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ONE CENT VOL. 20,295. see SOIMANDGLM CLASH OVERTHAW ewssnsMsBsaawassBsassa First Orders Arrest of Guards, Second Commands an Inquiry Into the Escape. BOTH MEN VIRE TO RILEY Tammany's Foe Also Will Direct an Investigation Long Fight by Fugitive Expected. SEEK NURSE AS WITNESS Frawley Commlttea 8ald to Suspect Mrs.

Sulxere Illness Is Feigned Woman Suddenly Left. Fptrtal la The Vew York Time. A LB ANT. Au(. 17.

That a conflict of authority might arise between William Sulser and Lieut. Gov. Glynn was Indicated to-night when Mr. Glynn or dered an Investigation of the escape of Harry K. Thaw.

The Lieutenant Got arnor sent thla telegram to Dr. John B. Riley, Superintendent of State Prisons. who was in his home in Plattsburg, and to Dr. Raymond F.

C. Kleb, 8uperln tenlent of Matteawan: Dmm tell Immediately of details 2ou hare about enpapa rrrrm Mattaawaa tate Hospital of Harry K. Thaw. MARTIN H. OIYNN.

Actios Governor. The Lieutenant Governor would make ne statement as to what would follow any reply he might receive, but it was stated tha escape of Thaw had caused so much that Mr. Glynn believed it should be shown that official action was being taken. When Mr. Sulser was informed of the escspe of Thaw at 1 o'clock this after noon, he immediately telephoned Supt.

of Prison Riley in Tlattsburgh to order the arrest of all the guards who might be concerned in letting Thaw get away. Mr. Riley also was told by Mr. Sulser to send "autos in pursuit of those which bad carried Thaw and his protectors away from the. asylum.

Iibfr Csfer Wltk Riley. Mr. Sulser also announced that ha would take action in the morning. As soon as Supt. Riley should return from it was said, he would confer with l.

vhn wntllrl ftrrfnp a Investigation. Y-- Supt. Riley Is a recess appointee, tha senate Having rejected nia aommauea. He will be Instructed to recognise Mr. Glynn only aa Lieutenant Governor.

Mr, Sulser may order an Investigation by the Prison Department or by another Commissioner. It Supt, Riley should 4ake up the work, it was said. there eould be no objection from those who took the ground that Mr. Sulser was not in power. If another person should be named, his authority might be questioned, if he should attempt to swear witnesses.

I will ascertain the facts connected with the escape of Thaw as soon as 1 reach the Kxecutlve Chamber to-morrow." Mr. Sulzer said. I then will erder an immediate investigation. Until I know all the circumstances I cannot say whether the investigation will be conducted by the Superintendent of Prisons, by Mr. Hennesay.

or by some I other person specially named for that I purpose." Thaw was reparded as the most I troublesome Inmate of Matteawan. Etnce Supt. C. V. Collins resigned, there had been uncertainty and confua'on in the hospital and several change of Superintendents had resulted.

Supt. I Lamb was removed when Supt. Col- Una left the Prison Department. Dr. I James V.

May of the Blnghamton State Hospital wan called to take bis place, but was glad to leave the hospital to take the position of member of the State Hospital Commission under Gov. Dlx. The position of Superintendent In Matteawan ia under civil service rules. After the resignation of Dr. John Russell.

Dr. Raymond V. C. Kleb, who was assistant in me estate Hospital in Dannemora and who has been In the state service for twelve years, was- ap- i pointed Superintendent by Mr. Riley.

It i was said to-day by the prison authori- 1 ties that be had the confidence of the Superintendent. It is the belief of the i prison officials that Thaw's escape is I the result of a conspiracy in the boa- pltaL Tklalcs Thaw Will Be Cmki. a As Supt. Riley was in Plattsburg. news ef the escape was received by Charles it Baker, a clerk In the Superintend ent's office.

