The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-18


/ Mrs. Thaw was positive the let
i ter was in the handwriting OF her
son.
whirling cloud of dust that blotted them
from sight. For moment Barnum
shaded his eyes with his hands against
the sun and watched them; then, with
the first great blot on his career of 20
years as keeper, he dashed back into the
grounds and locked the gate.
"Thaw's gone, escaped" he shouted,
bursting into Dr. Kieb's presence. And
in moment the hunt was on.
10 Miles an Hour.
The great black car flashed like a
thunderbolt through Stormville, 10 miles
east of Matteawan, along the road to the
Connecticut line. Early risers in the lit
tie hamlet saw three men, and Thaw,
crouching low to escape the sweep of
their rush through the air. They were
going 20 miles an hour. They were 10
minutes out of Matteawan.
Stormville marveled at their speed and
watched them melt away in the dust of
the state road. The limousine had been
left behind
At the speed at which the black car
travelled through Stormville, he should
have reached the state line within half
an hour.
Barnums breathless declaration
brought Dr. Kieb to his feet like pistol
shot Within a moment he was at the
telephone and as Barnum poured the
story into his ears repeated it over the
wire to police headquarters. Matteawan
became the center % widening ripple
of telephone and telegraph alarms as DIR.
Kieb planned pursuit.
But the ten-minute start, The high
power of the car in which Thaw made
his flight, the nearness of the Connecti-
cut state line, toward which Thaw was
heading, and the inferior power of the
pursuing cars initiated against him, and
made the chase hopeless. Five minutes
ride away he met William Flanagan,
liveryman.
Il saw him." Flanagan shouted "He
was near Fishkill village and going so
miles an hour. saw him coming and
just had time to crowd my horses close
over to one side of the road. Just let
him keep on; he'll break his neck
TihHHlBdH ItNbBHiLtu DdNs Ht hdils
sitting on the rear seat of the big black
car. The limousine was trailing the big
car, Flanagan said. DIR. Kieb, realizing
the futility of the chase, called it off and
went back to Matteawan.
Trail Was Lost.
Before starting, DIR. Kieb notified Dis
trict Attorney Conger, Sheriff Hornbecl
and County Judge Hasbrouck. The
county authorities telephoned to points
in the eastern part of the county. None
of the towns near the state line, how
ever, was able to give any information.
The last definite news was from Storm
vile.
After Thaw left Stormville he had two
routes open to the Connecticut line, one
by way of Duddingtonville, Carmel and
Brewster to Mill Plains, five miles be- |
yond Brewster. The other was by way
of Pawlng to the state line. The lat
ter is the best road for an automobile
The road by Brewster would have taken |
him over a rough country part of the
way and would have been more liable |
to have caused his halt by telephone.
Just before Brewster is reached. how
ever, there is back road leading to |
the Connecticut line and which would |
have taken him away from all observa- !
tion until the Connecticut line was
reached. Which road he took no one |
knew.
According to the account given by DR..
Kieb, when Barnum opened the gate to /
permit the entrance of the milkman, he |
allowed it to remain open and, so far
as DIR. Kieb could Judge, had quietly |
stood by and let the prisoner walk out. |
1t was impossible to obtain an inter
view with Barnum, as he had been placed |
in custody by the hospital authorities. |
DR.. Kieb has offered personal reward
of $500 for Thaw's apprehension, in ad- /
dition to the $50 usually given by the
state in such cases.
A rigid investigation, begun without
DELAY, inclined Dr. Kieb to the belief 4
that Thaw planned flight on a yacht in
Long Island Sound and that if he reached
the yacht it was by relays of automo-
biles, stationed along the road to throw
pursuers off the trail.
Two Suspected Accomplices.
This investigation disclosed the fact,
DR.. Kieb added, that four of the men
who aided Thaw in his escape came to
Matteawan in the big black car last
Friday afternoon and stayed at the Hol-
land hotel. They appeared on the hotel
register as Roger Thompson, Richard d.
Beetle, Michael 0'Keefe and Eugene
Duffy. All registered from New York
City.
No more powerful car than that
which brought the four men to Mattea
wan has ever been housed in a local
garage.
to the investigation, came to
AIattewan Saturday afternoon. He
oined the group at the Holland hotel I
1nder the name OF Thomas Flood of :
New York CITY He is said to have !