Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-10
THAW, DEPORTED, TOLD
HE IS NOW A FREE MAN
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10 o'clock he had crossed the Vermont
line into New Hampshire.
Thaw was taken to the Vermont
border at o'clock this morning.
The automobile crossed the YER
mont border at 8:55 o'clock.
As Thaw left the Coaticook station
under the guidance of Deputy Super
intendent of immigration Robertson
he was yelling and protesting that 1t
was a case of kidnapping. Robertson
answered him that 1t was "all reg
ular."
Thaw was taken at once towards
the Vermont border in an automo-
bile. He screamed and fought like
mailman all the way.
Shouts He's being kidnapped.
On his way to the automobile Thaw
shouted at the top of his lungs that
he was being kidnapped, and immi-
grafton officers sought to quiet him
with assurances that such was not
the case. Notwithstanding, he fought
like a mailman and smashed a win
down with a bottle as the officers
dragged him down the, stairs.
The suddenness of the maneuver
took Thaw and his counsel entirely
by surprise and literally carried them
H..
though not confirmed, that the i'm
migration officers acted under in
structions of the minister of the In
terror.
The destination of the automobile,
save that 1t was some place in YER
mont, Just over the border, was I'M
known to any persons except its pas
sengers. 1t was reported that Thaw
would be taken to Norton's Mills.
Y 80 a4..l NJ
ing New York State in the fight to
have Thaw brought back to Mattea-
wan. said that he did not think that
William T. Jerome. commander-in-
chief of the New York State legal
forces. was at Norton's Mills. Mr..
Verrett added that nobody knew that
Thaw was to be taken so suddenly
to Vermont.
Comes Unheralded.
Armed with written orders to de-
port Thaw, issued by C. j. Doherty,
acting minister of the interior, at OF
tawa, e. Blake Robertson, assistant
superintendent of immigration, came
unheralded to Coaticook last night.
He told no one of his plans. except
subordinates necessary to aid in exc
cutting them, and two dominion po-
licemen.
Accompanied by his subordinates
and two policemen, Robertson went
to Thaw's quarters in the detention
pen shortly before 8 o'clock this
morning. They found Thaw fed. and
dressed and about to start on what
ne calls his days work. Robertson,
as spokesman for the group, told
Thaw that he had orders to deport
him to Vermont.
Thaw could not have been more
surprised had he been told that he
was scot free Before Thaw could
reply Robertson ordered him to get
ready at once for the trip, adding that
an automobile was waiting for the
dash tc the border.
Surprise Changes to Fury.
Thaw's surprise changed to fury in
a moment He refused to go and
picking up a bottle hurled it at Rob-
ertson. The missile went wide of it's
target, crashed through a window
and broke on the roadway outside
Robertson and his men seized the
prisoner and forcibly elected him
from the room
AS Thaw was thus unceremoniously
carried down the stairs to the auto
mobile he kicked his captors. shout
ing that he was being kidnapped. Rob-
ertson sought to quiet him with as
suranoes that the proceeding was en-
tirely regular and that his cries were
futile.
The two dominion policemen aided
actively in placing Thaw In the auto
mobile. With the prisoner safe, the
entire party, policemen and all, en-
tered the car and was whirled away
to the border.
A knot of spectators gathered
quickly outside the building and
watched the struggle. Except for
the principals, they were the only
persons in Coaticook who knew what
was going on. None of the lawyers
here representing New York State
were notified of the plan to deport
Thaw and none of Thaw's lawyers
had an inkling of what was In the
air
Townspeople unloaded their indig-
nation when the news became gen.
eral and sought Hector Verrett, of
counsel for New York State, for an
explanation. Mr.. Verrett had none
to offer Neither he nor Mr.. Jerome,
he said, had been told of the depor-
tation plan Neither had any part in
it, he declared.
Thaw was fifteen minutes away,
we'll on the road to the international
line, before the newspaper squad
learned what had happened. They
followed him. He crossed the line
near Norton Mills at 1855 o'clock.
When he was well within the State
the immigration officials stopped
their car, deposited him on the
ground. told him he was free and
drove back to the Canadian border
Arrives In Vermont.
AVERILL, VT, Sept. 10.-Thaw ar
rtx at m
released by the Canadian immigra-
ton authorities when his automobile
crossed the Vermont line at Norton
Mills, four miles away and at this
hour was an absolutely free man, as
nobody representing the State of
New York or the State of Vermont
was on hand to take him.
At Norton Mills, Thaw left the au-
tomobile Of the Canadian immigra-
ton authorities and climbed into the
car of several newspaper correspond
ents who had accompanied him and
made the journey to Averill in their
company. He said that his sudden
departure was a surprise and that
his plans were all in the air.
Thaw was a very much astonished
man when the Canadian immigration
officials told him at Norton Mills he
was free to go wherever he liked. He
got out of the Canadian automobile
and stood gazing helplessly around
when the newspaper men, who had
followed, offered him room in their
car He gladly accented the offer.
This thing has been such a sur
prise to me-" he said, that I don't
know yet what I shall do
He Reaches New Hampshire.
STEWARTSTOWN, N. H., Sept. 10.
-Thaw reached Stewartstown shortly
after 10 o'clock No ATTEMPT was