The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-08-21

thousands of dollars In attempts to
have him freed legally from restrain.
The aged mother arrived In New
York unexpectedly from her summer
home at Creasson. Pa, and joined her
daughter, Mrs. George Carnegie, who
10 stopping at the Gotham hotel.
Mrs. Thaw refused to say anything
when news OF her sons escape FIRST
reached the hotel. but Mrs. Carnegie
was apparently greatly surprised.
my mother and had intended go
ing to the hospital to see Harry" she
said. I'VE knew nothing Of his In
tentions or have we any idea where
he is is or what he intends TO do.
1t is great surprise to us all
As soon as Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
heard Of her husbands escape she
asked for protection. She declared
she believed her life in danger and,
accordingly, she was given police pro-
lection. She Is also being guarded by
a private detective hired by Arthur
Hammerstein. This detective accom-
panied her to and from the Victoria
theater, where she is performing in
vaudeville.
William Travers Jerome, who
while district attorney sent Thaw to
the asylum and thereafter successful
ly resisted all attempts Of the young
man to gain freedom, was told of
Thaw's escape. He said that he would
make no comment then, except that
he was afraid that Thaw would at
tack him. ,, .. r.. d..
Legal experts practically agreed
| that Thaw Is immune from arrest so
| far as the murder of Stanford White
is concerned. Even If he were ar
rested in another state on some pre-
text, it is not believed that he could
| be extradicted. His case, II he keeps
out of New York state, Armstrong
Chanler, who has declared insane in
New York. but escaped to Virginia,
| where he lives unmolested He has
changed the name of Canler to Chal.
oner.
New York Police Notified.
The New York city police were mott.
( fed of Thaw's escape within half an
hour after it occurred and detectives
and uniformed men we're dispatched
to all ferries, stations, piers and 9TH
er public places with instructions to
| watch for the fugitive.
Deputy Police Commissioner Dough
erty said that the escape OF Thaw
| would be regarded in the same light
as would the escape of prisoner
from Sing Sing. He said he doubted,
however, that Thaw could be brought
back If taken in another state.
Doctor Kieb believes that the plot
to free Thaw was engineered by his
relatives and that several guards and
attendants were accessories. He has
evidence that six men took active
part lin the liberation proceedings.
Four Of the men have been stopping
at the Highland house at Fishkill
landing, q half mile from Matteawan,
since Friday night. The Nth, said
to be the chauffeur OF the touring car
that bore Thaw to Connecticut ar.
rived on Saturday. The sixth man
drove the small car that carried
Thaw away from the asylum gate.
Escape Carefully Planned.
The escape had apparently been
carefully planned. The four men be-
iieved to have mapped out the cam
paign had been here for two days
arranging for it's success. The two
chauffeurs were the last to arrive.
It is probable that the conspirators
had been working for some time with
the guards and attendants who shared
GIynn is Recognized.
Albany. N. Y, Aug. Estate Su-
perintendent of Prisons Riley,a friend
of Sulzer, today recognized Glynn as
governor when he reported Thaw's
escape from the asylum. The sweep
ing investigation to determine how
Thaw escaped has been ordered.
Cannot Be Extradited.
| Washington, D. c., Aug. 1S.-Feder-
al officers and prominent attorneys
here say Thaw cannot be legally ex-
tradited from any foreign country,
although he could be arrested and
prosecuted as dangerous criminal.
Any foreign country could refuse TO
let him in on the ground that he is a
criminal and undesirable. Thaw's
mother, aged 70, and his sister, Mrs.
George Carnegie, who arrived here
last night, said his escape was a COM
plete surprise to them.
Asylum Attendant Arrested.
Beacon. N. Y, Aug. 18.-Held on
warrants charging him with allowing
Thaw to escape, Harlin Barnum, the
asylum day attendant, was taken to
Poughkeepsie and arraigned in the
supreme court. Warrants are out
for the five men who were in the ma
chine in which Thaw made his es-
cape. 1t is denied that the men were
New York gun men. A warrant for
Thaw's arrest charging that he as
saulted guard may be issued with
view of getting him back into New