The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-20

sle1t- New YOrk. A good S1zed crowd igave him a send-off when he took the S:45 train and went to a section in the Pullman coach which had been reserved for him and the New York newspaper correspondents who have been continually in his company since he left Manhattan Island Persons in the car expressed little interest in him and he was content
 At practically every station where the train stopped during the ten hour Journey, crowds gathered to get glimpse of hin., and at Lancaster Pa,. it required the. services of the Pullman and train conductors to pre- vent numerous persons from clidlb- ing aboard.
 At Harrisburg c. w. Enright of the Pennsylvania railroad police rush i ed up to Thaw as he was promenad- 1 ing during the eleven minute wait and threw his arms amout him. The familiarity was not resented as En- l right has known Thaw since he was child.
 I For the greater part of the Journey Thaw was busy pointing out bits of 1 favorite scenery and talking interest 1 edly of the country. He knew every ] twist and turn in the road, comment 1 ed on numerous changes in stations | and the growth of cities and visited l with the train conductor, G M. Sha- iver, and Pnu11nan Conductor H. A. E ECroth-
 Recognizes Old Conductor
 'sshaver happened to be in charge of I the train that took me to New York ;, my arrest,' he said to the correspond l ents. l As the train drew nearer to Pitts burgh the crowds grew larger and more enthusiastic, but the object of l their curiosity remained within the car. He was joyously happy and wanted for the most part to be alone 1 with his thoughts. I After the train left Greensburg Thaw said something about the cost to the IState of keeping him in Matteawan, and he was asked how much his trials, I hapeas corpus proceedings and escape l htad cost him. He was told that the general idea was he had spent fully l $1 ,n00, GOO. E That's too high he said, 'qbutdt has i lars"
 ..'You or your fanafly?'' inquired one jof the correspondents.
 Me- was the prompt answer. 'T have borrowed from my mother and I from my sisters and my mother has lost 60 per cent. of that money, but I have paid my sisters back. now owe them nothing. You might say that pretty much all of the cost has been defrayed from my estate- First Mention of Cost. This was the first time since his ar rest that Thaw had spoken of the l enormous amounts of money his re- lease has cost, and his statement that his estate had paid the piper" came I as a surprise, the prevailing Hopinion being that Mrs. Mary Cop1ey Thaw had footed the bills.
 E rHThe first trial was the most expen- sive for me- Thaw went on. s4That T ode slT AS of 5a1- lars. Oh, no, not $500. 900, but hun dreds of thousands-put 1t that way. And let me tell you this-I got just R25 GOO worth of defense I was lmulcted for thousands. How they did T stick me! It was just bills, bills,- bills, and the services alleged to have been T performed were nearly all worthless. 'fThe second trial was less expensive I than the first and the habeas corpus proceedings were nominal in compar- ison to. the initial trial By this I Il mean the proceedings when I was in Matteawan. After my escape t was a different story. Since got away the 2 expenses have been heavy, as I have been forced to move from one place to another"
 Then Thaw made the most remark , able assertion of the day It was this:
 I think I'll tell you that I made
 enough money in stocks during the 1907 panic to more than pay all m1
 bills while was in Matteawan, to , gether with the expenses of the thret . l1abeas corpus proceedings ibrough , while was confined there.''
 Played Market in Tombs Did you buy on margin ?'' asked one of the corresp ondents.
 IAmargined very heavily rep1ies
 Thaw.
 But you were dn the Tombs Prison ,i awaiting your second trial 3 Quite riZht.'' And you say you speculated in tn stock market while you were in th' l cell ?''
 Yes, if you call it specula-bing,'
 smiled Thaw. T felt, after one of thu big bank crashes that the. bottom
 had been rea'ched and I bought rail
 road stocks. preferred rails, aa
 was more familiar with them thar
 industrials. It was an artificial pand
 and stocks had to come back.
 The present situation is differen and am not buying anything. As t
 matter of fact, have never bought :
 stock since 1906. I don't believe il
 speculatfng. However. that time m.
 Judgment was good. In fact, m!
 brokers. Keech, Loew Go. Of Nev York-the firm has since dissolved
 told me my account was the only on'
 they ever had which had never showl
 8. loss at one time or another.
 People seem to think that the hear
 ing just ended was expensive, and
 don't deny that it cost something
 The state of New York this tirn4
 didn't pay special counsel but out side of that it paid out $3 to my $1 @ The state at that didn't win it's cast
 and we did"
 Pleased by Friendly Crowd.
 Thaw had just finished discussins
 his finances when the train pulled in | East Sfaf1ir|rl- f7e stop to West End. ThaW's eye
 spark1ed, for at the station an enor
 nous crowd had gathered and it wa
 obviously friendly
 AS the returning citizen stepped
 from the train there was a grea 1 io1,1 fo,- hi