Baker was Informed that when Thaw was exercising in the yard he walked out and jumped Into an auto-- mobile which had stopped outside, osten-slbly for repairs, Mr. Baker said a thorough search waa being mado and that the department waa confident Thaw would recaptured. The return of Thaw to Matteawan raises a novel point. It is believed it will be a long time before he is brought hark to this State. Ordinarily, when a lunatic escapes Into another State a requisition is granted and is honored by the Governor of the State In which the lunatic Is The question of sanity la not raised, and when the Identity of uie person is made certain ne ts turned over to the authorities of this State without any proceeding in court.

v. But in the case of Thaw, the question ef his sanity undoubtedly will be raised. It Is said, and on a writ ef habeas corpus, according to lawyers in the capital. Thaw must be proved to be insane In accordance with the law of the State in which he is found. Lawyers who were questioned to-night did not recall any case in which a similar issue waa raised.

It was not believed, however, that Thaw would give up and return without fight In the courts. Dr. May aald to-night that the Hos- rital Commission had no Jurisdiction, he Matteawan Hospital being under the JuHadiction of the Superintendent of Prisons. try TO SUBPOENA nurse. Genuineness of Mrs.

SnlzerV Illness Suspected by Frawley Committee. Special to The Sr Tor nates. ALBANT. Aug. 17.

Process servers employed by the Frawley Committee ialted the Capitol to-day la an attempt to serve a subpoena upon a woman who, they said, had been a.trained nurse attending Mrs, William Sulser during her i illness, following the confession Mrs. Sulser is declared to have made of having signed her husband's name to checks for the" purchase of stocks In the Gubernatorial campaign last Fall. The woman wanted by the Frawley Commlt- Cesjtisiie mm 4, THE PVBLJC SERVICE CXTP Bklrs-. tail dicMBSlng fixtures ia offices and fur-Slab supplies of Lily Drinking Cups. This Serrlos is lBjexpeaalve.Adr.

1 MORE LENOX BURGLARIES. Whistler and Lydlfl Homes Entered Extra Guards -Hired. cTsefie! fe DU Vtm York Time. LENOX Aug. 17.

Two more villas were entered by burglars last night, the thieves making a second visit to the Ross W. Whistler home. Hidden House, an Isolated spot, where they entered through a door which they forced. At Thlstlewood. the country place of Mr.

and Mrs. David Lydlg. the men entered, but took nothing of value. Six special policemen and a doxen new watchmen are guarding the cottages to-night. ATTACK WIDOW'S AID LAW.

Warren County. N. Freeholders Want Pension Msasura Repealed. Special le The -Vne Tors Time. BELVIDERE.

N. Aug. 17 The Warren County Board of Chosen Freeholders has passed a resolution which will be presented td the Legislature, calling upon that body 4o repeal the widow's pension law, and If this be refused to modify It. This is the first action of the kind In the State since the law was enacted. The resolution states that the law should be changed, so as to give the courts discretionary powers In fixing the amount of money to be paid to widows for the care of their children.

Un der the law funds are allotted in ratio to the number of children.Nan recommendation of the State Board of Chil dren's Guardians. As there are from 150 to 400 widows In the county who would benefit by the law. it 1 estimated the county will have to pay out at least 25.O0O a year. As yet no funds have been appropriated for the purpose. GAfLLARD NOT IMPROVING.

Panama Engineer May Remain in Baltimore Clinic for Months. Special to The A'ew York Timet. BALTIMORE. Aug. 17.

The condition of Lieut. Col. David D. GaUlard. engineer in charge of the central divisional work of the Panama Canal, who was admitted to.

the Henry Phipps clinic on Saturday suffering from nervous breakdown, was reported to-night as not encouraging. Lieut. Col. GaiUard's nerves have completely given away, according to the physicians, but this is thought to be due mainly to the strain of his long trip from the Canal Zone. The case la one of unusual nature, and the psychiatrists in attendance are study ing It with Interest.

If his condition does not Improve within a week, it Is thought that be will remain at the institution for some months. first It had been arranged to treat the patient for three weeks. FIND WOMAN'S BODY IN SEA. Discovered Floating Off Arverne No Clue to Vlctlm'e. Jdentltyv-v A lifeguard walking on the.

beach at Arvemfe. yesterday morning saw the body of a woman floating in the ocean. He brought it ashore and had it sent to the Rockaway Beach Police Station. From Its condition the guess was made that It had been in the water for at least three weeks. There were no marks of violence.

