The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-08-30
SHERBRO0kE JAIL
FOR THAW UNTIL
NEXT OCTOBER
Next Proceedings Will Be Held
Before Kings Bench
ROGER THOMPSON is LOYAL
Chauffeur Says He Wants TO See
Stanford Whites Slayer Get
Away.

Sherbrooke, p. O.. Aug. 30.-New
York state made no step forward
yesterday in its fight to return Harry
X. Thaw to the Matteawan asylum
fer the criminal insane. He remains
in the Sherbrooke Jail on a commit
ment which will not bring him into
court until the kings bench conyenes
in October, and William Travers
Jerome, comforting with Canadian
counsel, has as yea been unable TO
secure the throwing Of the bolt that
detains him.
Roger Thompson, erstwhile Times
square chauffeur, lounged aboue the
hotel corridors yesterday afternoon,
mnched and dined near Jerome,
wrote letters to friends, walked the
streets unmolested and kept silence
as regards the Thaw case. He was
released on $500 bail yesterday on
the double charge of having entered
Canada by stealth aud Of having
aided an undesirable, Thaw. TO cross
the Dominion border. He will be tried
on these charges. barring further post
ponents on Wednesday next. Furnish
ed with counsel by The Thaw family
and provided with spending money
presumably from the same source,
Thompson fatty and repeatedly retus-
ed to tell what transpired on ana al
ter the Sunday morning on which he
drove Thaw away from the asylum
gate. after Stanford Whites slayer
had wisked past Howard Barnum, the
aged gatekeeper.
a would not squeal II you gave me
tho whole town OF Sherbrcoke, said
Roger. Il believe Thaw is sane. and
would not say one wcrd TO hurt his
case. want to see him get away.
| won't Jump my bail. can't 90 back
to New York because they have a
warrant out charging me with con
spiracy. That worries me a whole
lot. My old mother is worried about
nc. too. But | wrote her today tell
ing her not to be. | am British sub
jeot and | hope to beat this case, and
just now it would be crazy of me to
give the details of the trip with Thaw
After driving him away from Mattea-
wan came with him into Canada be
cause a lawyer told me they couldn't
touch me up here. was the one who
hired w. L. Shurtleff nj CQaticook TO
look out for Thaw. Then | came on
here to SherbroOke, and they pinched
me IN the court ROOM
Thaw issued no statement from his
cell Yesterday. His lawyers, interest
ed in the arraignment Of Thompson,
did not 90 near him One OF his New
York counsel. Harry iirschberg OF
Newburg, n. Y, returned home yester
day afternoon. On the same train
went District Attorney Conger and
Sheriff Hornbeck OF Duchess county.
They had waited at Sherbrooke since
Wednesday last. hoping Thaw woulu
be turned over to the immigration au-
thorities and deportcd TO Vermont
Jerome and Franklin Kennedy, depu-
~ attorney-general of New York, said
last night that the plans and the
length of their stay there were in def
mite They conferred all the after
noon trying to hit on a means of get
ting Thaw OUT OF Jail, but without sue
cess. Mr.. Jerome was inclined to be
reticent last evening and would only
say that, ultimately, New York would
have its famous prisoner again.
The belief grew at Sherbrooke that
disposition of the case rested solely
with high Dominion officials and that
through them only could any move be
made. There was great deal OF talk
about New Works representatives try
H. H..
icook Justice who committed Thaw.
to quash the commitment. but so far
as could be learned. nothing came OF
IT, Thaw's lawyers having succeeded
in keeping himIin Jail anddhus thwart
ing his deportation. were resting on
their oars last night and waiting for
the other side to move. All indica-
tons prcsaged n long wait for Jer-
ONE. unless someone higher up took
a hand in the case.
I'm the parlor of his home at Coaii-
cook. Justice of tho Peace Dupls.
frequently interrupted by Mrs. Du-
puts. talked last night Of the at
tempts made 10 have him quash the
Thaw commitment. He is retired
grocer. short. rather round with a
heavy gray mustache and thinning
hair. lie feels that he is the key
stone" on the case. Il didn't think
the commitment was regular. when
signed It, said Dupuis. But the
sheriff who had Thaw was very anx-
ious he should be held They said a
remand was not strong enough. They
were so insistent that ] allowed m,
self 90 be persuaded don't know
whether J did right OF not On Wed
nesday. ! believe. some men who
called themselves immigration au-
thorities called On me. They wanted
me 10 20 right to Sherbrooke. give
Thaw hearing and turn him loose.
But J couldn't DO that They had the