St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-18
SHELLS Son-in-LaW Takes a
Fruitless Journey of Eight
Thousand Miles.
The Wild-Goose Chase Ends in
the Arrest Of an limo
cent Californian.
0maha's Saloons Close and
Its Citizens Keep Sober
Through Sunday.
The Body of a Man Found
Hanging to a Tree in
West Virginia.

CHICAGO, March 1.-THE interna-
tional chase for Tascott has ended in
failure. A. j. Stone, son-in-law of the
fugitive's supposed victim, Millionaire
Smell, returned empty-handed to Chi
cago last night, after fruitless journey
of over eight thousand miles. Mr.. Stone
was accompanied by Detectives Nc
Donald and Williams. Following clue
which took them to the Canadian North
west, the pursuit led to the Pacific
coast. There capture was made, but
the prisoner, like so many others.
proved to be the wrong man. Mr..
Stone talked quite freely, but remarked
with significance: 1t must be under
stood that chose to reserve names for
various reasons, which may have
bearing upon the future. About a
month ago." said Mr.. Stone, IL re-
ceived from law firm in Minneapolis
letter stating that they had client. a
resident of Winnipeg, who had some
authoritative information as to
what he believed to be Tas-
colts whereabouts. My inquiries
showed the suspects description tailed
more closely with that of Tascott than
any had yet seen. The young man
was said to be employed in tieing
camp near Rat Portage, town on the
Canadian Pacific, $50 miles east of Win
nipeg. L left Chicago with four others,
including Aid. Badenoch, and three
weeks ago tonight we
WENT TO MINNEAPOLIS,
thence to Winnipeg, and thence to the
tieing camp. We arrived there to dis
cover that young man, such as de-
scribed, had worked there until week
before. He had some time prior re-
ceived postal card from a friend, a
young man, in Rat Portage, stating that
there was draft there from his father,
who lived in a certain town in Southern
California. The contractor held back the
card for two or three weeks until the
Upon receiving the card the young man
left at once. We then bore down upon
Rat Portage, only to learn that both
young men had moved to another tielng
camp, where we again arrived to learn
that they had moved ON to Winnipeg,
stating that the first young fellows
father in Southern California was
dying, and they would hasten to his
bedside. We obtained some of
the suspects writing in the first
tleing camp, and it was Tascott's own
hand in fac-simile. We hurried to
Winnipeg, and there at the bank added
the suspects signature to our stock of
evidence. 1t seemed certain that TaS-
colt had written that name, and no
doubt remained in our minds that we
were on the right trail at last. Out of
Winnipeg we ran the scent to certain
nameless town in the Northwest terri
tory near the American line. Thence
we pursued it
HOT TO VANCOUVER,
and thence by boat to Seattle. The
next jump brought US to Tacoma, and
there the train had separated. Our
man." continued Mr.. Stone. went to
Portland by rail, and his companion
shipped for San Francisco by sea. From
Portland the track ran to San Francisco,
and we reached it a week late. 1t
seemed probable then that the town in
Southern California whence the
draft issued was their destina-
companions. Suspecting that this feat
ure might be ruse, [ remained to
watch the outbound China steamer of
that week, and saw her put forth with
out Tascott. A telegram reached me
that our man was caught in the South
ern California town, and was now in
custody. l fastened thither. One
glance at the prisoner sent my heart
into my boots. He was not Tas-
colt, although he resembled
him in many points. He was
young fellow of good family,
and we released him without the salts
faction of knowing for whom he was
suspected. 1t was the disappointment
of my life,' said Mr.. Stone; I'VE were
all sure if we found the man who signed
the Winnipeg draft, whose description
we had and upon whose trail we then
were, that we would have Tascott.
will not say that / think Tascott is in
that country, but he may be. l have
other clues of which l am hopeful"