The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-08-19

and watched them melt away IN the
dust of the State road
The limousine had been left behind.
At the speed at which the touring car
travelled through Stormville he should
have reached the State line within
half an hour.
Barnum's breathless declaration at
the Asylum brought DR.. Keib to his
feet like a pistol shot Within mo-
ment he was standing at the telephone
and as Barnum poured the story into
his ears repeated it over the wire to
police headquarters. Matteawan be-
came the centre of widening ripple
of telephone and telegraph alarms as
DR.. Keib planned pursuit.
A Fruitless Chase.
He might as we'll have tried to chase
a twelve-inch shell The ten-minute
start, the high power of the car in
which Thaw made his flight, the near
ness of the Connecticut State line to-
ward which Thaw was heading and
the inferior power Of the pursuing
cars initiated against him and MADE
the chase hopeless. After he had
driven in pursuit he met William
-lannigan, a liveryman.
81 saw him." Flanagan shouted.
Gle was near Fishkill village and go
ing so miles an hour I saw him coan-
ing and just had time to crowd my
horses close over to one side of the
road. He'd have hit rle sure. Just let
him keep on; he'll break his neck
Flanagan said that he recognized
Thaw sitting on the rear seat OF the
touring car. The limousine was trail
ing the big car, Flanagan said. Dr..
Keib realizing the futility of the
chase, called it off and went back to
Matteawan.
Notified Officers of Law.
Before starting, DR.. Keib notified
District Attorney CongeE, Sheriff
Hornbeck and County Judge Has
brouck. The county authorities tele-
phoned to points in the eastern part
of the county. None Of the towns
near the State line, however, was able
to give any information about the
two cars. The>last definite news was
from Stormville.
After Thaw left Stormville he had
two routes open to the Connecticut
line, one by way of Luddingtonville,
Carmel and Brewster t, / Plains,
five miles beyond Brewster. The
other was by the way of Pauling to
the State line. The latter is the best
road for an automobile. The road by
Brewster would have taken him over
rough country part of the way and
would have been more liable to have
caused his halt by telephone. Just be-
fore Brewster is reached, however,
there is a back road leading to the
Connecticut line and which would
have taken him away from all obser-
vation until the Connecticut line was
reached. Which road he took no one
knew.
According to the account given by
DR.. Keib, when Barnum opened the
gate to allow the milkman to enter he,
let it remain open and, so far as DR..
Keib oculd Judge, had quietly stood
by and allowed the prisoner to walk
out. It was impossible today to OBJ
tain an interview with Barnum, as he
had been placed in custody by the
hospital authorities. DR.. Keib has Of
fered a personal reward of $500 for
Thaw's apprehensio In addition to
the $50 usually given by the State in
such cases.
Planned Flight on Yacht.
A rigid investigation, begun with
out delay, inclined DR.. Keib tonight
to the belief that Tbaw planned fight
on a yacht in Long Island Sound and
that if he reached the yacht it was by
relays of automobiles, stationed along
the road to throw pursuers off the
track.
This investigation disclosed the fact'
DR.. Keib added, that four of the men
who aided Thaw came to Matteawan
in the black touring car last Friday
and registered at the Holland Hotel
as Roger Thompson, Richard D. Bee
tie, Micheal O'Keefe and Eugene Duff
fy, all of New York City. No more
powerful car has ever been housed in
a local garage.
The fifth man aiding in Thaw's es-
cape, according to the investigation
came to MatteaWan Saturday. He