The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-09-04
FuRitive;is the First Witness
Called Before 1n,migra- 4
ton Board. 3 j, !.
TELLS OF ENTRY J
-. INTO CoAT1cocY
gaquiry BY Immigration Authorities
May be Finishcd this Afternoon or
May Last for Week-send for Bible
70 swear Witnesses with.

coaticook. Cue. Sept. 4.-Harry K.
Fhaw, after sleeping well. was up
early today to appear before the spe-
eial board OF. inquiry. authorized ,un-
der the dominion's drastic. immtSra-
ton law to order him deported.
Of an Institution for the insane Or had
board assembled at 1:l5 O'clock and
sent for bible toSswear with.
eft may. last . hAlf hour or 1t may
last q week. said the chairman as
he went. upatairs. The hearinks are
secret, ,at which Thaw 10 indignant.
The fiTst person examined was
Thaw. He was questioned regarding
he boarded the train at, Rochester, N.
a.. his ,objectiVe point being Pitts
burg. He told Of hirinE two farm
ert to drive him here, after leaving
the. train \
The beginning, Of the end Of Thaw's
refuge In Canada came with dramatic
swiftness late yesterday Afternoon. "A
Sunday at the direction Of jerome with
John Boudreau. chief Of police Of this
village as. petitioner, was sustained by
Superior Judge Hutchinson Of the
district OF st. Francis. sitting in
.chambers: at Sherbrooke. Z.
~, Deeply AfIected. 81
stolid, pallid, numb, Thaw sat fve
ee4Sf from the bench as he read the
decision When in the. very last para
graph the court declared him q free
man, whether he. desired liberty or
not, Thaw seemed to crumple up on
the lounge where. he sat. A cigar
stump, fell from his. left hand and
scattered ashes on the floor. from his
right hand huttered two gay bits, Of
ribbon q, child had given him.
i, Arrested Again.
But he did not rise. w. K. Nc
KeoWn of his counsel, leaned over
and pattins him on the shoulder.
Ing eyes and stood Up. Immigration
Officers III the room headed by y.
Blake Robertson, assistant 8. supeftn.
te&A9ah moved nSar him ana then
8. 4. .ieg;y a., Ut, tS a, @eys e tas
'@:S :cessssaM,th sss a,s,. ME-. rn..vi...s~aad -.
bye to tia reporters, Thaw obeyed.
Five minutes later gray roadster
streAkedl away from the court house
In the back seat was Thaw.i He had
not even been given; time to pack his
scanty belongings and correspondence
in his cell. In an hour he was in
coaticook. None but counsel was al
surprise or evidenced no grief Be-
hind him trailed his defeated law
yers.
ls Rather Peesimistio.
w. L. shurtleff. the flrst to arrive,
issued this statement:
II they have doctors all ready to
pronounce Thaw insane, as / am in
formed they have, there 10 almost
no hope Of preventing his immedi-
ate deportation. believe II We could
find 2 way to get the case into the
to prove this Immigration act uncon-
stitutional on the ground that 1t 10
inconsistent with the. Ashburton
treaty. But Il the authorities at OF
tawa are as determined to send Thaw
back AZ they seem to be. then I doubt
whether. they would pay any atten-
ton to any writ Of prohibition We
might obtain.
1.-THE immigration act provides that
no court may interfere with the
findings Of the board Of inquiry and
am afraid that the immigration Of
hcials will act before we have found
way to circumvent them"
Tf,aw Makes Query.
Thaw, when told that the inquiry
WAS to be held In secret wrote out
this question and sent 1t to the re-
pofters::
us 1t true that English law allows
secret trial, with the public exclud-
ed, when q mans life. or liberty is at
stake. like In Turkey or Bulgaria ?"
Thsw's chief counsel. J.. N. Green
Shields q Montreal millionaire. was
not present when the writ was sus-
tained.' Last night 1t was said he
was coming here to make last des-
perate stand.
Another Thaw lawyer due to ar
rive 10 w. K. Lahamma, also Of Mon
treal. Charles D. White, already
here, was discouraged and pessimis-
''It looks a. IL they were going to
railroad him." he said. Those high
er up have apparently made UP their
minds . $500 y.
Jerome had not word to say. Al
II sdivining in advance that Thaw. was
to. be forced out of the Sherbrooke
Jail he preceded him here by auto
mobile and was sitting in the machine
when the car bearing Thaw drove into
sight.
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