New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-12

a good nights rest.
First Cut Wrist
Tbaw arose this morning. dressed
and donned his overcoat. Then nc
nicked IN a razor, which had been LETT
on the washstand. The instrument
belonged to Mr.. Tacot, former rrehch
army officer, now an owner OF race
borees at Juarez. He cut his wrist
| 6rst One cash, near the hand, sew
cred ALI the tendons, but did not reach
the arteries. The other, a longer and
deeper incision, was in the forearm
For a moment or so, judging from the
blood lost. Thaw stood, holding MS
slashed arm over the porcelain WASH
BARN.
Then in his frenzy he dashed across
the room and delivered a desperate ana
sweeping cut at his throat. The swing or
the razor spattered the blood upon the
wall six feet from the floor. The razor
entered TO the ase Of the jaw, near the
juguIar vein, and left the throat open
Finally Thaw, the doctors believe, cut
straight across the windpipe. A trail
of blood upon the floor showed that ne
had walked around the bed, ana tne
brass footpiece, covered with red, indi-
Gated that he grasped the post to keep
upon his feet.
He then threw himself upon the bed
to die, an act which probably saved MS
life, for, according to DR.. D. H. bate1
man, who was first summoned, the pea
clothing helped to form pads, which IN
a measure stoned the flow Of blood
Shortly after 10 o'clock, Mrs. Iacot'
hearing nothing from her tenant
'apped upon the door.
"There was no reply" she said. and
grew nervous. ! thought that he had
left the house, and opened the door
slightly. | saw the blood first and then
the wounds on the neck. ] was terri
fed. and shrieked. Thaw had not moved
when | entered, but the sound OF my
voice seemed to arouse him, and he trled
to get up; ,., .L;-oyr cried
He could not answer me. Only mumole
came from his lips, and he made an
other effort TO get up. ! saw that tne
man was in a most dangerous eondl-
ton. and | telephoned for the doctor
Then / telephoned for Mr.. Maloney.,
Thaw's amazing vitality IS shown by
the fact that while Mrs. Iacot was
at the telephone he gathered enough
strength to get out OF bed. In nan
stupor he threw a bathrobe around MIN
self. and wandered through the nall
through 5the dining room and into the
kitchen, falling unconscious across
chair. There DR. Bateman found nlm'
his gashed arm resting upon the moor
The exertion had opened all the WOUNDS
afresh, and blood was squirting from
the severed arteries. One hand, every
LoInIaec Thu DhySlclal
picked him I'D and placed him upon
couch bed in the dining room, at the
same time summoning DR.. A +. Siverly
At the end of half hour the
hemorrhages had been stopped. Pale
linn and terribly weakened by the loss
of blood, Thaw Immediately dropped
off into a heavy sleep.
although | had been called to at
tend a Mr.. West" said DR.. bateman,
when | arrived and saw the face OF
the man recognized him as Harry
Thaw. He was practically unconscious
all the time we dressed the injuries,
but he managed to ask that Dr. ElWood
Kirby. a friend, be summoned. IL IS
lucky thing for him that he tumbled
upon the bed in such manner that the
cove rlet pressed against both his wrist
and neck Otherwise he would have
been dead when found"
Thaw awoke from his stupor as he
was being carried into the ambulance.
Don't hurt me-" ne told the attendants
when placed upon the stretcher. There
was a quick dash across the city, ana
the run from West Philadelphia TO st.
Mary's, in the northeastern part OF the
city, vas made in an hour.
DIR. Kirby was waiting, and Wnen
L l.. frlO
he gave him a careful examination and
then sewed up all the gashes. IL was
while he was operating upon Thaw tnat
a detective, making an examination OF
Thaw's clothing, came across bichlo-
ride of mercury tablet in a coat pocket.
After the operation Thsw dropped oil
into a second sleep. There were no IN
dcations that he had taken poison, but
il he has swallowed bichloride the
symptoms will not begin to show for
twenty-four hours.
Eluded Detective
The real story of Thaw's mysterious
disappearance on Tuesday was learned
to-day. At 4 a. m. he vanished from
the Belgravia Hotel and gave the slip
10 Lieutenant Barney Flood. Of District
Attorney Swann's Office, who had been
shsdowing him since Sunday. The de-
tective was to arrest him the moment
he received the fash from New York
that the indictment had been voted.
| Thaw came here Sunday, met his
mother Monday and testified in small
civil court case growing out OF an au-
tomobile accident last May.
Mr.. Msloney, who, since his retire
ment from politics, has managed tho
local branch of the Val OFarrcll de-
tective agency, and detective are the
mysterious pair who spirited Thaw
I away in an automobile Here Is the
! formers story of what happened:
THE 0Farrell agency has been re-
tanned by the Thaw family for long
| time, and | was in New York when
he was told Of the assault and kidnap-
ping case. | hurried TO Philadelphia
! and at 4 o'clock in the morning ex-
planned the situation TO Thaw.
I'VE have telephoned your mothers
attorney, Stephen Stone, in Pittsburgh,
| told him, and Mr.. Stone has decided
that you must not attempt to escape.
You must surrender and fight the case
II you are innocent.
"Thaw agreed. He was happy. The
night before he had been drinking with
a merry party. He had been drinking
rather hard from the time of his ar
rival in Philadelphia Sunday. He was