The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-11

Canadian. lie was driving a small, four
seated car, and was ready to travel any
where for money Sure. / will drive YOU
to IL and back, he said
Thaw got in and SO did the newspaper
| correspondents. Thaw clune tightly to
a box of cigars, all the baggage he car
| ried.
The little car jumped away. Cantin
| evidently thought it ~as a race for life
Thaw tried to appear calm. His hat was
| swept Off dust blinded his eyes The lit
tie ear took the Vermont hills like a
squirrel
"Neyer mind my hat" shouted Thaw.
But hold on there. driver. we don't
want to break our necks."
No Attempt to Conceal Identity
cantin pulled his car down to 20
miles farm wagon hove in sight.
! Thaw seemed frightened for a moment
| then he settled back and tried to smoke.
He could not talk connected1y; he
could give no idea of what he pur-
! posed to do. After several miles the
car swerved north and was back in
Canada again. Thaw griured. .This is
| familiar he said. 4 was along here
| coming up Gantin gave his ear more
fuel and the ear fairly hummed
| through the town of Canaan. VI. Ahead
! lay the Connecticut river and beyond
4
and Thaw was parading about the pub
lie square of West StewartstoWn. lie
wore checked cap a newspaper man
| had loaned him to replace the lost
straw and made no attempt 70 conceal
his identity. In fact he appeared rath-
er proud to let his identity be known.
Being in New Hampshire made him
breathe easier and he entered the hotel
and tried again to get Montreal on the
| telephone. Everybod- within 80 miles
was trying to telephone it-seemed and
Thaw gave it up az a bad job.
| Come on said Thaw to his COM
panions II want to strike railroad
and get to Detroit"
! But he could not hold to this resolve
and his inability to telephone anybody
seemed to gall him. Less than four
miles out of Stewartstown he made the
chauffeur stop again. The farmhouse
of Mrs Martha Atherton. whose hus-
band was away cooking for a lumber
camp, stood well back from the road.
| Into the yard Thaw had the chauffeur
drive and into the kitchen tramped
Thaw. He had noticed telephone
wire running into The kitchen.
| Mrs. Atherton was out at the barn,
| but in the kitchen sat her aged step
grandmother. Mrs. Elvira Day.
Il am Harry Thaw," said the stran-
| ger.
Not at All Impressed
| Mrs. Day apparently had not read
the newspapers much of late.
rs that so?" she commented mildly.
| What can / do for you?'
! May / telephone?'' said Thaw, TAX
ing off his hat for the first time.
You surely may, sir, said the old
lady. I'VE believe in being neignborly.'
Thaw smiled and went to the tele-
phone and found it useless. lie him
self. though he apparently did not
/ III %
uation. News of his liberation and wild
automobile ride was being flashed over
the countryside. Even then someone was
| trying to notify William Travers Je-
rome; others We're notifying Sheriff
| Drew In Colebrook so that he might
block the roadways. Thaw was cooking
his own goose He talked long with the
| operator. urging her to get j. n. Green
shields in Montreal, his erstwhle chief
| counsel. He spent more than 20 min
| utes in the endeavor. sitting ar inter-
vals in a quilted rocking chair smok-
ing.
| Mrs. Atherton came in from the barn.
"This is Mr.. Thaw," said Mrs. Day in
a matter of fact sort of way.
| Thaw rose and bowed. Mrs. Atherson
was stupefied. Apparently she had read
the papers and she was too overcome
| to move or speak. Here was Harry X.
| Thaw. slayer of Stanford White, calm
ly smoking cigar in her kitchen. She
gazed at him almost caressingly then
offered him limp hand. AS Thaw took
| ii she said:
| I'VE are neighborly folks, Mr.. Thaw
and If we can help you in any way, we
! like to do it, I'll cook you meal or
hitch up the team or anything you
say"
Chauffeur Was Puzzled
| Thaw declined assistance with
! 1,lns ha in, fax.r
ments, he said. He stepped to the ele-
phone again and when the operator
told him that getting Montreal then
WAS out of the question. he bade the
| two women good-by and hailed Catin.
The chauffeur was a little puzzled by
\ this time. He confieded to the lone
newspaper man then with Thaw that
driving a man somewhere was all
right but driving him nowhere in par
| tlcular did not appeal to him.
| Come on" shouted Thaw, lets be
moving"
''Where to" demanded Cantin
Inaw glared at HIM and waved to
said.
| Enrol was 80 miles away Catin
drove on stolidly. Now and then Thaw
cautioned him not to go so fast. At
four corners" CROSS roads the chauf-
feur stopped puzzled He was on un-
| familiar ground and Thaw directed
him to drive to nearby house where
a farmer pointed out the right road
| 1t was now nearly noon. Tnaw in
quired of the reporter with him wheth-
er he would lend him money in case
of emergency. II may not have enough
to get to Detroit" he said
| "I-"
! He dropped the subject abruptly, A
quarter of 81 mile down the road was a
cloud of dust and under the cloud of
dust was big automobile
| Thaw grew panicky. Somehow, even
at that distance, the car had for him a
sinister look.
Hadn't we better turn baek?" he
| asked, yet he did not order the chauf-
| feur to stop.
The little car kept on The big car
stopped The men got out There were
three of them. One was big man. They
strung themselves across the road and
as the little car drew up the big man
held up his hand.
Stop" he cried. I'm the sheriff Of
| Coos county"
Relieved to Be Arrested
Thaw leaned forward and looked In tho
sheriff's face. In his heart he must have
felt relieved. His face showed it. He was
a prisoner again, and the responsibility of
being free and not knowing what to do
was lifted. He shook the sheriffs hand
| cordially and with no word of protest or
| reproach climbed into the sheriff's big
machine. Under his arm he bore his
! cigars.
"Give me a sqaure deal. sheriff" ne