, 1873-07-14
MANITOBA.
Eactufn oil Hho Hon. j. q. nurbnnlk~.
Whit 1lo Knows About Lord Cor.


IN regard to tho arrest of Lord Gor1on, and
how ho turned tho tabloB upon hlB would-bo ah-
unotors by having hia captora arrosted and
lodged In jul. In MI these r1llnorB mud reports
pf tho parties who took part In this interesting
dramn. In order to obtain n olear aud dot1nito |
nccount Of the circumstances connected with |
tho arrest Of Gordon, and Tho subsequent arroat
upon Mr.. Burbank yestorGhy, and obtalnod tho |
following facts concerning tile arrest OF Gordon,
md the completely Of those who arc charged by |
Tho authorities Of Manitoba with boing guilty Of
In DURANGO vilo to anbwor to the charge.
Mr. Burbank, as is woll known to tnany Of our
City roadcre for years past has Ind moro or loss
business with parties Tosiding ut Winnipeg or
Fort Garry to Bottle mp sone business n,attorB.
Mossrs. Fletcher aud Merriam 'wero thoro also,
looking after lumber iutereBts OF ther own, md
tho three mot thoro. Thoy .werc attending, to
ed Of July, Mr. Michael Hoy, accompanied ly n1r.
koegan, Of Minneapolis, arrived ut Fort Garry.
: @r. Hoy brought letters Of introduction from va
o1s perties IN Minneapolis to Messre pnr.
stated the object Of uoyB visit, and asking then.
70 render him such assistance as ho might mood.
Not one OF tho gentlomon know that Gordon was
b Manitoba, or that o reward had been offered
ltimntion they had OF Gordon being In or noar
Fort Garry, was derived from tho letters which
Nere brought BY Hoy: .-.-...-..-.--:..
ArreRt Gordon, and ho said ho knew where Ills
man was to be found He wanted n .tonu1 to
barry him out to whore Gordon VAS, aud TO that
p1tent D1r. Fletchor assisted him: Fletcher
Eallea upon friend of his q Mr. Bentley, and
together they procured q team Tor hi; BOY
from 8 man named Benson. This would Heem
10 DO enough for lfr. Fletcher to do but as it
turned out, he vent furthos. He Obtained l,eti
Mr. Bentley, drove out 10 sec The fun.
Gordon waa stopping at the house Of man
named Mccoy, aouo seyen miles from the Fors:
discovered dordon sitting On tho porch in CON.
and Bottinoau: They drove by tho house at
@ when Hoy and Kossan gq oqt Of
from from s sa HS sse aRa'sSs'a sSe es s' nss
pnce proceeded to bind his prisoner. Gordon
protested, and asked Tate and Bottinoau if they
syere going to Boo him carried of In That manner.
md nothing more was said. Gordon was placed
tn the wagon, aud started for Pombina. They
trove back over tho Halno road. passing Fort
Garry, and drove III night arriving at pembina
Eite tho Custom House ut Pembina the Cussom-
Mouse of1icor, named Bradley, with an assiHt.
hnt, appeared with guns on their shoulders, and
Moy oos TO ps.s when tho follow"
Bradlsy-n1 arrest you in tho Quoen's name: !"
Hoy" What do you arrest mo for 2"
. Bradley -''For tho crimo Of kidnspringt"
aVs ponss ksapbps bs and III be no ps1s Ran'Rp'f e hold
+, him /"
This did not satisfy Bradley, however, aud
Hoy had to submit. Both he and Koegan were
coning along shortly afterwards they were tax
en on board ana started for Fort Garry.
In the meantime Bradley had tolegraphed 70
Attorney General Clarke that he had made tho
nrrost, and asked for further Instructions
Clarke telegraphed buck to. hold tho prisoners,
and be would como up and take thom in charge.
Tho arrest Of Hoy WAS made on q telegram from
Clarke, and not BY flo Of soldiers. Or by the
As soon as Clarke learned o. tho :.rest he as-
semblod posse Of from forty to hity mon at
, Fort Garry and started for Pembina to bring
Fort ao1ne on horaeback, and tho balance in
wagons. Upon their arrival at pembina, they
hoard that Bradley had left on the boat with hit
prisoners. and tho whole party returned to the
D., Fort, arriving there fow hours after Bradley
bad 1ugged his mon.
Ali this time Mesars. Burbank, Fletcher, and
Merriam were at tho Fort attending to thei1
BUSINESS They had no idea that there was any
S s5oaSt the ?s mssttoT ~ rhey remained thore until
He Fstcher '0'''%dS and Merriam "Sa we're asress
I'd: They demanded ~ immediat. nj d It.
placed in iail. About this timo Mr.. Burbank
Began to think thatthe air Of Manit toba did no
hgreo with bis health, and on Saturday evening
We weren't there to soe, but from all We ca1
learn, tho team he engaged made about th
fastest time ever made over the soil Of I'll,
British Dominion. In tho language Of JohI
Hay, there was hell to split over the prairie.
He reached the river in time hailed the boa
npd got aboard, and sailed out Of tho atmos
phero Of Manitoba. It il unnecessary to stat
that he breathed easier whom he found himsol
pnce moro beneath the broad hhadow Of til
American flag.
Mr. Burbank knows nothing of the eubsequen
proceedings He saw, aud learned enough t
know, that any person from the United State
was looked upon with suspicion, about thu
time at Fort Garry. He says that outside {
Gordon'g Immediate clique, thoro is no feolin
at Fort Garry against any OF the parties arrcs
od, and this opinion il confirmed by a gentlema
who arrived from Fort Garry, yesterday, IL
Francis, who has lived there several years, at
is now on bis way TO England: a1r. Franc
eayB they don't want any such charactor ~ Go
don in Manitoba.