The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-24
A VISIT WITH THAV
IN CANADIAN JAIL


the stories attributed to him in inter
views which never took place. he
showed evidences of resentment. Thaw
positively refused to discuss his wife,
now dancer on the New York stage
They say I ran away because her
name was being proclaimed in big
electric letters" he snapped, "and it
was such an ordinary lie that it fell
of its own weight Whatever Evelyn
is doing is of her own volition But
cannot believe some interviews that
have been attributed to her. She
1T is the same old story. guess.
She is going her way and am going
mine. But I want to say this. she
has no reason and never had to fear
me-"
Thaw evinced decided interest In
would reach here tomorrow. He said
that il Jerome bore any malice, he
did not But he asked several times
why the man who twice prosecuted
him for murder was coming here just
at the time when he had other mater
/ that the plan was to place Jerome In
/ full charge of the fight to take him
! back to Matteawan. the Thaw Jaws
snapped shut and with a grin he
| calculated:
well, he has been keeping me in
/ toN n "a
malice" Thaw declined to discuss
his fight from Matteawan. ri would
4 like to tell you all about it, old man.
but you know there are many things
that my lawyers believe better un-
| said at this time"
4 Unless something unforeseen hap
pens Thaw will be brought into court
next Wednesday morning and dis
charged. immigration officials here
will direct him to leave the dominion
by the way he entered. He may elect
whether he will do so Should Thaw
refuse to cross into Vermont he will
hsye TO he brought before the Ina iIll 1siss. 1siss..
grafton advisory board, consisting of
two members Should the evidence
be against him he will be ordered de-.
! ported as the board sees fit. He will
\ have the right to appeal to the Cana
dian courts. Being an American citi-
/ zen, however, this is his only re-
course.
1t is not thought that Thaw will OBJ
ject to going OF Vermont. Thaw law
yers have put the case up to Thaw.
They have told him that If he leaves
Canada via Vermont he is compara-
I lively safe. If he stays here and fights
4 the commitment he can get nearly
five years of delay.
I Thaw has badgered his great legal
staff until they don't know where they
stand.
They had long conference this
/ afternoon. The entire case was dis
cussed 1t was the concensus OF opin-
ion that Thaw should accept an eject
ment order and go back to Vermont.
i But the final decisions were put up to
Thaw and he will not make I'D his
mind until his American ATTORNEYS.
! sylvania d. T. Thompson and VIM.
i Blakeley reach here. That Thaw will
have Sunday services held in his cell
was the announcement made tonight,
by George M. McLeish, who is in this
city representing the personal inter-
ests of the Thaw family and looking
after the comforts of the prisoner. ~
endeavored to get permission from
the judge to allow me to take Harry
to church" said McLeish tonight,
but this he declined to do. | will
arrange, however, to have minister
visit him in his cell and conduct some
sort of service appropriate to the
conditions. Mr.. Thaw is a church
member and always has been. BY de-
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