Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-09-11
THREE HOURS FREE.
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for the special guards. l.. j. yerhaus
of New York City, who, it is said. will
conduct the battle against cxtradition
arrived, tonight, from Fabyans, n. H
r. r. +. McInnes of ottawa. one OF
the trainers of the Canadian immigra-
ton laws, under which Thaw was so
unceremoniously deported, also is here
He denounced the deportation as con-
tempt of court and said that proceed
ngs had been instituted to punish
those who participated in ThaW's re-
moval.
Thaw himself issued this statement,
tonight:
What occurred under the English
flag, this morning, is something l can't
discuss. but We believe good Canadi-
ans will do what is right. Now ! have
come To New Hampshire. but only on
my difficult way home to Pennsylvania
There is no honest legal charge
against me and We trust New Hamp-
shire won't accept any subterfuge
from a few officials of larger state
We hope citizens Of New Hamp-
shire who won't be blutled will write
to the Governor.
(Signed) HARRY X. THAW.'
ThaWs removal from the immigra
ton quarters at Coaticook was sud
den and dramatic Three mysterious
men. who said they represented c. j.
Doherty, the Dominion minister of jus
tice and acting minister of the inte-
rior, appeared before \ o'clock. Thaw
was asleep. They woke him up, COM
manded him to dress and after a
struggle. in which he tried to brain
one of them with a glass lumber took
him TO the border
Thaw screamed as they brought hin
down the stairway.
Don't let them kidnap me- he cried
Save me, for Gods sake
Silent determined, the officers held him
firmly and, struggle as he might, he had
to go y few minutes after he was or
his way to the border Instead of a pro
tracted legal battle IN the Canadian
courts, his case. us far rs Canada was
concerned, was over in twinkling
Thaw's appeal against the order of de
portation returned, last week, had been
denied and writ or no writ Canada was
to be rid of him at once
Back ON American soil again and tenn
porarily free agent. ThaW hardly knew
what to do with his new-found liberty.
In the absence of such guiding counsel
as he has grown accustomed To in the
last five years, with no one To lean upon
he marked for himself the erratic path
of his automobile journey out OF Yer
mont and into New Hampshire, which
ended with his detention, tonight, In a
Colebrook hotel. The circumstances OF
the journey were euriously mouled.
Within few minutes after Thaw had
been hurried from Coateook toward the
Vermont border by the Canadian immi-
grafton authorities. The Associated Press
representative, accompanied by a repre-
sentative of the Montreal Star. followed
IL another automobile. The immigration
officers car was soon overtaken ana
when Thaw was set free the two news
paper men were his only companions.
Thaw asked permission to ride in The AS
ISOLATED Press car. The request was
granted and Thaw was permitted to die
tate the route travelled. The Montreal
newspaper man left the party at Yves
Stewartstown, n. II.
Thaw's Indignation at the action O
the Canadian authorities in deportins
him while the habeas corpus proceed
ings were pending was frequently man.
ifested throughout his trip.
IT'S to hell with the writ of ha-
beas corpus" he remarked once. Five
judges were to hear my case. This is
strong arm work"
Mr.. McInnis, himself a Canadian, is
sued the following statement, tonight:
Il first received an intimaticn from
Ottawa. yesterday, that Thaw would
be secretly deported, Thursday, against
the orders of the courts. My colleague.
in Montreal would not believe the gov.
eminent would 50 outrage the Court
of Kings Bench. Nevertheless, | wa.
distrustful and took the first train te
Coaticook, where | found that 1'haN
had been secretly taken out by auto.
mobile and showed across the border
l followed his trail at once by motor Il
Colebrook"
The matter of Thaw's extraditior
from New Hampshire was uncertain
tonight. His lawyers contended that
there must first be produced a requisi.
tioc warrant from the Governor oil
New York. James p. futile, attorney
general of Newe Hampshire, is on the
scene and he will doubtless mako q
report on the case to the Governor
of his state.
Jerome's two-car special train rolled
into the station, at 11.05 O'Clock, to-
night. 1t carried two passengers
Jerome and Franklin Kennedy, deputy
attorney general of New York. Crowd.
poured into Colebrook, tonight, as i
there were a circus in town. Hote
corridors We're damned. Thaw SEN
out more than 50 kilograms. Amone
others he requested to come here was
eX-Gov. Stone of Pennsylvania.
APPEAL REJECTED.