The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-03-20
HAS ENDED IN A FAILURE.
THE LONG CHASE AFTER TAscoTT.
The Chicago Detectives Return From the
Northwest and the Pacific Coast Empty
Handed-The Man Caught Was Not
Willie But Looked Like Him.

CHICAGO, March 1.-THE international
chase for Tascott has ended in failure. a. J.
Stone, son-in-law of the fugitive's supposed
victim, Millionaire SHELL returned empty
handed to Chicago last night, after fruitless
journey of several thousand miles. Mr.. Stone
was accompanied by Detectives Mcdonald and
Williams. Following clew which took them
to the Canadian northwest, the pursuit led to
the Pacific coast. There a capture was made,
but the prisoner, like so many before, proved
to be the wrong man.
Mr. Stone estimates the length of his trip at
5000 miles. He talked quite freely, but re-
marked with significance: at must be under
stood thatI choose to reserve names for various
reasons, some bearing upon the future"
about month ago." said Mr. Stone, 81 re-
ceived from law firm in Minneapolis letter
stating that they had a client, a resident of
Minnesota, who had some authoritative infor-
nation as to what he believed to be Tascott's
whereabouts. My inquiries, following showed
the suspects description tailed more closely
with that of Tascott than any | had vet
seen. The young man was said to be
employed In tieing camp near Rat
Portage, town on the Canadian Pacific,
$50 miles east of Winnipeg | left Chicago
with four others, including Alderman Badenoch,
and three weeks ago tonight we went TO Min
neapoliS, thence TO Winnipeg and thence 10
the tieing camp. We arrived there to discover
that young man such as described had worked
there until week before. He had some time
prior received a postal card from a friend, a
young man in Rat Portage, stating that there
was draft there from his father, who lived in
q certain town in southern California.
The contractor had held back the card for
two or three weeks until the young man had
worked out debt. Upon receiving the card,
the young man left at once We then bore
down upon Rat Portage, only to learn that the
young fellows had gone to another tieing camp,
where We again arrived to learn that they had
moved on to Winnipeg, saying that the first
young fellows father in southern Cali
fornia was dying and they would hasten
to his bedside. We obtained some
of the suspects writing in the first tieing camp,
and it was Tascott's own hand-in fac smile.
We hurried to Winnipeg, and there at the bank
added the suspects signature to our stock OF
evidence. 1t seemed certain that TascOtt had
written that name, and no doubt remained in
our minds that we were on the right track at
last Out OF Winnipeg we ran the scent to a
certain nameless town in the Northwest terri
tory near the American line. Thence we pur-
sued 1t out to Vancouver and thence by boat TO
Seattle. The next jump brought us to Tacoma,
and there the twain had separated.
Our man" continued Mr.. Stone, went to
IOTllduu Dl rail- ana MS companion skipped 10
San Francisco by sea. From Portland the trail
ran to San Francisco, and we reached there a
week later. 1t seemed probable then that the
town in southern California, whence the draft
issued, was their destination, and thither
fastened my companion. Suspicioning that
this feature might be a ruse, remained TO
watch the outbound China steamer of that
week and saw her put forth without Tascott.
A telegram reached me that our man was
caught In the southern California town and
was in custody. / FASTENED thither. One glance
at the prisoner sent my heart into my boots.
He was not TascOtt though he resembled him
in many points. He was a young fellow of
good family and we released him without him
having the satisfaction of knowing for whom
he was suspected.
ut was the disappointment of my life" said
Mr.. Stone. "We were ali sure that if we found
the man who signed the Winnipeg draft. whose
description we had and upon whose trail we
then were, we would have Tascott. We avoided
everybody, taking no one into our confidence.
We consulted none of the authorities in the
numerous places we visited, and left all we
encountered in n state of mystfcation. We
were given a number of hints that Manitoba
was good refuge for 'bOodlers,' and for any
man in hiding. Such a trackless waste of
mountains, forests, lakes and big rivers il
would be hard to find. l will not say that /
think Tascott is in that country, but he may
be. | have other clews, of which am hope
ful