Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-10-01


wAITE's ARREST.
OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 23.-The arrest of
Sllas VI. Waite was made by W. ii. H.
Llewellyn and W. II. Shields, special agents
Of the department of justice. When Waite
first left Brattleboro he fled by way of Du-
luth to the Winnepeg country. lie travelled
under several aliases one Of which was
Knight, another Estelle, ain0isiter being his
wifes maiden name. be was
definitely located in this cfty,v Vie was
stopping at the house of a well known citizen
whose wife and his own are sisters.
Mr.. Shields had been for several DAYS stop
ping at the Garfield House and his character
and business here were unknown to all. A
days delay was made to get the papers all in
shape and Yesterday morning the officers
after waiting until 10 o'clock, when his
brother-in- law, Mr.. Truman Buck, and his
family, Lad gone to the fair, proceeded to
the residence of the latter to arrest their
man. They took with them Charles Sweezy
and posted him at the alley at the rear,
while they went in the front way. Waite
saw them coming and ran out the back way
and down into the cellar, but seeing he was
discovered by Sweezy, who jumped over
the fence after him, he ran out again and
around to the front door, where he was
caught up in the arms of the officers.
He made no further resistance
and was at once taken to the
county jail. lie entreated the officers
to allow him to commit suicide, but they
were memorable and took from him anything
that could be used to take his life, knife
and button hook being all he had on his per-
officers tnlPur1 rbp1
news of their capture east, with information
that a large sum of money in bonds and
stocks was also recovered or would be, and
| asking what disposal should be made CT
them. 1t is said 100000 telegraphed him
| within the past few days is now lying in one
of the banks of the city. Shields left last
evening with Waite for the east via the Chi
cago and Rock Island railroad. Waite ac-
knowledges his guilt and says he will plead
guilty to anything. In his flight he went to
Toronto. .innn 18th, had his hair cut
t Chicago, St. Paul, Duluth, Brainard, Fargo,
lankton and Omaha, thence to Lacrosse,
Glerndson, the Winnipeg country and back
to Omaha and back and forth among West
ern cattle ranches. The cattle ranch which
| he now virtually owns is located on Niobra-
IA River, in northern Nebraska. and was
| bought in the name of another man and his
own son, young Waite.
| DETAILS OF WAITE 5 ARRIVAL.
Among those waiting at Brattleboro for
the arrival of S. NJ. Waite, were L. S. Mar
shall ". W. Henry and acting [. S. District
Attorney ]. S. Peck. Waite was not ironed.
On leaving the cars, he was taken in car
rage, containing besides the prisoner De-
tectivc Newcomb. Gen. Henry and Receiver
Price, by circuitous route to the family
residence on Terrace street. Here he was
met by his wife, two daughters andtw sons.
| The meeting was most affecting, and for
few moments Waite wept like child. Pres
emily, he checked his feelings and held brief
consultation with the family, after which he
was again escorted to the carriage, and the
party started for the county jail in Newfane.
During tie brief halt at Waite's home scores
of towns people had surrounded the dwelling
and watched every movement. Waite pro-
nounceL the arrangements admirable, saying
| he presumed the people looked upon his re-
turn as good as circus.
The party arrived at the iailhouse in New
| fame soon after noon. Waite ate light din
ner, saying he was not hungry. While sit
ting at the table he rehearsed 4 portion of his
travels and criticised statements which he
had read in the Western papers. He said
loosely that he had endeavored to shun an
acquaintance with the detectives, though not
knowing that he was pursued, but in spite of
his precautions this friendship had been
forced upon him, and circumstances beyond
his control bad brought him here. lie also
explained at considerable length the buying
of the ranch, saying that lie had advised the
purchase by his brother-in-law. who furnish
| ed one-half the amount of the purchase
money, his son Willie furnishing $4,000 by
| mortgaging the family homestead at Brattle-
| boro and borrowing the balance, 81, 900 of
which was telegraphed from Northampton.
This ranch is eight miles east of Fort Lara
ME and contains 10000 or II, 900 acres. Its
cost was 100000, $4,000 of which had al
ready been paid 5000 head of cattle, $50
horses and mules were now on this ranch.
After dinner, the party repaired TO pri-
vate room, where the acting District Attor-
ney said to Commissioner Tyler, in behalf of
the Government, Il suspend all proceedings
for the present." whereupon the commits
sioner turned the prisoner over TO States
| Attorney Stoddard, who in turn placed him
in charge of Deputy Sheriff Phelps Waite
inquired what the State intended to do with
him, ami was informed that there were eight
indictments against him, to which he was ex-
| pected ~ plead, probably ut the present term
of court Waite replied that it was utterly
| impossible for him to get his counsel and
prepare for trial this term. shall be
allowed TO furnish bail q asked Waite, to
which the States attorney replied, That
will be left discretionary with the judges"
After this, Waite rather despairingly follow
ed the sheriff to an adjoining room, while his
son was sent to Brattleboro to telegraph to
Z. j. Phelps. The States attorney said that
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would come before the court Monday after
noon.
To a reporter Waite said Il left Brattle-
boro with no intention of ever returning
again alive. | went direct to Greenfield,
thence to Boston, Portland, Montreal, To-
ronto, Duluth via Lake Superior, St. Paul,
Omaha, Cheyenne, Pueblo. Denver, thence
| to Omaha, up the North Platte through the
central and northern part of Nebraska, thence
back TO Omaha. l also took run into
Mexico but didn't like that country. If
had known of the governments intentions,
and had had money, | should have endeavor-
ed to keep out of the way, though | knew it
was foolish to go to Europe. When l left
Brattleboro had less than $500, notwith-
standing the reports to the contrary. l did
not carry away a note, bond or anything of
the kind" When questioned about the
memorandum in his own writing showing
that he had taken 80, 500 on the morning of
his departure, he replied, 81 used some
money jrst before left, which left the sum
stated above. | may have committed an
offense in the eyes of the law, but at the
proper time propose to tell where the CAPT
tai of the bank has gone. claim that |
have never appropriated dollar to my own
individual use. If they bring me to trial on
charge of forgery, there may be mitigating
circumstances to be considered by the
court" He did not care to go into details
regarding his case now.
lie asked the reporter what, in his juds-
ment, would be his sentence if found guilty,
and, receiving no definite reply, said that he
could not live to serve out a long sentence.
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