The body waa unclothed The woman must have been about 30 years old and weighed 150 pounds. She was about 5 feet 7 inches in height and her hair waa auburn in color. The Rockaway Beach and Arverne police say this description fits none of the cases of women missing from that part of Queens Borough nor any of the cases of women reported missing anywhere in the city within the last three weeks. YANDALS DESTROY STATUES Do $5,000 Damage on Lenox Estate of Giraud Foster. Crpeetal to The New York ffmes.

LENOX, Aug. 17. Vandals en tered Bellefontalne, the estate of Giraud Foster, some time Thursday night and destroyed a number of terra cotta statues which were set up along the main drive, which leaves the Lenox- Stockbridge Road about a mile south of this village, and winds through dense woods. A feature of the drive was a small temple with a marble figure of Adonis. This statue was overturned.

Officers believe that the mischief was the work of drunken youths who have also been tinder suspicion of having committed some or tne nurgiaries in lenox. it is that the damage to tha Foster will reach $5,000. TO BOSTON LIGHT AND BACK Sam Richards First to Swim from Charlestown Bridge. Special to The Ae York Time. BOSTON, Aug.

17. Samuel Richards of Boston to4day swam from the Charleston Bridge to Boston Light and back, a distance of twenty-four miles. Thla was the first time this had ever been accomplished. Richards' time In the water waa 13 hours and 9 minutes. Ten 'others started on the long wlm to-day.

but only two other men made the Light, BUI Maloney of Lowell, who made the distance In 7 hours and 19 and Edward Sullivan of East Boston, who made It la hours and 5 minutes. Rlchardss time to the Light was hours and 54 The other two did not attempt the swim back. AUTOS MEET HEAD" ON. Bernard Hoeragen Injured In Accident Near Greenwich. Bpeeimt to The yew York Time, GREENWICH.

17. Bernard Hoersgen. President of the Krefeld Steel Company of BO Church Street. New.Tork City, and a party of four, while proceeding to their Summer bungalow near New Haven In their automobile, narrowly escaped death at 2 o'clock thla morning when another owned by Bell Brothers of Stamford and driven by WlllUm McGulnneus at as speed' of fifty miles an hour. crashed head on Into their-machine.

Both cars were badly damaged and Mrs. Hoerssren had her shoulder badlv injured. It Ts said that the Bell car and another car were racing on the Post ltoad. McGuinneea admits that he lost control of hia machine. 'Latest Wlreleaa Ship News.

SS Kroeniaad. Antwerp te New Tork, was 1W miles E. of Sandy Houk at VeJSo P. U.t due P. M.

te-day. TWO DYING AFTER AUTO-GANG FIGHT Special Policeman and Gunman Hurt Mortally in Battle in Heart of Sheepshead Bay. FIRE ACROSS OPEN CAR Gangsters from This City Motor to Shore Resort to Shoot Down Rivals at Dinner. CARRY WOUNDED AWAY But Police Find One Fighter Badly Injured and Arrest Seven as Othero Escape In Autos. Filling two large automobiles, a doxen members of the Gopher ganjr that loosely bound band of gunmen who are credited with most of the sunHghtlng on the west side south of San Jusn Hill drove down to Sheepshead Bay early last evening because they knew that the Linen Duster crowd of the lower east side was to have a shore dinner there and they wanted to break it up.

They had guns In their pockets and they meant business. But they were too late. The Linen Duster" dinner waa over. In the mm- dle of the afternoon some 200 Qfl7 most or tpem iiauans, du Broome Street, and from their taken automobiles to Sheepshead Bay to hold a dinner In honor of two gangsters known as Tony Cheese and Little Chuck." The dinner was spread for them In the restaurant of the Sheepshead Bay Hotel, at Ocean and Emmons Avenue, and by o'clock most of them had had their fill and were sighing for the livelier spots of Coney Island. Their motor cars were summoned, and off they drove to Coney, leaving in the ot the hotel some twenty of their number.

