The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-01
ANXIOUS FOR THAW
TO GET FREEDOM
Chaloncr Thinks He Should Be
Tried by American Jury on
Charge of Insanity.
HE'S NOT SAFE IN VERMONT
Speaker Denies That He Has
Written to Slayer of Stan
ford White.

MY advice to Thaw's lawyers" said
John Armstrong Chaloner last night,
is that they arrange TO have him
tried before jury of his peers on the
charge OF insanity as soon as he sets
foot on American soil Until such n
court has tried him and found him
sane he Will not be free from molesta-
ton. That's the advice of n man who
escaped from a New York insane
asylum, and not only escaped, but
stayed away. AS soon as l could do
So L had my sanity established by
the Circuit Court Of Albemarie Coun-
ty.'
Mr.. Chaioner addressed good
sized audience ut the Rex Theatre last
night deVoting most of his time TO a
discussion of judges. lawyers alien
lists, and individuals that have figured
In the Thaw case since the killing on
the Madison Square roof. lie spoke in
tinatcly of the history of the famous
trial and with scant courtesy of the
judges and prosecutors who sent Thaw
to Matteawan.
Wants to Sec Him Free.
II want to see Thaw get away" said
Chaloner. and think he will. | have
never believed he is insane, and have
always insisted that he killed STAN
ford White in moment of alteration
His lawyers have committed blundcr
after blunder, but they now have the
upper hand. II they will follow my
advice and see that rhaw is given n
trial refore jury as soon as he is re-
leased by the Canadian authorities, he
Will emerge free man.
'Thaw was never more mistaken in
his life if he thinks he can't be touched
IN Vermont. The moment he sets foot
III that state any citizen can have him
arrested as dangerous escaped luna
tic and as menace to life and prop
erty. He will have to show n clean
bill of health before he is free The
best thing that could happen to him
would be to be arrested in Vermont
1t would give him the chance to es-
tablish his sanity"
Never Wrote to Thnw.
Mr.. Chaloncr took time in the course
of his address to contradict repo,ts
that had gained currency crcditing
him with having written to Thaw and
to his lawyers.
I have never written to Harry x.
Thaw, and 1 don't intend to write to
him. he said. There is no truth in
reports that ] have communicated
either with him or his lawyers have
addressed n letter to his friend, DIR.
Evans giving him my advice as an
authority on lunacy law. but / have
hoN hc:ird irOni MIN. / didn't expect
to.
Tut. while he has not written to
him." said MIR. Chaloncr, Harry X.
Thaw is in n position to get the adj
vice and the benefit OF the experience
of ono. who, at first a fugitive like
himself, succeeded in establishing his
sanity, by the mere eXpe,iicnt OF di-
recting his lawyers to consult his book
on lunacy nov on file in the Congress
sional Library ut Washington. That
book he said. represented an orig
I inal inquiry into lunacy legislation
| from long before Magma Charta to the
present century, and is the sole work
| of its kind.
Question of Justice.
! The whole question of justice to the
alleged insane" said MIR. Chaloner,
hinges on their right to trial by jury.
In my book have proved that right
! by numbers of authorities Let
| Thaw's lawyers secure for him n trial
! by jury in any State. except in New
I York. and lie will be declared Sane.
/ The American people believe he is
sane. and viii not have him incar-
! ccr.ttcd again If necessary. his law
/ yers can secure an injunction from
! the United States Supreme Court re-
! curing him 10 be tried by Il jury