The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-12-12
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It is very certain that William M. Tweed, II
not captured before effecting his escape from
the United States in seeking fresh resting
spot, will avoid countries with which we nave
extradition treaties. The crimes OF forgery
and of embezzlement by public officers are
included in most of such treaties now IN force
and as a demand for the rendition OF the fugl'
tive can be made on either OF the grounos
named he would, if found, only enjoy snor'
term of liberty. The United States has, aito-
gether extradition treaties with fifteen gov
ments-eight European, two west lndian
and one each with Central American, ooueh-
ern American and South African. We have
also similar international engagements Win
[! Mexico and the Sandwich Islands.
The European governments are Great Brit
ain Gncluding its colonies and dependencies }
France, Germany Austria, Italy, Norway ana
Sweden, the Swiss Confederation and bel
GUM. OF course, all these countries are
closed against Tweed, unless he is wiling 10
assume great risk, but Portugal, Holland
Denmark, Russia Spain, Greece and turkey
are open, besides the West Indian Islands OF
Cuba, Porto Rico, ST. Johu and st. Crolx, Inc
two latter belonging to Denmark. we nave
no extradition treaty with the powers JUST
! enumerated, nor with Brazil, Chill. Hondu-
| u,
Confederation, Costa Rica the United States
of Colombia Isthmus of Panama. China or
Japan. Therefore, there is very wide field
10 select from, if Tweed once gets beyond the
| clutches of the law.
CUR EXTRADITIoN TREATIES.
| Our first extraditlon treaty was with Great
Britain (August, 1922, and 1t provides for the
| reciprocal delivery of criminals charged with
murder, attempt to murder, piracy. rape, ar
son and forgery. The treaty with France
| april, 1S44>, covers murder Qncluding par
ricide intanticide and poisoning), rape, for
| gerry, being principal, accessory or accomp ice
| in coming or knowingly passing counterfeit
money with intent to deiraud and embezzle-
mant by public officers. The Austrian treaty
| December, 1866, is of the same tenor. The
| numerous treaties with Prussia and minor
German States are now consolidated, practl-
cally in one with the German Empire. For
| gerry is one of the offences for which tugl-
tive can be extradited.
The treaty with Italy provides for forge
| ry, which is understood to be the writing OF
forged papers, the counterfeiting of public,
sovereign and public acts" and "embezziing
public moneys by public officers or deposl-
tors" The treaties with Hayti, the Domini-
can Republic, Or .nge Free State. Mexico. the
Sandwich Islands, Sweden and Norway, Mica
ragua and Venezuela, are substantially the
same as those preceding; but in two or three
instances the breaking into an inhabited
house is mentioned, and that certain cfences,
In case of conviction, must carry with them
an infamous punishment.
THE BELGIAN TREATY.
Our latest eXtradition treaty is with the
kingdom of Belgium. II was negotiated
principally to cover the case of Carl Vogt,
German, who was charged with committing
or mn RI, mt
He fed to the United States and was arrested
in this city. Our government declined to give
him up to the Belgian authorities on the
ground that no extradition treaty existed be-
tween the two governments. Germany then
made demand for his rendition, which,
though yielded to by the Federal Courts of
New York, the State Department at Washing
ton overruled the decision. Belgium had long
declined to negotiate treaty with the United
States, the obstacle being that, according to
her laws, Belgian subject, no matter where
he committed crime, and who happened to
be captured in Belgian territory or Jurisdiction,
should be tried by the laws of his own coun-
Try.
In other words, if an American, English
man or Frepchman was fugitive from
justice in the United States he might be sur
rendered; but, if a Belgian subject he could
not be surrendered however, he could be
tried for the otfense perpetrated abroad in
the courts of Belgium. The Vogt case was
the cause of reopening negotiations on the
subject, AMI the result was that the Belgian
Chambers passed law providing for the re-
ciprocal rendition of tugitives from Justice
with foreign counties. Thirty classes of
crimes are enumerated. Among them are:
Forgery in documents or in Geographic dis
patches, and the use of such counterfeit dis
patches, bills notes or bonds; theft, swind-
ling, peculation or embeZzlement committed
by public functionaries; kidnapping, con-
cealment or substitution of an infant; breach
of trust or deception; subornation of wit
nesses, experts or interpreters; false swear
ing treaty embracing the principal fea-
lures of the Belgian law has been concluded
between that country and the United States,
and is now in force. Vogt, under it, has
been sent to Europe for trial..
WHERE THE LAW DOES NOT REACH.
The preceding information possesses unu-
sual interest at this moment. 1t will appear
strange that the United States should have no
extradition treaties with SO many European
countries and that Russia should be among
the number. Portugal and Greece are de-
Hghtful countries in point of climate and
beauty, and the Netherlands can be availed of
by fugitive criminals tor comfortable resi-.
dence. Spain and Turkey may not be SO de-
sirabie, but still great offender like Tweed
can live there in safety. At all events once
outside Sandy Hook, Tweed can steer his bark
to either of many lands on the European or
American Continent, or West India Islands,
where no process of law can reach him with
the view of bringing him back to New York.
Nelr York herald
The Presidents message touched very
lightly upon "my Indian policy" Gen.
Grant, however, in the face of the manifesto
tons of the deplorable imbecility of that
policy, during the past few years, has the
characteristic obstinacy to assert that it has
been attended "with satisfactory and en-
couragirg results" 1t is, certainly. not very
" satisfactory" or encouraging to the
people of the United States 10 have the exi.