The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-06
International Fugitive
Has Varied Expert
ences in a Day.
LOSES CASE, THEN
GETS NEW CHANCE
Latest Turn May Result in His
Being Detained in Canada for
Year-Attorneys Spring a
Surprise, and Jerome Is
Arrested for Play
ing Poker.

Conticook, September 5-On the mr.
rival Tonight of n special train carry
Ing the two Thnv lawyers. II was
learned thut they Ind secured both n
writ OF hnbeas corpus and also pcrmis-
sion to appeal. The writ calls for
Thnw's production on September I5.
Thau'n lawyers arc jubiInnt. They
declare Tint they hnvc opened the way
for nm international test OF the immi-
grafton laws. nnd that Thnw VIII stny
In Canada for mt least n yenr.
"Wc hnve found why to throw tho
whole imml alton law In tho cruciblr, ;,
declared Chief Counsel Greensbieids 70,
Thnv. -The test will require mt lens,
yenr, and we shnll take the matter tc
the supreme Court of Canada, and, Il
necessary, to the Privy Council In Eng.
lnnd.-
VIII Cost Mig sum.
An outlined by GreenshicILs, ThnU'.
Tight, which will cost a fabulous sun
of money, nnd will he ono OF the mos,
unique In tho hintory OF Canadian ju.
rIsprudence. will he based upop thcs,
three premises;
First. 'rhaw hns been in the countr,
more than ten days. and no reputation
giving the inning ration men mower ts
iny hnnds upon him hns been filed witt
the Ninister of the Interior. This &,
required by INV.
Second. The immiE ration act is un.
constitutional. not only because IL !,
In violation of the Ashburn trenty bu,
hccnn"c IL intcrfcres with the individ.
unl rights of the provinces to decide
who mny mny not come within thcil
individual borders.
which IL cAtrnditnhlc In Cnnniln.
The imini nigration court OF inauir,
that has been Investigating the en-.
trance Of Harry *. Thaw into Canada
to-day handed down a decision that tn.
Matteawan fugitive must he deported
While this decision was being reat
Thaw was packing up his new suits
fine linens and new ncckties in prep.
aration for departure for Montreal
where he had been notified that two
of his lawyers to-day secured both ?
writ OF habeas corpus demanding hi.
production forthwith before JustIc.
Gcrvais. OF the Montreal Supcrio,
Court. and also permission TO appeal.
He went about his packing righ,
merrily. even after the Immigration
courts verdict had been communicated
TO him, for his attorneys told him that
the Gervais writ would prevent his be.
ing Immediately chased out OF the DO.
minion.
MIR. jerome Gets SurprIsc
another thing that added 10 hi.
pleasure in the events of the dav was
the predicamcnt OF William Trayer-
Jerome, who had been arrested on =
charge OF gambling and held in $500
pan. Ihaw chucklcd frequently owe,
the position i'll which Jerome had fount
himself The former district a,torne,
or New York County had been waiting
in an automobile for two DAYS to fol.
low Thaw over the border and there
seize him for quick dash to Mattca
wan. After he had been freed on bail
however, the local authorities declared
that II they saw any indications OF Je.
romc's starting away they would hold
him TO prevent his forfciting his ba II
Inc WHY jerome stole march or
The local officials. nevertheless. and
slipped over the Vermont border with
out any attempt being made to stor
MN. re arrived at Norton's Mills. VT
about 3;45 +. NJ, and there stated
that he expected Thaw to arrive with.
in an hour
When he left Coaticook he was ir
total Ignorance Of the eleventh hour
developments that kept the interna
tiohai prisoner from being dcported
lie was probably the most surprise
man in Vermont when the story Of the
habeas corpus writ and Thaw's apneoI
was told to him
Decision of Immigration Officials.
The decisiov of the immigration o1.
hcials held that Thaw should be de.
ported on two counts
l. That of entering the countr,. -,
stealth. os
= That of being an undesirable. be.
cause he had been an inmate of ar
ASYLUM within five years
Ihaws attorneys immediately filed
notice or an appeal, which would In
itSelf have acted as a stay without an,
habcas corpus writ. After the decision
mad been read, +. Blake Robertson. os.
sistant superintendent. of immirratior
and chairman Of the court of inquiry
issued the following statement to ne
waiting newspaper men:
The Board of Immigration tool
charge of H. x Thaw about 2:45 p. Ar
on Wednesday last, bringing him i'm
mediately to Coaticook His counsel
appeared to prefer that the hearing be
postponed the next morning, and this
request was acceded to. With various
snort adjournments, the board ga,
nearing evidence until about p. NJ
to-day. AT that hour all evidence was
In, and counsel in. behalf OF JThaw had
addressed the board. An adjournment
was made until p. NJ, at which time
The board promised to announce its de.
cision
Being ready to do so at a:3o p. M
Mr.. Thaw and his counsel were sum
moned and made aware of the decision
reached. which was that Harry K. Thaw
was ordered to the State Of Vermont.
IN order that YOU may be aware OF
cision and also. copy of notice served
upon Mr.. Thaw of his right to appeal
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