The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-09-01
1HAW LOSES IN
COURT BATTLE;
JEROME VICTOR
Lawyers Taken by Surprise When
Writ of Habeas Corpus is
Issued.
PETITION MADE BY POLICE
CHEF WHO ARRESTED HIM

Sherbrooke. Aug, 31.-liarry X.
Thaw's lawyers swept OFF Their feet
yesterday by the sudden move of
William Trayers jerome in obtain
ing through John Boudreau, the
Coateook chief of police writ of
habeas corpus requiring Thaws p~o-
duetion in the Superior Court here
Tuesday, spent the day in confer
enees and tonight gave a renewed
expression of their belief that the
writ would not be sustained.
'1f 1t is sustained" said w j Nc
lIown of the Thaw forces there's
always recourse through appeal and
! am inclined 10 think that an ap-
peal to the seourt of reviews or
through the sourt of appeals would
act as stay land hold our client in
jail safe from deportation. In view
Of such circumstances | do not see
how New York state can make any
move until the Kings bench con-
yenes in October"
Thaw spent the day in his cell
writing letters and debating to his
stenographer.
Sherbrooke, Que, Aug. 81
Harry Kendall Thaw, the mad
millionaire" fugitive from Mattea-
wan asylum, lost the second round
In his battle for liberty in the Cana
dian courts
Superiour Court Judge Matthew
Hutchinson issued writ of habeas
corpus for Thaw on the application
Of Constable Bondreau OF Coaticook
who arrested the fugitive as he
ctusel tta hardef ipto taaada 1ne
writ Is returnable on TUESDAY, when
Thaw must again appear In court.
"Thaw is Just as good as on the
way to Matteawan now. declared
William Trayers Jerome, arch foe
and forme, prosecutor of Thaw,
after the writ was granted
1t was Jerome who devised this
new method of Fastening the pos
sible deportation of Thaw, II was
he who dug deeply into the Cana
dian statutes and found the law un-
der which he could act, after the
Canadian attorneys, hired to repre-
sent New York, had given up hope
of any future action toward deport-
ing Thaw until after his trial on
October IA.
When Jeerome discovered the law,
canadian immigration officers inn
mediately aided him in inducing
Constable Boudreau to sue out the
writ.
Boudreau asked for the writ on
the ground that. as the original cap
tor of Thaw. he might be liable to
damages should Thaw's arrest prove
illegal.
Jerome hopes that the writ will
be sustained and that on Tuesday
Thaw will be in the hands of the de-
partment of immigration for de-
portation to Vermont. Then would
begin the fight for his extradition
from Vermont to New York.
Thaw's Lawyer Surprised
Jerome's new attack took Thaw's
lawyers completely by surprise.
Only c. D. White and II. B. Fraser
of Thaws big legal army were in
Sherbrooke when Judge Hutchinson
began to hear the application for the
new writ. They recognized the
seriousness of the situation and
telegraphed to j. ~ Greenshied,
who had gone to Montreal. Green
shield hired a special train and be-
gan a record breaking race to Sher-
brooke, a distance Of 100 miles
Meanwhile Thswa lawyers began
fighting the moves of the lawyers
for the prosecution. Samuel
Jacobs Of Montreal, attorney for the
immigration department of Canada,
and Jerome exhausted every agency
to rush the case through today and
get Thaw into the hands of the inn
migration authorities for deporta-
ton proceedings before night
After an hours arguments Judge
Hutchinson agred to make the writ
returnable on Tuesday, instead OF
today as Jerome urged. ~
Armed Men Ready to Act.
Armed guards waited at the Jail,
while the hearing in court was in
progress. They were prepared to es-
cort Thaw to court.
An automobile with the engine
running was waiting outside the
court room, loaded with armed inn
migration officials, who planned to
rush Thaw to Coatieook had Judge
Hutchinson freed him ON the writ
Immediately.