Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1909 — THAW MUST STAY CONFINED [ARTICLE]

THAW MUST STAY CONFINED

United States Bupreme Bench Upholds Decision of Lower Court. Washington, Dec. 21. —The supreme court of the United States denied the petition of Harry K. Thaw for a writ of error to the court of appeals of New York. The petition was presented in the case In which Thaw made an effort to obtain release from the Matteawan asylum. In that case a petition for a writ of habeas corpus was denied. The supreme court decision, given by Justice McKenna, leaves the decision of the court of appeals undisturbed.