The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1913-08-22
Slayer OF Stanford
White Makes Dash
For Liberfy.'
As Attendant Opens Door
For MiIkman TO Enter
Prisoner Sprints by to
a Waiting Automobile:
and Speeds Away TO
Safety.

MATTEAWAN, N. Y, Aug IT,
Harry X. Thaw, the slayer OF Stan
ford White, escaped from the hospl-
tai for the criminal insane here at
7:45 o'clock this morning. A dart for
liberty through an open gate, leap
into the open door Of powerful
automobile that stood quivering out
side and a flight like rocket for the
Connecticut State line, 30 miles, ac-
complished his escape.
Tonight he was still at large and
the hospital authorities felt certain
he was outside the State. Once be-
yond its boundaries Thaw was free.
Only months, perhaps years, OF It'll
CATION can bring him back to Mattea-
wan and then only in one event-that
he be adjudged insane in the State
to which he has fled.
| Five confederates manned the car
in which Thaw escaped and big
black limousine which trailed it past
the asylum gate. The police have
the descriptions Of 'Thaw's confed-
crates and the names under which
Ithey registered at local hotel Friday
might, and are seeking. them.
The hospital authorities believed
that Thaw had fled 70 ths shore Of
!. Long Island sound and BOARDED as
yacht waitisg with steam UP TO rush
! A reward 81 $500 for srnss~ s--.-ss
v prehension has been offered by DIR.
n R. F. C. Kieb, superintendent of the
n asylum. Howard H. Barnum, the at
tendant at the gate past whom Thaw
4 flashed in his break for freedom, Is
9 under arrest, and other arrests are
e expected to follow in the rigid invest
l. |igation begun by DIR. Kieb.
y The shades were drawn in the dor
r mitories and the inmates were get
N ting their second sleep this morning
ID when Thaw, fully dressed, left his
room. The milkman's cart was rumb'
ling on the road outside as he walked
through the storeroom and into tht
outer court, or yard, of the asylum
, grounds. Barnum, sole attendant a.
q the road gate, was pacing back ant
forth when Thaw closed the store
. room door behind him and apparant
oh ly did not grasp the significance o
nd Thaw's early rising.
IT, Long years of residence at tn
~, asylum and reported declarations b
=. Thaw that he would never attempt t
eh obtain his freedom except by legs
means had established Thaw's statu
as "trusty.'
There was little out of the ordinar
in his appearance, even at so early a
hour in the court yard, and if Bal
nj mum saw him-as to this none say
the hospital authorities could say t.
ne night and they refused to talk
~, no raised no question.
vi. 'he Sprints for Car.
.isS A black, six-cylinder touring ca
.ne 60 horsepower, followed by limo
w. sine, also black ,loafed lazily alol
'rn the road as the milkman drew ne
VI the gate. Thaw stood few fe
anu any away, apparently unconcerned un
nun Barnum unlocked the gate a
MT swung it wide to let the milkman c
Ver ter. At the same moment the t.
IAN cars drew upon the farther side
the road opposite the gate and ste
AVE ped, their engines throbbing.
'hg Barnum stepped aside for the mi
ano man to drive inside the grounds
'hiS heard the gravel crunch benes
Thaw's feet and looking up s
ke'S Thaw flash past him straight for {
'eas of the waiting cars. With sh
anu Barnum started in pursuit, but
flying leap landed Thaw safe in
car. The automobile wheels bet
turning before the keeper fai
view reached the roadway and they W
anu throwing up cloud Of dust bef
v o. he had gone 25 feet.
urcn Down the roadway the cars spec
VIII whirling cloud of dust that quic
hner blotted them from sight. For a !
ment Barnum shaded his eyes v
his hand and watched them; t
mas with the first great blot on his cal
.+nrn of 20 years as keeper he dashed n
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