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TTEAKST'S SUNDAY AMERICAN. ATLANTA. OA., SUNDAY. AUGUST 24. 1012.
Photos of Harry Thaw at Crises in His Life and Map of His Flight From Matteawan
From left to right the photographs in the upper picture show Harry K. Thaw as he appeared after the
murder of Stanford White; while on trial for his life; at the time of his marriage to Evelyn Nesbit, and as
he appears to day while fighting the attempts to return him to Matteawan from his refuge in Canada.
The lower picture is a map showing the route taken by Thaw in his flight from Matteawan to Hereford,
N. H., and from there across the Canadian border to St. Hermenigilde de Garford. Just before the train in
which Thaw was speeding to liberty reached Colebrook, N. H., he was recognized by Sheriff Kelsea.
Kelsea dropped off at Colebrook, secured an auto and raced to Hereford, where Thaw and his compan
ions had alighted. They had hired a liveryman to drive them across country to Coaticook to strike the
Grand Trunk Railway. Deep in the woods their driver deserted them, and they groped their way to a lone
ly farmhouse and paid the tenants $9 to drive them to St. Hermenigilde.
There Thaw was found by Sheriff Kelsea, who secured a constable at Coaticook, detained Thaw, had
him arraigned in Coaticook as a fugitive from justice, and secured his commitment to jail in Sherbrooke.
Mail-Wooed Bride
On Journey to Coast
Millionaire Ranchman Is Given Fine
Recommendation by Pastors
of His Neighbor.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 23.—Mrs.
Theresa Patterson, a handsome wid
ow, aged 30, of Allentown, Pa., is
nearing Los Molinas to-day, a jour
ney of 3,000 miles across the conti
nent, to become the bride of Charles
H. Smart, a wealthy rancher, after a
romantic courtship by mail.
Clergymen in Los Molinas and Al
lentown gave each a clean bill, the
former stating that while Smart Is
not a millionaire, he is worth nearly
that sum and would make a home
happy for any woman of his choice.
The marriage is to take place im
mediately upon Mrs. Patterson’s ar
rival.
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United States Government were both
represented by able counsel who re
sisted Thaw's efforts to gain his lib
erty on a writ of nabeas corpus. They
contended that the law governing
Thaw’s case is very plain and they
pointed to precedents.
In fact, It was reported that Act
ing Superintendent of Immigration
Blair in Ottawa had been counseled
by the Ministry of Justice that Thaw
should be deported at once. When
Thaw heard this report he trembled
end became pale. He was unnerved
by the news anil showed it.
The presence In Sherbrooke of the
most spectacular and sensational
prisoner in the world made a gala oc
casion. Not one of the Provincial
fairs which are being held throughout
Eastern Canada at this time could
vie with Thaw as an attraction. Great
crowds came into Sherbrooke from
the surrouncWng country.
Families gathered aboift the Jail,
hoping to get a glimpse of the well-
known prisoner if he was taken to
the courthouse. Some came a dis
tance of 10ft miles to see Thaw. The
street on which the jail is located was
jammed.
Glad to Please Curious,
This curiosity tickled Thaw im
mensely. He said he did not want to
disappoint anyone who really wanted
to see what he looked like.
Mr. Shurtleff was resentful against
Justice of the Peace Dupuis, of Coat
icook. who held Thaw on the charge
of being a fugitive and sent him here
for further examination.
“We contend that Justice of the
Peace Dupuis acted illegally/* de
clared ShurtlefT. “He exceeded his
authority. He had no right to hold
Thaw.**
Colonel Fraser assured Thaw that
conspiracy is not an extraditable of
fense and that he need not feel any
I great alarm over the fact that a war
rant charging Thaw with conspiring
to gain his liberty Is on its way here
from Dutchess County. He did not
do not seek vengeance. My wife.
Kvelyn Nesbit Thaw, need not fear
me Nor need anyone else fear me.
‘All 1 want is peaceful and legal
liberty. 1 feel that I am perfectly
safe. I have studied law ever since I
was admitted to Matteawan, and I
believe that I am qualified to speak in
this matter.
“Statements to the effect that 1 only
sought itberty to kill are senseless
They are so ridiculous that I won’t
talk of them. I have the kindest feel
ings toward the people of Canada, and
will retain such feelings, no matter
what action the Dominion Govern
ment takes, but 1 hope that they do
not deport me. Detention in un in
sane asylum is a living death It is
enough to make a maniac out of a
perfectly sane man.”
Refuses to Betray Friend*.
Aeked for a detailed story of his
flight, he refused.
“Yes, I was the man they spotted In
T^enox, Mass., said he. “But from
that point on I mu»t say nothing. I
won’t betray my friends."
Mrs. George Lauder Carnegie, sister
of Thaw’, arrived soon after his arrest
and immediately sought her brother.
Thaw wnt word to Roger O'Mara, the
Pittsburg (Pa.) private detective, who
has been his counsellor since youth,
to rush here on the first train.
