New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-09

Police headquarters more than a month"; ana Somo
OF his friends have been lnquistive regarding him.
Inspector Byrnes has put them of with the story
that Reilly's health being beniGted by sea
voyage He let out the last evening, when
be received this message by telegraph from South
America:
Santiago, December 8, 1888.
Inspector Byrnes, Now York
aave arrested Win telegraph when leave.
REILLY.
Mr.. Byrnes explained that the prisoner In the case
was william A. Bushnell, alias Gerald T. Hanson
and that he was wanted in this city for the embczzlc
lnent of S35 900 belonging to the law firm of Butler
stlman d Hubbard, in 1878. His hiding place
was discovered in peculiar way. On March 10 Of
ibis year Mr. Byrnes received letter from +. W.
Jones' general manager OF the West Coast Telephone
Company, whose office at No. Is Cortlandt-st,
lnolosing a picture of known in santiago and
Valparaiso as Gerald I. Hanson For nearly seven
years, Mr. Jones wrote, Hanson had been popular
in both cities, and had been made the agent
OF the telephone company In Chill In
1856 Hanson began to steal money from the COM
pany aud last year, when he arrested, his steal
ings amounted to $1s 900 in gold. lie managed to
get bail, and the company feared that he had become
too popular in Santiago to be convicted. Mr. Jones
had heard that Hanson was New-Yorker and had
been forced to flee from the city on account Of
swfndlng operation. Mr.. ByrneS was asked to look
up the past history Of Hanson.
II was soon apparent that the swindler had not
been known by the name OF Hanson IN this city. An
advertisement asking for the address Of friends Of
d" Gerald I. Hanson formerly Of Brooklyn,' was pub
lshed and Mrs. Husbands, who had lived in Chill, rc-
spondcd. She could tell the detectives no more than
that she had met Hanson In Santiago, and that he had
spoken OF being a classmate In college with Daniel
Lockwood, OF Buffalo. Mr.. Lockwood was asked for
information about his classmates, and he replied that
tho only whom he had heard unfavorable reports
about was William A. Bushnell.
HOW THE THIEF WAS TRACED.
The detectives soon learned that Bushnell had
fled from the city in 1873, after the discovery
made that he a thief Bushnell had been the
trusted bookkeeper for Butler, Stillman g. Hubbard,
whose law Offices then at No. Ill Broadway. He
had hypOthecated securities belonging TO the law
firm with the help Of broker named Demartes The
securities were worth much more than $4,000 but 1t
cost the law firm that sum to regain possession Of
their property which had been purchased in good faith
by various brokers'
Mr.. Jones, who now IS in Europe, went with the
detectives to see the lawyers and showed TO them
picture of Hanson, taken in Chill The lawyers
instantly recognized as picture of their abscondDg
indeed four 'u'S year ago. ""' and dh the evi
dence of his guilt, yet in the possession of the
firm, was ample to secure conviction. It was said.
Mr.. Jones confident that the Telephone Company
would consent to withdraw its charge in Santiago IL
We're prepared Inspector Bvrnes said, and exirado1
papers were obtained at Albany and from the State De-
pdfintnt al Washington On NONfmOcf y, Wncn every
thing ready, Detective-Sergeant Reilly put the
papers In his pocket and sailed for Asplnwal. He
crossed the Isthmus of Panama by rail and took
South Pacific mail steamer, arriving in Santiago on
December !.
ii he gets away from Santiago with his prisoner he
viii b obi sed 10 keep him constantly under the
English American flags until he gets him back to
NcwYork. On the South Pacific mail steamer AS far
the Bay OF Panama, the prisoner will be safe under
he British fag. but It will not be safe TO land at
Panama. Reilly has instructions TO transfer his
prisoner from the steamer to an American man-ofwar
In the bay, and keep him there until he can take
him a steamer for san Francisco From san
Francisco the journey Will be across the continent by
rail
TALKS WITH MEMBERS OF THE FIRM
Tribune reporter who called last ght at the
home Of Thomas II. Hubbard, a member of the firm
Of Butler, Silman d. Hubbard, told that Mr..
Hubbard was too IN to any In answer to
written question sent to him, however, he wrote tho
following reply: Bushnell some years ago appro-
prlated bonds belonging TO Mr Butler: OF our firm,
when he cashier and bOOkleeper. For this offence
he was indicted. | know nothing OF his whereabouts
except from hearsay, and have not considered the
the laws of the country where he is found, well
upon own
Thomas T. ,;Iman. another member of the firm,
az his home. No. 90 Joralemon-st. Brooklyn,
last night and said he had recently seen photograph
Of Bushnell and he readily recognized It, lie was then
told that Bushnell had been doing some crooked
work in South America, but he did not know that
there was any movement on foot 10 try and have
Bushnell eXradtcd Il would like TO see him pun
ishcd.7 he continued. mot because It would do
any good, but It would prevent him from cheating
other people. He IS cold-booded rascal and has no
conscience than a bass wood chip The day that
we discovered that he had stolen the bonds he talked
20 us IS though II unmpOrtant matter and
said II had only waited a little while he would
have made up the amount and we would never have
known anything about II. The next day when he did
not appear al the office. We made an examination and
found that be had done some extensive stealing just
how he did Fl have never been able understand
the money gone and 81 was he, and tried 10
forget the matter. I don't how he be