The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-15

IDiyision. The decsAon 20 The ko3
Hate Division was thereupen appeal
TO the Court OF Appeals and f1s1
valid on August 16, 1909. Tive un}r
States saprt me Court was asked ~
review the action Of the Court of 49,
peals. but refused ON Derember N.
7 of the same year <<.
The third habeas CORPUS pFueseHs'
Y nss were nshered in. when on AnFi{'
Is. 1874 Judge Stapleton. 81 the S,t-
preme Court, issued another writ Th&
hearing was begun before Jsstlc41
Keogh at White Plains on Jstne f7
with Clarence J. Shearn hanaiiux|
Thaw's side OF the case. on .fHly ~.
Justice Koegh ruled that Thaw'x re
lease would constitute a danger to the.
public and the slayer was once mora
ordered back to Matteawan, where III.
was taken on July 80, 1912. Evelyn
had testified that she was tired o39
having Thaw hide behind her skirf&s<
These failures were followed by An
attempt to bride DR.. John BrusaeTfs
medical superintendent OF Mattea-a
cured. On February / 3. 1918. VII
| liam F. Clark, secretary of Governora
| Suffers commission to inquire into
1.-THE scandal, testified that Dr.. Russetla
had received $4,000 to free Thaw-
DR. Russell denied the charge, but adj
mitted that John n. Anhut, a Young
lawyer of this city, had offered him W
bride of $4,000 TO aid in the Hbera-s
ition of Thaw. which was refused
The accusation against Anhut wa
made on February 20, 1913.
I On March / following. Thaw OBJ
tanned another writ of habeas corpus.
lin New York County His counseLS
William A. Stone. withdrew the writ.
! however. before Justice Gieserich, ON
I March 6, because of the Anhut ar
fair.
/ Thaw was brought down from tho
asylum and testified against Anhut on
May Is. On May is, 1919. Anhut waA
found guilty of bribery.
Thnw Makes Escape.
I Then on August II, 1918. cam3E
Thaw's sensational escape from Mat
teawan in high powered automo-s
bile and his flight to Canada. THAI
was arrested In Coaticook, Canada. on
August 10. Attorney General Carmu-s
dy appointed Jerome special deputy
attorney general to bring Thaw back
to New York. This was on August -
1918.
BY a special order from the Cans Il
dian minister of the interior Thaw was
| forcibly deported from Canada on Sep-S
tember 10. 1919. Four hours afterward
has was arrested on country roaAs
in New Hampshire. He had been ear
tried across Vermont and into New
Hampshire.
| The grand jury in this county indict~.
ed Thaw. Richard Butler, Michael O.
Keefe, Eugene Duffy and RoEexS
Thompson on the charge of conspiracy
growing out of Thaws escape on Octo-s
I Der %. 1918.
I reauisition was made by G0verSs
nor Glynn to Governor Felker. OF Newa
Hampshire for the extradiction oE
| Thaw, which was acceded to on Mo-
vember .. of the same year.
| Thaw Mentally sound.
Judge Aldrich, df the United States
District Court in New Hampshire rssied.s
when Thaw applied for liberty on hail
on December 10, that the appellantt1
sanity should be tested. A com Mis-
sion was appointed for this purpose
on December Is, and on January III
1914. the commission found Thaw men-s
| tally sound. q
Another writ of haheas corpus was
issued to Thaw by Judge Aldrich On
April II. 1914, but 1T was decided that
the United States Supreme Court should
! determine the question of bail On
June s, Thaw applied for ball. but thea
application was denied a week later
Thaw was also refused permission t0a
visit pittsburg.
| The decision OF Judge Aldrieh tn
granting Thaw a habeas corpus wEif
VI as appealed by the attorney-genera3
of this State to the United States ST.
preme Court. which on December Sle
IIsl4, ruled that New Hampshire must
, surrender Thaw to New York 70 stand
trial on the conspiracy Indictment
Thaw was brought back here ana
lodged in the Tombs on January x4ss
last. His conspiracy trial with his CO.
defendants began before Justice PAGE
in the criminal branch of the supreme
court. on March S. This time ThaWa
was not prosecuted by Jerome. Wh1s
had withdrawn from the case on Jam
uary &c, OF this year, at the reqHeses
of Attorney General Woodbury.. ana
Deputy Attorney Generals Frank All
Cook and franklin Kennedy were 49,
signed to conduct the States case
Acquitted ON Conspiracy Charge.
The Jury acquitted Thaw and nj
fellow defendants of the conspfraeX
charge on March Is. Thaw's lawyerM
Immediately moved that he be rsturneH
to New Hampshire on the rontenff0Az
that hts extradition was sabterfuxnB
by New York officials to get ThaasI
remanded once more to MatteawAnss
Justice Page denied the motion. ant
In appeal was taken 10 tfieS ,pe o
division which sustained Justice paESsM
At the conclusion of the conspiraeX5
trial Justice Page recommitted TaA#SS
to Matteawan on the original 0sdes5
OF Justice Bowling. This. tan, wASs
affirmed by the appellate division. aisfN
the Court Of Appeals. III
But meanwhile Thaw had ohtaiaed M
stay ana another writ OF habeas corr
pus. Justice Hendrick. on ApTii sass
granted the motion for trial by turNxl
Thaw was bitterly opposed 81 IT,
state and occasfoned another appeal t05
the Court of Appeals The highest TIT
bunal in the State held that JussicAs
Hendrick was right. And the pres-al
ent hearing was started on June -