Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-10
HARRY THAW AGAIN
 IN SERIOUS TROUBLE
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IN SERIOUS TROUBLE (Continued From Page one) Thaw and in which bitter partisan | was justly or injustly kept in Mattea- wan, he was declared sane by a jury in l habaeas corpus proceeding in the lat | ter part of 1915 and released by a court order.
 Met Gump at Long Beach, Cal. According to the information laid before the district attorney, it was ! toward the end of 1915 that Thaw first | met and became interested in Gump. He had gone to California following g his release here to attend the Panama Pacific exposition at San Francisco and later went to the southern part of the state, spending some time at Long Beach, Cal, where he met Gump
 at an ice cream parlor.
 Gumps mother and father, Fred Gump, who is said to be a manufact-
 urer of leather trunks in Kansas City, were with the boy at Long Beach and
 made no objection to their sons ac- quantanceship with Thaw, the district attorney was informed.
 Mother Answered Letter for Son. After Thaw left California he con- tinued to correspond with Gump, ac- cording to the information given the district attorney by MT. Walsh. These letters, MT. Walsh said, warned the boy not to show them to anyone, but he let his mother read them and she answered them for him. The exchange of letters continud through 1916, Thaw expressing great interest in the boys future and a wish to pay for his edu- cation abroad.
 Although proffers of money by Thaw were refused, the boy at last came on to New York and went to Thaw's ho- tel, where it is alleged the assault took place.
 Invited Boy to Come to New York.
 Before last Christmas Thaw write Gump inviting him to come to New York, MT. Walsh told the district at rived on the evening of Christmas day, left his baggage at Thaw's rooms in a hotel and the two went to a theatre and later returned to he rooms.
 that when they reached the apart ment Thaw attacked him with a whip. The boy said he screamed but no one responded to his cries. He was beat en nearly into insensibility and was twice again beaten during the night, according to his story.
 Boy Was Terrorized.
 In the morning, the boy said, he was sent for :. walk with O'Byrnes and the two went through the Bronx zoo, boy said he was terrorized and was afraid to attempt to call the police.
 Body Marked With WeIts.
 That afternoon the day after Christmas, Gump, said, he went down stairs on a pretext and ran from the hotel and boarded a train for Kansas City, by way of St. Louis. There he welts on arms and back, and legs, he said to his parents and to his parents andn to MT. Walsh and had also shown his injuries to the conductor on the train.
 Evidence of Thaw's Presence.
 When the prosecutor heard the stories of Gump and MT. Walsh, he went to the hotel where Thaw stayed and obtained from the management telephone slips and other records, to here on the days mentioned in the boys story. Hotel employees were questioned and agreed to appear be- fore the grand jury.
 Thaw's Whereabouts Not Known.
 On Saturday, the authorities re- ceived intimations that Thaw was coming to New York, that he was in and also that he was in Philadelphia. The railroad terminals here were watched and he was not seen. although the district attorney learned Thaw arrived here and stop ped at a different hotel than the one where he usually lodged. Meanwhile | Detective Cuniffre went to Washing ton and Detective Barney Flood to | Flood was one of the | detectives who went to New Hamp- shire while Thaw was making his un- successful fight there against extra dition to New Hampshire while Thaw was making his unsuccessful fight there against extradition to New York.
 Stanford White Murder Recalled.
 Thaw, who is a member of a wealthy family, shot and killed Stanford White, a noted architect in the midst of a crowd at Madison Square Garden roof garden in June, 1906. He was melted to the act, he said, by the confession his wife, Ev- elyn Nesbit, a chorus girl. made to him owing to treatment by White previous to the marriage.
 Two trials for murder followed, the second of which resulted in ac- quittal on the ground of insanity. After his commitment to the asylum Thaw began a series of attempts to obtain his Iibrty through habaes cor pus proceedings in which he sought to have himself declared sane. Failing in this, he made his escape from the asylum and fled by automobile and train to Canada, where he was arrest ed and finally deported into New by the Canadian immigra- ton authorities
 He resisted extradition from New to this state, but was f1n- ally brought back to be later released. GRANDMOTHER RELIEVED BOY