The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-08-21

no word. as far as could be learned.
Perhaps the most interesting OF the
kilograms he sent was that which
Indicated a sense OF lonesomeness and
longing for direct word from
someone near to him In the midst OF
his fight for liberty. His sister. Mrs.
Margaret Thaw Carnegie, wife OF
George Lauder Carnegie, Jr.. had tele-
graphed Harry that she was ready TO
start for Sherbrooke IF | can be OF
i any help to you"
YOU. Harry"
Sister Is Prompt.
/ Mrs. Carnegie's action was equally
prompt and quite as emphatic, for she
| notified her brother that both she and
her husband would be here TO greet
INN tonight. They reserved rooms at
a local hotel. and Thaw expressed a
wish 10 his counsel that his sister be
arrived
Other kilograms sent or received by
lhaw referred to legal and medical
! assistance: TO advise as TO the possi-
bilities of extraditing him; offers of
assistance from detectives. and a call
oy MN upon his relatives in Pitts
! Durgh Tor funds. This was answered
by a telegram from the Union Ma
tlonal Bank saying draft will be hon
Ured. Thaw had only few cents.
| the governor of the Jail said. when he
WAS searched after his commitment.
nav, In his petition for a writ OF
habeas corpus. set forth, first, that he
was committed TO Jail without any
preliminary examination whatever, and
without any opportunity having been
given him 10 be heard"
tie recited further that "he is not
charged with any offense against the
criminal laws OF Canada. or OF any
other country" and because the OF
tsnse charged against him is not an
! ou"nse under Canadian law" he
/ therefore. cannot be tried
, 49, The alleged offense with which
nav Is charged is briefly that he is
q Fugitive from Matteawan peniten-
tary where he was serving a life sen
fence Tor a criminal charge OF which
ne was convicted"
! Attorneys Confident.
! Is upon the wording OF this COM
! paint that Thaw's attorneys hope TO
carry them successfully through TO-
murro~'s skirmish without uncovering
their principal defense. Why. We
nave masked batteries that will blow
any case OF this kind 10 smithereens."
one OF his attorneys exclaimed this
evening while discussing the matter.
Ihaw also complains In his petition
| mat ne was never confined al Mattea-
van on criminal charge. and that (.
Is untrue that he was ever convicted
of any crime or that he vas confined
for life.
As further reason why his pres
ent detention Is Illegal. the prisoner
/ contends that he was arrested by Chief
! OF Police Boudreau. of Banford, who
also made the complaint and executed
the warrant he himself had sworn out.
| 1haw prayed in his petition that
he be released from further detention
and confinement. making oath over
/ his signatIe that he is detained
without reasonable or probable
cause II will be on this prayer OF
| Thaw's for freedom that Judge Globen-
SKY must pass tomorrow.
Thaw Restless.
Ihaw indicated IN many ways to-
day that he is beginning 10 fell acutely
the strain OF his captivity and the
doubt as TO the outcome For several
hours he paced the floor. sometimes
stopping and stamping irritably. at
other times Guickenlng hiE walk
around the hospital ward almost To a
Run. He was trying. the prison Of
iicials said. 10 keep control OF him
self. Now and then he lay on his cot.
When seen BY reporters late to-day
he was sitting on his cot with hi-
head buried In his hands He had
his coat on and he was perspirinE.
lAD4Eu lut 1fmptTa LuFe IN MS room
was not particularly high. The rem
nants 81 dinner sent him by a smy-
paih!Zing woman in the neighborhood.
Miss McWilliams. we're still on the
table
The slayer OF Stanford White looked
Ip when the reporters approached and
asked whether the synopsis Of Jer-
ones speech 20 a jury Ia New YORK
on January 30. 1905. which be in
lfruefeI his laUyer IN give out la
night. had been published in full.
When assured that the relevant por-
lions % 81 had been. he frOwned petul
au'ly and said be would say nothing
more because 10 was Obvious that What
no wanted To give out was not accept
able
Later. he conaded that when can.
tIITed he vas proceeding 10 Detroit b.
fhe most direct route that could b.
taken, avoiding New York. and vds
going To- trssson. Pa the Ihaw COuu-
Try place Asked whether he expected
Z liberty. he said
Proceedings improper.
Yes. because the present proceed
.ng- are improper he was then
asked
Was 10 not generally understood
That you we're pledged on your honor
not 10 escape from MdtteaVan. and
That Oh account ~ this plcdg" you
we're allowed special privilege
there"
4 smile broke over Thaw's face asi
he answered