The San Francisco call., 1913-08-18


Matteawan
stormville marveled at their speed
and watched them melt away in the
dust of the state road
The limousine had been left behind.
At the speed which the black car
travelled through Stormville it should
have reached the state line within half
an hour.
PURSUIT IS ABANDONED
Barnum's breathless declaration at
the asylum brought Doctor Kieb to his
feet like a pistol shot. Within mo-
ment he was stapding at the telephone,
and as Barnum poured the story into
9his ears he repeated it over the wire
TO police headquarters. Matteawan
became the center Of widening ripple
Of telephone and telegraph alarms as
Doctor Kieb planned pursuit.
q He might as well have tried to chase
12 inch shell. The 10 minute start,
the high power of the car in which
Thaw made his flight. the nearness of
the Connecticut state line and the in
ferior power of the pursuing cars mill
tated against him and made the chase
hopeless Five minutes ride away he
met William Flanagan, a liveryman
Il saw him." Flanagan shouted. '.FIe
ewas near Fishkill village and going so
miles an hour. ! saw him coming and
Just had time to crowd my horses close
over to one side of the road. He'd have
hit me sure. Just let him keep on;
he'll break his neck"
Flannigan recognized Thaw, he said.
sitting on the rear seat of the big black
car. The limousine was trailing the
big car. Flanagan said Doctor Kieb
- mt nf he pf1o
called 1t off and went back to Mattea-
wan.
NO CLEws TO AUTOS
Before starting Doctor Kieb notihed
District Attorney Conger 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 was able to give any in
formation 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 Ludding gtonville,
Carmel and Brewster to Mil Plains,
five miles beyond Brewster. The other
was by way of Pawling to the state
g line. The latter is the best road for
an automobile.
The road by Brewster would have
taken him over a rough country part
liable to have caused his halt by tele-
phone Just before Brewster is reached
there is a back road leading to the
Connecticut state line and which would
have taken him away from all obser-
walton until the Connecticut line was
reached Which road he took no one
knew.
According to the account given by
Doctor Kieb, when Barnum opened the
gate TO allow the milkman to enter he
let 1t remain open and. so far as Doctor
Kieb could Judge, had quietly stood by
and allowed the prisoner to walk out.
1t was impossible to obtain an inter
view with Barnum, as he had been
placed in custody by the hospital au-
thorities. Doctor Kieb's personal re-
ward of $500 for Thaw's apprehension
is in addition to the $50 usually given
by the state in such cases.
RELAYS of AUTOS LIKELY
A rigid investigation, begun without
delay, inclined Doctor Kieb TO the be-
3 lief that Thaw planned flight on 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 trail.
oThiS estigation disclosed the fact
Doctor Kieb added, that four of the
men who aided Thaw came to Mattea-
wan in the black touring car last Fri
day and registered at the Holland ho-
tels as Roger Thompson, Richard D.
Beetle, Michael O'Keefe and Eugene
Duffy, all of New York. No more pow
6 erful 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 yesterday. He
Joined the group at the Holland hotel
under the name of Thomas Flood of
New York. He is said to have driven
~ Tha escaped
The four men who arrived Friday
were described as rather sporty indi-
viduals by William Gordon, proprietor
of the hotel They spent their time
mostly in the barroom. where they
made a name as free spenders. Gordon
especially Thompson, who appeared to
be the leader. He had talk with
Thompson yesterday which caused him
to open his eyes wide when he heard
of Thaw's escape.
IMPATIENT AT DELAY IN HOTEL
..Thompson had been drinking pretty
much the night before and had started
in again that morning" Mr.. Gordon
said He talked about a great many
things and seemed to have a large fund
8of information. ] wondered what his
line Of business was and asked him.
HE waited for long time before he
answered. Then he said: Ny business
is helpluE RoOQ fellows VINO nave got
ten into trouble
The men came down from their
rooms at e.45 o'clock this morning
and paid their bills. There was a
considerable wait before the cars were
ready and at this the men became i'm :
patient Finally they drew up at the
front entrance and Flood took the
wheel of the touring car. Two of the
men got into the back seat. The other
two departed in the smaller car. The
automobiles proceeded ieisurely along
Main street in the direction of the
asylum.
Employees at the garage say the
smaller car could not possibly develop
a greater speed than so miles an hour.
This apparently accounts for It's not
being seen when the big car whirled
through Stormville.
Barnum has an excellent reputation.
His friends are strong In their belief
that he did not aid In Thaw's escape.
He is about 81 years old and at the
hospital he was looked upon as one
of the most trustworthy men in the
institution.
RETURN NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE
Barnum had not been particularly
friendly with Thaw. In fact. he ap-
peared to dislike him. He told friends
frequently that "Thaw makes troilhls