The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-16
THAW TO LEARN HIS
FATE THIS MORNING
$4,000 BAIL HINTED
Great Crowd Again Jams the
Street, Eager to Shake
! Slayer's Trigger Finger.
STATE PREPARED TO
APPEAL IF NECESSARY

VARY x. Thaw. declared sane by an
advisory jury befort Supreme Court Jus
tice Peter A. Hendrick last Wednesday
afternoon. will learn In open court this
morning whether Justice Hendrick
thinks he should be set free.
Thaw yesterday forenoon. during more
frenzied scenes on the part Of a great
crowd in and around the County Court
House. who wanted to shake Thaw by
his trigger finger. did not seem TO be
gloomy over his future. He did not say
as much in so many words. and neither
ne nor his tumultuous admirers had so
much as a hin about the nature Of the
decision His Honor will announce from
the bench this morning at IL o'clock
but. IL appearances meant anything.
Thsw and tho crowd seemed to think
that It vas al over hut the shouting
In case the court decides to let Thaw
60 free to-day. Justice Hend,ick will not
vacate the Justice bowling commitment
which sent Thaw 10 Matteawan. Justice
Hendrick. despite the request OF Thaw's
counsel yesterday TO vacate the Bowling
commitment In case he turns Thaw
free. will say instead that the Bowling
writ is no longer operative in keeping
Thaw in Matteawan.
Nothing to Prevent Bait.
rhaw has the right Of appeal " the
courts decision is against lfberating
him. The state also may appeal against
n decision to let Thaw go. Whether
Thaw gets out or does not. however.
this morning there is nothing to precent
the court, so Justice Hendrick said yes
terday, from admitting Thaw to bail on
. bond, which will allow him TO go
TO anv place in the United States or
Europe"
With the usual lack of police arrange
ments around the exits to the court
house. which has resulted in toe tramp
ling brushes on more than one occasion
during the present Thaw hearing, all
the hullabaloo and %scuffiing Of the pre-
vious day were repeated just before
noon yesterday. The shouting of
Wednesday but not the tumult had died.
and court. prisoner. deputy SHERIFF.. law.
yers. reporters and others with business
there were whirled around by the men.
women and children making a fuss over
the slayer of White.
Added to this was the confusion In
the minds OF Thaw, his guards, and
lawyers for both sides as to where the
brief formalities bet I'VE Justice Hem
drick and counsel for h and the
State were to be conducted.
Justice Hendrick met the lawyers
Abel /. Smith, Jr.. and Morgan J.
OBrien, Jr., of counsel for Thaw. and
Deputy Attorney-General Edgar Brom-
berger, who represented the state, In the
Justices chambers in the Emigrant In
dustrial Savings Bank Building, across
the street from the court house.
Confusion Mt Outset.
Thaw in the meantime had been
brought to the court house from Ludlow
street jail. Justice Hendrlck heard
that Thaw was in the court house and
started over there. Thaw heard Just
then that His Honor was in his cham
bers across the street and started over
there.
a crowd OF the great American peo-
pie waiting in Chambers street crushed
In behind Justice Hendrick and headed
from the north curb to the south curb.
a greater crowd, s%cufrling along at the
heels OF Thaw, headed from the south
curb to the north curb. The crowds met
midway and "A human whirlpool got un-
der way. Justice and prisoner were
Whlrled past each other out in the street
without knowing it at the momen
Thsw. whose GROVE outnumbere the
mob at Justice Hendricks heels more
than two to one, was as pleased as a
Ires1dentlal candidate reading "A con-
gratulatory telegram from Bryan on
election night He struggled through
the jam into the Emigrant Bank Build
1ng and into an elevator to he taken I'D
TO the Justices chambers.
As the elevator door was being banged
ohut and the car about to start 1'haw
looked around the crowd wedged against
him and seemed startled. There wasn't
. deputy sheriff or other guard to be
found in his immediate party. In the
press of entering the elevator they had
been left behind.
Wait, watt" cred Thaw as he
realized that If the deputy sherins had
seen tit they could have made a clean
getaway and SO leave him unprotected.
Stop the car! Somebody'll think I'm
trying to escape"
With much more display OF wanting
his guards TO accompany him than Thaw
showed the Sunday morning he left
Ndtted wan III another KIM OF car IhaW,
who is tall. looked over the heads of
the crowd for some deputy sheriffs.
When he had got out Of the crowd
enough guards in his opinion to make
a proper escort he chung close to them
and was shot up TO Justice Hendricks
chambers on the eleventh floor.
Justice Turns Back.
1t had been breezed about that part
Of town in the meantime that Thaw
rad left the court house for the Jus
tees chambers. The rumor finally
reached the ears of Justice HendrIck
himself that he had passed Thaw in the
crowd and the Justice turned about and
headed now from the south curb 10 the
north curb and so on up TO his chambers.
During the discussion between counse
and Justice Hendrick about the form
of the order TO be signed whether or
not Thaw Ii released, Thaw sat in an
arm chair dawdlipg over some Of those
snappy items such as are to he found
in the Lap Journal. a copy OF which he
held before him.
Abel !, Smith, Jr,, speaking in Thaw's
interest, seemed to take II TO! granted
hat in case Thaw IL released the JUS
tees order freeing ThaW would yacate