, 1875-06-07

Ise.o York Sun, Junsa.
Carl vogt, whose real nams he now admits to |
bc Joseph stupp, saicd for Europe iii tho svtz' |
osland yesterday. This ends tho American chap
ter Of tho most extraordinary e1tradltton cnsc on
record. On tho % OF October, 1871, Vogt 10y |
which nau,c hc Is Aost known) quit brussels for !
England. Tho night boforo Lis departure tho |
chateau Of tho CLevalor du Dos de Diaaco q
belgian nobloman Of great wealth, was burned |
and Sucked. mud tho finding Of tho charrcd re-
mains Of tho Choracr In tho blackeuol ruins |
OF tho chateau threw all Brueacla into
fcycr OF excitement. Suspicion at
onco pointed to Vog& rs tho probahlo pnrpe- |
TRAITOR Of tho triple crime Of robbery arson, and
murder, On account Of Ills quitting tho country.
and tho discovery OF lilo fact tlat tho burned
noba1na,l Ind .giyen him mortal of1ense by in
duciug him, whllo he was employed as gar.
subsequently ronewipg hia intimacy with tho
woman. Fogt was traced 10 London, and thero
it was loarnod that lo met a young woman from
his na.iye town IN Prussia, and sailed with lcr
sa1no ycar ox-Do;ectlve Philip Farley a1reatol
linn IN tho Continental Hotel In Ph'lndophis,
wboso ho was layshly spending tho proceeta Of
stocks, boud6, anl securities known to havo boon
thu property Of Ills former employer. Vogt was
brought 10 Now York without warrant, aud to
psovout his 1cloaso upon writ OF habeas corpus
= doneral sossiona Grand Jury MAS induced to
ind!ct him for bringing Into thls State proporty
WAS conveniently delayed penllug an application
to Gov. Hoffman to oxtradlto him, undor the
provisions of statute Of 1Ba2, which was owl
dAlty intended to confOr upon the Governor
power to surrender criminals to foreign statea,
upon demaad, ~ matter of comfy. Tho no
rasBity for this saylo Of oxtradit!on grow out Of
Tho fact that there was then extradtiou treaty
| between the United Stasca and belgium.
WAio this business WAS Ia progroBsf tho Wonl-
| m who accompanied Yogt retained lawyers for
| him, and turned over to thcu lasge lot OF Ra-
cuEltieB, SAID TO hsyo boon worth $780, 900 OF
more, By way Of guaranteeing tlelf feeS. Thoso
| lawyers, however, rendcrcd their oleut no im-
po1taut service, Gov. Hoffman decided to do
liver the priaono: To tho Belgian authorities, and
Yogt's half-frantlc female companion, deprived
by this timo Of moans to employ other counsel.
| auco. ne euca out writ OF habcas corpus from
the Superior Court, which was served at the
| door OF tho TombH just In time to prevent tho
tsauafer Of tho prisoner thoNcu to European
tocltlel tho law upon wbioh Gov HOLMAN ecssd
TO be IN conflict With the Constitution Of tho
United Btases. and therefore imperative, and
ordered Vogt's discharge from eiatody. THIS
peals, but thu liberation which tt finally
worked did not avail the prisoner for even half
an Aour. He Wss rolncarccratcd upon bench
warrant based upon tho General Sessions iD-
dlctmeMt, aud detaincrs Of civil onlorB Of ar1cst
wore piled up on liaa freely, although II was
well understood thatpoithcr tho indictment NOR
tho civil sulta would oVcr ba brought 70 trial.
Tho object WAS to gain tlnao for further effort
fn tho sxtraaltlon llno. This MAS mhle by in
ducing tho PrusH(an Government to demand tho
surrender Of Vogt OIL tho ground that lie WnA ,
prnasan subject, and under law Of that Klug-
dom was amenabls to trial In Prussia Tor any
crp0 committed anywhere on tho hnbisablo
g!oho. Tho local courts did not negative this
Extraordinary claim Of Jurisdiction but tho At
tornoy- General and Secretary OF State at Wa4l1-
inRtosa leld that auoh claim Oh tho part Of a
foreign Government could not b8 recognized. It
waH necessary for the pursupss Of Vogt to resort
again to tho devtce OF dotainIug him by means
of civil orders Of arrest.
Meanwhile, 9 treatY botwoen the BELGIAN
Government and tho United hEates waa nego-
tiated and ratified. It contains a retroactive
olauao, obviously framed especially to lt tho
case Of Yogt uudor 1t new proceedings were
inBtituted. They dragged along for months and
Lave ontlsd with tho embarkatiou Of Yesterday.
Vogt had boen In the T0lnbe and Ludlow Street
jail four yoArs and = half. Whsn first arrested
I he waa fno-look!ng. robust young man. III
gooa away gray and wstnklsd, with fair pros.
I rect OF ondtng lfa days In prison, because .l4e
belgian penalty for ls crims. II ho IL guilty. /.
, imprisonment for. life. ills mlstress, With
, baho now q yoare DID, iH loft destitute, and has
subslsted for long tmo mainly upon tue olari.
ty Of her countrymen. The stockh aud bonds
( arc left for Tue lawyers to quarrel over.