele-
graph
| The New York officials who are de.
| termined to see Thaw back in Mattea-
wan are growing impatient. They have
been sleeping two abed in CoaticoOk'
overtaxed hotels. The aids of jerome
spent the morning near the hearing room
an automobile primed for race to the
Vermont border whenever word should
come that deportation had been decreed
Thaw has been perhaps the least dis
turbed person of all. He was shocked
and stunned when the habeas corpus
writ was sustained, but the immigration
boards grilling here was much like
the court battles of old that he was un
rufied except when asked about hi
mother.
Crowds again came today to look a.
tine barred windows. They were MOI
| large crowds, rather groups of curious
who slouched against box cars and swap
ped theories on what was going to hap
pan.