The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-22
George Lauder Carnegie De-
clares Family Believes Him
Sane and Fortune Back Of
His Attempt to Escape Elk
tradition.
HIS ATTORNEY WINS
PRETTY SkIRMISH
Despite Canadian Legal Prac-
tees They Manage to Post
pone Case to Wednesday
and Then Foil Alleged At
tempt to Kidr APP Their Client

SHERBROOKE. QUE, August 81.
1t took nine attorneys to get six
days delay in legal procedure against
Harry Thaw. but they got 1t.
Result: There Is not the ghost or a
chance that Sherbrooke's prisoner can
be deported or extradited In anything
short of a probably
never.
Meantime. New York's State officials
have pitched their tent. SO to speak,
outside the Sherbrooke jail. where
they'll stay, no doubt. until they get
tired and march away home with
empty hands and pockets.
VIII BE Real Fight
For IL there was any doubt before
there remains none now that the Thaw
fortune is going TO make the scrap OF
it's life for the prodigai son. That Is
not all Everything indicates that
Canadian sympathy Is with Thaw and
Is going to do all that II cen IN Its
psychological way to keep Harry Thaw
away from Matteawan.
Briefly, the Thaw legal representa-
tives convinced Judge Arthur Glohen-
sky in a private conference this morn
ing that they should serve habeas
corpus writ for their clients appear
ance in court next Wednesday morn
ing at o o'clock.
During the conference the New
York officers were outside the Judge \
private chambers. After II was ali
cooked and dried r. a. Conger. dis
trict attorney for Duchess county and
some others from the Empire State
made a protest What they said
amounted to IA charge that Canada was
. letting Stanford Whites slayer hide
behind it's judicial skirts Rut the
protest didn't do them any good
sv4a- yt1n a.
ing fha3s made provincial eaherbr@oke
open its eyes During the day George
Lauder Carnegie, Thaw's brother in
Law, took time to explain In lengthy
Interview just what the family atti-
tude toward Harry ia The family Is
going to stick by him. After an un-
successful attempt to kidnap Thaw
and take him back to New York-an
incident by the way that was
vehemently denied as correct--the
town anieted down and went 10 sleep
All Back of Thaw.
Mr.. Carnegie In his talk with the
newspaper men said:
my brother-in-iaw escaped from
Matteawan SO that he could get back
to Pittsburg--not so he could SO TO
South America or any other place out
side the United States"
He declared that Harry could not
get a square deal in New York.
I'VE are all delighted" he con-
tinued, that he made his escape. A
break for liberty was the only re-
source left to him. He knew 1t; We
knew IT: everybody knows IL"
There was a pause. Then someone
asked.
"wnl Thaw stick by the five men
who helped him to escape p
That question electrified Mr.. Car
negie.
what is more. the family will stick
by them insofar as possible. We don't
consider that they did anything
wrong in giving liberty to man who
has every right to 1t.
but you must remember that Har-
~. II his sanity Is proved. will have
plenty of money. 1t won't be neces-
sary for his family to give aid. We
are ready to. however. and ! don't
hesitate to say IT.
There lis one thing want
thoroughly understood. Harry Thaw's
family was not cognizant OF his In
tended escape. Perhaps some OF us
had come to hope that he would en-
gineer the thing. won't say that
Il not tiNle, but I shall say that no
one ever talked about such a matter
with him."
.Mr. Carnegie" he was asked. els
there a chance OF reconciliation be-
tween Harry and Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw IL he Is proven sane and comes
into the money you speak off,"
mo, think that while Thaw has
the greatest sympathy for Evelyn he
II done with her forever"
III he comes into his money will
he take care Of her financially and
does he think that II he does not
come into this money that his family
should care for her p ..s........... 49,.
Believe Thaw sane.
'sYou must remember" he replied
s'that Evelyn is making plenty of
money and Is able to take care Of
herself Just ms Harry is able to take
care OF himself"
''Does the Thaw family really think
that Thaw il sane?"
se That question liz absurd, sir"
Here Mr.. Carnegie shook his finger
and said:
"Don't you know that we would be
the last people to want him. to get
out Of Matteawan or any other asy
lum II Wa Thought him insane2--R De
you think that we would take the
chance of Harry doing an act Of vio-
lonce, and causing the family to go
through another seven years like the
last have been? Let the public think
Of that.
aDoes Harry bear any malice to-
ward anyone, and how about the
death list introduced by former Dis
1Sict Attorney Jerome at the last
y habeas corpus hearing at White
Plains In 1927"
Harry does not bear malice to-
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