It was these twenty who were found at 8:30 o'clock when the enemy arrived. The late arrivals were all young men. and all of them were dressed presenta-bly If somewhat flashily. Thejr were net distinguishable from the ordinary motorists who frequent the hotels along the shore. They climbed out of their two autos without attracting any particular attention and proceeded on a scouting expeamon Him uw randans, was when they arrived afTthis morning.

AH trace of him waa the entrance to the cafe and saw there the members of the shore dinner party that they first attracted attention to themselves, and they did that by pull ing pistols from their pockets aod shoot pocaeis saiu so swded Cavfaw lag Into the room. Shoot Iato Cro Those in the cafe were thrown Into a panic Bottles, glasses and plates were thrown at the intruders, and from the scattered tables came answering shots. With a concerted rush Manager O'Brien and his attendants drove the gangsters out of his caf. across the porch and into the street, thereby staging at the busiest corner in Sheepshead Bay one of the worst gun fights the police have known. As a result of the fight seven men are prisoners In the Sheepshead Bay police station, and three men lie wounded in the Coney Island Hospital.

Of three wounded men, two have small chance of recovery. As the gangsters were driven pell-mell Into the street an empty trolley car was standing on the tracks in front of the hotel, and the two gangs ranged themselves on either side of thla It afforded something in the nature of breastworks, and yet had big openings through which the gangsters could fire. Crouching down behind the protection which the floor and trucks on the car afforded, and from these positions of advantage arising again end again to blase away with their revolvers the men started the fight. Before the police could interfere more than fifty shots had been exchanged. It was more than a street fight the policemen said.

It was a battle. As soon as the first shot had been fired out of the scattering crowd came first one and then another policeman ready to cope with this unexpected outbreak of lawlessness. Patrolman Bree was the first patrolman to respond, but he could do little. He was Joined quickly by Detectives Blake and Ryan of the Sheeps head Bay Station and by Sergt. O'leary.

Central Office Detective Schaudel. who was in Sheepshead Bay on his day offt helped, and down into the thick of the fight came two special policemen retained to preserve order about the Bay-side Casino, a big dance hall across the way. Special Polieemsm These two men were William Hogan of 141 Franklin Avenue. Brooklyn, and John L. Keenan of 37 Macon Street.

Brooklyn. As result of their hardy rush into the fight, Hogan Is dying In the hospital with his back slashed from his neck to the belt line and with a ballet in his chest, Keenan's nose was broken, his teetn were knocked in. and at one time in his struggle to arrest two of the gangsters he stumbled and fell. While he waa down he waa stabbed half a dosen times in the back. Serious as his wounds are.

it is thought he will recover; The third man In the hospital, whose chances of recovery are slight, is Peter Jacoml of 363 Broome Street. 23 years old. who was shot in the chest. The police assume that Jacoml was one of the Linen Duster dinner party. If so, he is the only one wounded who was left behind.

AS soon aa the police began to make their presence felt the flarhtinar anivwl abruptly and those of the gangsters who were nun were inrown into their automobiles by these who were not and there was a break for freedom. Two autos loaded with gangsters got away. The police get the numbers of the autos. and these numbers were along the shore, but the motorists were not seen again. The police did arrest seven not counting the wounded nriMiur ih took to the hospital.

All the prisoners were racsra up in me sneepebead Bay Station, charged with felonious assault. Nearly all of them were from Manhat tan. The prisoners said they were Dom- inick Idone of 2TE1 Grand Street. Victnr Dale of Wert ISMStreet, Tony lamb K- of 37 Crosby Street, tiui Massa of Mid- w3 sub-official there, for aev- dtefleld. Mass.

Frank LuU of 244 West era! years, said to-night he was con- Twenty-eeventh Street. Antonio Navl- gateo of 815 East Tenth Street. aadvlnced onXr oa maa' nd tnt I'ranjc De John of isi Mott Street. man aa employe of tha hospital, had THA MAY HAVE BOARDED YACHT IN THE SOUND; FAM1L DENIES HA VING PART IN THE PLOT Keeper Who Opened Asylum Gate to Admit Milkman Arrested THAW.WAITING.DARTED OUT Car Standing Ready Beside the Gate Carried Him Off at Mile-a-Minute FASTER CAR DOWN THE ROAD Fugitive Changed to This With out Stop and Pursuers, Slow to Start, Were Distanced. THIRD DEGREE FOR BARNUM Sheriff Expects Attendant to Confess Plotters in Matteawan a Week.

