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^ The Herald and News Y01.C3IE LI, 5UMBEB C6. NEWBERRY, S. O, TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 3913. TWICE A WEEK, $140 A YEAR. I, BARRY THAW ESCAPtS FROM THE ASYLUM SLATER OF WHITE THOUGHT TO BE 0> WAY TO ElKOPE. I Dash Through Open Gate, Leap Into L Autouobile and Rocket-Like w Tlieht for Connecticut. f MaUeawan, X. Y., August 17.?Harry K. Thaw, the slayer of Stanford White, escaped from the Hospital for the Criminal Insane here at 7.45 o'clock this morning. A dart for liberty through an open gate, a leap into the open door of a powerful automobile that stood quivering outside and a k flight like a rocket for the Connecticut 1 State line, thirty miles away, accom ( plished his escape. Tonight he was still at large and the hospital authorities felt certain he was outside the State. Once beyond its* boundaries Thaw is free. Only months, perhaps years, of litigation can bring him back to aMtteawan and then only in one event?that he be adjudged insane in the State to which he has fled. Five confederates manned the car in k which Thaw escaped and a big black limousine which trailed it past the ^ Asylum gate. The police have the dew scriptions of Thaw's confederates and thp names under which they register f ed at a local hotel Friday night and are seeking them. The hospita 1 authorities believed that Thaw had fled to the shore of Long Island Souad and boarded a yacht waiting with steam up to rush to Europe. $500 Reward For Thaw. A reward of $500 for Thaw's apprehension has been offered by Dr. R. F. C. Keib, superintendent of the Asylum. Howard H. Barnum, the attendant at the gat ast whom Thaw flashed in his break -x'or freedom, is under arrest, and otner arrests <nc expected to follow in the rigid investigation begun by Dr. Keib. The shades were drawn in the dormitories and the inmates were getting their second sleep when Thaw, fully l dressed, left his room this morning. The milkman's cart was rumbling on the road outside as he walked through the storeroom and into the outer court, or yard, of the Asylum grounds. Barnum, sole attendant at he road gate, was pacing back and forth when Thaw closed the storeroom*door be hind him and apparently aiu uui the significance of Thaw's early rising. b Long years of residence at the Asvr lum and reported declarations by Thaw that he would never attempt ^ to obtain his freedom except by legal means, had established Thaw's status ^ as a "trusty." There was little out of the ordinary in his appearance even at so early an hour in the court yard, and if Barnum saw him?as to this no one save the hospital authorities could say tonight, and they refused to talk?he raised no question. [ How Thaw Escaped. A black six-cylinder touring car, 60 horse power, followed by a limousine, also black, loafed lazily along the road as the milkman drew near the gate. Thaw, standing a few feet away apparently unconcerned, waited till Earnum unlocked the gate and swung it wide to let the milkman enter. At the same moment th? two cars drew I ' * * il 4-V, ^ up on me ianuer siue ui mc iwa.u uyposite the gate and stopped, their en! gines throbbing. As ?arnum stepped ^ aside for the milkman to drive inside K the grounds he heard the gravel crunch beneath Thaw's feet and looking up saw Thaw flash past him straight for one of the waiting cars. With a shout Barnum started in pursuit, but a flying leap landed Thaw safe in the car. The automobile wheels began turning before the keep. er fairly reached the roadway and ? /> they were throwing up a cloud of dust 'before he had gone 25 feet. ^ Down the roadway the cars sped in a whirling cloud of dust that quickly blotted them from sigjit. For a momrt 'Rarnum shaded his eyes with 'his hand and .watched I hem: then with i the first great blot on his career of; twenty years as keeper he dashed j madly back into the grounds and locked the gate. "Thaw's gone?escaped," he shoutH ed bursting inot Dr. Keib's presence. And in a fi oment the hunt was on. p The great black car flashed like a thunderbolt through Stormville, ten ? miles easth of Matteawan, along the road to the Connecticut line. Early risers in the little hamlet saw three [ men?and Thaw?crouching low to I ^scape the sweep of their rush ' \ j through the air. They were going 70 | miles an hour. They were ten minutes ; out of Matteawan. Stormville marvelled at heir speed ! and watched them melt away in the ; dust of the State road. The limousine had been left behind. At trie speed at wfiicn tne touring car travelled through Stormville he should I have reached the State line within j half an hour. Barnum's breathless declaration at | the Asylum brought Dr. Keib to his feet like a pistol shot. Within a moment he was standing at the telephone and as Barnum pourod the ntory into his ears repeated it over the wire to police headquarters. Matteawan became the centre of a widening ripple of telephone and telegraph alarms as I Dr. Keib planned pursuit. A Fruitless Chase. He