Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-30
Chauffeur Says He Would Not "Squea' on Ina" i
 Given Whole Town of Sherbrooke
HE WOULDN'T SAY A WORD TO HURT THE CASE
Now Out on $500 Bail Until Next Wednesday, Possibility That Thaw May Remain in Jail Until October--Repor;
 That Another Judge Has Agreed to Grant New Yorks
 Lawyers Writ of Habeas Corpus-Midnight Conference

sherbrooke. Que, Aug. 29-New York state made no step forward to- day in it's fight to return Harry h- Thaw 10 the Matteawan asylum Tor the criminal insane. He remains m the Sherbrooke jail on commitment which will not bring him into court until the kings bench conVenes In october, and William Travers Jerome, conferring with Canadian counsel, has as yet been unable to secure the throwing of the bolt that detains him.
 Thompson Out on Bail.
 Roger Thompson, erstwhile Times square chauffeur, lounged about the hotel corridors this afternoon, lunched and dined near Jerome, wrote letters 10 friends. walked unmolested and kept silence as regards the Thaw case. He was released on $500 bail today on the double charge of having entered can ada "by stealth and of having aided an undesirable ThaW. to cross the do- niinion border. He will be tried on these charges, barring further post ponements. on Wednesday next.
 Furnished with counsel by the Thaw family, and provided with spending money. presumably from the same source Thompson fiatly and repeated ly refused to tell what transpired on and after the Sunday morning on which he drove Thaw away from the asylum gate, after Stanford Whites slayer had whisked past Howard Bar mum, the aged gatekeeper.
 Thompson's Lips Sealed.
 'T would not squeal if you gave me the whole town of Sherbrooke, said Roger ''l believe Thaw is sane, and l wouldn't say one word to hurt his case I want to see him get away. won't jump my bail. l can't go back to New York, because they have a warrant out charging me--with con spiracy. That worries me whole lot. My old mother is worried about me, too; but I wrote her today telling her not to be. I am a British subject and l hope to beat this case, and just now it would be crazy of me to give the details of the trip with Thaw.
 After driving him away from Mat teawan ] came with him into Canada because a lawyer told me they could not touch me up here. I was the one who hired w l.. ShurtleR at Coaticook to look out for Thaw- Then came on here to Sherbrooke. and they pinched me in the courtroom"
 Sheriff and District Attorney Leave.
 Thaw issued no statements from his Rell today. His lawyers, interested in khe arraignment of Thompson. did not go near him. One of his New York counsel Harry Hirschberg, of New burg. N T., returned home this after noon On the same train went Dis trict Attorney Conger and Sheriff Hornbe6k of Duchess county They bad waited here since Wednesday last, hoping that Thaw would be turned Dver to the immigration authorities and deported to Vermont.
 Jerome and Franklin Kennedy, dep- pty attorney general of New York, said tonight that their plans and the length pf their stay here were indefinite. They conferred all afternoon, trying to hit on a means of getting Thaw ont of jail, but without success. MT. Jer ome was inclined to be reticent this evening and would only say that ulti mately New York state would have its famous prisoner again.
 Jerome Likely to Have Long Wait.
 The belief grew here that disposition of the case rested solely with high do- minion officials and that through them only could any move be made. There was great deal of talk about New Works representatives trying to in- duce Alexis. .Dupuis, the Coaticook jus tice who committed Thaw, to quash the commitment, but so far as could be learned nothing came of it.
 Thaw's lawyers, having succeeded in keeping him in jail and thus thwarting his deportation, were resting on their oars tonight and waiting for the other side to move. All indications presaged a long WdlI TOT JBEOiuc uuiGSS SOIuGOII6 higher up took a hand in the case.
 Justice Dupus Has His Doubts.
 Tn his home at Coaticook, Justice of the Peace Dupuis, frequently inter rupted by Mrs. Dupuis, talked tonight of the attempts made to have him uuash the Thaw commitment. He is a retired grocer. short, rather round, with heavy gray moustache and thinning hair. He feels that he is the Keystone" of the case.
 T didn't think the commitment was regular when I signed it. said Dupuis. but the sheriff who had Thaw was very anxious he should be held. They said a remand was not strong enough. They were so insistent that I allowed myself to be persuaded. don't know whether L did right or not
 Wanted Thaw Turned Loose.
 "On Wednesday, believe, some men who called themselves immigration authorities called on me. They want ed me to go right to Sherbrooke, give Thaw a hearing and turn him loose. But l couldn't do that. They had the machine waiting but I didn't go. 1 had a horse I wanted to sell at Ayers Cliff fair that afternoon. A while later one of them came back. He wanted me to sign over my rights to another magistrate. But told him l thought I was ca apable of dealing wit the situation myself. British fair play won't suffer in my hands,
 Mrs. Dupuis entered. She is taller than her husband.
 Let me tell you." said Mrs Du- puis I'm for Thaw. I wouldn't hurt him for the world. My husband is not going to do anything nasty"