The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-08-21
HARRY (, THAW GAINS LIBERTY
BY CLEvERLY PLANNED COUP
hiQh-PoWered Automobile and five C0nfederdteS
Assist Fleeing Man---ESCapeS When Milk
man terS---GuardS on Duty Suspected
of Participating in Plot.

Matteawan, N. Y, Aug. Hilary
r. Thaw, slayer of Stanford White, es-
capped from the hospital for the crimi.
aal insane here at 7:45 o'clock this
morning. He darted for liberty through
IN open gate, dashed into the open
door of a powerful automobile that
stood on the curbing outside and flew
like a rocket for the Connecticut state
lime, 80 miles away, accomplishing his
escape.
Tonight he was still at large and
hospital authorities felt certain he was
outside the state. Once behind its
boundaries Thaw is free. Only per-
Aaps years of litigation can bring him
back and then only in one event that
he will be judged insane in the state
TO which he fled.
Five confederates manned the car
il which Thaw escaped and a big
black limousine which trailed it past
the asylum gate. Police have their
license, and the names under which
they registered at a local hotel Friday
night and are seeking them. Hos.
pital authorities believe Thaw fled to
the shore Of Long Island sound and
boarded a yacht waiting with steam
up to rush him to Europe.
A reward of $500 for Thaw's appre.
Aension has been offered by DR.. Kieb,
superintendent Of the asylum. How
ard Barnum, attendant at the gate,
past whom Thaw flashed in his break
TOR freedom is under arrest and other
arrests are expected to follow in the
rigid investigation begun by DR.. Kieb.
The shades were drawn in the dor
nitories and the inmates were asleep
when Thaw left his room this morn
ing. The milk mans car was rumb-
ling on the road outside as he walked
through the store room into the outer
court yard of the grounds.
Barnum, the sole attendant at the
road gate, paced back and forth when
Thaw closed the store room door be-
hind him, and APPARENTLY did not
grasp the significance of Thaw's early
rising. t.
His long years Of residence at the
asylum had established the mad mans
xtatuts as a 'trusty."
4 six-cylinder touring car of 60
horsepower, followed by Limousine,
also black, loafed lazily along the road
rs the milkman drew near the gate.
Thaw waited till Barnum unlocked the
gate to let the milkman enter. At the
same moment the two cars drew up
an the further side Of the road op-
loslte the gate and stood still their
engines throbbing.
AS Barnum stepped aside for the
milkman to drive inside the grounds
he heard the gravel crunch beneath
Thaw's feet and looking up saw the
mad man flash past him for one Of
the waiting cars. With a shout Bar
auni started in pursuit, but a flying
leap landed Thaw safe within the car
as the wheels were turning before the
Keeper had fairly reached the road
N1y. They were throwing up cloud
Ut dust before he had gone rs feet.
The great black car flashed through
AtoFmville 10 miles east of here, along
the road to the Connecticut line, tray
cling 10 miles an hour. They were
10 minutes out of here, at which they
should have reached the state line in
Aalf an hour The Limousine was
Nett behind. '.. @s".0"@#
Earnum's GREATNESS declaration that
shaw escaped brought DR.. Kieb to
his feet like a pistol shot. Kieb
planned the pursuit Immediately, but
might as well have followed Pinch
shell. The Commute start had put
Thaw safe from reach. The chase
WAS soon abandoned.
All points in the district were warn
I'd to be on the lookout for the party
Auf no trace was found. According
10 DR.. Kieb's investigation it looked
Ike Barnum had stood aside, allowing
Ehaw to pass out, although Barnum
vas trustworthy and has often ex-
.1eessed a dislike for Thaw.
DR., Kieb believes Thaw had planned
his hight on a yacht in Long Island
Sound and that he reached the yacht
lAg relay Of automobiles.
Tue Investigation disclosed the five
mem who aided Thaw came here Fri
LAY, staying at the Holland hotel,
where they appeared sporty, spending
Dnch time in the barroom. "
New York, Aug. Hilary X.
Tnaws mother, Mrs. Mary Copley
Thaw, did not attempt to conceal her
satisfaction over her sons escape