might as well have tried to chase a twelve-inch shell. The ten-minute start, .the high power of the car in which Thaw made his flight, the nearness of the Connecticut State line toward which Thaw was heading and the inferior power of the pursuing cars militated against him and made the chase hopeless. After he had driven in pursuit he met Willian. Hannigan, a liveryman. | "I saw him,M Flannigan shouled. : "He was near Fishkill village and goj ing 60 miles an hour. I saw him comi ins and just had time to crowd my horses close over to one side of the road. He'd have hit r.ie sure. Just let him keep on; he'll break his neck." Flannigan said that he recognized Thaw sitting on the rear seat of the touring car. The limousine was trailing the big car, Flannigan said. Dr. Keib realizing the futility of thechase, called it off and went back to Matteawan. Notified Officers of Law. Before starting, Dr. Keib notified District Attorney Conger, Sheriff Hornbeck and County Judge Hasbrouck. The county authorities telephoned to points in the eastern part of the county. None of the towns near the State line, however, was able to give any information about the two cars. The^last definite news was from Stormville. After Thaw left Stormville he had two routes open to the Connecticut I line, one by way of Luddingtonville, Carmel and "Brewster U 1 Plains, five miles beyond Brewster. The J other was by the way of Pauling to the State line. The latter is the best road for an automobile. The road by Brewster would have taken him over a rough country part of the way and would have been more liable to have caused his halt by telephone. Just before Brewster is reached, however, there is a back road leading to the Connecticut line and which would have taken him away from all observation until the Connecticut line was reached. Which road he took no one Tr -rt s\TTT XV LA t< ?? * According to the account given by Dr. Keib, when Barnum opened the gate to allow the milkman to enter helet it remain open and, so far as Dr. i Keib oculd judge, had quietly stood by and allowed the prisoner to walk j out. It was impossible today to ob- ' tain an interview with Barnum, as he j had been placed in custody Dy tne \ hospital authorities. Dr. Keib has offered a personal reward of $500 for Thaw's apprehension In addition to the $50 usually given by the State in such cases. Planned Flight on Yacht. A rigid investigation, begun without delay, inclined Dr. Keib tonight' to the belief that Tbaw planned flight on a yacht in Long Island Sound and I that if he reached the yacht it was by j relays of automobiles, stationed along' the road to throw pursuers off the track. , This investigation disclosed the fact> I Dr. Keib added, that four of the men j who aided Thaw came to Matteawan ! in the black touring car last Friday j and registered at the Holland Hotel j as Ro?er Thompsor, Richard D. Bee-J tie, Micheal O'Keefe and Eugene Duf-1 fy, all of New York City. Xo more powerful car has ever been housed in i a local garage. The fifth man aiding in Thaw's es- j cape, according to the investigation i came to Matteawan Saturday. He : joined the group at the Holland Hotel under the name of Thomas Flood, ' of Xew York city. He is said to have driven the big car when Thaw escaped. The four men who arrived Friday ; were described as "rather sporty indiv duals," by William Gordon, proprietor of the hotel. They spent their time mostly in the barroom, where they made a name as free spenders. Gordon had a talk with Thompson Sat- 1 urday which caused him to open his eyes wide when he heard of Thaw's I escape. Strunee Yacht Seen. South Xorwalk, Conn., August 17.? ! Inquiry here failed to throw any very : definite light tonight on reports that Harry K. Thaw, who escaped from Matteawan this morning, had made his way to this city and sailed from I here on a yacht, which had Deen in I waiting to receive him. ; It was learned, however, that for two hours this afternoon a large j steam yacht was anchored opposite ! Roton Point, about half a mile off ; shore. She steamed east late in the afternoon. It is not a common thing for yachts to anchor at that point, and : for this reason the incident attracted i attention. No confirmation could be 1 had of reports that passengers had I been taken aboard from Roton Point. ANOTHER ACT TO THE TRAGEDY ! ! Eso.pe of Thaw Kecalls Roof Garden ; Scene on >ierlit of June 25, 1906. I ? New York, August 17.?The theatri! cal escape of Harry K. Thaw from i the State Hospital for the Criminal j Insane at Matteawan, adds another 1 act to the sensational tragedy which ! had its beginning in New York city on the night of June 25, 1906. On that j occasion in company with his young wife, Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and two friends, Thaw went to the Madison Square roof garden to witness the opening performance of a musical comedy. Near the close of the perfor! mance Thaw left his seat and began to pace back and forth in the aisle behind the seat occupied by Stanford