The San Francisco call., 1913-08-19

suit and put on a pair of stained glasses
while was talking to him." The other
man with Flood wore straw hat. a
dark suit and was stout, Lowery said
WITNESS DESCRIBES ACCOMPLICEs
Another witness was William Gordon,
proprietor of the Holland house in Fish
kill Landing, where the five strangers
stopped. Gordon verified the five names
taken from the hotel register, and said:
'O'Keefe, Butler, Thompson and Duffy
came in the car on Friday last, and sat
urday Thomas Flood drove to the hotel
in another car. Saturday Flood and the
others were together about all the time.
They spent much of their time in the
hotel barroom and talked freely.
They did not say anything about
their business, and when / asked one of
them he replied: T am in the water
business get the water out Of Sleeps
head bay | knew he was kidding me,
and a short time afterward he came to
me and said, I was fooling you. Now,
l am going to tell you about myself. I
am one of those fellows who never likes
to see anybody in trouble. I don't care
what he has done: when see a fellow
in trouble / am sorry for him and will
try to help him out
The men left the hotel together in
the two cars yesterday morning. They
paid their bills, and one man ask ed
another in the party IL he thought they
could be back before night. The other
man replied that they ought to make
it all right
WOMAN DESCRIBES ESCAPE
Annie Maher. laundress at the Mat
teawan hospital, was another witness.
She was standing in the laundry
tower, overlooking the yard. Below
( she noticed Thaw; on the roadway out
side We're two cars:
II stayed at the window longer than
usual" she said, because l noticed a
fine big touring car at the bottom OF
Lowery's hill, and I saw another auto
mobile right close to the yard gate A
man was working on the machinery
and I thought it was out of order.
Then l noticed two big men step
out They opened both side doors OF
the car. One of them waved his hand
kerchief to man who was leaning
against the open car at the bottom of
the hill
'1rhaw suddenly walked over to the
gate and 1 saw Hickey's milk wagon
coming up the hill. Mr.. Hickey was
driving slowly AS he stopped in front
of the gate he climbed from his seat.
THE milkman walked over TO the
heard the big gong ring. Then 1 saw
Thaw lean against the gatepost as
Guard Barman drew back the lock and
pushed the door open. I could hear
Hickey urge his horse ahead and then
saw him drive through the gateway.
There goes Harry Thaw.' I shouted
out of the window. as saw Thaw slip
past the milk wagon and out of the
yard.
The two men caught Thaw by both
arms and dragged him into the auto
mobile, which by that time was already
under way. The machine seemed to
jump down the hill and to the corner,
where it shot out of sight"
Lindley Churchwell employed at the
Holland house. said the car in which
Thaw escaped was a 1913 model and
was run by a man who gave his name
as Thompson. There were numbers on
the car. the witness said, but he was
unable to tell in the poor light what
they were.
Lowery. when questioned further,
told OF the APPROACH of the five men to
the hospital.
II was working in my barn." he
said. when I heard a car stop on the
road from Matteawan to Fishkill Land
ing. 1t was large touring car with
two men in 1t. One man got out and
walked up the hill to a point where it
was possible to see the rear gate of
the hospital.
He came down and went back and
climbed the hill third time, each
time reporting to his companion. At
that time I went into the house and
heard car coming down the hill and
some one was yelling Then I came
out and saw the same man jump into
the car. 1 saw the tail of the other
car passing the corner and 1 saw this
1r1r,a 9,,%@ L T.,
standing there. This car soon followed
the other. There were three men in
the rear seat of the car that came down
the hill and one man in the front seat
driving"
GUARD AND THAw CHUMsTY
Leroy s. Crum. an employe of the hos
pital, gave the following account of the
escape:
Il went to the door three or four min
utes before the car came down the road.
! looked up and saw Thaw standing in
the middle of the gate and Barnum on
the side. I stayed there for a minute
and then went to the harness room, and
when / returned the car was going
down the hill. Bobbie Odell came In
with some milk and I said 20 Odell,
That's Thaw In that automobile He
replied. Are you sure? and I said it
looked very much like Thaw
QIu hot see 11dW get into the car,
but did see him sitting in the middle
of the back seat"
Crum said he had no conversation
with Barnum, but added that he had
seen Barnum and Thaw walking around
the yard for the last two or three
months and Sunday morning Barnum
and Thaw walked toward the gate.
Il have no opinion to form on the
case" Crum replied in answer to a
question by District Attorney Conger
After hearing several other minor
witnesses Justice Morschauser issued
the warrants for the arrests.
Both Factions Aid Hunt
ALBANY. Aug. 1S.-Harry X. Thaws
escape from the Matteawan state hos
pital will be the subject of thorough
investigation by the state. Upon this
the rival claimants for the governorship
are agreed. Acting Governor G1ynn an
nounced today that he would take steps
til at would insure the most rigid in
quiry. Governor Sulzer advised John 3.
Riley, superintendent of state prisons,
at conference today that the investi-
cation must be thorough.
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