The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-09-05
HARRY THAW LOSES
IN DRAMATIC FIGHT
Enjoys Only Short Freedom
When Judge Sustains Writ.
IS HURRIED TO COATICOOK.
Rebind TraiIed Defeated Lawyers as
Prisoner is Taken Away by
Immigration Officers.

Coaticook, Que, sept. o.-r1atiy
Kendall Thaw, pried out OF the Sher-
brooke Jail on a writ of habeas cor
nus obtained by a coup of William
Trayers Jerome, enjoyed three min
utes of liberty this afternoon and
then was seized by the Dominion i'm
migration authorities and hustled by
automobile to this little town where
tonight he paced the floor In the i'm
migration room. Tomorrow speclal
board of inquiry will sit In his case
and nv night he may be thrust across
the Vermont border as an undeslr-
able alien. 1t was generally pre-
dicted tonight that before many
hours Thaw would be back In the
Matteawan asylum from when ne
escaped Sunday, August II.
The beginning Of the end of Thaw's
refuge I'm Canada came with drama
tic swiftness. A writ of habits corpus
sued out last Saturday at the direc-
tion of Jerome, with John Boudreau,
chief of police of this village as petit
tioner, was sustained at 2:45 O'Clock
this afternoon by Matthew Hutchln-
son. Superior Judge Of the District
of st. Francis, sitting in chambers at
Sherbrooke stolid, pallid, numb,
Thaw sat not five feet from the Judge
as he read the decision. When In the
very last paragraph the court declared
him a free man. Thaw seemed to
cru1nple up on the lounge where he
sat. a cigar stump fell from his left
hand and from his right hand f1utter-
ed two gay bits of ribbon a child had
given him.
NABBED BY OFFICERS.
But he did not rise. w. X. Nc
Keown, of his counsel. leaned over
and patting him on the shoulder,
whispered. Thaw raised his big
staring eyes and stood up. lmml-
grafton officers moved near him and
then Thaw began slowly to move to
the door. At the threshold Assistant
Superintendent Robertson OF the I'M
migration Bureau said simply Come
with us, Mr.. Thaw." And without
word, except a hoarse goodbye to
the reporters, Thaw obeyed. Five
minutes later a gray roadster streak
ed away from the court house. In the
back seat was Thaw. He had not even
been given time to pack his scany
belongings and voluminous CORES
pondence in his cell. In an hour he
was here in Coaticook guarded In
the detention room by two stalwart
Dominion police. None out counsel
was allowed to see him.
special incident, Thaw expressed no
surprise. evidenced no grief. Behind
him trailed his defeated lawyers.
AS AN UNDERIRABLE ALLEN.
sherbrooke, Que, Sept. 3.-Harry
X. Thaw today lost his fight to defy
deportation by remaining in the Sher-
brooke Jail. Judge Hutchinson this
afternoon sustained writ OF habeas
corpus calling for his release.
Thaw's lawyers seemed stunned.
Special officers OF the immigration
department jostled them in the cor
ridors.
"I'll see you in Coaticook, boys"
said Thaw, waving his hand to re-
porters.
Thaw remained dazed for possibly
three minutes The crowd began to
leave the Judges chamber in silence
Thaw followed aimlessly.
AS he crossed the threshold, F..
Blake Robertson, assistant superin-
tendent of immigration tapped him
on the shoulder and placed him offi-
cially under arrest as an undesirable
alien.
rhe crowd then surged from the
building and 1t was announced that
Thaw would be taken immediatly to
Coaticook for hearing.
Judge Hutchinson's voice trembled
as he read the decision which in eff
feet started Stanford Whites SLAYER
on the road back to Matteawan. The
Judges hands shook so that he could
hardly hold the document.
Thaw did not take his eyes off the
reader In his right hand Thaw held
Imply two little pennants of the fair
which a little girl had thrust upon
him. The court held, briefly, that
Thaw was being confined illegally
and that John Bourdreau. chief Of
police OF Coaticook, the petitioner had
a right to demand the prisoners re-
lease.