The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-06
[II[ MILLION DOLLARS
| Of THE THAN FORTUNE

asylum for overnight periods, and
general uncovering of the report that
the millionaire has been grand
meal ticket" for score Of oficials
since he had been a prisoner in the
asylum.
Thaw was produced befor3 Justice
Gieger today in the supreme court on
writ sworn out by his new lawyer,
DR.. Charles Kennedy, who was to try
to get a jury trial in New York coun
ty on the question OF Thaw's sanity
Former Governor w A. Stone Of
Pennsylvania, was also on hand today
to aid in the fight for Thaw's liberty.
The state made It plain that It
would fight the application vigorous
". Governor sulzer, incensed over
the dragging Of his name into the
bribery charges, has openly declared
that Thaw will not go free as long as
he is governor And to make that
statement good, Attorney Genera.
5Carmody was represented at the hear
ing by William Travers jerome, form
er district attorney and the one man
who has been able TO goad Thaw into
damaging admissions every time he
had tried to demonstrate his sanity.
Back to the Asylum.
NEW YORK, March c.. Harry Ken
dali Thaw's latest attempt to secure
his freedom from the asylum for the
criminal insane at Matteawan failed
today. Thaw, acting at the request OF
DR.. Charles Kennedy, recently ad-
mitted practitioner had himself pro-
duced before Justice Giegerich, in the
supreme court, on a writ OF habeas
corpus. The plan was to force a jury
trial. But when Thaw's family learn
ed that the state intended to use the
proceedings as a lever to open up the
entire scandal growing out OF the
charge that Thaw had planned to
bribe officials of Matteawan to secure
his liberty, they promptly stopped pro
Iceedings.
The result was that when the case
was called before Justice Giegerich,
Henry Hirschberg, of New Burgh, who
said that he was this defendants per
sonal counsel" demanded permission
to withdraw the writ After lengthy
wrangle this request was granted, the
entire proceedings abandoned, and
Thaw taken back to the asylum.
While it did not appear in open court
Hirschberg admitted on leaving the
court that the recently developed
scandal was responsible for the aban-
donment of the proceedings.
| 1T was distinctly unfortunate that
this application should have been
made at this time said the lawyer.
There has been SO much printed
about bribery that we believe 1t would
/ be impossible to secure an impartial
consideration of this application So
we decided to withdraw the writ and
will renew it after the scandal has
/ passed over"
AS soon as the case was called
/ Hirschberg asked that the court
grant permission to withdraw the
/ writ. AS he did SO William T. Jerome
who had been watching Thaw with
1.-THE self-satisfed expression Of the sat
| that swallowed the canary, and who
was plainly primed to badger Thaw,
should he be given the chance or op.
portunity. broke In:
/ 1T is all right, your honor, to grant
this motion and dismiss this writ, but
! the state would like to have hearing
on the merits of the application.
"But it is within the discretion OF
1.-THE court to grant my application, in
terrupted Hirschberg.
"The court would like to know, Mr.,
Jerome said the justice. "how the
4 rights OF the state, Or OF this defend
ant either should be affected If this
i application is granted
This is a renewal of other at
4 tempts to get this insane maA out Of
4 the asylum in which he is properly
i confined" said Jerome, "and the state
wants the entire matter to appear or
a the records