THAW'S MOTHER OVERJOYED Clad He's Free and Bitter Against His Wife Evelyn Thaw Protected by Police. Special to The yew York Time. MATTEAWAN. N. IT.

Harry Kendall Thaw, slayer of Stanford White and equally notorious for bis efforts to avoid paying- a penalty for the deed, escaped from the Matteawan State Hospital for the Crltn- a 1 Tnsan. nrtl. WnM Oi'A'flM1r lost thirteen pittes away from the asylum, land no vlue to his whereabouts had been received here up to a late hour to-night. Playing his part with surpassing coolness In a carefully arranged plot, whose intricacies probably were not all perfected outside the Institution. Thaw darted through an open gate at an appointed moment, leaped into a waiting landaulet auto, and gamed through flight the freedom for which he had fought and been defeated in the courts.

All the moves in the escape were made with kaleidoscopic swiftness and precision. Although the fact bad not been completely established to-night. It seems certain that Thaw and his companions headed for the Connecticut State line as soon as they bad straightened away on their dash for freedom, and crossed It some thirty minutes from the time that the machinery of the plot started Its sensational whirring. It was put down as Illogical that the route of flight would be In New Tork State, except In the opening furlongs. Thaw doubtless turned abruptly toward Connecticut, staking his chances on reaching soil where, if caught, he could not be brought back through extradition proceedings.

Aaylam Gatekeeper Arrested. Those Immediately engaged in the chase turned their attention to avenues of escape in Connecticut, in which State, as well as In Massachusetts, a hue and cry was raised throughout the countryside by means of telephone and telegraph messages sent as far east as Boston, Those first engaged in the bunt were the authorities of Dutchess County, because Dr. Raymond F. Kleb, Superintendent of Matteawan. contended that those guilty of aiding Thaw could be prosecuted for a felony.

Operatives of the Burns Detectivu Agency arrived in Matteawan to-night to take up the case. It waa not necessary for more than one man living In the State Hospital or having access to it to have participated In the plot for Thaw's escape. In fact, the success of the undertaking depended much upon its simplicity as concerned the part of It worked out within the guarded precincts of the Institution. Within half an hour after Thaw disappeared. Howard H.

Barnum. a keeper, who opened the gate through which Thaw passed, was placed under surveillance by Dr. Kleb. and later waa taken Into custody by Sheriff Fred Horn beck of Dutchess County. To-night the prisoner was locked up In the Poughkeepale JaiL Barnum opened the gate ostensibly to admit a dairyman vwho furnished milk to the institution.

Dr. Kleb. an appointee of John B. Riley, State Superintendent of Prisons, who assumed bis duties as head nt MnttMwsn butt Jun sJthoue-h EscAPEmwmuw 1 3 4 The Murderer 'mW'-Kpwteni were able to gather last night these opinions on the possibility of recapturing Th4w and ret arnlng, hint to an asylum In this State: v-. ttdo' not thiiik an easy matter to extradite Thaw, if he has madexhia escape into another Attorney Frank i K'' The ruling di Judge Gii in the recent ban laruptcy-proceedings instituted -against Thaw.

tilihes a ruling by the Federal Courts. to the effect that Thaw cannot; be brought back to the jurisdiction of the New York State courts. The question was raised "as to the possibility of taking Thaw to Pittsburgh for examination as ta his financial assets in behalf of one of his creditors. Judge Gray expressed the opinion that such a proceeding would automatically free him. from the jurisdiction' of the State courts and would set him at liberty -ustic Olmsted, Couiu set for Thaw.

If Thaw succeeds in getting into any other State or into Canada, he is a free man. Dr. Charles Kennedy, of Thaw's Counsel. Once across the Connecticut line, Thaw was a free. man and safe from extradition, because, having been acquitted by the courts, he is innocent of any crime.

