New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-31
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
FxTRApITEp FROM ENGLAND.

EXTRADITED FROM ENGLAND.
A DELINQUENT BooKxEEPER AND A MAsTER-MAR-
lNrR BROUGHT OVER on 1HE STEAMSHIP SPAIN
THE SAILORS STORY.
Detective Won Gerichten, OF the Central ouce,
returned from England yesterday OH the steamer
Spain of the National Line, with two prisoners III
his charge. One % them was Jacob Wei, twenty
four wears old, the former bOokkeeper of Wirths'
Brother Il Owen. card-prlnters at No. 81 Bonu,Sl,
On Nav 10 We'll fled TO England in the steamsnp
Servia of the Cunard Line taking with Inn hrarS
S4 600 belonging to the firm On the day oeioIe ne
had been sent to the East River Bank 10 uep"sns
5000 We'll deposited 800 OF the mohei IuI ~ had
the cash on a check for So O09 A., 10 when ne ma
forged the firms signature. He had IeIt Ii's ,fs
locked, and when this was broken open sn nItb
of paper were found IN NJ H., u, mno, them.
showing that the young man haa V s,,.a,or, (
careful preparations for his plan oil i"ISeCrS ons
MIR Dawson. AT Queenstown, and on the arrival 81
the Servia W ell was arrested and sent 10 Hco.is5
Yard London DetSeve ex ton case OF Wei
came up on June 10 in the BOW
street tcu5 before xs s r sn%1s nsF or
Identification until June %. There were fur'her
DELAYS anti the American Consul at queenstown
could identify the prisoner ana theh tnelc W.
appeals for writs OF habeas corpus on tne part Vi
Wells counsel which were denied ven WIS
finally handed over 10 the detective on July ~
During the voyage he exhibited Inqcn s tTo
over his CONDITION, being greatly disturbed Ies' "
passengers should tind Out he was prisoner. nc
Setectiye watched We'll closely lest he shOuiu az
tempt 10 jump overheard; - .,..o VIVA
Master Mariner William Watts, OF san fr"nc1sco,
WHO was arrested at Queenstown on WARRANT iiG'
San Francisco. charging HIM with arsauit WIZ "a
,e,'. to xiii and Whom the detective brought to
this country at the request OF tle az c
ter at London. Mr.. watts gave llc ioiio"i"s q"
count OF his case yesterday; 1910 I'D
- am a master-Inarner, thuty-two years o'u'
md was born IN Rochester, III this STATE. IN 10
TENDER last started from Antwerp Us ciiel ouEl
ON the shIo Gatherer, OF Bath Me, captain opaIhs
commanding. bound for Wilmington CaI. Inc ihoi
at first were very unTuIy ana lhcliieu 20 mum
So that found II necessary To use strict uisci'e.
On one occasion Of the sailors drew KIN on me
ana cut me down the breast with sailor sleSlh
knife | Ov,rpOwered him, however. had
to nueI violence on other occasions Yet alter
short time the men became orderly ana every th'ne
went we'll. During the voyage we l0sl Two me-.
overheard. The first one was Jonh henderson, Oh
Re pium who was lost overheard during Inc second
macs watch. This occurred Oh very DARK ulght
between 10 aud IL o'clock As soon as learned
Henderson WAS overheard called the boat OUT III
was 50 dark could see nothing. Inc
man had been seen ny other sailors
10 fall headong from the topgshahl cross-lrets AIu
TO strike the fore-chainS. then gong overheard lie
must have been dead before he ieil mo me wafer
IL was useless to attempt TO save the map, we
conld not nave found him; yet | asked the
mon if they could think Of anything 10 be done,
and they all replied: There is nothlnI 10 be done
Ihc next one VerDOard was boy named george,
eighteen years old. This occurred OIL Cape HON.
N was Sunday, aud the boy came on deck quite
dressed II . and ] made the rvmarb, You have too
many Clothes Oh. tie went up, however,
10 helm the men reef the mlZZen-topsuL As i
looked around / saw him fall Oh deck aud bounce
overheard. lie nearly Knocked some oil the others
oil the rigging as he fell. IL was very cold day,
ana the waves were high. | ordered out the boat
al once however, and sent five men with 1t to pick
George up ii possible: Inc waves We're
runniug so 1gh loft ana hn T9 1g Were Were h nhTei
before the boat could get where he had iallen
lie lad sunk before that time, and nothing could
be found OF hIln. | kept the men out for ihree
hon around, i
the rigging unul was DenuinDed Inc captain
tod me tins was all useless When the lien r
warned to the ship two OF them were SIM
with cold, and we had 10 Strengthen them
out with hot coffee. Thea asked
them if we could DO anythIng more about the boy
and all SAID No We reached Wilmington on
January 10, loS2. The crew we've paid oil, only
two oil tAem staying with the snip. No charges OF
any KIND were made against NE. w hen another
,nate came | was paid OF, and then went 10 san
Francisco, being there nine or ten days, with
friends / then shipped On the Impartial captain
Crosby vi Boston, bound 10 Queenstown Tor
ORDERS remained III port niue or Ten days before
sailing. We started for Queenstown IN tie mlu die
oi February. We had JusI moored at Queenstown:
on June 20, when was arrested on the charge OF
irving to Kill a man with Delaying PIN. knew
nothing OF the reason for any sucn charge Accuse
hons OF Il similar character were MADE against Cap
taln sparks and Second Mate Curtis, CT tie Gath
erer Ia san Francisco, Ill last April These men
were tried In the hrsI seven jurors were 1Or
acuulttal: in the second, al were Tor acQuittal.
I he chief witness Tor the Government was the third
mate Jonn Driscol. He Is at the bottom OF the
charge against me. as beleve. Tic Is COckney'
and Was 50 incompetent that dIsrated hun and
gave him the work OF boy. FMS is tne
cause OF his charge, suppose. For thls
reason although the charges against Captain
sparks and Mate Curtis nave been dismissed, l
have been kept IN prsOn-in CIcrkcnWell-fOr nVt
weeks, have been dragged iron my snip 10 tHS
country losing my wages, my position, and my
reputation"
ar " ats spoke IA her bitterly OF his situation.
He has aroused the 5 iupaihieS OF Detective Won
GerichIen, VINO SPEAKS IIgnly of hnl. lie viii be
taken to San Francisco us officers from san
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