The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-03-19
EIGHT THOUSAND.
That is the Number of Miles
Travelled After TascOtt.
THEY COLLARED THE WRONG MAN.
How He Was Disappointed When He
Thought He Was Right.

CHICAGO, Marcn I(.-Ine chase Tor IaS-
Cit ended in failure. A. j. Stone, son in
law of the fugitive's supposed victim, Mil
lionaire Smell, returned empty handed to
Chicago last night after fruitless journey
of several thousand miles. Stone was
accompanied by Detectives Mcdonald and
Williams, following a clue which took them
to the Canadian northwest. The pursuit
led to the Pacific coast There capture
was made, but the prisoner, like so many
others before, proved to be the wrong man.
A CLOSE RESEMBLANCE.
Mr.. Stone estimates the length of his
trip at 5000 miles. He talked quite freely,
but remarked with significance, 'Itmnst be
understood that l choose to reserve names,
for various reasons, some bearing upon the
failure about month ago. received from
law firm in Minneapolis a letter stating
they had a client, resident of Winnipeg,
who had some authoritative information as
to what he believed to be Tascott's where
abouts.
My inquiry following showed the sus-
poets description tailed better with that
of Tascott than any l had yet seen. The
young man was said to be employed in tie
camp near Ros Portage, 250 miles east of
Winnipeg. left Chicago with four others,
and three weeks ago tonight we went to
Minneapolis, thence to Winnepeg and thence
to the tie camp.
MOVED TO ANOTHER CAMP.
We arrived there to discover that young
man such as described had worked there
until the week before. He had, some time
prior, received postal card from a friend.
a young man in ROs Portage, stating that
there was draft there from his father who
lived in a certain town in northern Cali
fornia, contractor; he had held back the
card for two or three weeks while the
young man had worked out of debt
Upon receiving the card, the young man
left at once We then bore down upon ROs
Portage only to learn that both the young
fellows had gone to another tie camp, where
we again arrived to learn that they had
moved on to Winnipeg, saying that the first
young fellows father, in northern Cali
fornia, was dying, and they would hasten
to his bedside. Now we obtained some Of
the suspected writing in the first tie camp,
and it was TascOtt's own hand in fac sim
lie We hurried to Winnipeg and there
added the suspects signature to our stock
of evidence
THOUGHT THEY HAD HIM.
at seemed certain that Tascott had writ
ten that name, and no doubt remained in
our minds that we We're on the right track
at last. MOut of Winnipeg we ran the scent
to q certain namelesS town in the North
west territory 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 twain
separated.
''Ourman went to Portland by rail and his
companion shipped to San Francisco by
sea. From Portland the track ran into
San Francisco, and we reached it week
later. 1t seemed probable that the town in
southern California whence the draft issued
was their destination, and thither l posted
my companions.
SUSPECTED RCSR.
Suspecting that this feature might be a
ruse, 1 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 southern
California town and was in custody
l fastened thither. One glance at my
prisoner sent my heart into my boots. He
was not Tascott; though he resembled him
good family and we released him without
the satisfaction Of knowing for whom he
was suspected. 1t was the disappointment
Of my life.
We were all sure if we found the man
who signed the Winnipeg draft, whose de-
scription we had and upon whose trail we
then were, that we would have Tascott. l
will not say that 1 think Tascott is in that
country, but he may be. have other clues
of which am hopeful.