The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-12-16
The EVIL that men Do.
IS Liable to Follow Them Across
the Waters Of tho
Ocean.
Case OF William Henry Hurlbert
Or Wilfred Murray, and
Gladys Evelyn.
bert, He Being Charged Wtth Perjury
Disappears From View.

LONDON. Dec. ia special detective
from Scotland Yard named Baker landed
in New York with . warranu for tho arrest
OF William Henry Hurlbert on 4 charge oil
prejury under the extradition laws.
This famous case has now assumed a
phase which brings it into the sphere OF
diplomacy. The Bow street warrants fol-
Mr.. Hurlbert we're operative only in Groat
Britain, but Sir Augustus Stephenson,
solicitor to the treasusy and public prosecu-
tor, was 10 incensed at what he believed to
be an audacious attempt to defeat the ends
of Justice in the GLADYS Evelyn case, that
he made strong representation to the under
secretary OF state for foreign affairs, point
ing out If ever a man deserved prosecution
for preiury that man WAS William Henry
Hurlbert.
He also called the attention of the foreign
Office to the fact that by the extradition
convention signed in Washington on July
IL. 1883, perjury or s~ubornation Of perjury
were among the the crimes included in ex-
traditabls ~offenses a between Great Britain
and theJJnitcd States. Further than this,
the public prosecutor, in his official
capacity, made a demand upon the foreign
Office for the surrender of Mr.. Hurlbert
under this extradition treaty.
The foreign Office thereupon entered into
correspondence with Henry White, who is
in charge Of the American legation during
Minister Lincoln's holiday on the conti-
nent. Mr.. White was asked whether there WAS
n reason why the necessary steps should
not be taken towards bringing Mr.. Hurlbert
to Justice. Mr.. Whites reply was appar-
emily q negative, for on Sunday, Nov. %,
three days after the news Of tho Bow street
warrant he'd been published, an important
council was specially called al the foreign
Office, which was attended by representa-
tives Of the foreign Office, the treasury and
the home Office. 1t was then and there de-
cided that q demand should be made upon
Secretary Blaine for the surrender of Mr..
Hurlbert.
Scotland Yard was instr ucted that same
night, and Inspector Greenham was sug-
gested for the'task Of going to Warrington
further consideration it was thought that
the selection Of suoh q we'll known dstec-
tive as Greenham would give away the
game, and that Mr.. Hurlbert would thus
escape to some country whore perjury is
not extraditabls. II was finally, resolved
that Detective Baker. a man little known
in big cases, should be selected for this
work. Baker sailed from Queenstown last
week and is now in New York.
For the last ton days Mr.. Hurlbsrt's
movements in America have been Swallowed
by secret service men representing Scot
land Yard. who have reported every twelve
hours by cable direct to headquarters.
Three women have come forward who
have produced written documents purport-
ing to come from Wilfred. Murray, but
which the Scotland Yard officials claim they
can prove were written by Mr.. Hurlbert,
and which no ingenuity on his part will
enable him to wiggle out Of. Those letters
have been com pared by the best experts on
handwriting in England with the indecent
letters sent to Gladys Evelyn; also with
other letters known to have been in Mr..
some of the leading mon in England. The
experts are unanimous that the writing is
by the same person. These three women
also recognize Mr.. Hurlbert's photograph
as that of a man who passed himself off az
Wilfred Murray.
Further charges nave been made against
Mr.. Hurlbert of a nature too grave for pub
location, but for the present the public
prosecutor is combining the case to the
charge of willful and corrupt perjury. be-
lieving that charge ample to insure Mr..
Hurlbert's extradition.
Among the prominent men who will be
associated with Mr.. Hurlbert. if his bust
ness transactions are dragged into court, ia
the Comte do Paris. who aided the publ
cation of Mr.. Hurlbert's recent book, urp-
ing the abolition of the French republic
and the restoration Of the monarchy, It is
impossible to predict what revelations will
be forthcoming. or how many prominent
people will be brought to Justice in an Eng
fish court, but this much remains certain.
the public prosecutor will got him here if
he can.