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\ 5 A riEARRT’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, OA, SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 1013. MATTEAWAN, N. Y., Aug. 23.—The following verses were written by Harry Kendall Thaw in his room at Mattea- wn and fotjnd in 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 can pay, And Broadway hates the sun. “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.” CHICAGO. Auk. 23.—famltr skeleton has come to light, if not to life. The domestic scandal of ancient Israel's prophet has been removed from its closet, scoured with higher criticism and rattled In the face of Biblical scholars, who were p*»rfeetly willing to let It rest. Professor J. M. £ Powis Smith, of the University of Chicago, exhibits it In an article on “The Marriage of Hosea,” In the cur rent number of The Biblical World. Hosea's wife. Oomer Bath Diblalm, Is the villainess of the story recon structed by Professor Smith from the account of her marriage to the prophet, and In the first three chap ters of the book of Hosea, Profes sor Smith asserts that Gomer, con trary to the usual Interpretation of the Scriptural account, was a person of evil reputation before the wedding ceremony was performed. Prophet Knew His Faults. Professor Smith adds to his ver sion the fRct that Hosea knew of Gomer's faults and took her “with his eyes open.” In short, tho prophet married Gomer with the cu rious purpose of making the match a horrible example to the rest of tha Israelites, he asserts. The marriage was to Impress Israel with the fact of Its own disloyalty to God. According to the professor's view, the belief that “Hosea, as a young man, fell in love with Gomer and mar ried her, supposing her to be all his youthful Imagination fancied her to be,” that she later left his horns to live with another man, that he bought her back and then become a prophet, will not hold water. The scholar de clares that this version is founded on an imperfect notion of the physiology of prophets. Professor Smith asserts that ths> wife’s name, which means “Gome^ daughter of Fig fakes," signifies that she was held in low esteem. He re translates several words In the Bibli cal account and gives the following as the proper version: “Hosea, a prophet already burdened with the sense of his people's sin, felt himself called upon by Yahweh to marry a lewd woman, to the end that through such a marriage he might open the eyes of Israel to the enor mity of its offense in being disloyal to Yahweh, its rightful lord. In pur suance of this conviction. Hose* bought Gomer, a woman living in public shame with her paramour. Placed Her Under Restraint. “But he at once placed her under restraint, denying her association with himself ae well as with others, and seeking by such discipline to fit her for her position as his wife. This phase of the experience was Inter preted for Israel as meaning that she as Yahweh’s bride must be dis ciplined by exile before she could ex pect to enjoy any further favor from Yahweh. “After this period of restraint for Gomer she was taken by Hosea Into his home and became the mother of three children. Each of these In succession was given a prophetic name, and, like Isaiah’s children, be came a walking sermon to Israel Just as the Institution of marriage itself had been.” Hard Fall Re-sets Dislocated Spine WIMINGTON, DEL.. Aug. 23.—An expenditure of $1(1,000 and treatment for years in sanitariums in Germany and Paris failed to accomplish what & fall downstairs did. Mrs. William Heim, of Ellendnle, Del., was cured of a dislocated spine In this unusual manner. The fall forced her spine into place. To-day she says she is well. Her head is bandaged, but she was able to preside over a recent meeting of the FUendale Ladles’ Social, of which she Is president. Fugitive From Matteawan, Backed by Family’s Millions, Will Utilize Every Technicality to Prevent De portation From Dominion of Canada. Couple Will Re-wed To Gain $1,000,000 SHERBROOKE, QUEBEC, Aug. 23. With Harry Thaw’s case now In the courts of Canada, the prediction made that It would be months—years, per haps eternity—before the slayer of Stanford White is again in the Juris diction of New York State is strengthened. His family, wealthy and powerful, has rushed to his defense. He has unlimited resources to fight the legal battle against his deportation from Canadian soil. When the first writ of habeas corpus was granted, it as sured him the right to appeal his cause to the highest Canadian court. It is believed that this litigation can be made to last over years. It will be impossible to deny him bail In the Dominion, for he is a lunatic only in New York State. His status now is that he is simply considered an undesirable by Canadian immigra tion authorities, who, It is thought, may