The sun., 1917-01-11
THAW HUNTED
IN MANY CITIES
His Pittsburg Lawyer Says
He Is OH the Way to
Surrender.
MORE LETTERS ARE FOUND
Boys Replied on Backs of
Thaw's Missivcs, as Directed
by Him.

No definite information as to the
authorities yesterday. Rumors of his
having been sighted in this and that
Pennsylvania town on his flight from
Philadelphia appear to have no real sub
stance. Reports of his movements are
about as definite as somewhere in
France"
In Pittsburg one of the members OF
the firm of Stone & Stone. the Thaw
family attorneys, said he believed the
fugitive was on his way to New York
to surrender. He has had ample time to
get here, but has not arrived. Persons
who said they saw him in Stroudsburg
Pa. on Tuesday are not sure of 1t.
Some Of Thaw's Pittsburg friends be-
lieve he is hiding on Cumberland Island
Georgia. or near Ferpandina, Fla. His
sister has winter home on Cumberland
Island The suspicion that he has gone
south is based on detectives assertions
that Thaw went toward Washington
after leaving Philadelphia, and on the
fact that he has relatives and friends
III EeorBid anu riorlud III Vu' VI 'he ""S
places.
Attorney Asserts Innocence.
At the Thaw home in PSttsburg it
was said that nothing was known OF
! Thaws movements since he left Pitts
burg last week Mr.. Stone professed
belief in Thaw's innocence of the charge
of kidnapping and whipping Frederick
Gump, Jr., upon which Thaw Is under
/ Indictment in New York.
Oliver +. Brewer of Pittsburg, the
! friend of Thaw who was arrested in
| Philadelphia on Tuesday when It was
! thought he was George c. O'Byrne, un-
der Indictment with Thaw. was released
! in $1,000 bail by a Philadelphia court
/ yesterday. He left the City Hall and
! hasn't been seen since. After his re-
/ lease the Philadelphia police were tele-
graphically requested by William Har-
man Black. the New York Assistant Dis
! trict Attorney in charge of the case. to
hold Brewer on the charge Of conspiracy
TO kidnap. Brewer is due to return to
Philadelphia for hearing tomorrow
morning.
Feared Trouble From Gump.
Philadelphia detectives said last night
Brewer told them Thaw feared trouble
letters and other papers. Several pa
pcrs were found on Brewer when he was
arrested. Among them was an unsigned
statement addressed to My Dear Mas
ter"
In it the master" is told the boy Is
absolutely submissive to him and is
/ willing to receive punishment
The Philadelphia police say this state
ment was written by Gump at the in
cta Of HrOWprS
session were letters written by Thaw t1
friends asking them IL they could fine
positions for boys. one of these letter.
was addressed to John Hartley of An
napolis The detectives also say they
found a card on which was written:
Look up his parents He is sup
posed to use dope" Good boy. "Hs
lives with his parents
Before each phrase number of fig
ures appeared.
Reported in Several Places.
Friends OF Thaw in Pittsburg sale
yesterday after hearing that Thaw hac
been seen In Stroudsburg in the com
pany of two travelling statesmen tha
they supposed he was in that section
of the State until such time as certain
matters could be arranged" Thaw wal
reported as having left Stroudsburg fo
Scranton by automobile. but he has no
been sighted in Scranton.
The Pittsburg police telegraphed tn
New York District Attorney that the,
could make no attempt to arrest Thay
until they had copy Of the indictment
The copy Is now on its way to Pittsbure
J THE Sun was informed last night tina
( Thaw was in Jacks restaurant in Sixt
: avenue early the morning of Decembe
20 He entered the restaurant abou
E | 30 o'clock, took seat near the pas
: sageway between the main dining roor
and the cafe, facing the front door an
remained there until after o'clocl
/ having several drinks of brandy. 1t wa
, on Christmas night that the allege
whipping of Gump took place in Thaw'
room at the McAlpin. Gump says h
was beaten three times in the course @
the night, after II o'clock.
, Letters From Other Days.
: Evidence that Frederick Gump. Jr
who says Thaw fogged him. is not tn
only boy whom Thaw has offered to edu
cate was taken in suit case to the Dis
trict Attorneys Office yesterday 1t cor
tained letters from at least two youth:
e one living in the West, one on Long Is
3 and. that had been written in the cours
, of correspondence with the now fugitiv
= PlttSDurger.
= The suit case came from the Hot.
y Bristol. l22 West Forty-ninth street.
, was left there on Saturday last by Olive
. C. Brewer. the friend of Thaw who
:, held In Philadelphia on. a conspirac
charge due to his alleged connection wit
the kidnapping of Gump, 1t is an oil
leather case bearing the initial at"
: had been held by the Bristol manage
t ment as security for a bill of $500 fc
3 the rooms at the hotel which were eI
e gagged I'm Brewers name last week.
J. NJ Eaton, n clerk of the Bristol, turne
e II over to Assistant District Attorne
It Black yesterday.
r, Asked to Reply On Same sheet.
Il As Brewer is not under indictment. b,
y Is to be mentioned before the Grand Jur
e to-day, Mr.. Black would not tell what II
o suit case contained. but he said there WI
j. nothing discriminating In 1t. 1t becan
known, however. that from the O
o leather bag was obtained important II
Al formation regarding the manner
y which Thaw carried on his .correspon,
n ence with boys. There were sheets
paper on which Thaw or his represent;
tive had written to the boys. offering
m take charge OF their education or speal
n ing Of meetings or communications the
'f had had on the subject.
In each case Thaw or hs represent