Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-06-19

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ro,tsvu tCanada) Free Pres. Juno itth.i
with . view Of hunting up American
who have taken refuge on
This side Of the line forty-five, Free
Press correspondent has made the round
trip. The police authorities have been
seen, and from them everything learned
which they consider it prudent to tell.
There is no disposition among Cans
dams to exaggerste the defaulters'
crimes. The people appear to take
their presence Is . matter OF course.
John @. Emo heads the list.
lie is living in Quebec. The
house hc rents is large and the
situation delightful. 1t is two miles
and Q half from the post-office. The
rent be psys-nearly $4,000 . year
is, for Quebec, enormous. This means
proportionately about $4,000 or $4,000
o year in New York. Rents are very
low in the Cookbook City, and Eno's
house at Beauvoir is one Of the finest
in the suburbs. Financially he APP
Gears TO be at ease. He drives good
horses and is liberal with his money,
but socially he is not known. Neither
he nor his wife is ever invited out, nor
are they visited by society people.
Emo has never been asked to the garri-
son mess, and does not belong to the
only social organization in Quebec OF
any pretensions-the Garrison Club.
The old French families do not ask
him to their houses. The doors Of
the Langevins, the Taschereaus, the
Roses, the De Chaneys, or the Duvals
do not open to receive him. His &C
quaintances are principally made at
bar-rooms. Some few society men have
nodding acquaintance with him.
Many people wonder that Emo stopped
at Quebec. Society is exclusive, and
the old nobleSse have long memories.
When Emo gives dinner parties " they
arc only attended by his legal advisers
or Spectators who may wish to use
him. The commercial club he belongs
to is a small place where men of bust
ness meet. 1t has no social sig
ni6cancc, and Goes not pretend
to any. Many respectable men
belong to it. These men meet Emo in
q business way. They do net ask him
to their homes. Some Of them may
drink with him at the ct. Louis Hotel
when they meet him there; that is all.
lie visits the houses Of two or three
personal friends, but the stories about
his being received into society are, the
reporter was assured, exaggerations.
lie paid many visits on last New Years
Day. Most of them were not returned.
He attends cooking mains and billiard
and he is constant vsi-
tor to st. Roch. This is the toughest
suburb Of the city. Mrs. Emo is ad-
mired, hut society people will not re-
ceive her. This is owing to her hus-
bands irregularities.
Tom Fields will be remembered as Of
counsel for New York city during the
Tweed regime. lie came here after
the crash, and, it is thought, brought
50, 600, 900 into the country with him.
lie was generally considered here as
more unfortunate than criminal. Roll
ing in riches, lie was magnificent even
in disaster. lie purchased large farm
from the Hon. j. j. c. Abbott, mem.
Der Of Parliament for Lachute, along
the banks Of the Ottawa, and for seven
teen years lived life os strict retire
ment. lie would allow no friends to
gather around him. There were no
English people near where he made his
home. Among the simple habitants
surrounding his river retreat he
made himself at home. About
eighteen months ago he seemed to take
new life. Fast horses and blooded
stock were added to his already large
personal property. He seemed to come
out again into active life. Detectives
said he was about to return to New
York. After the death Of his old enc
my, O'Conor, Fields tried to sell his
but failed in securing pur-
chaser. He very seldom went to Mon
treal, and when he did was known to
but few. A few months ago he sick
ened and died quickly, being buried
upon the farm where for many years he
had lived in seclusion. No friends
were present at his death bedside, and
only those who thought they might
benefit at his death were present at his
funeral. His large and valuable estate
and personal property were sold by
licitation. His debts were few, and his
largo properties, now converted into
money, went to few relatives.
Hinckley, the cashier, is another
New whom the extradition law
would not reach. lie lived in Ottawa
awhile because, as it was said at the
time, he wished to go to Manitoba and
could not get there. If he went by
land he would have had to pass through
Michigan. Illinois, and Minnesota. If
by the lakes he had to 60 through the
American locks at Sault Ste. Marie.
If detected he could have been arrested.
The completion of the Canadian Pacific
railway through the wilderness north
of Lake Superior left the abscOnder
free to travel from one end OF the Do
minion to the other. He left for Win
nipeg about six months ago and is now
believed to be there under the alias Of
Henry Morgan, engaged in profitable
mercantile operations.
Henry Legget was another New york
swindler of the moro common kind;
more Of vulgar footpad that the gen.
defaulter. That alone was
sufficient to bring discredit upon SIRE
spectacle American absconders. lie
had travelled all New England and
swindled farmers by representing him.
self as q wealthy capitalist loaning
money on real-estate mortgages. Some
Of these mortgages were made, record
ed, and sold by him. In other in
stances he obtained money which
be represented was for legal ex-
penses. Those who gave mortgages
never received any money upon them.
lie hied himself to Montreal, took Q
house on Sherbrooke, one Of the most
streets, and lived like a lord.
He made many acqusintances and gave
them wine suppers, became member