He said that he wanted to get the
fight over with. His first trepidation
came with the new’s thut District At
torney Conger, of Dutchess County,
J(£V
again and very quick
ly, too, if you will only
let Hostetter’s Stom
ach Bitters help the
digestion to become
normal, keep the liver
active and the bowels
free from constipation.
These are absolutely
necessary in order to
maintain health. Try
it to-day but be sure it’s
June 25,1906—Thaw shot and killed Stanford White at the
Madison Square Roof Garden.
Jan. 22, 1907—Thaw’s trial for murder started.
March 20,1907—District Attorney William Travers Jerome halt
ed Thaw’s first trial to prove him insane.
April 5, 1907—Commission pronounced Thaw sane.
April 12,1907—Jury before which Thaw was tried disagreed
and was discharged.
Feb. 1, 1908—Thaw acquitted by jury on his second trial, on the
ground of insanity. Justice Dowling committed him to Mat
teawan as a dangerous lunatic.
April 22, 1908—Thaw applied to Justice Morschauser for his
first writ of habeas corpus.
May 25,1908—Justice Morschauser dismissed writ, asserting
Thaw’s release would be “dangerous to the public.”
June 29, 1908—Thaw demanded a jury trial to prove sanity.
Sept. 16, 1908—Justice Mills denied application.
Jan. 4, 1909—Thaw appealed.
July 5, 1909—The Apellate Division denied Thaw 's appeal.
Aug. 12, 1909—Justice Mills ordered Thaw returned to Mat
teawan, dismissing bis secondwrit.
Deo. 30, 1909—-The United Court refused to re-
of
Cr; M
Women Make Bow
With New ‘Weskit’
MATTEAWAN, N. Y., Aug. 23.—The following verses
were written by Harry Kendall Thaw in his room at Mattea-
wn and found 'n the waste-paper basket beside his reading
table last December:
“There are lights aflame on Broadway,
There are hopes and lives undone;
There are debts of sin no man cam pay,
And Broadway hates the sur,.
‘ ‘ There are vain regrets on Broadway,
There are secret sighs and tears;
For one must smile as well as pray,
And the weakling meets with jeers.”
Latest Paiislan Fashion Introduced
by Fair Hotel Guests in
San Francisco.
SAN -'RANCISCO. Auc- 23.—The
“weskit ’ fad has arrived in San Fran
cisco.
Warring one of the ultra-mannish
vests and gold chains that are the
very newest in French fashions for
the all, a dashing young woman from
the East strolled up to the clerk at
the St. Francis and started to reg
ister.
Instead of taking the proffered pen
of the clerk, she reached to the end
of the chain on her vest, pulled out
a gold-mounted indelible pencil and
a.Tixed her signature to the book with
the precision of a bank teller.
If you have been taking treatment for weeks and months and pay
ing out your hard earned money without being cured, don’t you
think It Is high time to acoept DR. HUGHES’ GRAND OFFER?
■ ou w111 certainly not he out any more money If not cured. Con
sultation and Examination are Free for the next thirty days.
if I decide that your condition will not yield readily to my
treatment. I will be honest with you and tell you so, anil not ac
cept your money under a prom lee of a cure.
My treatment will positively cure or I will make you na charge
for the following diseases:
Ceremony by Mormon Judge Is Call
ed Unsatisfactory by Adminis
trators of Estate.
Edwin Booth Saves
Lillian Russell
LOS ANGELES. Aug. 23 — In order to
comply with the wishes of the adminis
trators of the $1,000,000 estate of her
father, the late Thomas R. Lamb, of
Edinburgh, Scotland. Mrs. Anna B.
Lamb-Wilson must be married to her
husband again.
The husband is E. Douglas Wilson, of
the Pennsylvania Rubber Company, of
this city. He pursued Miss Lamb more
ban 10,000 miles across the United
States and over the Pacific Ocean be
fore he Vnarried her in Honolulu last
April. The ceremony was performed by
Judge Hernandez, whom Wilson says Is
a Mormon. This marriage, though legal,
did not meet with the approval of tbs
administrators.
Rescuer Is Only Nine and His Play
mate at Maine Resort Was
Drowning.
KIDNEY, BLADDER AND URINARY
TROUBLE, STRICTURE, VARICOCELE,
HYDROCELE, NERVOUS DEBILITY,
RUPTURE, ULCERS AND SKIN DISEASES
CONTAGIOUS BLOOD POISON
luence
fcs re-
PORTLAND, ME., Aug 23 —Edwin
Booth saved Lillian Russell from
drow’ning at South Harpswell when
she fell from the wharf. Both are
summer visitors.
Edwin is years old. and the son
k)£ Charles E. Booth, of Yonkers, N.
■l. while Lillian is 13. and the
Hkighter of Charles A. Russell, of
Edwin, her pla> mate, was
J. clad. hut lie dove into the
V'leran, drawing the
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Private Diseases of Men and Women.
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MEN Visiting THE CITY, consult me at once upon arrival, and maybe you can be cured
before returning home. Many cases can be cured in one or two visits.
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