The Irish standard., 1913-09-06
WRIT OF HAsEAs CORPUS, &C.
CURED BY JEROME. "a
SUSTAINED. .,x1W
MAY BE DEPoRTED AT ONCE
Prisoner 10 Turned Over to Dominion
immigration Authorities-He May
Give Up Efforts to Secure His
j. Freedom.

Kendall Thaw wal free man for
three minutes. At the end Of that
time he was seized by the Dominion
immigration authorities and taken to
this place. Broken in spirit, the pris-
oner paced the floor in the immigra-
tion detention room over the railway
station.
The beginning Of the end Of Thaw's
refuge IA Canada came with dramatic
swiftness. A WRIT Of habeas corpus,
secured by William Travers Jerome.
providing that Thaw be produced in
superior court at Sherbrooke, was sus-
tanned by Superior Judge Hutchinson
Of the district of st. Francis. Chief
Of Police John Bo1deau of this vii
lage was petitioner Of the writ
May Be Deported Right Away.
A special board Of inquiry will sit
In Thaw's case and By night he may
be thrust across the Vermont border
line as an undesirable alien. His
lawyers have not planned to resist ex-
tradition to New York and the belief
ls current here that before many
hours Thaw will be back in Mattea-
wan asylum for the criminal insane,
from which he escaped on Sunday,
Aug. II.
A Blow Is Thaw.
6tolfds pale, dumb, Thaw sat not
i've feet from the Judge as he read
the decision. When in the last para.
graph the Judge declared him free
man, whether he desired liberty or
not, Thaw seemed to erample up on
the lounge where he sat. A cigar
stump fell from his left hand and
scattered ashes on the floor; from his
right hand fiuttered two gay bits of
ribbon a child had given him. But he
did not rise. W. X. McKeown. of his
counsel, leaned over and, patting him
on the shoulder. whispered. Thaw
raised his big staring eyes and stood
up. immigration officers in the room,
headed BY e. Blake Robertson, assist
ant superintendent, moved near him
and then Thaw slowly began to move
to the door. At the threshold Robert.
Son said. simply: -.
Come with ~, Mr.. Thaw." With
. hoa1se goodbye to- tho reporters.
Thaw obeyed.
Taken to coatteook.
Five minutes later a gray roadster
Btreaked away from the court house
In the back seat was Thaw. He had
not even been given time to pack Aie
scanty belongings and voluminous cor
respondence in his cell. In an hour
he was in Coaticook. None but coun
sci was allowed to see him. He ex
pressed no surprise, evidenced nc
grief. Behind him there trailed his
defeated lawyers.
Would Have Chance In Courts.
W. l.. Shurtleffe, the first to arrive
issued this statement:
IF they have doctors all ready to
pronounce Thaw insane, as am in.
formed they have, there is almost no
hope Of preventing his immediate de.
portation. I believe If we could find
q way to get the case into the courts
we would have good chance to prove
this immigration act unconstitutional
on the ground that it is inconsistent
with the Ashburton treaty. But II
the authorities at Ottawa are as deter.
mined to send Fhaw back as they
seem to be, then I doubt whether they
would pay any attention to any writ
Of prohibition we might obtain.
"The immigration act expressly
provides that no court may interfere
with the findings of the board of in
curry and I am afraid that the immi
grafton officials will act before we
have found q way to circumvent
them