override the courts and deport him. Should the courts of Canada finally rule against him, his case might be taken up from Washington. Even then if he were finally deported, should he be sent to any other State than New York, he could fight extra dition there, and there are many eml- ner* lawyers who believe that it Is absolutely impossible to bring him back into New York then. Probably Considered These Facts. All these things probably had been considered when Thaw made his dar ing escape from Matteawan Asylum, when he dashed across the Connecti cut border, then through the State into New Hampshire and from New Hampshire into the Dominion of Can ada. Thaw knows well the law’s delay. He remembers his long period in the Tombs before he was first brought to trial for the slaying of White. He remembers the long fight for life and liberty then. He remembers the en forced wait after the first mistrial. He remembers the weary days of his sec ond hearing. He remembers the slow progress of his cause during his legal efforts ’o get his release from Matteawan Knowing these things and recognizing that there was hardly a bare possi bility that bail would be denied him, he turned toward Canada rather than seek safety at sea, as his pursuers thought he surely would do. It was probably due to this realiza tion that he accepted his arrest at Coaticook, Quebec, coolly and that he awaits the issue of his habeas corpus proceedings just as coolly now. Secures Talented Lawyers* He is represented In his application for habeas corpus proceedings by JW. L. Shurtleff and Colonel H. R. Fraser, one of the most talented lawyers '»f Eastern Canada. He is thoroughly buoyed up In the belief that the Ca nadian Government will never order his deportation or extradition. "I have studied every legal phase of my case and have arrived at the be lief that I am Bafe here,” said Thaw. “My plans did not alone Include my physical escape. I looked into the le gal feature to establish my status In any other State than New York and any other country than the United States. I am not a dangerous man. I do not seek vengeance. My wife, Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, need not fear me. Nor need anyone else ferfr me. “All I want is peaceful and legal liberty. I 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 I only sought liberty 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 I hope that they do not deport me. Detention in an in sane asylum Is a living death. It Is enough to make a maniac out of a perfectly sane man." Refuses to Betray Friends. Asked for a detailed story of his flight, he refused. “Yes, I was the man they spotted in Lenox, Maes., said he. "But from that point on I must 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 ‘>ent 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 news that District At torney Conger, of Dutchess County, New York, and Dr. Kieb, of the Mat teawan Institution, w ould come to co operate with the United States au thorities in an effort to have Thaw de ported bask to New' York, or extra dited. Plans for the court battle in Thaw’s behalf were carefully made by Mr. Shurtleff and Colonel Fraser and hopes to have his ltd ease ordered by Judge Globensky and plans to leave immediately for Quebec if he gets out. He intends U) sail for France if he gets his freedom. s»o that he will be sure to be safe. Ultimately he hopes to have his legal freedom established so that he can return to Pittsburg. Contend Thaw Is Tourist. Among the grounds up^n which the Thaw lawyers put into their plea for their client’s liberty is that be is only a tourist passing through Canada, and they point to the case of Jack John son, the negro pugilist, as a precedent. They contend that Johnson was un der conviction of an infraction of the United States law, whereas Thaw has not broken any law'. They con tended that Johnson was a fugitive from justice, whereas Thaw is a fugi tive from an institution for the in sane. They pointed to Thaw’s behavior to uphold the contention that no matter what his condition in the past, he is now sane and rational. The facts that Thaw has not broken any Cana dian law's and that no indictment ex ists against him across the border were emphasized. Thaw offered many suggestions to his lawyers and in a way seemed to be . their pilot. He looked very solemn and impressive as he gave his opinions of*his own case. “My idea is that speed is the requi site thing,” Thaw told them. News Unnerves Prisoner. The Canadian Government and the United States Government were both represented by able counsel who re sisted Thaw r ’s efforts to gain his lib erty on a writ of habeas 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 trended pnd became pale. He was unnerved by the news and 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 surrounding