Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-09-17
around Thaw at the railroad station
General Public Not Admitted.

here.
General Public Not Admitted.
The little court room began to fill
up shortly after 10 o'clock. The gen
eral public was not admitted, but
about 100 friends of court attendants
and the like gained admittance. Out
side the building a crowd i'll which
women predominated, damned the
| street from curb to curb. They did
not get a glimpse of Fhaw.
William T.. jerome came in few
moments before II AID then the
Thaw lawyers, Nose II. Grossman
and L. J. Vorhaus of New York City.
Ex-Governor Stone of Pennsylvania
and Merrill Shurtleff of Colebrook.
Necks were craned and the women
| leaned forward tensely when ThaW
his right sat Sheriff Drew at his left
MIR. Vorhaus. his "eXtradition expert. "
| The fugitive closed his eyes, esieu
his cheek on his hand and di not
give the spectators a glance. A girl
with blue eyes. cheeks flushed, stood
| on tiptoe five minutes gazing raptly
at the back OF his head.
Judge Aldrich took his seat at lao
Mr.. Shurtleff for Thaw pointed out
that the eXtradition hearing in the
Thaw case was to be held probably
n,,I In INah
corpus hearing be postponed. jerome
objected.
Alleges No Federal Issue Involved.
There is no Federal issue involved
here" he said This writ was alb
tanned merely for delay under cir
cumstaaces which approach very
near trifling with the court
Here he introduced an affidavit by
a newspaper reporter setting forth
that Thaws counsel had told him the
writ had been obtained, not to bring
about the figutive's freedom now, but
to safeguard him in the future
against sudden changes should extra
dition be granted.
George f. Morris of Thaw's coun-
sci declared the application for the
writ was entirely regular, while the
warrant on which New York sought to
get Thaw was more subterfuge.
Protected by Federal Writ
Judge Aldrich's indefinite suspen-
sion of the hearing on the writ of
habeas corpus means that Thaw will
have federal writ to check his inn
mediate return to New York State in
the event Governor Felker orders his
extradition, after the, hearing to be
held at Concord ,.
In an open discussion with William
T. Jerome, special deputy for New
York state, after announcing the sus-
pension OF the hearing, Judge Aldrich
said that search of the statutes had
failed to reveal to him any law under
which a man in Thaw's position, lu-
matte charged with a crime, could be
eXtradited.
Mr.. Jerome tried to block postpone
ment of the hearing on the ground
that the writ had been obtained as
a matter of expediency. He produc-
ed an affidavit of a newspaper man
; quoting Thaw's counsel as saying
this, but he did not press the matter
after Thaw's counsel had assured
the court that the application for the
writ had been entirely regular.
What do you propose to do, them"
insisted the judge.
Jerome hesitated.
Suspension Would Injure No One
THE immediate question" contin-
ued the court, "is whether the pro-
ceerings shall go on or be suspended.
1t is the judgement of the court that
a suspension would not menace the
interests of either side, and in view
of the fact that the governor hesita-
ties to proceed with the extradition
hearing until the status of this mat
ter is assured, suspend it. 1t is not
adjourned, but suspended, and l sug-
gest that either side notify me within
six days when they are prepared to
go on with it," =.
Thaw sat with his eyes riveted on
the court. His lawyers were smiling.
He was remanded back to the Joint
custody of Sheriff Drew Of Coos
County and United States Marshal
Mute.
Honnsa oil for hoth cidaa aRtnx 4n1l.