The San Francisco call., 1913-08-18
FIVE CONFEDERATES
SUCCESSFUL IN PLOT
Mailman Arises Early and
as Guard Opens Doors for
Milklnan He Dashes Past
and Jumps Into Car-Re-
turn to Cell Unlikely Be
lieved to Be OFF for Europe

Harry k Thaw. slayer OF Stanford
White, escaped from the hospital for
the criminal insane here at 7:45
o'clock this morning. A dart for lib
erty through an open gate, a dash
into the open doow Of . powerful auto
mobile that stood quivering outside.
and flight like rocket for the Con-
necticut state line. 80 miles away,
accomplished his escape.
Tonight he was still at large and
the hospital authorities felt certain he
was outside the state. Once beyond
Its boundaries. Thaw Is free. Only
long litigation can bring him back and
then only in one event-that he be
adjudged insane in the state to which
he has fed
Five confederates manned the car in
which Thaw escaped and a big black
limousine which trailed 1t past the
asylum gate. The police have their
license and the names under which
they registered at q Matteawan hotel
Friday night and are seeking them.
The hospital authorities believe
Thaw has fed to the shore Of Long
Island sound and boarded : yacht
| lwaltips with steam IN. to rush him to
Europe.
GATE GUARD ARRESTED
A reward OF $500 for Thaw-s appre-
hension has been offered by DR.. r F.
c. Kieb, supertskndent of the asylum.
Howard H,FBarnum, the attendants
=
at the gate past whom Thaw naShed
in his break for freedom. IL under
arrest and other arrests are expected
to follow in the rigid investigation
begun by Doctor Kieb.
mitories and the inmates were getting
their second sleep when Thaw left his
room this morning. He was fully
dressed. The miikman's cart was
rumbling on the road outside al he
walked through the store room and
into the outer court, or yard Of the
asylum grounds. Barnum, sole at
tendant at the road gate. was pacing
back and forth when Thaw closed ths
store room door behind him. and ap-
parently did not grasp the sisuincanoe
Of Thaw's early rising.
Years of residence In the asylum and
repeated declarations by Thaw that
he would never attempt to obtain his
freedom except by legal means had
established the madman's status a. .
"trusty" There was little out Of the
ordinary in his appearance. eveu At 50
early an hour. in the courtyard. and
II Barnum saw him he raised no ouss-
tion.
THAw DAsHEs THROUGH GATE
A six cylinder touring car. black
and so horsepower. followed By
limousine, also black. loafed laxily
along tho road as the milkman drew
near the gate.
Thaw. standing few feet away, ap-
parently unconcerned.- waited till Bar
mum unlocked the gate and swung 10
wide to let the milkmsn enter At the
same moment the two cars drew up on
the further side of the road opposite
the gate and stood still. their engines
throbbing.
AS Barnum stepped aside for the
milkman to drive inside the grounds.
he heard the gravel crunch beneath
Thaw's feet. and, looking up. saw the
madman Hash past him straight for one
OF tho waiting cars. With shout
Barnum started In pursuit. but flying
leap landed Thaw safely within tho car.
The wheels were slowly turning be-
fore the keeper had fairly reached tbs
roadway They were throwing up
cloud Of dust before he had gone 30
feet
Down the roadway the cars sped IN q
whirling cloud of dust that quickly
blotted them from sight For a mo-.
ment Barnum shaded his eyes with his
hand and watched them; then. with the
first great blot on his career of 20
years AZ keeper, he dashed back into
the grounds and locked the gates
RACE 70 MILES AN HOUR
"Thawss gone-escaped." he shouted
bursting into DR.. Kieb's presence. And
in moment the hunt was on.
The great black car flashed like
thunderbolt through stormvills, 10
miles east of Matteawan. along the
road to the Connecticut line. Early
risers in the little hamlet saw three
men-ands sThaw-crouchfng low to es-s
cape the sweep of their rush through