Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-01-11
Detectives Secure Additional
Evidence to SubStantiate
Charges of MiStreatment of
Gump Boy,
MAN ARRESTED AS
0'BYRNES is NOT HE
Oliver Brewer Is Believed Ac-
Cessory After the Fact;
Held on Technically Be-
cause of What He Knows,
tsY MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED WIRE

New York, Jan. 10. -- The where
iabouts of Harry X. Thaw, indicted
here on a charge of kidnapping and
assaulting 19-year-old Fred Gump,
Jr., of Kansas City, Mo-, remained a
mystery today to the district attorney
and his corps of detectives, who have
been searching for him, although di-
irectly or indirectly the police of all
cities have received notice that he is
wanted here.
! Unofficially the belief was expressed
at the prosecutors office that Thaw
had made his way to his home in
Pittsburgh and there, under protec-
ton of his family, undoubtedly was
being advised by competent counsel
as to what course to pursue. The au-
thorties here made detailed explana-
! tions as to how it happened he slipped
! through their fingers when they were
hot on his trail' both here and i'll
Philadelphia, shortly before and after
I the Indictment was found against
him.
/ How He Got Away.
! His escape was explained by the
! fact, they said, that since he was so
we'll known they gave their chief at
tention to arresting the man known
to them as George OByrnes, indicted
jointly with Thaw on the kidnapping
count While the police We're waiting
for an opportunity to catch O'Byrnes,
Thaw escaped.
Shortly afterward a man answering
the description the Gump boy had
given of Thaw's companion appeared
at Thaws Philadelphia hote' and was
arrested on 'rn'e assumption tlIs.t he
was O'Byrnes. He proved, however.
IN hn IL no
Utica, N. Y, also associated with
Thaw, but against whom there was no
Indictment
Got Valuable Information.
Although the arrest of Brewer was
at first a disappointment, the district
attorneys men say they found him
valuable in developing their case. a
number of documents and letters hav-
ing an important bearing on Thaws
relations with young Gump were
found in Brower's possession and
some of this evidence was presented
before the grand jury today. 1t was
expected that another indictment
might result
Brower's movements were traced
and 1t was found that, subsequent to
the alleged assault on Gump, he had
Gone to New York hotel A suit
case left there by Brewer having the
letter "T'' on it was seized by the dis
trict attorney.
O'Byrnes Disappears Also.
Meanwhile, the authorities here say
O'Byrnes has disappeared. They have
no idea where he is and no better de-
scription of him than that given by the
Gump boy to guide them in the search. |
Frank p. Walsh, counsel for Gump, !
was In consultation throughout the |
day with Assistant District Attorney
William H. Black, who Is presenting
the case to the grand jury. He re- /
fused to give any further details of
the information he has against Thaw, |
saying that since it was inextricably
bound up with the matter now before .
the grand jury it would be improper /
to say anything at present.
According to Mr.. Walsh's story to |
the prosecutor today Thaw appar- /
entity left in Brower's care at a Phila-i
delphia hotel a number of letters and /
documents. One of these, according to /
the lawyer, is an agreement, drawn up /
but not signed, whereby Gump set
forth that he had no objection to be-
ing whipped. The charge against
Thaw is that he lashed Gump with
whip on three occasions during Christ
mas night in Thaw's rooms in a New
York hotel.
Brewer Is Held.
Brewer is held in Philadelphia on
2 technical charge. He is not involved
in the accusations mentioned in the
indictment against Thaw and O'Byrnes
but acted, Mr.. Walsh alleges,
as Thaw's emissary after Thaw left
New York subsequent to the escape of I
Gump from the hotel here. Thaw is
understood to have sent Brewer to
look for Gump in the hope of prevent
ing the youth from telling of the al
legged incidents of Christmas night.
In the travelling bag seized in West
Forty ninth street hotel today under
a subpoena issued by the district at
torney, were found more than a dozen l
letters signed ''T," offering young men
positions, opportunities for education
and chances to rise in the world. A
detective who returned here from
Philadelphia, where he went in search
of Thaw, told the prosecutor that
Brewer formerly lodged at the hotel
where the suit case was found.
On advices from Pittsburgh that the
police there would not arrest Thaw
unless they had copy of the indict-
ment against him, Mr.. Black sent a