Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-02
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF PROV
INcE OF QUEBEC INTER-
vENEs IN CASE.
COURT ORDERS HEARING
UNDER WRIT TO PROCEED
Thaw's Counsel eafficd in Effort to
Secure Further Delay and Escaped
Mattsawan inmate Faces peporta.
tion-Attornsy for Quebec Declares
Jaiis Arc Not Boarding Houses.

came face to face with a new force In
the province Of Quebec today. Sir
Lomer Gouin. attorney general and
premier. intervened in the case thru
Aime Goeffrion. his special representa-
tive and demanded that steps be taken
at once to bring about Thaw's release
from the Sherbrooke Jail, where for
two weeks the American has defed de-
portation.
The premier thru his representative
branded Thaw's detention as a "scan-
dal on the province" and declared that
the Sherbrooke Jail was no public
boarding house." and referred to Thaw
as one who had boasted that "he had
outwitted the authorities"
The representatives Of New York
appeared and pressed for an immediate
hearing on the hearing Of habeas cor.
pus obtained last week. The court con-
ceded their point and arguments were
in progress at noon.
II the writ is sustained Thaw will
probably be In the hands Of the immi-
grafton authorities by night possibly
on his way to the border.
Orders Hearing 70 Proceed.
If he Is not liberated on the writ"
Mr.. Geoffrion said. "other means will
be taken. Thaw must not be harbored
in 4 Canadian JAIL"
Thaw's face fell and his lawyers, de-
claring that the~writ was irregular.
spoke In turn pleading for adjournment
until Friday. sssF
eve must go on.,s' said, the court
II represent the attorney general"
said Mr.. Geoffrion, "and 1t IL OF para
mount Importance that justice in this
case move swiftly. Our jails are not
public boarding houses. 1t is the at
torney generals desire that this mat
ter be settled Immediately by the LIB
GRAFTON Of Mr.. Thaw. The prisons Of
the province can not be used to shield
q man from the federal law"
Decision 10 Withheld.
To the great disappointment Of those
representing New York, the court re-
Sc, led decision at the conclusion OF
the arguments.
1T Is q matter Of such great i'm
portance," he said, that I can not de-
eide this matter unit I have given 1t
careful consideration. Possibly tomor-
row I shall announce my decision"
sherbrooke. Quebec. Sept 2-Over
an avalanche Of objections Of Thaw's
counsel, Judge Hutchinson today or
dered that the habeas corpus proceed
,ngs brought by New York should go
on Counsel for Canadian immigration
authorities announced that the attor-
ney general had intervened and that
this matter must be decided at once.
Sherbrooke Astir Early.
Thronged with visitors to the county
fair and bathed in q brilliant Septem-
Der sun, Sherbrooke was astlr to-
day. ready, eager and anxious to take
whatever part it might in Harry X.
Thaw's second battle in the superior
court Of st. Francis county. Thaw. re-
sisting liberation from the Sherbrooke
Jail on writ Of habeas corpus OBJ
tained last week after the coup Of his
old enemy. William Trayers Jerome.
was groomed and ready at o'clock to
be taken to court in a closed carriage.
The authorities were apprehenstve
lest there be demonstration in his be-
half such as marked the proceedings OF
Wednesday last when his lawyers sue
ceeded in Withdrawing the writ which
they had obtained. For this reason the
hearing today was set In the privacy
|
OF the judges chambers.
Both Sides Confident.
Jerome. smiling, was up with the
sun. He first took = spin in his car
and then held conference with his
lawyers. He had no part In the pro-
ceedings, having no standing at the
Canadian bar. The states case was In
hands of Samuel Jacobs and Hector
verrel. Thaw's lawyers, headed by j..
N. Greenshields, conferred until after
midnight. This morning they expressed
again the belief that the writ would
not be sustained and Thaw forced into
the hands Of the immigration depart
ment for deportation.
Should the writ be sustained they
had mapped out q limo Of action to
contest every inch Of the way. as 1t
were. to the Vernon. border. They
based their contentious against the
validity Of the writ on the ground that
II had been sued out by John Boudreau.
chief Of police Of Coaticook. who was
not an interested party to the pro-
ceedings. .Boudreau asked for Thaw's
freedom ostensibly because he (Boud-
reau) feared damage suit for arrest
INK the fugitive. but Thaw has in an
an1davit disclaiming an intention Of
seeking damageA