The Portland daily press., 1876-02-17
WINSLOW.
HE WANTS TO COME BACK.
How he Happened to go to London,
AND HOW HE WAS CAUGHT.

LONDON Feb. 16-In the Bow street police
court yesterday, Colonel Cheseborough, on be-
half of the American Legislation, produced sew
eral kilograms, including one authorizing him
to obtain a warrant for Winslow's arrest, and
another, stating that true bill of Indictment
for forgery had been found against Winslow in
Boston.
Winslow asked whether, if he admitted the
authenticity of the kilograms, he could be COM
mitted for trial and sent to America immedi-
ately. The magistrate explained that it was
necessary to await the formal application of
the American government for his surrender.
The law then prescribed a fortnights delay,
to give the prisoner an opportunity to appeal.
Winslow said he preferred to be sent to Amer
as soon as possible.
The policemen deposed that they found moth.
ing relating to the charges at the prisoners
lodgings.
Legation, who worked up the Winslow affair
here, furnishes the following particulars:
Winslow asked the captain of the steam
er Rotterdam if the United States had an ex-
tradition treaty with Holland. The captain
replied that he thought there was such a treaty.
This frightened Winslow, who then concluded
to come to England. He left the steamer in
the pilot boat and landed somewhere on the
Dutch coast. His wife, sister and son went on
to Rotterdam. In order to battle his pursuers
he sent a telegram to his wife bearing date
"Brnssels." Col. Cheesebro is unable to saw
whether Winsow really went to Brussels, or
where he was when he sent this telegram.
Wins,ow subsequently went to Rotterdam and
thence came on to London. The cew to his
whereabouts was discovered by intervening a
letter he addressed to his wife, telling her to
write to him at Murray's, the great publishers.
He told her to address her letters to Morton
Laffets, care of the Murrays', publishers. He
signed his letter Clifton. He himself went to
MurraSs' on Monday and wrote and left let
ter there addressed to Morton Lafferts, his
alias. For this letter he for some inexplica-
BILE reason called on Tuesday, when detec-
tive, who was in waiting, arrested him. He
| acknowledged his identity and went along
| quietly.
| $4,000 when he started from the United States,
which he declares is the proceeds of the sale of
his wife's private property. He says he has
plenty OF evidence to prove this and appears
| only anxious that his wife may not suffer any
| inconvenience. Col Cheesboro desires to give
Sir Thomas Henry, chief magistrate of Bow
street police court, credit for his extreme obig-
| ingness. The colonel did not have sufficient
evidence to obtain warrant when he first
called upon Sir Thomas. The latter, however,
| personally called at the American legation and
offered to issue the warrant out of official hours
| upon the necessary proof.
The mayor of Boston on Saturday night tele-
| graphed that the grand jury of Suffolk County,
Mass, had rendered an Indictment for forgery
| against Winslow, and that a warrant for his
arrest had been issued for forgery for $50, 900.
This was sufficient to justify the English
| authorities in issuing the warrant upon which
Winslow was arrested on Tuesday.
The detective after arresting Winslow took
from him telegram which he had prepared,
asking his wife to join him in London. The
detective forwarded this in the hope of entic-
| ing his wife over from Holland. The police at
Rotterdam will seize Winslow's luggage and
send it on to London so it can be searched.
Winslow seems very composed. The Dutch
| n0lca StatQ of Wips1nU hu urif
signed with an assumed name of "Clifton,' %
had brought himself into the Dutch law as a
suspicious person. He could have been con.
Quoted to the German frontier. Hon. j. G.
Bancroft Davis. American minister at Berlin
had been Geographically advised to have a
German officer there ready to arrest him under
| the provision of the extradition treaty. Wins.
low disturbed this calculation by coming to
| England. When he was remanded at Bow
street. his GOODNESS was such that when the de.
tective in giving evidence mispronounced his
alias morton Laferts," he corrected him. A
| pocket book has been found upon Winslow's
| person in which was inscribed the words ''Mor.
ton Lafferts, st. Louis, Missouri" Col
Cheesebre cannot give more minute details
| with reference to Winsows conduct and state.
ments. When Winslow was arrested he eau
toned him not to commit himself because he
| stood merely in the position of an accused man
and would have to stand trial in America.
| Col. Cheesebro represented the American
| Ic&dtlou III WoihluR up tuc CASE anu Is OeSerV-
| ing of great credit for the thorough and sue
eessful manner in which he performed that
duty He has also been very constant and
ready to give all proper information.
| LONDON, Feb. 16.-The police authorities
furnish the following: Winslow is at present
confined in the Cerkenwell house of detention.
| A telegram from his wife was received to-day
announcing that she would leave Rotterdam
| Immediately for London The case so far as
| to tracking of Winslow is concerned seems to
have been pretty thoroughly worked up before
it came to the hands of the London police.
The first application for his arrest was made by
Dutch detective Friday night in the form Of
a suggestion to Supt. Williamson, chief of the
| detective department of the propriety of such a
step. Supt Williamson directed the applicant
| to obtain the assistance of the American EN-.
bassy, whereupon Col. Cheesbro's Intervention
was secured. When the telegram necessary to
| justify detention was received from Boston an
officer of the London force was detailed to await
Winslow at Murrays' where his arrest was eff.
| fected without difficulty or incident