The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-05-22

Baum, the cotton sWindler, will, with
in the next few days, perhaps, be landed
in this city prisoner. The Globe-Dem-
ocrat, of Wednesday, has the following
concerning Col. Baum's case:
"News was received in st. Louis yes
terday that tho Baum habeas corpus case
pending in the Dominion court OF ap.
peal ut Toronto, Canada, had been de-
cided against the prisoner, and that he
would be eXtradited and turned over to
the American authorities for transpOr.
tation TO Texas. The case was argued
all day Monday. Baum, who had been
indicted for arson and swim
ding in Texas, had fled to
Canada, ana when arrested
claimed his oflenses wore not such az to
admit Of his extradiJiOn. The original
proceedings were instituted before
Judge Bell, AZ Chatham, Ontario, county
judge and police magistrate, but Baum
sued out a writ OF habeas corpus before
a single Judge of tho court OF queen's
bench, from whose court tho case would
have been appealablo to tho divisional
court, and thence TO the court of ap-
pe8ls. Agreement was made, however,
to affirm Judge Bell's decision in favor
OF the state in tho two intermediate
courts and argue il finally in the
court OF appeals, Hon. Christopher
Robinson. the COnkling of Cau-
ada, and William Douglas, crown attOr-
ney of Chatham, appeared for the pros
ecution. Mr.. Thomas Fnrlong, chief Of
the Missouri Pacific Secret Service, will
bring Baum back TO st, Louis and here
turn him over TO tho Texas officials.
Baun's crime was remarkable one.
He figured with II. M. EasLon, Jos.
Lahnstein, Morgan Cammack and
others in the cotton frauds perpetrated
on the Texas Il Pacific Rrailway COM
pany in the latter months OF 1888. Easton
was agent OF the road at Sherman. lie
issued false bills OF lading, which Baum,
who lived in Dallas, would fetch down
TO that place and get cashed at the
banking house OF oliver & Griggs.
Lohnesteln was In the cotton trade
and figured az the ostensi-
BILE shipper Of the cotton. Advances
were thus collected on about $500 bales
of cotton, when, on the 18th of Novem-
Der, 1888, Esston skipped out 10 avoid
unnecessary inquiry. Cammack's con-
neotion with the matter was suspected,
and he was traced TO Ocean Springs,
Mississippi, and later captured in COM
pany with Easton. Cammack turned
nldlt y IAI away hkhlUt anu
was brought back by detectives. Eas-
ton also aided in giving the gang away.
Lohenstein was tried, and a hung jury
resulted. Baum was indicted and fled.
IL was sought 10 eXtradite Baum for
forgery. The indictments against
Baum for forgery were quashed In the
Texas court. He was then indicted un-
der the Texas "swindling act" but
swindling Is not an eXtraditable OF
fense. Mr.. Marshall Il. Mcdonald,
managing the case for the railway peo-
pie, found a British decision TO the Of.
feet that so long as the papers for an
oXtraditable otiouse were authentic and
regular, the fact OF evidence sufficient Ia
convict didn't cut much figure In the
proceedings for extradition. He found
too, that the Indictment under the
Texas swindllng act, covered an
Oilonse which was forgery under the
English common law. He therefore
had Baum reindiuted In Texas court
Tor forgery, and when papers were pre-
scented the Canadian court held them
regular, romarking that the quashing OF
similar indictments In Texas, while d
good plea In bar In that state, had M
! place In proceedings for eNtraditiun
| This settles MIR. Baum aud he will nov
stand trial In Texas, not merely f0i
/ forgery or arson, but foe any other OF
| ionso brought against him after he Il
once on Texas soil"