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Show THAW CASE CONTINUED Fugitive's Hearing as Well as That of Roger Thompson Goes Over Until Next Week New York Is Still Clamoring for Escaped Es-caped Lunatic Sherbrooke. Quebec. Aug 21' The hearing in the case of the self-styled "Mitchell Thompson." arrested by the immigration authorities charged with aiding a lunatic Harry K Thaw In crossing the Canadian frontier, was postponed today until Friday next Thompson was arraigned short ly after 10 o'clock F Campbell, acting act-ing jointly for the Dominion department depart-ment of immigration and the Dutchess Dutch-ess county (New York I authorities asked that the case be put over on the grounds that documents from Matteawan, showing that Thaw had been confined there and is Insane, had not arrived here. Thompson came into court disguised dis-guised b a pair of smoked glasses. Pictures of "Gentleiuait Roger" had: arrived during the night, however, and Sheriff Hornbeck of Dutchess count. holding one of these and gaz-Ing gaz-Ing at tho prisoner, said. Who could miss It! It certainly Is Roger." Thompson said not a word. Thaw appeared this morning to have spent n restless night. His hair was disheveled, his collar awry, and ; bis eyes staring. His breakfast had not been touched. He said again today that he hoped soon to be able to give an accouut of bis escape Today he wns Jotting down notes of the incidents. He had. been supplied sup-plied with the New York and Montreal Mon-treal papers and read every word bearing ou his case The 'inside" motive for the immigration immi-gration authorities causing the Thompson case to be postponed Is that the charge against him is punishable pun-ishable only with a fine, lie could; pay this nnd leave. The warrant from QutcheSB county, charglug him with conspiracy, is not regarded SS sufficient basis for extradition To patch up this loophole more time 18 1 needed Tt.aw broke awa from his lawyer! law-yer! last night long enough to frame a telegram to a friend in Pittsburg saving that he (Thaw) had telegraphed telegraph-ed through a third party to ex-Gov-nr ior Stone of Pennsylvania, asking him to appeal to Secretary ol Stale Prvan In his behalf Thaw added I that he was the "victim of some underhand un-derhand influence from some other state exercised to prevent his Jour-uovlng Jour-uovlng to his own home" The "governor' of the Sherbrooke jail laughed today when asked If special spe-cial guards had been detailed to watch Thaw He denied that this was true but It is understood that precautionary measures hav. been takn at the renupst of District Attorney At-torney Conger of Dutchess county and his allies, the immigration authorities. au-thorities. Sulzer and Glynn Get Busy. Albany. N V AuS 2: Both tho menwho rlnim to be N'ew York state chief executives were busy on thv Thalv case today and there was much tolekrnphlng and telephoning. CJovernor Sulzer late today made his Inlflal move In the maitpr. so far as i he & disclosed, when he telegraphed Secretary of State Bryan at Washington Washing-ton asking that the American consul general at Ottawa advise the Canadian Cana-dian authorities to return Thaw to the jurisdiction of this state at Rouses Rou-ses Point This is Governor Sulzer'.? message: "Please instruct Consul General at Ottawa to request Minister In charge of immigration to advise local imtni gratlon officers at Sherbrooke to re turn Harry K Thaw, an escaped lunatic, lu-natic, to the United States at Rouses Point, N. Y. "(Signed) "WILLIAM SULZER.; "Governor " Several hours previously Acting Governor Glynn conjointly with Attorney At-torney General Carmody sent a tel.' gram in duplicate to Mr Bryan and to the federal secretary of commerce requesting them "in the name of the state of New York" to "ask Canadian immigration authorities to depori Harry K. Thaw to the state of New York." The telegram emphasized the Importance of haste. Mr Glynn's activities for the day in the Thaw matter began at 2 o clock In the morning when he was routed from bed by a dispatch from District Attornev Conger of Dutchess count at Sherbrooke, Canada, saying Mr Conger had been in communication with Immigration Commissioner W. D Scott, and believed the Canadian authorities would send Thaw to some point in this state. Later Mr. Conger telegraphed that the Canadian authorities au-thorities apparently had changed their minds and seemed disposed to put the fugitive over the border in Vermont, if they decided to return him at all. There also was an exchange of telegrams tele-grams between Mr. Glynn and Com missloner Scott and Fred C Blair supervisor of the bureau of Imjnigra tion at Ottawa. Supervisor Blair informed Mr Glynn by telephone that he could do nothing until the courts had taken action, but that his department would use every effort to hae Thaw returned re-turned direct to New York state. Later La-ter the subjoined telegram was received re-ceived from Commissioner Scott bv attorney General Carmody who also had been In direct communication with him "Extradition proceedings In the Thaw case now before court. This department de-partment cannot deal with him until court has decided in extradition application. ap-plication. Will advise you of our action ac-tion Immediately case is dealt with by court " Mr. Glynn was visibly disappointed when Informed that dispatches from Canada announced that Thaw's attorneys at-torneys were successful In deferring the court hearing un'll Wednesday, also that Washington dispatches represented rep-resented the federal officials as being in doubt respecting the proper steps for them to take Bryan's Reply to Sulzer. Washington. Aug. 22 Secretary Eryan today sent the following telegram tele-gram to "Hon. William Sulzer, Albany, Al-bany, N. Y." "This case of Thaw, being one which In its present aspect involves the application of Canadian immigration immigra-tion laws, this government cannot act , officially. Steps have been taken to j lay the information as to his escape ! informally before the Canadian au-I au-I thorltles." Sulzer asked that the Canadian immigration im-migration authorities be requested to return Thaw to Rouses Point. N Y. No Law Authorizing Action. I Washington. Aug 22 Secretary Wilson, who has the immigration bureau, bu-reau, today sent this dispatch to Acting Act-ing Governor Glynn and Attorney General Carmody ' I am unable to find any law which would authorize the department o! ' labor to ask the Canadian government to deport Harry K Thaw to the state of New York as requested by you. I am advised that steps have already been taken by the department of stati to bring the matter to the nttentiou of he Canadian government through the proper diplomatic channels Not For Diplomacy Dublin, N H , Aug. 22. Secretary of State Bryan's personal telegram notifying the British ambassador. Sir Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice, that Harry K. Thaw, wanted in the United States was held In Canada and the subject) of probable deportation proceedings, had not been received at the summer embassy here this morniti)' "If I find that it is a matter requiring requir-ing the official atteution of the Canadian Can-adian authorities, I shall simply forward for-ward the message of the secretary ol state at Ottawa," said the ambassador, ambassa-dor, "Extradition of prisoners is not a matter for the diplomatic department." depart-ment." To Await Requisition. Albany. N Y. Aug 22. Acting Governor Glynn today requested Governor Gov-ernor Fletcher of Vermont to have llarr K Thaw apprehended to await requisition in case the Canadian au- thorltles deported Thaw to that state. |