The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1914-10-22
ESPIONAGE OVER HARRY X, THAW
IS CONSIDERED IN LIGHT OF JOKE
STANFORD Whites Slayer Recently Got Lost While Fishing. But Mad,
NO eftort to ~Escape-Refuoee From Matteawan Quietly
waits at Gotham, n. II, for the Next Move in His
Long and Strenuous Fight for Liberty.

.. Gorham. N. Hilary X. Thaw. who
Is Quartered here with his secretary
and two bodyguards. appointed by the
court to see he does not escape, can
walk out of his hotel, jump into an au.
tomobile and flee practically any time
1t suits his mood.
Apparently. however. the slayer Of
stanford White. whose e%xtradition to
New York state and return to the state
hospital for the criminal insane at
Matteawan Is sought. has no desire to
quit Gorham. Whether this is because
ne believes the courts will ultimately
free him or he Is content with his sur
roundings. is problematical.
When the village thawed out last
May, Whites slayer packed his bag.
gage and came here from Concord
with Sheriff Holman A. Drew, In whose
charge he had been placed; Deputy
Sheriff e. D. Stevens, assistant to
Drew, and H. j. Rice, who for some
time has acted as Thaw's secretary. 4
suite of four rooms and bath had been
engaged for the party on the third
floor Of the Mount Madison house, and
here they have since enjoyed life pend.
ing the next legal move in the famous
case.
Gorham was selected as a summer
headquarters from which to direct
Thaw's liberty campaign" because
1t Is but a few miles from Berlin. the
home Of Sheriff Drew. The sheriff is
an elderly. stout and good natured Of
fetal whose duties do not appear to
weigh heavily upon him. He spends
such time as suits his convenience In
the Thaw suite and the balance where
he pleases-usually at home.
Bodyguard Stevens is a bit more at
tentive to his charge. but his cares
have not whitened his hair. Possibly
the only time he has been at all wor-
ried was a few days ago when Thaw
got lost on a trout fishing trip. He
struck In at one point on Nineteen
Mile brook and Stevens on another.
Along about nine o'clock in the eve
ming. when nothing had been heard of
Thaw, the deputy sheriff called up the
hotel and a searching party was or
ganized.
This was led by Rice. With the aid
OF lanterns Thaw was found about two
o'clock in the morning seated on a
rock in the middle Of the stream calm.
ly and with good ems waiting for
some one to come for him. He was
hungry and wet, but not otherwise the
worse for his experience.
He might have been deeply buried
In the Maine woods by that hour had
he been 80 inclined. This episode, as
we'll as others, is pretty good proof
that Thaw can escape IL he ia so
minded.
Gorham Ia q smart little summer re-
sort In the Androscoggin valley. and ia
one Of the gateways to the White
mountains. The Haze range TANKS it
In the a while in the front rise the
twin peaks of Mount Madison, and the
sharp crags Of Carter, the Imp. Sur.
prise and other peaks of Carter range.
Roads and paths radiate from it like
spokes In a wheel.
When Thaw first came here all the
year round residents evtnced great
curiosity In the slayer. Not knowing
the symptoms of paranoia, they expect.
ed to see a veritable mailman. wild
eyed and at least orally erratic. They
were disappointed. 1t is true that
rhaw today has the same staring eyes