White, an architect of international fame, Sand his son. The elder "White i was 53 years old and in his distinguished career Tiad stamped on many of New York city's prominent buildings the mark of his- artistic genius. Madison Square Garden itself was s.'F +Virt oT-r.Viitck/o+'o trinmnhs anH UUC Ut L1IC ^ , he had a studio in its tower, j In this setting Thaw drew a revolver and fired three bullets into Stanford White's body. The architect died almost instantly. j It is believed White did not see his ! slayer. In this ensuing confusion no one made an effort to intercept Thaw, who, :?or a moment, stood over his victim's prostrate bociv. Then he walked to the elevator of the roof - - ' 1 4. ? T garden, wnere ue met a uuust; ueitrvtive, and handed over the revolver. \ I Thaw then was arrested by a policeman and while the officer's hand 1 was on his shoulder Mrs. Thaw rushed up to her husband and placed her arms around his neck. Thaw assured his wife that it would be "all right" and told her not to worry. j To "this Mrs. Thaw rejoined: j "I did not think you would do it 'that way." And she added: ! "Never mind, Harry, I'll stick to i you through thick and thin." Thaw at the time of the tragedy jwas 27 years old and was known as the "young spendthrift millionaire j from Pittsburg." I William Thaw, the father, was a poor mechanic in Pittsburg, and then made small ventures in coal lands with increasing good fortune. He was said at one time to be one of the heaviest individual owners of the Pennsylvania railroad. When he died his estate was said to be worth $40,000,000. By the will Harry Thaw was allowed $2,500 a year, but bis mother increased this to $80,000 annually. Evelyn Nesbit married Thaw in Pittsburg April 4, 1905. She was noted among artists for her beauty, and had been in turn model and actress. | With Thaw in the tambs, a legal fight to free him bega.i, with his fam- j ily's millions behind 2. formidable ar- \ ray of counsel. His f.rst trial result- j ? /?iooorffloTYiont At thp <5Pf>nnd , CU 111 CL Uioagl Vy^UlV/Ub. | trial the jury acquitted him on the charge of murder on the ground that he was insane when he shot White , and Justice Dowling committed Thaw to Matteawan as an insane criminal. He entered the asylum February 8, 1908. Since then the Thaw family has ; cnpnt n sum estimated at $200,000 in efforts to have Thaw declared sane and set at liberty. In May, 190S, Supreme Court Justice : Morschauser decided against an attempt to release Thaw on habeas corpus proceedings. In June, 1909, a 1 similar writ met the same adverse re- j suit, this time before Justice Mills. ! The case then went tc the State Court of Appeals, which sustained the de1 ? ^ ^ V af_ I cision 01 tne lower court, a lmiu ci- i fort in July, 1912, resulted in Justice Keogh agreeing with the other Su- j preme Justices that Thaw still was ; insane. ) There was a scandal recently over alleged attempts to engineer Thaw's ' GRAHAM WILL GIVE UP CONVICTS Order Abolishing Hosiery Mill November 1 Will be Complied With By Man Who Employs 225 of the Convicts. [Anderson, August 17.?Henry W. Glenn, one of the five directors of the State penitentiary, stated tonight that Capt. John M. Graham, who holds a five-year contract, dated three years ago, for the labor employed in the hosiery mill, appeared before the board at the meeting held in Columbia on last Thursday and announced that he would submit without any litI igation to the order abolishing the j mill on November 1, next, at which tirnp hi?; nnnrraot will be cancelled. ! Capt. Graham stated that he preferred | to conclude his contract, but that he | thought best to abide by the action of j the legislature and that he would turn over the 225 convicts employed by him I to the board November 1, without any j effort to retain them. , Director Glenn says that the board having this assurance from Capt. Graham discussed the matter of employing the labor now engaged in the hoi siery mill, but no definite action | would be taken until next Wednesday , week, when an adjourned meeting , would be held in Columbia, The directors, it is said, are unaniirimi5 in hplipvin? that the State is receiving as much as it could get for the labor by the present contract with Capt. Srab&m, and at the same time the labor is being well cared for. The matter of grinding lime by the labor for agricultural purposes was proposed by Cap.t Mobley, one of the directors, but this suggestion did not meet with unanimous favor in the board , meeting. : Letters were addressed to all State penitentiaries to learn what disposition is made of the convict labor, and when the board meets next week they will Viovo rdrilioo yinrnr Vfl.liia.h1p in " 11A i O* ' ' formation to guide them to some conclusijn. There are about four hundred convicts in the penitentiary now, and of this number 225 are employed in the mill. The remaining 175 are employed about the penitentiary yard or in the buildings, while a large numiber are unable to do any labor at all. The proposition to send