The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-08-19
HARRY 1HAW TAKEN
At COAT|COOK
QUEBEC
Denies Identity But Answers
Description
WENT UP THROUGH VERMONT
Both Factions Of New York's Double
Barrcled Government Prom
ise TO Help

Coaticook, Quebec, Aug ia
Harry r. Thaw, who escaped Sun
day from Matteawan asylum was TAX
en- into custody here this forenoo-
He denies that he is Thaw but from
pictures and other evidence avail
able i, seems practically certain that
the Identification is correct.
The party consisted of three men
and they arrived here early this
morning coming from northern Yer
mont All three will be taken to
SherbroCkc for hearing.
The arrest was made at the sug.
gcGtion Of deputy sheriff from
COlcbrook, \. H., who has seen many
pictures Of Thaw, but had never
seen the man himself The New
York authorities have wired to hold
the suspect until formal demands for
eXtradition can be made.
Washington, Aug. Ill is stated
here today tina, it will be impossible
to cXtraditc Thaw from Canada on
the charge Of conspiracy that has
been made against him in New York.
The supposed arrest of Thaw at
,Ccaticook bears out the belief that
he was the man seen a. several
points yesterday along the Connect
cut river valley in Vermont and
New Hampshire 1t is thought that
he stayed Sunday night in Pittsfeld
or near there and yesterday crossed
over 10 the Connecticut river valley
either by The way of Northampton or
through North Adams and Reads.
boro to Brattleboro, Bellows FAILS
and White River Junction and
thence north to Canada
NoWk York, Aug. 1S.- Shutdown to-
night marked the 36th hour of I1ar-
ry Thaw's freedom and the police of
The United States and Canada had
not picked up his trail They seek
him not as the slayer Of Stanford
White, or as an escaped lunatic, bu
on Il warrant issued at Poughkcepgic
today charging him with couspring
with the aged keeper. Howard Bar
mum, and the five men who managed
the asylum delivery, On such a.
technically does New York state
base its hope of bringing about the
AhSAANtS lNtNlus Doli idtAltuN OF
the double-barrellcd government at
Albany have promised rigid inycsu-
cations and the cXertion of every eff
for, to bring about his capture.
Thaw's seclusion today and tonight
is absolute.
Of the cloud of dust which swirlod
in tho wake of he black automobile
bearing him and his lborators from
Matteawan Sunday morning nothing
tangible has come except a laconic
letter from Thaw himself assuring his
aged mother in New York that he de-
sired rest aud would. in due time
Join her at the Thaw country place,
ElmhurSt. al CreSsOn. PA.
I'm obedience TO this letter. Mrs
Thaw purposes 20 star; to Crcssun
tomorrow morning Happy. girlish a
most in her JOY, Mrs Thaw exhibited
The hastily sCrawlcd note from the
Bon whose Cscapados have cost the
family u million, and added ,ha,
whatever Harry did would meet with
her approval.
This, in view OF his announced in.
tcntion Of entering Pemsyl,ania.
gave basis to the belief that Thaw
was preparing to take his case be-.
fore the courts of that state and. re
lying on the kink I'm American laws
relative TO the insane charged with
duplicate in Pennsylvania. If possible.
publicatc in Pennsylvania. if possible,
the course of John Armstrong Chalcn
or, in Virginia.