Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-08-23

Action is Taken by ThaW's lawyers
to Prevent His Arrest by the immi-
grafton Acknowledgements Was
ALFRED in Natty. New Suit Ready
for the Hearins--Large crowds
Gather About the Jail.
SHEsRBROOKE. Quebec. Aug. u ~
G. l.. ShurtlefI, counsel for Harry X
Thaw, left here today for the Canad'
ian capital to lay Thaws case before
the department of immigration. Law.
yer Shurtleff said he would make a
direct appeal for the release OF Thaw
on the grounds that he is being illeg-
ally detained
ALFRED in a natty. new suit, which he
sent out from the Jail to buy, Harry
Thaw received his brotherinlaw and
sister, Mr.. and Mrs. George Lauder
Carnegie in his cell today before go.
ing TO court to hear his habeas cor
pus plea,
Long before the hour which had
been set for the hearing, crowds be
gan gathering about the jail. and
caused the authorities some worry as
to how to get Thaw to court without
escape. Dr. Britton d. Evans, alien
list employed by the Thaw family, Is
here to help Thaw if necessary.
After long conference counsel for
Thaw decided that he would not pro-
duce the fugitive in court today. The
governor of the jail and sheriff were
so notified. and their plans for a
safe removal Of Thaw were dropped.
1t is supposed that Thaw's lawyers
delayed to prevent his arrest by the
immigration authorities.
Lost All That is Dear.
II have lost all that Is dear to me
in this world. feel | have lost the
love of the woman for whom ! was
prepared to do anything. That is
Evelyn said Harry X. Thaw to a
reporter in his room in the Sher-
brooke Jail.
Evelyn has gone back to her old
life. Her name, have heard, is
flashed in great big electric letters
On Broadway bear no malice to
her, but my heart suffers a pang
which no one but me can feel
THAT is all want to say in reply
to the questioned will ever be recon-
ciled to my wife, believe that
everybody is in sympathy with me
and that I will be a free man after
this is all over"
why did you make the flight from
Matteawan?" the reporter asked.
81 think | have answered that when
have said that have lost the dear
est girl in the world. ! want TO say
right now that | am being held here
in this jail just because the officials
at Matteawan want me to go back
there and spend my days in contin1-
ment.
II have been legally acquitted OF
any crime, and l certainly have
shown by my actions that | am not
an insane man. am being perse-
cu.es by a certain coterie OF people
who want me kept in that prison
atmosphere"
Has Best Quarters in Jail.
Thaw occupies the best possible
quarters that can be provided in the
local Jail. His room is on the second
foor OF the building, which was erect.
cd more than sixty years ago. There
are three big windows and electric
fights give added comfort.
81 am now fighting for liberty aad
my lawyers have instructed me not
to say too much, but it seems funny
to me that such crowd OF men and
women outside of the jail should
stand around as If were side show
TOR a big circus. If | We're poor by
birth they would not even look at me, "
Thaw continued
do you think that you win ever
be brought back to New York to be
confined in the asylum at Mattea-
wan?"
"No, l. think that am perfectly
justified in what'I did and ! am con-
soled by the fact that my mother
sisters and brother wish me every
happiness. cannot discuss my inn
rnodiata MANS or even the ideas