the ablebodied men out on the country roads does not meet witn tavor Decause ine directors say that the apportionment to each county will not be more than three or four, move would be unwise because of these few convicts will be too heavy on the counties. Then, too, they think this move would be unwise because of these class of .crimi-1 nals now behind the walls of the pen| itentiary. Capt. Glenn admits that the directors are up against a big pro position and he is not willing to make I any prediction as to what will be done. 1 ^ Good intentions often inspire the swats of the knockers. ^ It is the man of many parts who ^ sometimes goes all to pieces. release through the attempted brib ery of Dr. John W. Russell, former superintends of the Matteawan hospital. An inquiry resulted in the indictment of John N. Anhut, a young New York attorney employed by Thaw. On May, 17, last Anhut was found guilty of offering Dr. Russell a $20,000 bribe and sentenced from two to four years at Sing Sing. The present superintendent at Matteawan, Dr. Raymond C. Kieb, was appointed after Dr. Russell resigned. Thuw'c Mnthpr Plpnspd .Harry K. Thaw's mother, Mrs. Mary Copley Thaw, did cot attempt to conceal her satisfaction over her son's escape when talking ton ght with reporters at the hotel, where she arrived yr.sterday from her summer home at Crease., Pa. "If this means that Harry is going off?that he is getting away entirely -r am not sorry," she exclaimed when informed by her daughter, Mrs. George Carnegie, who was the first of the family here to receive the news. "This is a complete surprise to me," she declared. "I was on my way to see Harry ar.d was to have visited him at Matteawan tomorrow." T ^ *. /vr, 4- : fUss Inn'r* Pnnnnpti^nf JilLCJCM. J ?i II1C l?n n vji vuuu\.i/v<vut and other States was manifested by Mrs. Thaw. "I don't prognosticate," slie said, when asked what her son might do. "We can all speculate and that is all that T can do now. I do not believe he will communicate with me at present, but if he does I think it will be only to tell me to go "back" to my home and rest without worrying." f | M'LAURI> PRESS BUREAU. Reported Leon Green Will Boost Him For Governor. % Columbia, Aug. 16.?That Leon M. Green will come to Columbia on September 1 and open a bureau for certain papers which will back John L. McLaurin for governor of South Carolina to succeed Governor Cole. L. Blease is the latest gossip in political circles in South Carolina, according to information forthcoming from relia'ble sources. This programme was decided on some time ago, so it is understood, and, it is claimed, will be put in actual operation by the first , of next month. That the McLaurin backers are anx! ious to obtain the endorsement oi Governor Cole. L. Blease is also well understood, but it is stated that they have been unable to do so. It is understood that Governor Blease was invited to Hendersonville some time 1 1- ? ?in fV> A MoiTirc OaCK as was U'UIUUKICU in and Courier at the time, and the advantages of the McLaurin organization outlined to him, and he was urged to enter the combination, endorse McLaurin for governor and thej would back him for the senate However, the governor has stated all | along that he was not going to mix ^ vooq Tt ic ill Luc iicai guuciuaiuuai i n i>^ understood that he declined to have anything to do with the McLaurir movement. It is true that many oi his former supporters are now behind Mr. McLaurin for governor and that ( he was and still is friendly with Mc: Laurin, but will not endorse him oi I anybody else for governor?.that much | he has stated several times publicly and emphatically. Leon M. Green, until recently was j editor of the Anderson Intelligencer, [ a weekly newspaper which has here tofore been a warm friend of the [ present.administration. Col. Green, it is understood, has retired from the editorship of the Intelligencer. Before editing the Intelligencer Col j Green achieved publicity by his activities as a detective of the State government. He is a member of the staff of Governor Blease and has been actively identified with his administration. Xews From St Phillips. We are having some dry and hot weatner, out 11 me crops cuuimue ll get nice showers, we are joking loi a good cotton crop. The peach and apple crops are very short in t> if section. Mr. B. (. Banks has purchased a motorcycle. Mr. T. L. Shealy, the owner of a motorcycle, is very much dissatisfied, on account of the roads being too rough to ride it on his mail route. We hope the people will get busy and | make the roads better so that we can have early mail. We are vely much pleased with Mr. Shealy. He is a high-toned gentleman, and never misplaces the mail. Mr. J. C .Chalmers, of Ware Shoals, has been visiting "relatives in this section. Mr. J. J. Kibler has been electon tr? tPflrh St. PhiliDs school for the coming session. Rev. Y. von A. Riser has been called by the same charge another year, and has accepted. Miss Chrissie Shealy is visiting her sister, Mrs C. W. Summer, of Poria. Mrs. Joe Sligh is visiting her neice, Mrs. w. j?'