The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-02-19

Thcre Is notn'nE new III the baum
case. Detective Tom Furlong, OF tho
Gould service, IL still In the city, and
was In close consultation all day yester-
day with County Attorney Clint. lilo
expects TO leave to-day ou his return To
Chatham, Canada, whore city Marshal
Arnold IL holding "a 10 Baum, alias
Simon, alias Lang he says
they will be able To eXtraiile Baum.
There are some VINO are inclined to
crilicise City Marshal Arnold's action
IN getting II leave at absence from tue
city council, osleusihly to 20 To NJ " Or
leans, when he IN reality went To Cau-
alta after Baum. rhis may be all right,
yet Dallas never had better officer ana
DO deserves credit for aiding in the
captare Ot criminal like Baum, 10
say the least of IL. IL is
iunored that Shuriif Smith has gone on
TAI relieve Marshtl Arnold and TO bring
Baum back. Az far rs known, no at
turney OF Baum's has a. yet left for
Chatham. The Chatham (Ontario) Ban.
nrr, oi the lith, has the following 10 say
of Baum's capture:
"Au eldurly man, with strongly marked
Jewish cast Oi cOuntruance might have
been seen during the past few weeks
hanging bout secondhand store IN
town and putting mp AT Mason's hotel.
Ii was supposed by those in the neigh
borhUod OF tao market that he hau De-
come fixture. lie went by The name
Of "A. Simon" while no put up ia
Chatham, but for reasons not explained
he opened all account Win one Of the
chartered banks ui The town under the
alias of "JO eph Lang" His deposit
amounted to about $3.50. lie moved
out as others did, and apart from
certain rest!essness, was not remark
able.
on Friday last Mr. J. G. Arnold, chief
of police ot Dallas, Texas, accompanied
by Mr.. Thos. Furlong, chiet detective OF
GOuld's lines, from -. Louis, arrived in
Chatham aud held Il conference with
Chief Baxter. Thy explained how,
spirgcy the Missouri Pacific railway was
ueirauded out of sum of money
amounting 10 between $ll6O0O and $780,
UvU. The railway agent aJ Dallas was "A
party To The scheme, ana by his cO-op-
Grafton number ot bills of lading-
worthless iorSerles, wore worked OIL on
the railway Company. A Jew, named
Francis Baum, was induced 10 dispose
OF the forged bills and a division
of the spoil was mIuU among the gang,
which included three lawyers, the Jew
aud the railway agent among its mem
bers. or course suCu fraud could not
remain undiscovered, and the parties To
it s-ughJ safety IN flight. Baum, only,
vas captured and charged with utterlug
forged paper. He was examined ana
admitted TO bail in $4,000. He dreaded
trial, however, and lit out without the
|, rmula OF Il farewell, leaving his bonds
men 10 pay the shot. For some time
the question OF his whereabouts was II
puzzle, but Mr., Arnold and Mr.. EurlOng
devUt, Il themselves To noslng him out,
successfully traced his movements from
the Lone Slar state TO Chatham.
On comforting with Cniet Baxter they
were at once assured that they Were ON
the right track, aud that their man,
Francis Baum, alias A. Simon, alias
Joseph Lang, was clearly the man who
had been tor several weeks a resident of
the town, but who had lett, on January
81, for LOudon. The photograph and
description tailed exactly.
Judge Bell was applied to and granted
n warrant, under the exit addition act, for
his arrest, ana Chief Baxter, with the
visiting detectives, set out for London
10 Day their respects TO Baum. On
reaching London Chief VILLAINS and
Detective Ryder were consulted, and
the matter of his arrest was left with
them. He was soon found at Fox's
pawn shop, and was quietly taken into
custody aud handed over 10 Chief BaX-
Ter for delivery in Chatham.
He was arraigned before judge Boil
on Monday and remand asked for the
purpose of getting evidence here. He
will appear again on Saturday at IL Il.
III. when it is highly probable he will
again be- remanded. He refuses to re-
turn voluntarily and has employed MIR.
Nj. Wilson to plead his case, and says
he will make Il strenuous struggle to re-
main. He seems quite favorsbly i'm
pressed with the healthfulness OF the
climate.
Baum is a man of about 50 years of
age, although he looks Older; height b
feet inches; sharp, piercing ewes; He
brew look, and naturally nervous,a con-
dition, PROBABLY, increased by his pres
emit situation. 1t is quite probable that
he will be an unwilling although an as
sisted emigrant TO Uncle Sans terri
tory"