New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-11
Thaw's Escape Laid
TO Prosecutors Zeal

Zeal on the part of District Attorney
Swami. his assistants and stan nelee-
tiyes TO keep Thaw under surveillance
until he was indicted and then arrest
him without any police aid Is regard
ed az the reason why Thaw IS sun AT
large. NJ.
From the time he slipped into New
York last Saturday morning unul ne
skipped out again on Sunday night ne
was evading only two detectives lie
gave them the slip BY getting out OF
his train at Manhattan Transfer, IN
stead Of coming into the PennsylvanlR
station. where the Gump boy and De-
tective Cunif were stationed at tne
head Of the stairway leading from the
passenger platform.
Finding that his reservations at the
McAlpin had been cancelled ThaW went
TO the Wsldorf-Astoria for breakfast
and 10 the Belmont for luncheon. Late
Saturday night he was conspicuous IN
lacks. All this time the local poucc
did not know that Thaw would soon
be wanted for kidnapping and assault;
A few hours after Thaw had started
for Philadelphia, the District attorney
was notified that his man hsd gone
to Pittsburgh by way Of Washington
Detective Cunif was hurriedly sent 10
the capital. and Detective flood 10
Philadelphia. II was learned yester-
day that the Washington and fltts-
burgh tip was "phony," undouotehiy
given the District Attorneys once 10
throw the detectives of the tran;
Cunif. after searching all the WASH
ington hotels, gave up and went hrst 10
Atlantic City and then 70 Phlladeiphls'
Then he was called back to New Iorh'
leaving Flood to hunt for O,Byrnes,
who. according to Assistant Dlstrice
Attorney Black, was hrst choiee IoI
an arrest because he was regarded "s
an important material witness, .;.
Detectiye Flood went TO Philadelphia
With an inadequate description Of
O'Byrnes. il developed yesterday rms
was proved By the fact that he caused
the arrest Of Brewer, honestly sup
posinR him to be O'Byrnes, until thS
Gump boy arrived with Mr.. Walsh ana
declared that he was not. ~
Mr. Black was asked why the DIS
trct Attorney did not notify the Phii-
adelphia police.
1--WE were merely intent on keeping
A watch on Thaw at the time, ana
fully expected to get him when we
wanted him. We did not want any
leak-not that ] mean TO infer that
We suspected such thing would Occur
in the Philadelphia police force ne
replied. M,
IL was learned yesterday that lhaW
roalized he was in trouble the moment
he missed Gump. His suspicious were
confirmed when he found his hotel
had cancelled his reservations. MS
popuIaritv among the employees, with
whom he was the favorite because OF
his generosity at Christmas, together
with the fact that District Attorney
Swann's assistants went Immediately
to the hotel Friday night, after near,
ing Gump's story, and examined
twelve employees there, is regarded rs
another reason why Thaw was able to
keep out of sight
Proof that Thav realized his pre-
dieament was furnished by the intor-
nation that one Of Ihaw's proteges
a Young man named J. !! Barnard or
Concord. n. H., whom he had edu-
Gated in Tucson, Ariz., made hurried
trip from Pittsburgh to Kansas CITY
early last week with $500. Barnard
registered at the Baltimore Hotel
there. and shortly afterward a man
walked up 20 the hhHp HN'i"f H''ffN-
a note under the door and went away
Mrs. Gump read the note, which ad-
vised young Gump 70 go TO Baltimore
and see a man named Barnard. ne
boy, with Mr.. Walsh, was then on his
way here. ,.,
"The note was turned over to Ed.
ward J. Curtin, States Attorney said
Mr. Walsh, "who went TO Baltimo~,
and talked with Barnard. He explained
that Barnard told him he had becom
acquainted with Thsw when the latter
was in Concord in 1918, and that Thaw
had instructed him to present S?Oo
check to young Gump, with the eNpla-
nation that Gump should use II fo.
tuition expenses At the Tucson school -
A strange index to Thsw's mental
characteristics was revesied yesterday
in papers taken from Brewer in Phlla-
delphis II consisted Of ritual which,
it was said. Thaw compelled his whip
ping victims 10 reeite during the cegc-
monies. 1t was also said that paper
vas found signed by Gump in which he
asserted that he had deserved the
horsewhipping which he had received