Thomas County cat., 1886-11-25
AMERICAN DoopLeRs.

Why the Self.Exlled Citizens OF the Uu1hnI
States and Canada Can Not he Reached
..1f the Dominion is full of American
!cfan.ters the peop.e of the United
States have themselves to blame for
it" said c. r. Davidson. Q. c.. Crown
Prosecutor. 'sCanada has on two oc-
casions endeavored to obtain an ex.
tradition treaty. while the failure on
tho part of Congress to accept the last
imperial treaty is matter of regret to
every well-thinking Canadian"
The Crown Prosecutor of the dis
trict of Montreal is as competent as
any authority in the country to speak
on this subject. He has been retained
in nearly all the large cases against
American defaulters who have fled to
this province, including the Emo, Mo
Mahon, Neeld and other cases. but,
owing to the ina0equacy of the present
extfadition laws. he has been unsuc-
cessful in sending back the scOundreis
to meet the punishment they so we'll
deserve. In the city of Montreal alone
ut present there are upward of thirty
refugees from across the line who dsro
not set foot on American territory.
These embrace the four New York
''bcodle' aldermen. Dempsey. Do
Lacy, Sayles and Kirk; John keenan,,
the "Bismarck" of New York politics,
who is known to have supplied the
'.boodle;" ex-Rcading Clerk Moioney.
who placed the stuff Hoexter.
the notorious New York insolvent
who reached Canada in safety
with $500 of his creditors money.
which he has since lost in bucket-shops;
Charles Walters. the Baltimore bank
clerk, who is wanted for forgery; the
McMahon brothers. of Lynn, Mass,
the fraudulent debtors; Goldstein, the
runaway jewcler. of Albany, N. Y;
Bartholomew, the New England bank
president. but last, not least. John &.
Emo, who has been staying ut the
Windsor for some weeks, evidently
having become Lorcd with the ''church-
yard silence" of his adopted home
(Qucbec), the ancient capital of this
province. None of these men mako
any secret of their whereabouts. they
use no endeavOr to conceal their iden-
tity and they may be seen daily SUM-
ming themselves Oh St. James street.
reading the ticker quotations on tho
street or smoking cigar OIL the rotun-
da OF the Windsor, the fashionable up-
town hotel. Their stcalinGs alone az
gregate millions of dollars, still they
walk our streets free as air, and when
the word extraditiOn is mentioned
TO them they jaunt!y reply that they
can ret be ''taken over on a miSde-
mcaiior. Need had the cool etl'rontery
10 seek an asylum here in the vicinity
where the headquarters of one of the
banks he had victimiZed to the extent
of $4,000 was situated, and in fact
was first seen in company with his wife
sur, ewing the handsome building from
the street.
The New York boodlers continue to
live in princely style. keenan, has \
suite of six rooms 1T the Windsor. He
drives fast team which he keeps at
Morey's livery-stable near by, has Il
governess Tor his girls and Il McGill
college professor to eoaci: his boys
every day. DeI.acy lives ut the Same
house. and while not so grand in his
manner of living. spends not less than
$40 week. At the St. Lawrence hall
..Billy'' Moloney, with his buxon wife
and pretty blonde daughter j, quar-
tered. His two boys have entered
jesuit College, while his young st girl
is boaricr at Vile Marie Convent.
one Of the most expensive educational
Institutions in the province. Demp-
scy. Saylcs and Kirk are also guests ut
the '.ha!l.' and many is the bottle of
wine they make way with. The same
house boards Hoexter and Goidstein.
while 1T the Richeiieu, in the French
quarter. perfect colony of smaller
''bOodlcrs" are found keeping company
with the actresses OF the second Glass
theaters.
But while Canada is full of Ameri-
can refugees, it must not be supposed
that the United States IS free from its
contingent OF Canadian scoundreis.
Boston possesses Hunter, the dcfau.ting
Montreal notary, who swindled his
clients here cut of 100000, whi.e
Chicago gives a refuge to his son. who
aided and :,5etted his fathers frauGs.
New York harbors Craig. the alb
sconding president of the Exchange
Bank of Canaia, who ruined the in-
stitution. and over,irew his account 10
the tune OF S20O,C while his brother,
the cx-treasurcr Of the Montreal Loan
and Mortgage Company. finds an
asylum in Detroit. Three defaulting
corporation officials from this city are
now located in New York Meara.
the ex-city clerk: De Courcy Harnctt.
the ex collection attorney, and Merrill,
the ex-cashier. 1t also harbors
the abscond:ng Montreal lawyer,
T. j. Keller. who is now
practicing attorney of Gotham; two
defaulting no:aries. Alfred Isaaeson,
and j. Il. Houie and numerous COM
mercial swind!ers. Phi ;adclphia has
as y guest Nathan lsaacs. who, few
months ago. abscOnded from here after
swindling the banks and his creditor, 10
the tune of Sl7O. 900 by means OF false
invoices. The above arc but few of
the many criminals who by reason of
the absence of reciprocal criminal laws,
are enabled to carry on 4 reciprocity
of crime and enjoy safe harbor Of
refuge on either side of the line.
Seldom docs week go by without an
exchange of criminals in one direction
or another. and still ali efforts to
hriuC ahOut n treaty which swOuld