The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-08-22

Sherbrooke, Que, Aug 20.-Harry
K. rhaw, c"t short in his flight from
the state hospital for the criminal in
sane at Mat'eawan. N. Y, by arrest at
the village of st. Hermenegilde de
Garford, just over the International
line from New Hampshire, prepared
In his cell in the county Jail here to
fight against being sent back to the
United Stat s.
Thaw faces deportation on the
ground that he is an undesirable
alien and extradition on a warrant
charging him with bribery.
The warrant already issued In New
York state for his arrest on charge
OF conspiracy will not suffice to extra
dite him, in the opinion OF local au.
thoTities.
These authorities received word
that the district attorney of Duchess
county, in which Matteawan is locat
ed, was on his way here prepared to
swear to warrant charging Thaw
with bribery-an extraditable offense
if necessary.
in his own defense Thaw claims
that he was merely passing through
Canada on his way to Detroit when
his passage was interrupted by arrest.
He exhibited what he claimed to be
transportation to Detroit in support
Of this claim and cited the case of
Jack Johnson to bear out his conten-
ton that he cannot be sent back to
the United States by the Canadian
authorities as long as he was simply
passing through the country and in
tends to go beyond its borders.
Wants Thaw Deported.
District Attorney Conger of Dutch.
ess county, New York, it is understood
here, wants Thaw ordered deported.
He wants Tbaw returned to the Unit
ed States over that part of the inter.
national line touched by the state OF
New York
Thaw came into the Dominion from
New Hampshire, however, and If Gus.
tom is followed he would go back to
New Hampshire.
The Canadian immigration depart
ment at Ottawa wired the chief of DO
lice here to hold Thaw under the i'm
migration act, indicating that steps
will be taken to deport him.
This theory was made almost a GER
tainty by the information that the de-
partment had sent two inspectors to
Sherbrooke with instructions to watch
the case and institute proceedings to
deport Thaw. !
At Coaticook, where he was lodged
in the lookup Immediately after his
arrest, ThaW engaged a local lawyer.
He was arraigned before Justice OF
the Beace Dupuis. The justice read
to him an indictment charging him
with having unlawfully escaped from
Matteawan and, without permitting a
plea, remanded him to the jail at
Sherbrooke for hearing
Two men were arrested with Thaw,
but liberated later at Coaticook They
are believed to be confederates who
aided him in his escape. The two
men refused to give their names or
Say dUOut themselves.
Calls Hearing Unfair.
w. L. Shurtleff, the Coaticook law
yer retained by Thaw, denounced the
hearing before Justice Dupuis as un.
fair and said he would apply for
writ of habeas corpus for Thaw prior
to the hearing before the extradition
commissioner. Should the writ be
refused Mr.. Shurtleff said he would
seek an appeal.
There is every indication that Thaw
intends to wage bitter fight against
extradition, deportation, or both.
From his cell in the county Jail he
sent out to the newspaper men a
statement under this caption, type
written in capitals:
mo one has contended that for two
years that Thaw has been in the
Tombs he has been insane. There is
no evidence of delusion in the slight
est degree on his part. Is it any
thing crazy to take a pistol to de-
fend yourself against man who calls
you a-and threatens to kill you be-
fore morning."
After Thaw had spent some hours
in his cell and grumbled bit at his
poor quarters he was removed TO the
hospital, where the accommodations
are better. At his lawyers suggestion
he consented to see reporters.
where d you intend to go after
you left NJ teawan?" he was asked.
81 may have been going home" he
replied quiz KY and finally.
do you g re to say anything about
threats you are said to have made
that you wo ID go after certain people
once you wee out of Matteawan?" he
was asked.
81 shall make no answer to the
nonsense of that sort that has been
printed" he replied" And that ended
the interview.
Government statistics recently
compiled show that the United