Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-08-30
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Chauffeur, Thaw' Friend.
Thaw Issues No Statement.
Jerome Reticsni but Confident.


Sherbreoke. Aug, .29-New York state
made 10 step forward, today, in its
fight to return Harry X Thaw to the
Matteawan asylum. He remains in the
SheI brooke Jail on a commitment which
will not bring him into court until the
Kings bench eonVenes, in October, and
: VIM. I. jerome has as yet been unable
to secure the throwing of the bolt that
detains MIN.
Roger Thompson. erstwhile Times
Square chauffeur. lounged about the he-
tel corridors. this afternoon. IuRehed
and dined near Jerome, wrote letters
10 friends liked. the streets unmo-
Tested and kept silent in regard to the
Thaw case He was released on $500
bail, today. on the double charge of
having entered Canada by stealth"
and Of having aided an undesirable.
Tha -, to cross the Dominion border.
He will be tried en- these charges. Bar
ring further postponements. Wednes-
LAY next. ss.---Ts's.5.....=
Furnished with counsel by the Thaw
family and provided with spending
money presumably from the same
source. Thompson fatty and repeatedly
refused to tell what transpired, on and
after the Sunday morning, on which he
drove Thaw away from the asylum
gate, after Stanford Whites slayer had
whisked past Howard Barnum, the
aged gatekeeper
Il would not squeal if you gave me
tie whole town of Sherbrooke," said
Roger. Il believe Thaw is sane anu
wouldn't say one word to hurt his case.
/ want to see him get away. I won't
Jump my bail. | can't GO back to New
York, because they have a warrant out
charging me With conspiracy. That
worries nA a whole lot. My old mother
is worried about me, too, But | wrote
her today. telling her not to be. | am
a British subject and | hope TO best
this case, and Just now II would be
crazy of me to give the details of tine
trip with Thaw.
After driving him away from Mat
teawaH | came with him INTO Canada
because lawyer told me they eouidn t
touch me up here. ! was the one who
hired w L. Shurtleff at Coaticook to
look out for Thaw. Then | came on here
to Sherhruoke. AMI they pinched me in
the court roem'
Thaw issued no statements from his
cell. today His lawyers, interested In
the arraignment of Thompson, did not
go near him.
District Attorney Cenger of Dutehess
county and Sheriff Hornbeck of that
county departed, this afternoon, from
Sherbrooke.
Jerome and franklin Kennedy dep
NV attorney general of New York sald
tonight. their plans and the length Oh
their stay here We're INDEFINITE. Ihes
conferred all the afternoon trying lc
hit on means of getting IhaW OUT oi
iaiI, but without success MI. jerome
was inclined to be reticent th's eve
ring, and would only say, that ultl-
nlateiy. New York state would nave
its famous prisoner again.
The belief grew here that disposition
Of the case rested solely with high Do
minion officials and that through them
only could any move be made Tnere
was great deaf of talk about New
York representatives trying to induce
Alexis Dupuis. the Coaticook justice,
who committed Thaw. to quash the
commitments but so far as could be
learned. nothing came of it.
Thaw's lawyers having succeeded in
keeping him in Jail and thus thwarting
his deportation, were resting on their
oars. tonight. and waiting for the other
side to move
Al indications presaged long wait for
Jerome. unless someone higher up took
a hand in the case.
In the parlor of his home at Coatlcook,
Justice OF the Peace Dupius frequently
interrupted by Mrs. Dupris, talked, TO-
night. of the attempts made to have him
uuash the Thaw commitment. he Is re-
tired grocer, short rather rotnnd. with a
heavy grey moustache and thinning hair
He feels that he is the ''key stone of the
case"