Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-03-23
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took soon of what Thaw described as
controversy" The gentlemen want
ed to know why he had come and what
he had to offer. He talked vaguely and
at las. stated that what he had to say
could not be said within the hearing of
so many persons. All left the room eX-
cept him and the gentleman named
Sloan and the latter pressed him for
a portraiture of his errand. Thaw con-
fessed that he knew nothing about
Douglas Precinct No. /; that he was
go-between and then he said some
thing about consideration"
Then he said Mr. Sloan exploded and
charged him with attempting to eXtort
money under false pretenses. Mr.. Sloan
called in the gentlemen who had gone
out and then Thaw said he was fright
ened. They threatened to send for the
county attorney. This was the stage
of the conference that Thaw had allud
ed to as a controversy
He made his way out and went back
to the hotel. He did not find Holther
there and though the latter had told
him that he would give him some eX-
pense money, Thaw did not feel that
he had time to wait. He went to Tenn
pc and Mesa not because he knew any
body there but because both of those
towns are outside the limits of Phoenix.
He bought a cap and pair of ov-
erals and sent his clothes in which
he had come as diplomat to Phoenix,
by parcels post to Douglas. 1t is pre-
sumed, though he did not say so, that
he returned to Douglas on the rods.
The foregoing is in substance the mar
rative of the Wanderings of William
Thaw, the beginning and the end OF
his mission as a OIL between
He told something of his return to
Phoenix last Monday as a witness for
former Governor Hunt when he was re-
ceived and entertained in state, in
pleasing contrast to the lowliness of
his estate when he fled from beyond
the city's walls only a week before.
Mr.. Billiards Searching Inquiry
The cross examination of Thaw did
not follow the order of the story as it
had been related him. 1t began at
the other end, his return to Phoenix
yesterday morning. In reply to inquiry
he said he had come from Maricopa
whittier he had fled on his way home,
having received a new scare on Tues
day. On his arrival at the depot yes
terday morning he was met at the de-
pot by Senator Homer Wood in a ma =
chine and was taken directly to the
home of former Governor Hunt where
he had breakfast after which he re-
| turned to the Hunt headquarters at
the Ford hotel where he slept a few
hours.
Why he left town on Tuesday is
more fully set forth in the foregoing
letter. AT Maricopa where he was
waiting for train he was encountered
by some returning Hunt witnesses
who were aware of the interest the
absence of Thaw had aroused the day
before, and they prevailed upon him
to return, after having telegraphed to
Phoenix to learn whether his pres
ence here was still desired. That was
all under this head, but it was by no
means all of the cross examination.
The question Mr.. Billiard brought
out that Notwithstanding the declara-
ton of Thaw that he was setting a
trap for the detectives, something that
seems to have been quite an industry
at Douglas, Thaw was in receptive
mood and was really fishing for a
bride. He did not always seem to be
aware of the tightness of the places
into which the attorney crowded him,
but when he did realize it, he became
flippant, and impertinent and the
cross examiner threatened him with
the Jail. He denounced him as a crook
and predicted that he would yet find
himself in the penitentiary. His an
swers became generally conflicting