Daily globe., 1882-10-03
STUDDART'S FLIGHT.

STUDDART'S FLIGHT.
Tho Grand Jury send Fer Hin, But He il
net There-A Sudden Trip to Manitoba
Poverty Stricken Condition Of His Fani-
ly-A Sad Interview.
1t will be remembered that the striking
feature in the charge Of Judge Brill to the
grand jury of the district eelrt, now in
session, was with reference to the alleged
felonies of I. F. A. Studdart, late agent of
the New York Life Insurance company.
and the compromising of the same by
Studdart and others. OF the transactions
referred to by Judge Brill, GLOBE readers
are perfectly familiar, this paper being
the first to give publicity to the matter.
Acting under the instructions
of the judge, the grand Jury
on Friday last commenced
an investigation into the transactions. and
such developments were brought out from
witnesses summoned before it, that on Sat-
urday it was decided that the ends of
justice called for the arrest and detention
OF Mr.. Studdart, who was supposed to be
living upon his homestead, some three
miles from Graceville, Swift county. In
pursuance of this decision, telegraphic
order for the arrest of Mr.. Studdart, was
sent the sheriff of Swift county Saturday
forenoon while deputy sheriff Harrison, of
this county, was dispatched to take charge
OF the prisoner, as supposed, and bring
him to this city.
Deputy Harrison arrived back yester-
day morning, but he was not accompanied
by Mr.. Studdart. It appears that the
sheriff of Swift county got his telegraph
order all right, and promptly proceeded to
the execution of tho same, but friends of
Studdart in st. Panl had, it is alleged, warn
ed that gentleman by telegraph in advane
and he had, to use slang term, skipped
out, going, it is supposed, to Manitoba. It
seems two kilograms we're sent Mr.. Stud
dart, the first informing him that the
matter was being investigated by the
grand jury, and the other that his arrest
had been ordered, and that upon receiving
this latter Mr.. Studdart hastily bade his
family good bye and disappeared.
Deputy Harrison, after receiving the
report of the Swift county sheriff, visited
the Studdart premises in person, but did not
learn anything to shed much light on that
gsntleman's movements. He found
Mrs. Studdart, her mother, the
four children and a lady friend
upon the place. He reports the family
living in poor circumstances indeed, thirty
dollars, in his opinion, being q liberal val
uation for all the furniture in the house.
Mrs. Studdart appears, he says, to have
suffered greatly, both in mind and body,
her general appearance being that
OF heart-broken and hopeless
woman. She complained most bitterly of
what she termed the persecution of her
husband. he had, she said, to remedy all
his alleged wrong doing, giving up all his
property and voluntarily reduced himself
and his family from a condition
of ease and comfort to one of
poverty, under solemn promise
that he should not be further punished or
persecuted, and the present proceedings
we're an outrage and shame upon the
boasted civilization of the day.
The interview with Mrs. Studdart,
Deputy Harrison says, was one of the sad
dest and most affecting in his long official
career, and he sincerely hopes he may never
again be called upon to undergo such
another.
The grand jury yesterday renewed its
investigation into the alleged felonous
transaction, examining two or three par
ties with whom Studdart had done
business. The main efforts of he jury
yesterday, however, were directed
to finding out how the leaks
had occurred in connection with previous
proceedings, through which friends
Studdart in this city had been able to warn
him in time to effect his escape before the
officers of the court could act. To this
end several newspaper men and deputy
clerk of the court Armstrong were sum-
noned before them, aud it is reported that
at least one Of the parties gave the leak
up, and that steps are 10 be inaugurated
to punish the guilty party.
n Nelson Organ GT0ssts That Kssnty Is q
Bolter.
Minneapolis Tribuns-Nelson organ-Sept. 20. !
It is true that the minutes of last springs
meeting of the state committee showed that the