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Show HARRY THAW MAY HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE ; I NEW WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS t GRANTED BY JUSTICE. j i I Opportunity to Prove Sanity In His 1 Fight For Release From ; Asylum. New York, June 14 Harry K. Thaw j may have another chance to prove his Faulty In his fight for release from the j Mf.tlcawan asylum for the criminal Insane, to which he was committed a yeai ago last February after his trial for killing Stanford White. Jt'Etlce William J. Gaynor of Brook ln of the appellate district court granted a new writ of habeas corpous today, returnable before Justice Mills ir. the supremo court on Thursday, j June 17, at 10:30 n. m. j Poughkeepsle, N. Y., June 14. News ! re-ached here tonight that a writ of habeas corpus In the case of Harry K. Thaw had been issued in Now York. It became known after a clerk from the office of Charles Morchauser. attorney at-torney Tor Thaw, had visited the Mat-te.iwan Mat-te.iwan asylum and served the writ on the superintendent. Dr. Robert B. Lamb, commanding him to produce Thaw in court at White Plains Thurs-! day and show cause why ho should not be given his liberty. The hospital authorities 'and the stale lunacy commission will doubtless doubt-less oppose the proceedings. 1 When the appellate division ten days ago affirmed the decision of Justice Mills, given last October. denlng a juiy hearing. Justice Gaynor wrote a dissenting opinion, holding that Thaw W3t illegally detained. It is believed to have been this which promoted tho Thaw attorneys to go before Justice Gayuoi today. |