The Washington herald., 1913-08-19
HARRY THAW IS
Still ATLARGE
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charge pending against him and that he
was safe from extradition. Now the
State contends that 1t has case
| AS soon as the warrant had been sworn
out detectives were rushed to Boston.
Hartford. and other cities on the chance
that Thaw might be picked up at any
| OF these places.
are the basis of Congers move. Tie
combined subdivisions read:
Makes EYtradition Possible.
IF two or more persons conspire to
| commit a crime or to commit any act
| injurious to the public morals, or for
the perversion or obstruction OF justice,
| or of the due administration OF the law
he shall be guilty of misdemeanor."
The section is the same under which
District Attorney Whitman recently con-
ing to keep witness beyond the jurisdic-
ton of the New York courts.
The issuance of the warrant makes
Thaw's arrest possible outside OF this
State. but. of course, ne would fight ex-
tradition proceedings. This warrant
| would he based upon the claim that un-
der the laws of New York State he Is in
sane and that an insane person cannot
be found guilty OF conspiracy.
Barnum still maintains his innocence
and was calm when arraigned before
Justice Morchauser. On application Of
his counsel Ferdinand Hoyt, the case
was remanded- until Thursday. Barnum
was held without bail in the meantime.
Though the first direct word from
Thaw as to his plans was received in
letter mailed in this city late last
night. his wife. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, re-
ceived a telegram late this afternoon
which increased her fears that the fugi-
tive would attempt some move against
her.
[ The dispatch was sent from Bridge
port Depot, Conn. and was as follows:
Sends Wire to Wife.
'I want name taken of the theater at
h. T."
"It sounds just like Harry" commented
his wife. He generally signed his let
tiers and kilograms to me H h. t.
Mrs Thaw is appearing at Hammer
STEMS Victoria Theater in vaudeville
under the name Of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw.
She had an argument with the theater
management before they would consent TO
There has been no word received here
as to 1naw having been seen in the
vicinity Of Bridgeport. The letter from
Thaw to his mother was mailed shortly
tefore midnight Sunday night somewhere
in the district covered by the collectors
of stations at liz West Eighteenth
street. 1t was delivered TO Mrs. Thaw
this morning at the Hotel Gotham. 1t
follows:
.'All well. Shall take a rest before
coming TO ElmhuTst as ! might be asked
for interview and do not want to re-
fuse; yet do not care to make any state
ment. Hope NJ. and G. arrived safe
and you will so home together.
H. X T"
BY M" and &c" Thaw referred 10
Margaret and George Carnegie, his sister
and brother-in-law.
Following the receipt OF the letters
Mrs. Thaw declared her belief that 1t had
not been mailed in New York by her son.
but probably by one OF the men who
helped him escape from the asylum. At
the top of the paper on which the let
ter was written was scribbled with a
pencil: Might letters. ~ words. n
cents" She thinks her son at first in
tended 10 send the letter hy wire, but
changed his mind. From Western and
Southern Connecticut the night letter
rate for fifty words is . cents.
Clew from Massach uscits.
The first clew that looked really good
came from LenoN. Mass, a telegram from
there saying that former Selectman Rich
ard A. Stanley had recognized Thsw as
one of two men who arrived at the Hotel
LenoX last night and stayed there until
early this morning, when they set out
fn ..n-
machine toward Boston.
Next came n dispatch from Portland,
Me. reporting that Thaw and several
companions had arrived there in an auto
mobile this morning and boarded a train
for New Brunswick, Canada.
The police here secuted the Portland re-
port, pointing out that Thaw would have
seen by the morning papers that Canada
had issued orders to bar him out. and
that he would not have taken a chance
by going on TO the Dominion.
An early belief that Thaw's liberators
came from the ranks of sunmen and
chauffeurs. such as figured in the Rosen-
thai murder. was corroborated tonight.
when II. Finkcn. owner of the Cragstone
Express, 65l West Forty-third Street, told
of the beginning OF actual preparations
for Thaw's release.
Il have been handling the Thaw fam
ily's baggage for fifteen years. said
Finken Last Friday a man, whose
name 1 know very well, but / won't tell.
came to the West Shore Ferry at the
foot Of West Forty-second Street in
big touring car.
This man said he wanted FIVE good
automobile men to go up to Matteawan
on a hunting trip. He met Richard ].
Butler, known around here as Hooks
Butler, because he used to be long
shoreman; Eugene Duffy. Michael
OKeefe, Tom Flood. and Roger Thomp-
son. all chaufeurs.
They went away with him after
long talk and haven't been back since.
No sooner had they gone than it be-
came known around here that they were
going to get Harry Thaw out I don't
know any more than all the automobile
boys around here, and they all knew 1t
was coming off before 1t happened"
Finken's story is corroborated by the
fact that all five of the men have been
from the neighborhood since
Friday.