New-York tribune., 1883-03-13
"cAprALNn ARCHERS STORY.
BIUsHING AS HE ADMITTED THAT HE HAD DNNN
SENTENCED TO PRISON.

FLUSHING AS HE ADMITTED THAT HE hAD D
SENTENCED TO PRISON.
~Capt,inv Archer. whose eKtraditon on chaIge
OF forgery is sought by the British consul, T"r fs
taken before Commissioner OSDOrn YESTERDAY III
fnrtLer examination, +. f. Marbufy, tne counso
for the British Government, SAID IN exI IIahaIio VI
n remark that had been made at previous 'le"nIis LII
that tbs law of Great Britain provided that prs
oner extIadted for offence could not ue treu on
any other charge without being sent Dack 10 lho
country from which no was takel ana re-e1all nuu
the defendant was called to the witness stand anu
examiued py his counsel, Colonel Il. L. NoOd' JIG
testified that his name was LtTip i at mo had tae1
ont n DECLARATION Of his intention TO become an
American citizen several years ago IN Ietroit unuer
his former name lie had lived at klngst0hoh-
Thames and.at Bristol for eighteen months before
the hill of exchange which he IS chargod WIN loe
ing was presented. lie went INTO oetailed hisloIy
Of his movements in November last. lie had Deen
arrested on a charge of fraud in some mining mat
ters aud was in jail in Bristol. lie was released On
bail and spent tho early part OF NoVemoer III i.n LII
don He went to Plymouth. 26O miles from L0nuoh'
on November l3. lie opened an account IN tue Na
val Bank in Plymouth in the name OF maIor IL. VI.
Templar. The bank-book and check-oook "eie
pruduced showing various transactions with inc
hank between No gembeT 13 and November H. On
the latter day Archer says that he lett PIymOuth'
II i. charged that the forged blil OF eXchahsG Was
presented in London on November ~. lie denied
having been in London at that time or KNOWING
ANYTHING about the bill. lie exhibited BANK
book showing deposits under tho name Oh lempar
change of name from Wadge TO Archer the witness
produced formidabe-lOOklng document with sew
rral seals. IL was deed-poli ny whch Er"ln mar
yev Wadge changed his namo to Erwin Archer. III
was dated in January, 1873 and was approved Dy
the court of Chancery. The witness then told
about his brother few years older tnah hl,nsel,
and named Edwin Harvey Wadge. lie had not
seen hlm for sixteen years and Thought ne was
serving a term Of imprisonment. lie said ms
brother was sentenced TO hye years term ior
fraud lie had also been connected with mining
nchemes
9 IT was your brother who had the five years sen;
tenco which We heard of the other day. was itF'
asked Commissioners Osborn.
any brother dld have q FIVE years sentence" an
syered tho prisoner lie was u sort OF outcast
aud the rest OF The family do not recognize HIM.
Have you not also served "a term OF HDprisoh
ment r. continued the Commissioner.
Yes" answered the blushing captain. was
sentenced 10 nye years imprisonment IN 1872 on
account of frauds committed oy my partner "hlle
was in France bulling the stock
ON cross examination witness said that he had
served three years nd nine months of his sentence
lie was dealing In mining stocks with one IIpson
under the name of Gibson N Ware. lie mao Deen
sometimes called Ware. and he was convicted and
sentenced under that name. lie SAID no ala not now
call himself " Captain" though he had once been a
lieutenant in q militia regiment le nad Doeh
ASKED. when he gave his name ~ Iemplar, what Ills
business was, and had said, | an DaJor
But asked Mr.. Marbury. you were not q ma
joT."
NO" said the prisoner.
In reference to having called himself Iemplar. tho
witness gave two explanations Nj different times.
Once he said that II was because ho had just lost a
son ana At auo ther time he said that ho had as
sumod another name because he had been arrested
nnder the name OF Archer for fraud and did not de-
sire to bs known bY that namo The prisoner mas
an easy bearug and gave hls answers readily and
with "A little cockuey drawl His cross examination
was not finished hen an adjournment was taken 10
Thursday. o.
Ioul, K. Richter obtained yesterday. in the SUI
prcme Cour' Chambers. an attachment against the
property OF Mr. Archer. lt IL alleged that the lie
lendant by representing himself to bo a man oil
properfv induccd Mr. Richter 10 put furniture
worth $is4 In a house III kighth-st.. ia which Mr.
Archer said hc intended 10 establish tho Guelph
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