The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-19

| Ine friend who had remained with
Inaw was later held ION suspicion. .
| Inc second companion, who turned
up later, was detained on a similar
charge.
The police later made this state
| ment:
| Harry K. Thaw was arrested at
menegilde-Garford by Constable
| woodrow on a charge preferred by
/ the constable, with the advice and on
| information of B. H. kelsea, deputy
sheriff of Colebrook, N. H. Notice
| has been sent of Thaw's arrest to the
! Matteawan asylum by Hector Verret,
| kings counselor of Coatfcook, who is
| acting for Deputy, Sheriff Kelsea.
Word has been received from the
| Matteawan authorities to hold the
received from Them
ThaW's two companions retained
| counsel. and on the advice of the latter
refused to disclose their identity
Chief of Police John Boudeau of
Coaticook gave out the following state
ment:
The Chiefs Statement.
"On information furnished by Sheriff
| B. III. Kelsea of Co1ebrook I arrested a
man supposed to be Harry K. Thaw.
| The suspect is about 35 years old,
brown complexion. He wears a blue
| suit and derby hat. He was taken into
custody at Garford, five miles from
here, at 5 o'clock this morning. He at
first denied that he was Harry K
Thaw. He was brought to Coaticook
and will be removed to Sherbrooke.
the chief Jail of the district, to be held
there pending further developments in
the case. The suspect speaks fluent
French with a Partisan accent.
Thaw arrived in Garford with a
team from the boundary where he got
out of an automobile.
The warrant on which Thaw was
arrested was sworn out by Sheriff Kel-
sea and Hector Verret, and charges
that Thaw is fugitive from justice
The prisoner has engaged as counsel J.
Shirtliff, Of Coaticook, who will accom-
pany Thaw to Sherbrooke this after
noon"
Seen in New Hampshire.
Colebrook, N. H, Aug. 19.-Harry
Coaticook, province of Quebec.
The man under arrest passed
through here on a train last night and
later crossed the line into Canada.
Deputy Sheriff B. H. Kelsey of this
town, who was on the train, says the
man admitted that he was Thaw. KEEL
sey followed the man to Coaticook
where he was arrested.
According to Kelsey the man he be-
HeVeS was Thaw was inquiring of 9TH
ers on the train the location of the
county seat and some one directed him
to Sheriff Kelsey, saying the latter
man rather closely which caused the
other to remark: You don't know
who I am %
81 could make a pretty good guess.
You are Thaw," the sheriff replied.
The stranger therupon admitted his
identity and added: But you don't
want me; you could not harm me if
you wanted to-
The two men then discussed the sit
uation briefly. At the station Kelsey
left the train as did one of two men
who were accompanying the supposed
Tl1aw.
Kelsey Immediately obtained the as
sistance of two friends and with an
automobile they followed the train.
They learned that the stranger and his
companion had left the train at River
side where they were Joined by the
other man who meanwhile had obtained
an automobile and together they cross
ed the line into Canada, passing
through Barford to Coatfcook. Kelsey
and his party followed and caused the
mans arrest at Coaticook.
Wires for Money.
Pittsburg, Aug ia telegraphic re-
quest was received here today from
Harry K. Thaw asking that a large
sum of money be sent to him at Coati-
cook, Que, where he was arrested early
today.
Not Sure of Their Ground.
Montreal. Aug. ia telephone
message from Coaticook confirms the
report from Colebrook that man
supposed to be II. K. Thaw has been
arrested in the Quebec town.
This information was received over
the long distance telephone from the |
police officials at Coaticook.
The police did not appear to be quite |
clear as to their grounds for holding |
the fugitive but they said they would !
detain him until they could secure |
definite instructions from the Domin- |
ion government as to his disposition |
The police appeared to have no ques-
tion as to the identity of their pr1s-
oner. He refused to take seriously |
their action in arresting him declaring
that had not the shadow of an excuse |
for depriving him of his liberty.
Mrs. Thaw Goes Home.
New York. Aug. 19.-Mrs. Mary |
CopIay Thaw quietly left her hotel
this morning and took the 9:25 Penn |
she will await some word from her |
fugitive son Harry, who escaped |
from Matteawan asylum for the
criminal insane early Sunday morning.
AS she departed she said she had had |
no word from Thaw since the letter |
received yesterday in which he said all |
was we'll and promised to join her |
at C1esson.
The arrest of the five men who
Thaw away from the state |
hospital for the insane at Matteawan
in high powered automobile on Sun
day morning was believed today to
be near at hand.
Sh ariff Hornbeck of Dutchess coun-
ty who left Mattea wan at midnight on
a secret mission with three deputies
and Two detectives was supposed to
be in New York today working quiet
ly on the trail of at least one of the |
quinlet of alleged ccnspirators.
Under a blanket warrant, the au-
thorities were searching for Richard
]. Butler, Michael O'Keefe Eugene
Duffy, Roger Thompson and Thomas
Flood, who registered at the Holland
house at Beacon, near the insane