New-York tribune., 1883-03-11
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
THE ExTRADITION OF CAPTAIN ARCHER.
HEARING BEFORE COMMISSIONERS osBoRN-THE
PRISONERS STORY.

THE rxTRADrTION OF CAPTAIN ARCHER
A HEARING BEFORE COMMISSIONERS osBoRN-THB
PRISONERS STORY.
Cantain +. B. Archer. whose extradition. under
the name of Edwin III. Wadge Is DEMANDED or, NY o,ro
british Consul was before CommssioneI O'Iyhn Ih
Yesterday for examination Gel Datectye Police
was present with f. r. Marbury, the counsei si9 i9i
the British Consul The prisoner VINO 10 ,'1rId Snu
faced slender ma h1onght wIh IL by Deputy Marshas
Holmes and JefireS His counsei askea IoI ai Sod t
journment but the examination Mds proT.spou Ood ou
Monday The written testimony was read, lnclud-
ing the dispositions of Ja~es Connor aud 1haTes s
Henry Boorman, in which 1t was =, Ghargeu ,nas ~
Archer. or Wadge had presented bill OF exchange
for eos los. to BOorman with forged nc,
ceptancs by Connor. The documents were certified
by Flowers the Magistrate a o. tes DSw for
Home and Foreign Affairs, ana Dy Ohi'eu "'"'0'
Minister Lowell. ;.o.. o
omined. first Identified the signature OF Magistrate
Flowers and described the constitution o. the poLce
courts of London. The Inspector SAID that ne nau
fwenty.seven years. He left Liverpool on February
90 and reached this city on March 4. lie came 10
This country to take to England man named hIno,
Who had been extradited for arson He did not
know Archer was in this country until told 80 10y
the British Consul. He had, however, known
Archer In England for several years ana hau nap
nened 10 compare the documenf 3 presented WIN
The originals at the Bow street t0lice Court io
then told what he knew OF ATcber, VINO nc I Sa,u'
was sentenced 10 five years mprSonmeht it i Nil
chester several years ago on n charge OF lraud'
There was a charge maze agailsC III n.n
several mOuths ago of fraud IN connection WIN WIN
some Cornish mining companies, ana AIcneI H4eo
hail IN e5OO the Rev. Mr.. Brown and MT Slhgopy
n tailor becoming the suretles. Mr. brown coIn-
planned 70 the Bristol police In January tllat ne
Thought ArchrT intended to leave the country Al
oGorf was made to arrest Archer, hut he'WaS uOI
fonnd In the latter part of January the cOiapiai1u
for forgery was made aud warrant was lsSHSu' lsWt
Insnector Shore attended the Bristol aSzes on Ieo
rnayv / TO testify to the arrest on tlie cndlgo VI
fraud but Archer did not appear ana ms "f.ll va
fortified He kew Archer as having pceh III "ilU
aronnd No Is COxbury-st Pail Mall, Where ~ " " @&s -
charged that the person who presenter ,i. ~
exchange lived. lie never heard that AIcAer Hau d
brother AT the conclusion of the Inspector s''sl-
lronv the case was adjourned until Mondty,
The. prisoners story OF ihe case is tu", e ' ia
brDtber OF somewhat similar name an9apPe ti0Ice,
who Is faken for him, and that the 6rotherl Is le "o
who should have been arrested. he persists ID! "a.
Statement, that his name IS Archer ana SaEs i IIt
while hls name was originally Nauss !. " 20 10 " iS
changed on his mheriting money from an uhC'c.
RE declares thai the detectives desire 10 get MN an
London so that they can Try MN on thc Cua' s0 VI
fraud Mr. Marbury and the Inspector, n3WtE e.
both said that the policy OF tine briiIsh GOV
ernmcnt was 10 try an eXtradne0 cilhiihdl
o,Iv an the charge on which his eLlrddl-
tio1 was asked, and that he WoUlC hoI
be arrested for any other crime without an
opportuuiiy being given him 10 leave the country
Captain ATchoV seemed 10 have plenty OF money
vghic he spenf freely in treating his friends after
the exalrinatiOn was finished. lie has llVe9 LOT
seyeraI weeks at the Fifth Avenue Hotel ana me
Uote, Brunswick. and at apartments on Eit'h-;iVs
lie has appeared TO have all the uioney ne heeueu
One of his friends said yesterday THAI ms prlncpa
fault was that he tried to INTRODUCED street lho
london and that the charges of fraud are the re-
snlt The forgery is denied by the prisoner ana MS
friends.