The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-21

Sherbrooke. que, Aug. 2l.-After an
all night conference counsel for Thaw
announced they would not produce the
fugitive in the Superior court today on
the writ of habeas corpus obtained
Yesterday.
According To the present plans they
will use the writ tomorrow morning.
This marking of time was due mainly
To the arrival last night of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Lauder Carnegie, broth
erin law and sister of the prisoner,
who are anxious that no court step
be taken until every bulwark of the
defense has been strengthened
j. ID. Greenshields. OF Montreal an
eleventh hour addition to the Thaw
! lawyers. pointed out that the writ
was returnable at the pleasure Of the
| counsel for Thaw, and that ii was best
to go over his case more thoroughly
| before coming into court.
Move Surprise to Officials.
The move came as surprise To the
immigration officials. and District At
torney Conger and sheriff Hornbreck,
OF Duchess county, New York. They
had expected Thaw would be arraign-
ed before noon today. released on the
present commitment. then held as an
undesirable alien and quickly deport-
ed. AS matters stood in the forenoon
the Indications were this program
would he simply put off day.
With Thaw once more in the hands
of the Immigration authorities opinion
varied as to what course would he fol
lowed.
Fcverish and worried. Thaw dressed
| before sun up and received MIR. and
| Mrs Carnegie as his first visitors.
| Though apparently cheered by their
arrival their presence seemed To make
| him more closed mouthed than ever
regarding his escape.
Thaw Safe at Present.
owing to errors in the papers com
hitting Thaw to Jail he is safe there
for an indefinite period, as no date Tor
hearing his case is mentioned in them
While i'm Jail. Thaw also is safe from
the immigration department, which has
no power over him. BY allowing Thaw
10 remain in custody the defense has
\ offset the immigration authorities who
have been waiting with confident ex-
pectation of Thaw's release from jail
when they would pounce upon him and
il has been firmly believed, order his
deportation at once.
Thaw. of course. is fighting against
being doported to the New York state
line The fact that Thaw is Il lunatic
i'm the eyes of the country from which
he came, makes his entrance into the
dominion illegal and gives the immi-
grafton authorities. once they get hold
of him. power to detain him or imme-
diately ship him back from whence he
came.
Flaw in the Commitment.
The flaw i'm the proceedings against
Thaw is the commitment on which
Thaw is lodged i'm Jail. In addition tc
several errors in the description OF
Thaws status in Matteawan 1t omits
specifically to fix a date for the hear
ing of the case. This means Thav
could remain in Jail indefinitely unless
his lawyers took advantage of the ha-
beas corpus
Charles -. White, who was chief
lawyer until Greenshields came, said
1--WE delayed taking advantage oi
the writ of habeas corpus to get bet
ter acquainted with the case. IL may
be we will wait week. There is q
corporals guard of us lawyers and W,
will have to move slowly in order moi
to step ON each others feet"
AS 10 o'clock came around a GROVE
of well dressed women gathered in thu
court room. They had not heard thai
the proceedings were OFF for the day.
Able Lawyer is Retained.
w. l. Shurtliff, one of Thaw's law
yer's, left for ottawa last night tc
confer with the department of the in
terror. His purpose. 1t is believed
will be to endeavor To obtain prom
ise from the department that If deport'
ed Thaw might select his own desti.
nation. II the most Is successful, II Il
declared Here by one Of Thaw's coun'
sci he might 90 TO South America.
The summoning of Greenshields
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