That is the fault 'of our 'law. Dr. Austin Flint. Y. Unfortunately, the authority over lunatics rests with Supreme Court in this State, and as soon as Thaw has placed the State boundary between himself and Matteawan he is beyond the jurisdiction of the courts which adjudged him insane' and which committed hitaY However, if is within the power of the peace officers of any State, county, or city to arrest Thaw as a person dangerous to the public peace and safety, and this ought to be done as soon as possible.

He 'can then be submitted to an examination by competent alienists, and after due judicial process of law can be committed to an institution Dr. Carlos F. MacDonald. In my opinion, once out of New State, Harry K. Thaw will be as safe in any, other as he ever was.

Roger O'AIara, Thaw family previous knowledge of ThaWs plans and assisted In carrying them out in so far aa the plot lay within Matteawan. Five Sea nasi Two Cars Oatslde. There were Ave men. answering the description of New York gangsters, who openly engaged In Thaw's escape. Three of them were waiting in the car which carried Thaw away from the and two others in an un usually powerful touring car were on watch half a mile from the institu tion.

When the landaulet reached tne waiting-touring car the two automo biles continued the flight, maw transferring. to the faster car. The two autos were easily traced by reason of their sensationally fast flight to Stormvllle, about thirteen miles from the State Hospital. There all trace of them waa lost- From Stormvllle to the Connecticut line is about fourteen miles. After Thaw left Stormvllle he had two routes open eastward, one by way of Luddlngtonvllle, Carmel, and Brewster to Mill Plain.

'flvenUes, beyond Brewster, and the other by way of Pawling to the State line. The latter Is the better route for automobiles. The road, by Brewster would have taken him over a rough country part of the way. and he would have been more likely to have been halted by telephone. Just; before, Brewster is reached, however, there Is a back road leading to the Connecticut and by this route he would have been practically free from observation until Connectl- Vfaver all Bummer drinks wit ANOOS-TLRA BITTERS, a 4Uckas appetiser aad toaleAdv.

i i HarryaKend taorliliShlteTWh Escaped from Matteawan Yesterday. HIa Lis. PhotoBraphfPafc- hen Ha lrt tha Annut Bribery cats in this Is Safe Oiice Outside the State cut was reached-vWhlch-road he took. If either, has not been "established. One of the first reports to arise after Thaw's escape became known had It that, after reaching Connecticut, he made for some port on Long Island Sound, where, It was assumed, a yacht was waiting to convey him away.

A. telegram sent to Thaw by his mother from New Tork was received at the State Hospital about 4 P. M. It contained a message tha Mrs. Thaw would call on her son at the hospital to-morrow.

Dr. Kleb was of the opinion that tha telegram was spurious, or sent as a The telegram received from New Tork and bearing the name', ef Mrs. Thaw read: i. Found Qeorc end Margaret wU. Will see you to-woiTOw.

4 Those referred te In the are Mr. and Mrs. George Lander Carnegie. The Btatb i Hospital stands on a gentle slope -overlooking a valley In which the "Village of FlshkluV Jfour miles away. ia the largest community Poughkeepeie Is about sixteen miles from the- hospital.

Within a mile of it are the hamlets of GroveviUe and Glenham. A Flshklll. GrovevUlew and Glenham are all along the line Tthe State road. Thaw had been unusually tractable of late. I.

Kleb satd. and he arose promptly when called at 5:49 o'clock this He spent half aa hour preparing for breakfast, finished bis meal about 7 o'clock, and then sauntered i Inb the storeroom, where he was employed as a porter and clerk. He conducted himself with entire nonchalance, betraying neither by act nor YY Y'- i i VI 4- vitjr art wty.iv :1 manner that he was soon to make his dash for liberty. Keeper's Parl'la Etfay- From the storeroom a door opens into the exercise court, where Inmates of the hospital are permitted to take an airing without more than casual surveillance. Escape from the.

court was considered absolutely impossible until Thaw disproved the theory. On three sides are the flve-story brick walls of the A twenty-foot stockade "or fence la on the fourth A huge gate working on rollers -Is the only opening In the stockade, 19 Barnum was the attendant, at this gate, which was "kept perpetually under lock and key. 'Just seventeen years ago to-day Barnum entered the employ of the Institution. He was esteemed one of Its moeX trusted servitors. Because of this fact he held his position as gatekeeper.

