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Show THAW UNDER HEAVYGUARD Fugitive to Be Closely Close-ly Watched by the Canadian Authorities Will Be His Own Publicity Manager I "I Should Worry Attitude'' Atti-tude'' Sherhronke yuebr, Aug. 24 Extraordinary Ex-traordinary prernutions in prevent the escape of Harry K. Thaw were ! ordered today by the Canadian immigration immi-gration department and ,T 11 La Force, governor of the Sherbrooke Jail As time draws near for final action ac-tion on the international proceeding, habeas corpus nrtts and his deporta-Hon deporta-Hon to ermont. the officials are afraid that ho will make an attempt to flee or that he will bo snatched from officers of the law s a result stringent rules hnvp been promulgated and the guard over the lunatic slayer doubled Up to today Thaw had eaten his meals In privacy but beginning with breakfast this morning a jail turnkey eat with the prisoner until he had finished eating and all the dishes had been removed He watched Thaw's every mouthful and was careful to sh? that the prisoner did not secrete either a knife, fork or spoon It 6 almost as bad as Matteawan. " said Thaw In a voluble protest that be made this afternoon to Governor La Force, but 1 suppose I II have to endure en-dure It." ' I'm afraid you will," was the Jail chief 6 reply La Force Is afraid that the prisoner, If allowed to secrete any of the table paraphernalia, might make a file of some kind and escape At 6 o'clock this evening two guards took up their station outside oi" Thaw's cell They will remain until 6 o'clock a. m. Hitherto onlv one man has kpt guard over the prisoner it night, but hereafter two men will watch to prevent an attempt to break Jail The Immigration authorities are as zealous as the Jail governor In the watch over Thaw On direct orders from Ottawa High Sheriff Henry Ayl-mer Ayl-mer thoroughly Inspected the Jail to determine whether there was any truth In the report that Thaw could escape easily If he wanted. The sheriff found that the precautions precau-tions taken by Governor La Force beginning be-ginning today are sufficient within the Jail, but that escape might be pos slble If Thaw made a dash for liberty lib-erty on hla way to the habeas corpus hearing on Wednesday If any organized organ-ized attempt were made to rescue him at that time. As a result of the latter finding, th department has ordered to Sherbrooke six special guards, whose special duty It will be to accompany Thaw from the Jail to Judge Globensky'B court Wednesday. The forces acting for and against Thaw were augmented b late arrlv als today Two lawyers Joined the camp Thev were William A Stone, ex-governor of Pennsylvania, and William Wil-liam Blakeley district attorney of Pittsburg E Blake Robertson, assist ant superintendent of Immigration for Canada Joined the anti-Thaw ranks. Thaw expressed his pleasure when he learned of the comlnK of the Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania attorneys Ho had been mo , rose all day. but brightened up visibly after their arrival. I So melancholy was Thaw early in the day that his chief Canadian lawyer, law-yer, W K McKeeon, sent for Or. G. L Hume, one of the corps of physicians physi-cians employed by Dr Britton D Evans Ev-ans to look after the physical health of the prisoner The physician found that Thaw had spent a restless night and had become depressed. "I feel rotten.'' said Thaw to Dr Hume ' Somehow I can't sleep well. I faced the electric chair twice, so I support I should worry If I ha e 'o go back to Matteawan. I haven't an fear of anvthing. "It might have been better if I had , gone to the chair Then all my trou-I trou-I bles would have been ended and It wouldn t be a case of fight, fight i rigw 'But I'll get m liberty I may be Ian old man. but get it I will." The physician prescribed some medicine to quiet the patient'3 nerves Then Thaw said Demands Breakfast. "I mav take It and I may not " Stepping up to the door. Thaw demanded de-manded his breakfast Impatlentl) The guard told him that because it was Sunday the Magog hotel had not sent his meal over as parly as usual "You're right. 1 had forgotten,' re plied the prisoner ' It is Sunday and the end of the most unusual week I have had for nearly six years, for I had nearly two days of actual lib erty " Thp subsequent arrival of his meal I failed to remove the depression and it was changed to anger when he learned that the turnkey was to stay with him while he was eating. How ever he proceeded to eat without any outburst asalnst the guard The first signs of cheerfulness he had shown appeared on the announcement announce-ment that Attorneys Stone and Blakeley Blake-ley were at the Magog hotel and would soon be over to Beo him "Good." he exclaimed. |