New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24
Immigration Officials See Way
TO Foil His Plan to Pro-
long Fight on In
sanity Basis.
LAW ON ENTRY VIOLATED
Matteawan Fugitive, 1t Is Held,
Failed to Declare Himself
Has Stenographer in Cell
Confident Thompson
Will Not Squeal.

From star Correspondent Of The Tribune
sherbrooke, Quebec. Aug. 23.-Fear-
ing that the Thaw attorneys might be
able to draw out his legal fight for
freedom in this, country indefinitely II
they should be given a chance TO
thrash out the question Of his sanity in
their effort TO prevent his deportation.
the immigration authorities said to-
day that il was probable the charge
against him would be brought under a
Law that would not involve any ques-
ton ot his sanity or allow his lawyers
to make an issue OF that point.
Their agents, who have been invcsti-
eating the manner in which Thaw on
tered Canada, have furnished sufi-
clent evidence, they say, for them to
proceed against him under the section
Of the immigration laws providing
that any one who enters Canada else
where than at regular ports Of entry
and shall fail TO report his entry to the
nearest immigration officer shall be
forthwith deported.
May Sidestep Insanity Issue.
Their agents have furnished them
with evidence that when Thaw and his
companions got within hundred feet
Of the Canadian line, then being on
their way to Paquetteville. a regular
port Of entry. they turned back. going
Instead 10 St. Hermenegilde de Gar
ford. which is not a port. When ar
rested there Thaw denied his identity,
while his companions had registered
al hotel under assumed names.
These facts" said one of the law
yers for the immigration authorities,
the fact that he entered surreptitiously.
He cannot, in view of them, put up the
defence that he was arrested before
he had a chance TO declare himself.
The law provides that he make such
declaration at once, but. 10 the con-
trary. he denied his name was Thaw.
The charge on which Roger or
Mitchell Thompson, as he calls him
self. is now held is that OF aiding an
undesirable-to wit. insane person-to
enter this country surreptitiousiy. \
new information will be flied against
him, charging him with entering with
out declaring himself.
He, too, will then he liable to de-
portation unless he can prove himself
to be a Canadian citizen. In any
event he will be subject 10 a fine Of
not more than 800. The question ~
Thaw's sanity cannot he brought UP in
his case either, then.
If these men are undesirable clji-
zens or have violated the immigration
laws the thing Canada wants to do is
to put them out without further ado.
Legal Devices to Save Thaw.
The Thaw attorneys all along have
been hopefully counting on the immi-
grafton people 10 bring action under
the provision against the entrance Of
an insane person.
Although not prepared for this turn
of events, they reiterated their belief
that they would be able 10 get Thaw
out Of his difficulties, although they
would throw no light on how this would
be accomplished. They are convinced
they will have sufficient legal devices,
In the form of appeals and questions
Of law that have never been completely
hrashed out. to prolong the fight AL
most indefinitely. One Of them even
went so far as TO say that II would not
be over for four years.
Thaw was told in his cell al the Sher
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