Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-10

CoLEBROOK. n. H. Sept. TO-
Harry K. Thaw. deported from Can
ada this morning. enjoyed three br;ef
nours of liberty in Northern New
England, but was arrested shortly
before noon on country road five
miles from here by Sheriff Holman
Drew. Of Coos county.
Thaw, In an automobile with some
newspaper correspondents, was driv-
ing down the road and had reached
a little rural sehooIhouse. when an
automobile containing the sheriff an
peared in sight The sheriff recoo-
nizing Thaw. held up his hand for
the car to stop.
Thaw ordered the chauffeur. =.
French-Canadian. TO bring the car
TO standstill and then alighted ana
went into the sheriff's car without
protest, although the officer had no
warrant for his arrest.
Thaw and the newspaper eorre-
spondents then proceeded to Cole
brook. Thaw was not locked up In
Iail, but was taken to the Office OF
Ihomas Johnson. a local attornev.
Whom ne retained as his legal ad-
Wore a Borrowed Cap.
During the early part OF his faigat
from Norton Mills. VT, Thaw LOST
ms hat and when he reached aere
he Wore cap borrowed from one Of
ms. newspaper companions. His only
possession was bunch of cigars.
As soon as he arrived here with his
prisoner Sheriff Drew wired william
Travers Jerome Of the arrest Of Thaw
and requested Mr.. Jerome to come
here ar once to take charge Of the
fugitive
Later in the day Thaw will be
taken TO Lancaster, the county seat.
and confined in the county jail.
When Thaw crossed the interua
lional boundary at 9 o'clock this
morning only about a dozen persons
We're at Norton Mills-the first town
IN Vermont inside of the border
and none of them made any attempt
to delay his car
He Stands Undecided.
For the first time since his arrest at
Coatlcook three weeks ago Thaw was
free man. He stood for a few mo-
ments, not knowing which way TO ga.
and then asked one of the newspaper
correspondents who had followed him
from Coatieook in an automobile Il
he might enter his car. Permission
was granted and the party started
immediately for Averill, where a stop
was made at the village inn.
On reaching Ayeri1 Thaw attempts
ed to get In telephone Communication
with his mother and his lawyers at
Montreal, but the line was working
badly and he was unsuccessful He
had breakfast at the inn and partook
of a bowl of bread and milk.
Re-entering the automobile. Thaw
and his newspaper acquaintances
doubled back into Canada for short
distance and then returned TO Amer
ican territory through Canaan and
Beecher Falls. Vt, crossing the Con-
necticut river into New Hampshire
at 10 o'clock. Throughout the trip
Thaw made no attempt to conceal his
Talks Freely with Those In Crowd.
The first stop in New Hampshire
was made at West Stewartstown.
where Thaw stood in the village
square for ten minutes. talking freely
with those who gathered about him
He was very nervous and tried again.
unsuecessfully, to get In touch with
his mother and attorneys.
After leaving West Stewartstowp.
Thaw stopped at the farm of Mrs.
Martha Appleton, where he entered
the kitchen and asked for permission
to use the telephone. Again he failed
10 connect, either with Montreal or
with Colebrook. where court was in
session and where he wished to en-
gage a New Hampshire attorney.
After leaving Mrs. Appleton's farm
Thaw proceeded about i've miles
down the road, when he was arrested
by Sheriff Drew.
COATICooK. Sept. 1O.-Harry K.
Thaw. removed forcibly from his
quarters here today, was a free agent
in American territory by noon, trav-
cling in an automobile with a num-
Der of American newspaper reporters.
The Matteawan fugitive was dropped
over the border by the Canadian au-
thorities into Vermont. Alone, dazed
and free, he did not know what to do.
The newspaper men following him
took him into their car and are now
travelling with him. Already they
have passed from Vermont into New
Hampshire. AS the car progresses
the newspaper men report Thaw's
movements.
The situation Harry Thaw found
himself in today was by far the most
extraordinary that has marked the
progress of his sensational case since
he fled from the Matteawan asylum
August II. Believing this morning
that he was being kidnapped, he re-
sisted forcibly his removal from
Coaticook. only to find that the out
come of his quick dash in an auto
mobile to American territory was 70
bring him unexpected freedom and
place him in the hands of the men
who up to the present time had de-
voted their energies to the reporting
of his case.
Thaw was dazed at the suddenness
of the events of the morning: without
his array of legal counsel he did not
know where to turn for advice. After
brief consultation with the newspa
per men. the automobile hired by the
reporters. with Thaw in it. went on 10
Averill.
Here brief stop was made md ~
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