Each morning he took from its compartment In the office safe the key to the gate. None, literally, could so much as touch It except himself. When be quit his watch each day he took the key back to the afe. Although the Superintendent of the hospital was 'the gate! keeper's employer, tradition had It that the keeper alone could use the key. In the twenty-one years that the hospital has been maintained there have been many escapes." but no Inmate ever used the gate for.

his getaway. After finishing his breakfast and4 tarrying for a time In the storeroom. Thaw walked out on the exercise court, which la a Quarter, the also of a city block In area. He stood for Man Resembling Fugitive Boards a Launch at South Norwalk YACHT AT ROTOH POINT Vessel at Unusual Anchorags Steams Away as Soon as Party Is on Board. TWO CLUES AT DANBURY Hotel Guest Remarks, That Man Looks Like Harry Thaw," as Motor Car Speeds Away.

ALLNEVYENGLAND ON WATCH Constables at Every Crossroad on Alert, and AtJantlo Ports Under Guard. ODD CALLS FOR LITTLETON Wife of Absent Attorney Tells of Mumbling Inquiries for Him on Long-Distance Wire. Special le The Vew York Time. NORWALK. Conn, Aug.

17-7-Two motor, cars arrived at Roton Point, South Norwalk. at 4 o'clock this afternoon, auad were met at the pier by a launch. There were three men In one pf Ihe autos limousine and two la the large touring car. Three of the party went aboard the launch, which made Its way to a large steam yacht anchored off Roton Point The launch did not return and the yacht steamed out Into the Sound. According to the South Norwalk police, one of the three ran who went out on the launch corresponded to av description of Harry K.

Thaw tele-' graphed by Supt. Kleb of Matteawan. This, man, the police said, was stout and had gray hair. The yacht was said to have been the llatchgard of New Tork and had a yellow smokestack and an unusually large cabin. She steamed east late In the afternoon.

It Is not a common thing. It was said to-night, for yachts to anchor at Roton Point, and for that reason the Incident attracted at- tentlon. Special to The Hew York 'Time. DANBURT, Aug. 17, Four men In a black touring car stopped at the Hotel Green here at 11 o'clock: this morning.

They remained at the hotel for fifteen mlnutea. A guest who took the noon train for New York said to Manager Frank Cant well: One of those men looks like Harry: Thaw." No attention was paid to the remark, and party left the -hotel soon 1 A garage near the hotel reports that at 11 :30 o'clock a motor car with, three passengers stopped there long enough to take on five gallons of gasoline. According to the garage employes, one of the men In the party wore, a brown suit and had gray hair. This Is believed to have been Harry Thaw. At 2 o'clock this afternoon a party of two men and a woman stopped at the 'Hotel Green and said that they came from Matteawan.

They Inquired about Thaw, and from the way they acted Manager Cantwell of the hotel got the Impression that they were friends of Thaw. Dr. Nathaniel Selleck, who went to Rldgbury at 2 o'clock this afternoon, reported that a black tdurlng car with four passengers passed him going west at high speed. It was reported to-night that In the hills a few miles from this city tber was a bungalow which, recently had been placed In readiness8 for a bouse party. Is In a secluded spot aad can be reached only by a long tramp over the Is regarded as possible that this may be Thaw's, retreat.

A RILEY- DIRECTS THAW HUNT. Say No Expense "All! Be Spared to Recaptare the Fagitiva. Special le The Vtm York Time. PLATT8 BURO, Aug. J7.

Supt cf Prisons Riley was notified of tha escape of Thaw about 9 o'clock, this forenoon by Supt. Kleb of the Matteawan Asylum. Riley directed Kleb to offer a reward of 1500 for the arrest and return to the asylum of the runaway. He also directed that the Superintendent of the Institution communicate with the Burns Detective 4c-n- i Ceatlsaed ts rage.