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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1913
Page
4
Boston Post reports the arrival of Harry K. Thaw in Sherbrooke jail Canada where officials describe him as the most noted prisoner. Thaw responds with humor asks about his travels and asserts his defense may claim non extradition.
Manchester attorney-general James P. Tuttle refused to discuss New Hampshire law or the state's attitude if Harry K Thaw were extradited from Canada or back to New Hampshire. He said extradition matters are ultimately under the chief executive and offered to advise if asked.
In a Coaticook jail ward Thaw relaxed in a single-occupant cell smoking a pipe. He admitted sending telegrams to his mother and to the Associated Press and refused to reveal their purposes. Two companions left with him registered under assumed names and no addresses. A telegram from Dutchess County DA Conger said he would arrive in Sherbrooke early tomorrow.
SHERBROOKE Que Aug 19 Harry K Thaw halted in his Matteawan escape arrives in Sherbrooke to opposing deportation as an undesirable alien and extradition on a bribery warrant. Canadian officials move to deport under immigration act while Dutchess County Da seeks extradition to the United States. Thaw refuses to reveal flight details, seeks habeas corpus, and awaits hearings with his attorney W L Shurtleff.
Mrs Mary Copley Thaw mourns as son Harry Thaw’s capture in Canada is confirmed after a prolonged escape from Mattawan authorities. Thaw’s arrest ends a widely followed manhunt, following reports of his release from New York.
A Maine railroad deputy sheriff Kelsea detects and captures Harry K Thaw after recognizing him aboard a train. Thaw and two companions slip into Canada via Hereford and use a farmer’s team to reach St Hermenigilde de Garford before local police arrest them at 6 am.
The estate of the late William Bayard Cutting is officially valued at 10,906,480. Olivia M. Cutting, the widow and principal beneficiary, receives 9,060,242. After gifts, the remainder goes to other immediate family, with a few scattered donations including 1000 to Fisk University in Nashville.
Berlin reports serious floods across Germany from continuous rainstorms. The Vistula and other Silesian rivers overflow, flooding towns and vast grain fields. Crop losses are heavy with damage noted in Riesengebirge between Bohemia and Prussian Silesia.
The Houghton & Dutton Co offers Castile Soap bars about nine and a half inches long for seven cents each. Shoppers are invited to the Drug Department on the second floor to purchase and cut into three cakes.
Aunt Sally answers readers on skin care with home mixtures. D N A asks about crow feet and mouth wrinkles and receives a saxolite lotion recipe. Eloise requests freckle remedies and is advised mercorized wax treatment nightly for a week or more.
On a train from New York to Elmhurst Mrs Thaw initially refuses to believe reports of her son Harry Thaw's arrest in Quebec. She later reads despatches confirming his arrest but says the news will not alter her plans and remains visibly distressed as she travels to Elmhurst.
District Attorney Edward Conger Sheriff Fred Horbeck and former DA John E Mack travel to Sherbrooke Quebec via Montreal to seize Harry K Thaw and return him to Dutchess County Jail or Matteawan asylum A conspiracy warrant issued by Justice Morschauser accompanies the trip If extradition fails a bribery charge warrant will be pursued.
District Attorney Conger and Sheriff Hornbeck visit Matteawan to obtain full descriptions of five men who aided Harry Thaw’s escape and to verify the ownership of a pathfinding automobile. Officials also confirm the car’s routing from Matteawan to Connecticut and back. Matteawan guard Howard Barnum faces examination over his gate duty. Thaw to be charged with burglary conspiracy and neglect of duty.
Walter Pickett, 18, son of Mr and Mrs Amos W Pickett of 100 Orange Street Waltham, will join the senior class at Waltham High School this fall. He has played football and baseball for two years and is recognized as a swimmer of unusual ability who helped rescue drowning victims. At age two he swam from Riverside to Moody Street Bridge in Waltham, nearly eight miles.
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