Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-06-24
AMER1oo-oAsAD1Axs.
How slippery Now York Criminals
Amuse Themselves BeyOnd the
Line.

Amuse Themselves beyond the
Line.
Ottawa lCanada) Free Press, June ID.
With view TO hunting up American de-
fAulters who have taken refuge on this side
OF the line 45, q Free Press correspondent
has made the round trip. The police
authorities have been seen, and from them
everything learned which they considered
II prudent to tell. There is no disposition
among Canadians to exnggerate the de-
iaulters' crimes. The people appear to take
their presence rs mlttor of course. John
y. Emo heads the list. He Is living Mt
quebec. The house he rents Is large, and
the situation delightful. 1t Ia two miles
and a-half from the post -ofllce. The rent
he pays-nearly $4,000 years., for
Quebec, enormous. This means proportion-
ately about 80, 900 or So, 600 n wear in New
York. Rents are very low In the Gold Rock
Olty, and Eno's house at Beauvoir is one OF
the finest In the suburbs. Financially he
appears to beat 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
10 the garrison 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 Langeylns, the
Iaschereaus, the Rosses, the De Chaneys. or
the Duvals do not open to receive him. His
acquaintances are principally made ut bar
rooms. Some few society men have nod
ding acquaintance with him. Many people
wonder that Emo stopped at Quebec. Society
is exclusive, and the old noblesse have long
mem ories. When Emo gives dinner par
tles they are only attended by his legal
ADVISERS or spectators who may wish to
use him. The commercial club he belongs TO
lsa small place where men OF business meet
IL has no social significance aud does not
pretend to any. Many respectable men
belong TO II. These men met Emo In a bllsi-
ness way. They do not ask him to their
homes, Some of them may drink with him
at the St. 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, exaggern-
lions. He paid many visits on last New
Years Day, Most Of them not returned.
He attends cooking mains and billiard
tournaments, and he is constant visitor to
St' hoch. This is the toughest suburb of
tno CITY. Mrs. Emo is admired but society
people will not receive her. This is owing
to her husbands irregularities.
Tom Fields will be remembered as OF
counsel Tor New York city during the Tweed
regime. He came here after the crash. and
1t is thought, brought $2 1000 .O00 into fra
country with him. lie was generally con-
sidefed here as more unfortunate than
criminal. Rolling In riches, he was mag
nllleent even In disaster. He purchased n
large farm from the Hon. J. j. O. Abbott.
member oil parliament for Lachute, along
the banks OF the Ottawa, and for II wears
lived II lie OF strict retirement. lie yery
seldom left his secusion. He would allow
no friends to gather around him, There
were no English people near where he made
MS nome. Among the simple habitapts
surrounding his river retreat he made him
sell NJ home About Is months ago he
seemed TO take new life. Fast horses and
blooded stock were added to his already
large personal property. lie seemed to
come out again Into active life. Detectives
said he was about to return to New York
After tho death Of his old enemy, O'Conor'
Fields tried to sell his property, but failed
In securing purchaser. He yery seldom
went TO Montreal, and when he did WINS
known to but fow. A few months ago he
sickened and died quickly, being buried
upon the farm, whore for many yoars he
had lived In seclusion. No friends were
present ut his death bedside, and only those
who thought they might benefit nj his death
were present ut Ills funeral. His large and
valuable estate and personal property were
sold by licitatton. His debts were few, and
his large properties, now converted into
money, went to few relatives.
Hinckley, tho cashier, Is another New
Yorker whom the extrnditlon law would
not reach. lie lived In Ottawa while 10.
cause, ils 1t was said at the time. he wished
to go TO Manitoba and could not get there.
II no went by land he would have had TO
pass through Michigan, Illinois and Min
uesotil. II 10y the lakes he hail TO 20
through tho American locks nj Sanlt STE,
Marie. II detected ho could have been mr.
rested. The completion of tho Canadian
Pacific railway through tho Wilderness
north OF Lake superior left the ubsconder
free TO travel from one end Of the Dominion
TO the other. Ho loft for Winnipeg abont
six months ago and Is now believed to be
there under the alias of Henry Morgan.
engaged in profitable mercantile operntions.
Henry LegSet was another New York
swindler OF the more common kind moro
of n vulgar footpad than the gentlemanly
defanltar. That alone was sufficient TO
bring discredit upon respectable" Ameri-
ean abseonders. He had Travelled all New
England and swindled farmers by repre-
senting himself as Il wealthycnpitaiist loan
ing money on real estate mortgages. Some
of these mortgages were made recorded,
and sold by him. In other instances he
obtained money which he represented was
for legal expenses. Those whe gave mort
cages never received any money upon them
He hied himself to Montreal, took n
house on Sherbrooke, one of the most
fashionable streets. and lived like lord.
lie made many aeqnaintances and gave
them wine suppers, became u member of
the different clubs, attended all dinners,
responded to the toast to the President OF
the United States, and was generally knwon
us a "jolly good fellow" After sWfndling
large number of people here he went west,
and is now living at Port Arthur on his i'll
gotten gains.
Dick Cook, the absconding banker from
Havana, N. Y, Is In Toronto, where he has
resided for the last Is months. His defal-
cations amount to about $4,000. He
affected piety and became prominent
member Of the Baptist church. A descrip-
tion of him has been received by the police
authorities here. Then there Is Hoexter,
the absconding New York shirtmaker, who
skipped the country with cool S150,000.
He has been here now nearly 18 months
and has staid at the st. Lawrence Hall,
Montreal. He pays handsomely for every
thing he gets, and gets everything that Is
going. He feels very much depressed over
his wrongdoings In the past, and says he
intends TO go back and square up rs soon MS
he can safely do so.
Then there are the Doodle statesmen,
Charlie Dempsey, Bob De Lacy, John Kee-
nan, the Bismarck Of Now York city hall
and Billy Moloney. These men are all stay
ing In Montreal, where they have the best
the city affords. Their movements are
varied. All occupy rooms on the same
floor and are great ehums, Keenan, and DE
Lacy particularly. They walk, ride, cat and
drink together. Moloney and Dempsey
however, seem to be engaged in picket duty
and throwing inquisitive people off the
scent. One day the ex-reading clerk will
make quite show of starting of on n
Journey. He nishes to the railway station
.nI hn0rIg a trufn for nuahan fnhn M W
day or the day after he reappears in Mont
real again. Dempsey repeats the same
operation, only going In an opposite direc-
ton. 1t may be, rs Keenan, once said in
giving nm explanation of Moloney's absence,
that MOloney, when he becomes hilarious,
boards train; for the lightning reader Of
the Doodle board of 1884 indulges In fire.
quent libatlons. 1t may be interesting to
note, however, that no matter how far Kee-
mans associates 20 they soon return, and
keep In communication with him, and II is
possible that the former Bismarck is fur
nishlng the funds to make the eXies' ban
lshment endurhble.
Tho Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order oil
United Wnrknen in session mt Minneapolis,
Friday elected the following officers
Supreme Master Workman, George W.
Balgerow, Toronto; Supreme Foreman, W.
II. Jordan, Oakland, CAL; supreme Over
| seer, U. Nj, Masters, sparta, WIS ; supreme
Recorder, M. W. Sackett, Meadyllle
Pennsylvania; Supreme Receiver, j.
II. Henhart Meildvllle, Pennsylvania
| supreme Guide, W. r. Graham, Cedar Falls
Iowa; Supreme Waterman, John A. Child,
Portland, Oregon; Supreme Trustee for
three years, ID. b. L0omi5, Buffalo; Supreme
Medical Examiner, Hugh Doherty, NJ. d.
Boston.
In fridays session of the Association
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