Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-11
THAW TRIES TO DIE
WHENCAUGHT HERE
Slashes Throat and Wrist as
Detectives Enter Walnut
Street House
EXPECTED TO RECOVER
Stanford Whites Slayer Wanted
for Alleged Attack on
Schoolboy


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from city Hall under the command OF l'e-
tectve Lieutenant Wood were about to
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ihaW ale'np' AT s"i''"e "'" ""'"' u"
an apartment house. 52Gp Walnut street
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officers gained entrance u" the h''l ne
FLASHED his arm with the wcll-shHrpcncd
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The detectives burst into the room and
found Tba,y bleeding and gaspiug and half
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with blood ana very weak H''"'''''"' Nv
tective Wood rushed to Thaw's side. He
managed TO bind Thaw.s wounds with his
and his mems handkerchIcts
Send for Doctor kirby Ih'W E'SP'"'
-Send for Doctor Kirby at once
''wbat Doctor tSirbyp" wood asked
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CDR Elwood Kirby. at lGnG spruce
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The prompt treatment accorded fhaw by
Lieutenant Wood ana the lurlher expert
treatment Ihaw received at the n'nds OF
Doctor kirby, together with the iact ihat
Thaws wound OF the throat was not deep .
shu that the severed artery was pIoWpuS !
4 Douhu up peiorr ihuCh pi"o" was ioS'' ihaN'H
y lmProoable mat ne wll dlr II was un,
oiHciauy saIu 'h"t iht" "nuld recover ana
tliat " snort t,lne' ana t"at lhrn ne
WouII pe 'aken I" New YORK 10 stand tr'aI
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FomcG authorities believe Ihaw went to
the walnut street mouse after he He'd from
Hs hotel beIsraNla IueSday morning.
Ihe mouse Is only square from FIFTY
secohu street, me Gay Nhlle way OF
west Fhiladelpha
'aPlaln OF detectives Itale said ne be-
neNeu the iact that Doctor kirby who Us |
mead surgeon ot st. Mary's Hospital is dis
paying eNcepuonhl personal interest in the
case indicates IhaWS condition Is more
serious than generally believed
Ihaw called ms mother Mrs Mary C"pey
Ihaw' on. the long distance telephone In
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Ihe latest charges against Thaw followed
an alleged attack upon "A nlne-teeu-ycar-old
poy IN sound-prot rom in the Hotel Nc
Alpih' New YORK Guy on christmas eve
lie Is accused OF having whipped tredertck
6unlp Kansas 'liy hlEh school boy al
most 10 uhcohso.nusIesS' aIler ne had en-
tced the lad 10 New YORK on the pretense
or educating MN
hoHo"Ihs 'He escape OF 'ne p"[ ana ms
return 10 ms nome IN Kansas Ilty his
iather prominent trunk manufactures
began legal proceedings with the result that
the New YORK County Grand Jury ON Tues
day returned indictments against Ihaw. ac-
cusing him OF kidnapping the lad Coupled
with that charge are two charges Of as
sault' Conviction on all charges could mean
q maximum OF ftty-iive years In prison,
According 10 Frank D. Walsh, formerly |
chairman of the Federal Commission ON In
dustrial Relations, the attorney for the /
youne cum began in perembnr igl5 when
they met at Long Beach. Cal Thaw prompt
ly offered the hoy a position in Pittsburgh |
which was declined
After their separation Thaw sent Gump
several letters which the boy turned over to ,