The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-01-13
SAYS He IS GLAD
THAT The ATTEMPT
WAS A FAILURE
Detectives Are Kept on Lookout
And Will Arrest WouId-be-
Suicide Soon as1AbIe
A SUICIDE SUGGESTED ACT
New York Papers State Thaw
Intended to Rush to cumber-
land Island Where he Has
Often Been the Guest of His
Cousins.
A SUICIDE SUGGESTED ACT

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 12.-Harrv
X. Thaw, who slashed his throat
with razor and cut an artery in
his wrist in an attempt to commit
suicide here yesterday, will be able
to leave the hospital within two
weeks unless he also swallowed poi-
son tablets, according to statementg
OF his physicians today. 81 al tab.
let's. Which produce a death
were foG4I in his pool. he
took any OF them il a.. snty.
four hours before the symphonic
manifest themselves, the doctors say
Glad He Is Alive.
Thaw said he was hungry during
the night and was given food SOW
eral times. but efforts of the detec.
tives to get him to talk proved futile
beyond that statement that he was
glad he had not succeeded in. endin.
his life. Inquiries as to whether hc
had taken poison met with no re.
sponse
Detectives are on guard at Thaw's
bedside and warrant for his arrest
Is ready to be served the moment he
is considered out of danger. The de.
tectives had Instructions to see that
no one talked to the patient aside
from his attendants and that he did
not attempt to remove the bandages
from his wounds
Climax to Search.
Thaw's attempt at self-destruction
was the climax to search for him
which began here Tuesday. lie Ia
wanted by the New York authorities
on charges Of kidnapping and assault.
ing Frederick Gump. Jr. the 19-year
old Kansas City High school youth.
According to private detective en-
nloyed by the Thaw family, Thaw told
him the GumD charges were an at
tempt 10 blackmail and that he was
PLANNING to surrender to the New
York police rather than be treated
Ike an ordinary prisoner"
He had been at the home Of Mrs.
Elizabeth A. Tacot in West Philadel-
phia. where he was found weak from
VI" 'N'p VI piOoi IiOIil MS WOuHuB anu
a bloodstained razor by his side. since
early Tuesday morning II had been
Penerally believed that he had left
the citv and the first intimation the
nolice had of his presence at the West
Philadelphia house was when they
were notified by the private detective
that he had attempted to commit sui.
tide. He had beer introduced at the
Tacot home as "Mr West" the de-
| fectiye declaring that he wanted to
keen Thaw in seclusion until he was
| In fit condition TO face the New
| York authorities
Suicide Of Lewis.
Friends Of Thaw here advanced the
fhoorv that his attempt to end his
life NAV have suggested itself to him
through thc suicide at Atlantic City
of BERNARD w Lewis as he was about
! TO be arroafed in connection with The
murder of Maize Colbert the Phila
delphia artists model During the in
vestigation OF this case. Thaw was
! recopnized nv newspaper men in the
+, corridor in front OF the district attor
. news office, where a number Of wit
nesses were being questioned III
aeered anxious to learn the detail'
of the case and readily consented T.
an interview in which he expresse'
the oninlon that the notice had no
moved conclnsiveiv that Lewis haf
killed the girl rs they claimed 9TH
suicide of . person wanted bv th'
rolice Is not necessarily . confession
Of guilt" Thaw is quoted , hgyini
said.
Given Hssr'a2.
Oliver Brewer, a. iut o