The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-09-06
THAW IS ORDERED
DEPORTEO TO
YER NJ 0 Mt
Butt ransfer Stopped BY Writ
Of Habeas Corpus
CASE GOES TO MONTREAL
The Charge Against jerome For
Gambling Was Due to Feeling
Fer ThaW.

Coaticook, Que, Sept 5.-IIarry X.
Thaw will be produced before the
fun Kings bench appeal side at
Montreal on the morning of Sept. IS.
Meantime, he may be detained here
or at Sherbrooke. or taken to Mont
real on a moments notice at the dis
creation of the immigration authori-
ties. Two of his counsel. j. n. Green
shields and ~ X. Lafiame, obtained
double Writ-habeas corpus and
prohibition-at Montreal today and
whrled in a special train into Coati.
cock where not long before the i'm
migration authorities had ordered
Thaw's deportation from the Do
miniCn.
Counsel for Thaw who had remain
ed in Coaticook had announced that
the writ was returnable forthwith
and special train was made up to
take the prisoner to Montreal to-
night.
A great crowd collected about the
station where Thaw was confined
and it was not until o'clock that it
became known that he might remain
here several days because the writ
is not returnable until Sept. Is.
There were cheers when the writ
arrived and more applause whenever
Thaw's face appeared at the window
of the detention room. When the spe
cial train pulled out for Montreal
without Thaw abroad there were
cries of disappointment, then more
cheering when the news got abroad
that for Thaw the new move meant
10 days delay.
Meantime, the special board of in
quiry ordered Thaws deportation to
Vermont under two clauses Of the i'm
migration act. namely, that he had
entered Canada. by stealth and had,
within five years been an inmate of
an institution for the insane.
From both these decisions Thaw's
lawyers appealed, then clinched mat
ters with notice by telegraph that
the writ had been granted in Mon
treal.
Jerome's arrest was due to two
causes and was not prompted in any
way by the Thaw lawyers who ex.
pressed indignation at the move and
said they were ready TO aid him.
What the arrest really signifed was
the state of public opinion here as
decidedly pro-Thaw and more decidedly
anti-Jerome. In the second place
there. is a split in the town council
over Chief of Police John Boudreau.
Thaw's original captor and subse-
quent petitioner for the writ of hab-
cas- corpus which forced Thaw out
of Jail at Sherbrooke into the hands
of the immigration authorities
Some of the aldermen contend that
Boudreau was influenced and acted
unwisely with the habeas corpus
matter and should resign. Anon,
his opponents is \. Hopkins. chair
man of the police committee OF the
council. Hopkins employs in his
grist mill Milford Aldrich. the COM
plainant against Jerome. Aldrich
says he acted as n jealous citizen
and his contention was sustained by
A. c. Hanson, joint crown prosecu-
tor who caused the warrant to be
issued.
I'VE were shocked" said Hanson.
ito see Mr.. Jerome playing cards for
money in public and it was our duty
to arrest him. Little children saw
him and were talking about ii. We
have never had another arrest OF il
kind here. If Jerome tries To leave
this jurisdiction he will be arrest
ed"
In finding Thaw subject 10 deporta-
tion-a decision which was rendered
after 4 o'clock this afternoon-th,
board of inquiry made this announce
ment:
This is to certify that Harry X.
Thaw of the United States OF Ameri-
ca, a person who entered Canada al
the International boundary line be-
tween the state of Vermont and the
province Of Quebec ON or about the
18th day OF August. 1913. has been ey
amined by the board OF inquiry az
this port and has been rejected for
the following reasons.
That he. Harry X. Thaw. did en-
ter Canada az a place other than a
port OF entry. and that he did not
forthwith report such entry 10 the
nearest immigration officer and pre-
sent himself for examination as re-
quired by law.
That he. Harry X. Thlw. eluded
examination by an officer and enter
ed Canada by stealth. contrary % the
provisions Of the immigration act
That evidence considered trust
worthy by the board has been sub
mitted to the board that he. Harry *
Thaw. has been insane within Eve
years previous TO the present date
and that consequently De. the said
Harry X. Thaw. comes within the
prohibited classes mentioned in sec
ton three Of the immigration act
which section provides that persons
who have been insane aiihin i've