, 1877-08-28
WESTON.

uE 1NEN ICth 4tNae4 VI QunuAy HE'S tuc 1Ol>
lowing regarding Weston the forger, arrested
here few days ego:
Weston IL arQsy-cheekcd, round -tAced, young
looking man, with long dark.brown mustaehe
and chin whtskers. He has bright cye, talks
rapldty and With an apparent caudor that IL re-
freshiug, anal uses good language. He was
plainly but well clad. During the few moments
Of waiting for Justice Dutly's arrival and for
few moments aftcrwQrd ho couveFscd freely
with the reporters touching his nsrest and treat
mtnt By the detectives. l1o saws he fs ~ years
auction and commission business at Nos. 1os, and
1gH East Washington street, Chicago. lie claims
to be well CONNECTED aud respectable His story
Is IA follows: About o'clock on The evening
the steps of the Sherman uousc, one Of tho
leading Chicago hotels, he wns accosted and Its
passage barred bs three men. One gave bis
name ~ Col nv Austin ErlTato sitlscn 1spfs.
Trust Companies, Of New York. Tho seeund
was cx-Spcclnl Trcasury-Agcnt Jayne, and the
third was Constable Hartman, Of Chicago.
They showed Mm warrant sworn to by T. II:
check for $64 ,0d0 on the Union Trnst Company,
and told him to consider blmselt under arfcst
Knowing tfle Constable, he yielded with1ut re-
sistance, aud Haa taken TO tho Grand Pacific,
q room and another warrant was read to him,
the uaue attached to which ho did not catch
accusing him Of forging check for <o1, ,000 OH
tho Third National Bank. They kept hin in tho
a9o. 1fe was we'll fed, but kept under tho
strIctcst surveillance, WAS not allowed to eou1-
mnnieate With anybody, and vas frequently
threatened with penalties Of divers alarming
Kinds unless Ae diyu1gcd what he knew about
the forgcries. lie says that Constable Hartman
lourshc.l before hts {acn revolver 's a big as
bis aEm," bat that i WAS Jayne who was the
principal actor in the endcarot 70 terribly him.
fn1T hal
crythtng Axcd to put him In dark coll at police
headquarters II hc continued obstinate. Anoti,-
ss t!o Jayne sa4 to la h!m pu%taE my tour
there--it doa't mako any difference
yoa iSe sivo I'LL Ills t!ing away" They would re.
Quently "gTit their teeth" at him and shake
he knew nothing about tic affatr, and could,
therefore, tell them nothing. They also told
him that Prcsident pearcc, Of the Chicago Third
National Bank, had accused him Of forging
COUNSEL. but theY Tcro refused him. From
scraps Of conversation that he overheard he
learned that 1essner 1as also prisoner at the
hotel, but he did not sec him. When arrested
seven cents in money were found IN his person.
Thcso were taken awnY and hare never been re-
turned to him. On sasurtlay night he was taken
to the Michigan Southern depot aud put on
traversed @ % foot. Weston made no re.
eaptors sp h4a % asthos!!y for s'ths tvhas thsy
xs,s sd Sps3 Him. o as se Tsy ya9$' 9s'tts e c1s 9s
you CHANGE to sllp.,' This Offer 10 virtuoilsiY
spurncd. lie said that aftor what had taken
place he would be d-dif he would run auay;
he would acc the thing through. On board the
read IN i an Interview with President pcarcc, Of
tho Third National Bank, In which the latter
said he had nothing aga!nst him, and bad au-
thoTfzcd nobody to arrest him. This made hlm
relief % lin, as Tie oplY, th!us that had
troubled him about coming TO New York was
fear lest some unanswered charge might bo
pending In Chicago. He did not sec Gessncr on
afternoon lo was taken to The F!!sh Aycnua
Hotel and placcd In Room No. los, next door
10 JaJne's, which was No: to1. Constable Hart
man came to New York with him, but
Immediately returned hume. At the Fifth
| Avenue Hotel tho threats were renewed, and
| every pgecautlon was taken ~ prevent coInmu-
uicat!on With the outer world. There were gem
orally two or three Of his captoss In tho room
licked the door Alter them. Tho newspapers
Vtye furnishcd tho prisoner to read, but nll
abont the case had bcra previously cut out Of
them, aud he could not learn what was being
t!opa between hh ,jailers. That. geasner and
| 6praguo wers also In the hotal IN confinement,
but be meyer tsw either Of them. 1Eo attempt
cd several times TO attract the attention Of tho
bnra he succeeded IN stopping hall-boy, mud
asked him fora koy, 70 That he could open tho
door; gut the boy answered that 10 had
received Instructions not to do 50. on Wetines-
fof llttlo fresh air, anu they, walked ,quIte a
waY up town aud back again. Weston does not
aay why he did not mako ute Of this opportl-
nliy 10 essaPe. "a Tnursday afternoon, when
The w'ndow and cndcavored to attract the A.
tcntton Of tho passers.hy. tle hal, meantime,
managed to secure lesl-pendl and piece ot
paper, With which he wrote nota 70 the up
pes, oi bs5 + @sssf s ee set'S g. ff
lie boy conssntlng, Wcitoa hrcx the nots out
Of the window and the boy went Oh With Il: 4
with an envelope IN hs hand and enter the ho-
| tel, hut tho ansHtr never reached him.
s1lch was Wgston's story to tho 1tma reporter.
He said La had known spraEuc fifteen years,
Tbo ony iEIy s 1: .a
bis {Hcston's) Office In Chicago. He ackn0wl-
edged that eleven ytars ago he was practicug
In thls city as cufcr Of stammertng, but denied
everything s!.1 ths detectives haIs .ata .pout
lifs, but never did anything crooked, be sald.
"Of this forgery busfncss | am ss innocent as
Al unborn babe. ! KNOW nothing whatever
spe4 hltusslt W and. striking his breast, saltl.
With dramatic impress!Seneas, candor that was
charming bcam!ng from bis countensnco as he
spoke, "HcTe In th!s conscience everything ID
Nv that during tho, four Year, hs has
been In Chicago 10 haA not been out
Of II but t"lye, and thea TO visit hla
father, who fesdes about 100 miles arny: ue
and has been II hls otllce day and night. With
many EptsyxtlQps OF hta Innocence, Weston was