country. Families gathered about 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 100 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 Shurtleff. “He exceeded hia 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 great alarm over the fact that a war rant charging Thaw with conspiring to gain Ms liberty is on its way here from Dutchess County. He did not give such optimistic assurances about deportation, however. Thaw lost no time In arranging to secure cash. He telegraphed to a banker relative in Pittsburg (where the bulk of the Thaw fortune is in vested) to send him money to fight his case. Thaw faced the habeas corpus heaiing coolly and confidently. Be fore going to court, he ate a hearty breakfast and dressed with minute care evidently realizing that he would be gazed on by thousands on the short ride from th© jail to the court house. Smuggling Claim Advanced. He had prepared a number of notes to guide his lawyers in their conduct of his ease, and was evidently disap pointed when they did not seem to give these notes great consideration. An investigation of the manner in which Thaw came into possession of a railroad ticket for Detroit, Mich., is being made. The Dominion authori ties are not satisfied that Thaw bought the ticket himself. It was learned from an authorita tive source that immigration officers who are here plan to arrest Thaw on the ground that he smuggled his way into Canada, if he gets his freedom on a habeas corpus writ. The village of St. Hermenigilde, where Thaw and his companions came into Canada from the United States, is not a port of entry. Ceremony by Mormon Judge Is Call ed Unsatisfactory by Adminis trators of Estate. ‘He’s a Paranoiac,’ She Screams—Describes Her Sacrifice. NEW YORK, Aug. 23.—Mrs. Eve lyn Nesbit Thaw is breaking down under the fear that Harry K. Thaw may evade the law and succeed in reaching her. There were visible evi dences of the strain under which she has been laboring since he escaped from Matteawan last Sunday when a Sunday American reporter saw her last night in the Hotel BrevoorL Thaw’s declaration from the jail in Sherbrooke that her return to the stage had prompted him to make a dash for liberty and that he loved her more than anything else In life were called to her attention. "Good God!” she exclaimed “How could that man say he loves me when ho would have let me starve in the streets?” “Do you love him?” she was asked. “Love him! I love him as much as he loves me,” was her derisive reply. “He wanted to keep me down after I had testified and sold my soul for him and I had done everything that a human being could do for a man; and now he makes this maudlin state ment about love. Never Knew Love’s Meaning. "He is a paranoiac, and he doesn’t know what love is. He has never known the meaning of it as long as I have known him. As for taking care of me as any man who loved a woman would do, both he and his mother them me out after 1 had saved him from the electric chair. “Mrs. Mary Copley Thaw entered into an agreement with tne at xliu time of the trial to 1 provide me with $12,000 a year on condition that I j would consent to an annulment of our marriage. 1 did consent, and the papers were drawn. Then his mother repudiated it. Thai was in June, 1012, and I have received no money from t hem slnc< that time. "Bel • $70 a week and my rent. I had to dispose of pictures and scrape and save to live, and 1 finally came to the conclusion that 1 had something with in myself, that I could prove I pos sessed the gift of making my own liv ing, which is a gift after all. Breaks Into Tears. “I thank God that I have that gift or his mother w r ould be jeering at me in the gutter,” and Mrs. Thaw broke into tears. “He wants to spoil my life and my work,” she continued, turning to John Reilly, her counsel, who was in the room. “I told you that if I made a success he would want to injure me, and here he has stated that my success was the thing that impelled him to break for his liberty. He wants to injure me and he will bend everything to that end. “I told you also,” she added to her lawyer, "that he would not be free long before he would betray himself through his excessive egotism. “But there is worse coming if he retains his liberty. Things will begin to happen when he gets his drink. He is going to do something desperate, I know, just as surely as I could fore see the things I have referred to. Wait until he gets drink in him—it is ho r rible to contemplatol” And Mrs. Thaw again broke down and sobbed. “Desperate and Dangerous." “Don’t you think that you may be exaggerating because of your over wrought state of mind?” was asked. “I wish it were so,” she replied. “But anyone who thinks Harry Thaw- will not be a desperate man when he gets the opportunity to satisfy bis ;ir>petite for drink, knows nothing of him I 