Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-12-10
A TREATY BADLY NEEDED.


said &. L. Dav dson. q. c., crown pro
secutor. To The Ncw York World cor
respondent at Montreal. Canada has
ON two occasions cndeavored to obtain
an eYiradtion treaty, while the failur'
on the part of congress to accept the
last imperial treaty is n matter of re
grct to every well-thinking Canadian.
The crown prosecutor of the d .s,ric,
of Montreal is Is competent rs any an
thority IN the country To speak on tn,
subject. He has been retained in nearly
all the large cases against American
defaultcrs who have fled TO this pro-
vince. includIng the Emo. Mcmahon
Neeld. and other eases. but. owing To
the uadequacv of the present eXtradl-
ton laws, he has been unsuccessful IN
send ng back the ScoundrcS to meet the
punishment they so well deserve. In
the " OF Montreal alone at present
there are upward of thirty refugees
from across the line who dare not set
foot on Amer can territory. These cm-
brace the four New York "boodlc
aldermen. Dempsey. De LACY, Sayle-.
and KIRK, John keenan,. the BIS
marck' of New York politics. who is
known TO have supplied the "boodle;'
cN-Rcading Clerk MolOney. who placed
the stuff: Hocxtcr. the notorious New
York insolyent who reached Canada
in safety with $4,000 of hi>
creditors money which he has
since lost in bucket shops; Charles Wal
tiers. the Baltimore bank clerk. who is
wanted for forgery; the Mcmahon
brothers. of Lynn. Mass, the fraudu
lent debtors; GOldste n, the runaway
ieweler Of Albany. n. y. Bar,holo-
NEW, the New England bank president.
whose frauds were the sensation Of a
ijw week ago, and, last. but not least,
John { Emo. who has been staying ut
the Windsor for the last few weeks. ey-
identity having become bored with the
''churchyard silence OF his adopted
home Quebec, the ancient capital OF
this province. None of these men
make any secret OF their whereabouts.
they use no cndcNor TO conceal their
IDENTIFY anil they may be seen daily
/ summing themselves on ST james
street. reading the ticker quotations on
/ the street or smoking a G gar on the
/ roluuda of the Windsor. the fash ona-
/ bic uptown hotel. Their stealing
I alone aggregate millions oil dollars. still
/ they walk Our streets free rs ar. and
/ when the word "cNtradition'' is mention
ed to them they jauntiiy reply that they
can not be taken over on misdc
mcanor Necld had the cool ciironter}
10 seek an asylum here in the vicinity
where the headquarters OF one of the
bank, he had yictimiZed 10 the extent
of S97, 900 was situated, and in fact was
first seen in company with his wife sur
Neying the handsome bu lding from
the street.
The New York boodlers continue TO
live in pr.ncely style. Keenan, has
suite O! six rooms at the Windsor. lie
drives fast team. which he keeps at
Morey's livery stable near by. has
goyelness for his girls, and n McGill
college professor 10 coach h boys
every day. De Lacy lives at the same
house. and while not SO grand in h
manner OF living. spends not less than
$40 u week. Al the ST. Lawrence hall
Billy Moloncy. with his buXom wife
and pretty blonde daughter j. quarter
ed His two boys have entered Jcsu
college. while his Youngest girl j. a
boarder al Vile Marie convent one of
the most Expensive educational nsti-
tuition in The province Dempsey,
9uyie7 and Kirk are also gticsi> 1T the
'Eail. and many j. the bottle ol wine
they make way with. The same house I
boards llCeNter and Goldstcin, while at
tae Rchcl.cu. in the French quarter. a
perfect COLONY of smaller "bOodlcra'
are found keeping company with tho
actresses OF the Secoud.clasS theatcrs
Bat while Canada $ full of American
refugees. ii must not be supposed that
the United States j. free from its con.
tiHCcut OF Canadian scourGrc.s. Boston
po>sc>>r- Hunter, the dctaUlting Mon
real notary, who sWiniicG mis- client,
here ont of 500, 600, while Chicago /
gives a refuge TO his son. who aided (
and ahctted his fathers frauds. New
York harbor, Craig. the Ascending
pre.iden. OF tae Exchange Bank OF
Canada. who ruined the institution,
and oyerdrcW his account 10
the tune ot S2l0000 while his
brother the eN-treasurer of the
Montrca. Loun and Mortgage company
finds an asylum m Dctro Three de-
fauiting corporation officials from this
city are now located IN Ncw York
- VI t.dist, TIC tN-t.tN cltGh. ~ OUfck f
liarnctt, the collect on attorney, and !
Merrill. the cX-ca>hcir II also har-
bors The Ascending Montreal lawyer.
J. j Keller. who j. now practicing
ATTORNEY OF Gotham; two defaalting no
tarcS, Alfred lsaacson and y. Il. HOule.
and numerous commercial swim
d.cr~. Philadelphia has a guest
Nathan Isaac, who few months ago
abScondrd from here after swindlne
the hanks and his creditors TO the tune
OF :l1O.0 900 b means of false invoices.
The above are but few of the many
criminals who by reason of the ab-
scence 0i reciprocal criminal laws are
enabled ID carry on reciprocity OF
crime and enjoy a safe harbor of ref
aye on @ thcr side of the line. Seldom
docs week 20 by without an exchange
OF .~lminals in one direction or the
other. and still ali efforts to bring
about treaty which would reach the
fellows are unayailng Still the Do-
m,ulpn does not give up none of ulti.