Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-12
NEXT MOVE IN
. THAW CASE TO Be
ON EXTRAD|T|0N
Jerome Refuses to Agree Not to
Seize Him if He Is
Freed.

| .COLEBROOK, NJ. H., Sept. 12.-The
next legal battle in the case of Harry
K Thaw will probably be at Concord,
| N. H., before Governor Felker.
| The fugitive's lawyers, learning to-
| day that an extradition warrant from
Acting Governor G1ynn, of New York,
was on the way to the New Hamp-
shire capital decided to defer arraign-
ing Thaw in police court here and to
demand hearing of the governor be-
| fore he acts on the matter Of extra
dition. They sent a representative to
| Concord to confer with Felker and re-
| inforced their appeal by telegraph.
| Thaw in the meantime Is here in the
custody of Sheriff Drew. He was to
have been. arraigned at 10 o'clock this
morning, but his counsel, after trying
| vainly to persuade William Travers
Jerome not to seize Thaw instantly
should the warrant from New York
be honored. at once deferred bringing
him into court, ON the ground that a
preliminary hearing would bring no
good results. In fact, 1t might mean
his liberation with incidental possi-
bilities of seizure.
Shortly after noon it was announced
that by mutual consent of the counsel
sthe hearing has been put over until
tomrrow morning.
Thaw slept we'll during the second
night of his detention in the Monad-
mock House. Four armed guards sat
just outside his door throughout the
night; others paced about the corri-
doris and around the building.
While residents of Colebrook are
evincing great interest in the case
they have taken no open stand either
| for or against the fugitive. Shortly
after rising this morning and before
wing 10 the barber shop to be
| shaved, Thaw issued a formal state
ment summing up his case and la
menting the fact that New York
State was spending so much money
on him. The statement follows:
Thinks People should Ponder Expense
"I think the people of my own
State would like to know by what
warrant of law or common sense the
money of the people of the State of
New York is being squandered like
water by many more thousands of
dollars than are available to me in
these persistent and INSCRIPTIONS
efforts to return me to Matteawan.
"If 1 am sane then certainly /
don't belong to Matteawan. If I were
insane then the laws of New York
State itself make it compulsory that
/ be deported from New York to my
home State, Pennsylvania.
"The New York law is so anxious
| to get rid of alleged insane persons
from another State that 1t provides
| that doctors and nurses, if needed,
be supplied to get rid of them.
1.-THE United States courts have
adjudicated me resident of Pitts
| burgh and reaffirmed this fact within
| three months.
Nov. why does any New York
official squander New York money
to return me?
(Signed) III. X. THAW."
Both Sides Afraid to Move.
The hearing was delayed by con-
| ferences between counsel for both
sides. Each feared to make a move
on the theory that IL the fugitive
were released the situation would
resolve itself into a physical strug-
gle.
Counsel for the fugitive agreed to
waive the hearing here. provided
counsel for New York would consent
| to a hearing before Governor Felker
on the matter of his signing the ex-
tradition warrant with five days
respite in order to give time for
suing out a habeas corpus writ
should the governor decide that the
prisoner must be surrendered to New
York
Ex- Governor Stone. of Pennsylva-
MIA. arrived today and joined the
Thaw battery of counsel.