1 I ■ him. Dr. Flint knows him. Judge Jerome knows hlin. He b» -1 desperate and dangerous man. “This great’ State ought to bv ashamed ..r Itself to allow a para noiac o mak* and unmake its insti tutions. Thaw' was permitted liber ties that, no man in his position had -err' XJvzrt E,JS JVA.TIOX>A£*i ever before enjoyed. Thaw lias not done it, it has been the Thaw money. “Do you know that when I used to see him in the Tombs he used to be drunk on Scotch whisky? Let the Tombs officials deny it if they dare. I know it and they know it Harry Thaw told me he could get ail the liquor he wanted there.” Mr. Reilly warned his client that she was overtaxing her strength, but she persisted In unloading her mind. Old Graveyard Must Give Way to Railroad Milwaukee Line Is Compelled to Move Old Burial Ground Near For Alcohol. 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 It. Lamb, of Edinburgh, Scotland, Mrs Anna B Lamb-Wilson must be married to her husband again. The husband is E. Douglas Wilson, of t>iis city. He pursued Miss Lamb more the Pennsylvania Rubber Company, of ■in 10,000 miles across the United States and over the Pacific Ocean be fore he married her in Honolulu last April. The ceremony was performed by Judge Hernandez, whom Wi'son says is a Mormon. This marriage, though legal, riid not meet with the approval of the acTministrators. Edwin Booth Saves Lillian Russell Rescuer Is Only Nine and His Play mate at Maine Resort Was Drowning. PORTLAND, ME., Aug. 23.—Edwin Booth saved Lillian Kussell from drowning at South Harpswell when she fell from the wharf. Both are summer visitors. Edwin is 9 years old, and the son of Charles E. Booth, of Yonkers, N. Y., while Lillian is 13, and the daughter of Charles A. Russell, of Boston. Edwin, her playmate, was fully clad, but he dove into the ocean like a veteran, drawing the girl to safety. COUNCIL BLUFFS, Aug. 23.—Among various other activities the Milwaukee Railroad people have found themselves engaged in rebuilding their line across Iowa is that of moving a cemetery. In securing a right-of-way near the Des Moines River it purchased an old burial ground, one long since aban doned. Among the bodies the railroad men have removed is one that had been buried seventy-five years. The remark able* state of preservation of clothing and lack of decay of the bones after such a long period has been a sourct of surprise to the men exhuming th* bodies. U. S. Officer Invents Airship Destroyer Balloon Equipped With Explosives and Wire Feelers Will Pro tect War Craft. SENT FREE TO A Most Pleasing Remedy Given to Quickly Restore Lost Vitality. A Free Trial Treatment Sent by Mail To All Who Write. Ft< NEW YORK, Aug. 23.—Joseph einmetz, a retired lieutenant of ar tillery in the United States army, has Just perfected an invention that is likely to interfere greatly with the effectiveness of the aeroplan in naval warfare St einmetz is now negotiat ing with the War Department for the use of his Invention. It consists of a captive hydrogen ballon ^ffispended over either an arsenal or battleship It carries a largo quantity of Qxplo- 8 Ives, which would be touched off by any aircraft coming in contact with wires extended from it. The airship would at once be blown up. 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The operator thought some practical Joker was .it work and paid no attention to the man who called. This morning it was found that the money dra wer at the station had been robbed of 75 cents in cash, and from the telephone box had been taken about $3 in coins. The thieves alsj took the telephone. WOMAN POLITICIAN IS MAD. Special Cable to The American. PARIS. Aug. 23.—Countess Eliza beth Emilie Von Wedel, a French woman and a former "political agent,’’ who was quite a celebrity, has been placed in a German asylum for the i nsane. Thieves Warn, Then Rob Rail Station I MW USFS HflPFS OF Evelyn 1 hau), Fearing Death, Breaking Down Under Strain [j I I S 1 ■ U B 8 Lz Omm U I 8 W 1 In U U I .j.g.;. #4. •!«••!* LTI1 E FF FFOOM ON j How Can He Say He Loves Me When He’d Let Me Starve?’ ENDLESS LEGAL TANGLE POEM THAW WROTE IN MATTEAWAN I ATEST photograp of Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw posed especially for The Sunday American at —' her hotel in New York where, it is said, she is near a breakdown rforn fear that her hus band will retrain his liberty and attempt to do her violence, and a photograph of Harry Kendall Thaw, taken in his cell at Matteawan from which he escaped to aCnada, where he is using every legal means to prevent his deportation to the United States University of Chicago Professor Declares Prophet Took Wife as Horrible Example. Small Expenses Small Profit This Advertisement Is Worth . . . . . AT THE Royal Shoe Shop 86 N. BROAD, NEAR LUCKIE ST. 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