. ituu. Misses Nellie and Jimmie Livingston visited their sister, Mrs. George Lominick last week. 'Miss Mollie Crumpton visited Miss Mary Crumpton last week Mr. C.. H. Counts is visiting Mr. H. H. Ruff. Mr. and Mrs. Willie Lominick are visitins Mrs. Charlie Boland, in Saluda county. Mr. Perry Halfacre has purchased another gin. Misses Mary and Ola Lominick spent last week at Ware Shoals. Rev. E. L. Halfacre, of Vermont, is visiting his father Mr. Benj. Halfacre. He preached at Clayton Memorial last Sunday. He is a fine speaker. Miss Mary Crumpton is visiting Miss Eunice Alewine, in Saluda county. .Miss Xovice Metts, from Little Mountain is visitine relatives near St. Phillips. Mrs. Kattie Baker is visiting her father Mr. H. H. Counts. Wade. As a rule we prefer to make intelligent people the targets for criticism. I HAS MADE PROGRESS IN MEXICAN PUZZLE I SIBSTANTAIL ADVANCE MADE BY ! II\n TV CftJ'THrRV RfPf'WITf UU C J.jxujl?aI xi-JUX - ??.-. V Possible That Special Envoy's Representations Will Bring the Hnerta Government into a More Amiable Frame of Jlind. Washington, Aug. 16.?Substantial progress has been achieved, in the judgment of administration officials here, by John Lind, in the discharge of his delicate mission to Mexico. They feel the American embassy's ad_ viser at least 'has made a breach in the wall, which theoretically had been ^ erected by the Mexican government to obstruct hjs negotiations. The presentment he already has made is unf derstood to be only of a preliminary ! character and will be followed by ! others setting out more in detail the ! -nrVii/iVi fho American nHminis ' tration had in mind in dispatching him to Mexico City. ' The delivery of these supplementary communications either orally or "! in writing, will depend entirely upon 1 j the reception which the Mexican gov-' : j ernment accords the first communi;! cation. This is now under consideri! tion, a fact regarded as of the utmost 1 promise for .the ultimate success of : the negotiations. , 1 Should Take Action. It is understood that while there is nothing in these views -in the nature of a demand for the withdrawal of L Gen. Huerta from the presidency or ' for the abitrary fixing of the date for a genera), election, there is neverthe1 less a distinct intimation of the ad ministration's belief that some con' elusion should be made by the Huerta ! government to terminate the present : insurrection and to insure the ascend! ancy of a truly popular government. T' f nnn On/lonf. II Uie&e lULLUCllliCilUHO axe ov-v-evv ed, the way will be open for confer-: ' ences to define the means from wmcn ! the desired results could be brought * about. f 1 It is expected at the State department that the next step in the negotiations will not be taken before Monday. . The request of the Mexican government for time to consider Mr. ' i Lind's presentation practically con| veyed that idea. Meanwhile it is deemed essential that the principals to the negotiations shall surround them with the utmost secrecy at this interesting phase. Nothing for Europe. Not the slightest intimation of Mr. ' Lind's communication has reached 1 any of the representatives ot foreign I powers. It is. expected, however, that ' as soon as the Mexican government i reaches a decision as to whether further overtures are to be received at y all, steps will be taken to acquaint the foreign powers representatives in Mexico with the nature of Mr. Lind's mission. The same information probably will be conveyed to the displomatic representatives accredited to the United States from foreign countries. Senator Lodge had a long talk with Secretary Bryan today about Mexican affairs. In view of -his formal declaration in the senate of his purpose to stand squarely behind the president, providing the Mexican difficulty could be kept from the field of politics, this is believed to foreshadow a better entente between the democratic and republican members of the foreign relations committee than existed yesterday. Henry Lane Wilson, retired ambassador to Mexico, remains in Washington, still undecided as to his future movements. Democratic members of the senate foreign relations committee have determined that if the investigation of Mexican border conditions and American financial support of the revolutionists is to be continued by the special subcommittee that worked along the border last year, that committee will be reorganized so that its control rests with democratic senators. The investigation conducted last I year was under direction of Senator Smith of Michigan and Senator Fall, both republicans, who are now preparing reports. Prior to the end of the last congress Senator Smith ob tained permission to continue the investigation into present conditions. The foreign relations committee will determine next week as to whether the investigation is to be carried on. What our octogenarians seem to r.eed .most is not old-age pensions, but easier divorce laws.