, 1873-07-11
LORD GORDON GORDON.
How 1ro Was Kidnapped, md How
tho Tables 1Vcro Turned on H1ta 1kid-


nnrpcrs.
From tia 81. Paul Dispatch. Julys.
1ntimattonB having been received TINT therc WAS
moro trouble with Lord Gordon over tho border,
4 Dispaich CommiBsiouer wna delegated to start
on Sunday ovoning for Manitoba and report tho
Hituation. Tie following Is hiB first telegram:
FAnoo, D. T., July ~ arrived Inst night snd loar-
cd that J. e. burbank, Of g. rnnl' I; Il: bentley.
iast Friday gagged aud bound Iln aud ent1cavorod to
T1es h s sePes s as TeS f9set e
and tlio whole party wore captured by tho English
soldiers stationed there. and placed IL irons Anothet
ites were hunting lin. Mayer Drackett aud Eugene
NJ. Wilson paasetl through Moorchcad on Sunday on
% t he 10 rsonrs is
and effect tho o1tradition Of the Lord. Grea excite
mint is reported at Garry.
Tho name OF Lord Gordon Gordon WAS but
recently revived in public memory In connection
will tho reputod recovery by Maj. Brackets Of
I'll 600 in United States bonds, Aail to have been
stolen from Gordon by thrco individuals who had
discovered him in Manitoba, vhlther ho lad fled
after his disappearance: from NeW York C.y
pending It was popularly supposed at the time
that tneso bonds were ronllystolen for tho beneit
Of Jay Gould. who claimed to own thom, aud
ellrewd g,,esBora recognized amateur deteCtiyoe
Maj. Braokott to bo only part OF tue little
game put up on Gordon. Tho same uncertain
authorities nro now, however, Of opinion that
tile stealing Of the bonds and their recovery was
ouly ruso. designed to irduce tho Gordon to
come over tho limo to regain possession Of his
wanted On this side Of tho line.
In tho suits between Jay Gould and Gordon.
tho latter waH held to bail for subsequent ap~
poarauce In the an1n of s37, ,0oo, his bail bontls
late Horace T. Clark, both Of New York City.
Since tho discovery Of Gordon's wholcaboutg,
| which WIS but recently, all agent of the Clark
estate and Mr.. Roberts hRye como to this StRtc
aud personal friends for the purpose of dovisng
some way to capture tho Gordon. They appear
to hare met with most encouragement at Min
| naapolis, where their cause waB espouBod by
| Kayor George A, Brackett aud other leading
| citizens, and an amateur detective association
| seems to haye boou formed for their especial
! benefit.
| Mai. 4. B. Drachett, who had something to
| do with that ill 600 in bonds which tue Gordon
lost, and who is reported to hive had bis plans
dropped from the Hclomo aud Capt. Hoy and
Defective Dugan Of tho Minneapolis police
force, armed with transcript Of the bail bond,
| we're dispatched to Manitoba to arrest Gordon.
iziug Meaurs. Merriam md Fletcher, Of Min
noa|1os, and others to aid them III their plans.
On their way up, or ut Fort Garry, they found
Merriam and Fletcher, aud with tllom hr. j. @.
Burbank, Of st. paul. TheHe three gentlemen
wcro induced, probably by tho lotters from their
Minneapolis friends. to ogago in the affair with
Hoy and Dugan. On Thursday or Friday last,
Lord Gordon was captured in the vicinity Of
Fort Curry, having first been mado stupidity
| drunk, and his captors started with him for
Uncle Sans side Of the boundary line. Before
they could reach tllat safo haven they were orer-
takon by email detachment Of British troops
from Fort DuHorin, tho officer in charge OF
Which roloased Gordon and arrested boy, Dugan,
| N1orrian, Fletcher, aud Burbank, and sent tlom
to Fort Garry for aafo-koeping:.
! The crime for which Hoy, Dngan, md theiz
laws governing Manitoba rs Kidnapping and laH
q penalty affixed Of ten yoarB imprisonment.
They did not proceed under tho extraditiou
treaty, and indeed. under that, tho bail papers,
| tho only authority for the arrest Of Gordon are
Of no account whatever Il will be seen, there.
| fore, that they are seriously involved and can
only escape from their dilemma through tho len
ionoy which Manitoba courts and jurios may o.
| may not exercise.
The nows Of tho disastrous failure Of the ex-
nediton reached Minneapolis Saturday evening.
Mayor George A. DrRckett at once tolegraphod
for and obtainod q special train, on which, &c.
companod by @. NJ. 1oriug, the Hon. y. N. VIII.
eoll, aud William L0ckron, he loft Minneapolis
for Moorlcad at p. N. the same evening. They
wero taken through to Aloorload at fastest rail
road spool, aud by this time should hayo reach
cd Fort Curry. It in understood their object ie
to bail their unfortunate friends the Minnoapo.
lin policemen and their amateur assiatanta, aIld
to assist thom to cEcapD from tho penalties te
which thoy have exposed themselves.
| From the 81. Paul Pioneer, jugs.
At about II n. m., telegram WAS roceiyet
fron nTnvor 1srnc1sett fatod ut Fort Garry jul,