Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-05-24
0'BRIEN, THE HUNBNEEL
Caught at Havre. But Gets
 Away Again.
HE HAD SAILED FROM NEW ORLEANS

Arrested as He Was Leaving the Steamer
 No Details as to How He Escaped, BuA n
 as Thought That tho French DetectivaA
 Wore BrIbed.
 E LONDON, May 24.--A dispatch was re- eeived here yesterday from Havre, ntating that the French police had cap- Sured Thomas o'Brien, the American bunco man, as he was quietly dipping ashore from the steamship Marseille, which had arrived from New Orleans. Shortly after another message came say ing that O'Brien had once more succeed Sd in making his escape and had diSap- peared, no one knew where.
 There is little doubt that Q companion of the bunco steerer, O'Brien, bribed the detectives who had charge of O'BrIen to let him get away. Officers from Scot land Yard were preparing to go to Havre to identify O'Brien when news arrived that he had escaped. The commissary of police at Hayre is greatly stirred mp on account of O'Brien having got away, and he hasnot only called all hia subor- dinates to account, but has telegRaphed to every port in France . description of the man.
 A Havre dispatch says that 1t is eer- tain that O'Brien has not got away on any of the railway trains, and the police there believe that he must have gone on board @ steamer or other vessel just starting for Q port along the coast or for Great Britain. The French police think that he will try to make his way to Bor- deaux and thence to South America.
 The police of Gravesend, Dover, and detectives from Scotland Yard are out watching for O'Brien, who is expected to land on the English coast. The American Legation has made special ef- forts to secure his capture, and 1t is safe to say that O'Brien cannot land any where on the southern coast of Eng land, or at any considerable port in the United Kingdom, without being arrested immediately.
 Police Inspector Roberts of Gravesend and Sergeant Rowland of Scotland Yard went out on 8 launch and stopped land boarded the Messageries steamer Fibre on which it was thought, O'Brien had fled from France. They went through every part of the steamer from stem to stern, but found no trace of the fugitive. A description of O'Brien has boen sent to every town in England.
 O'Brien was taken at Havre while leav- ing the steamer Marsellie, which left New Orleans on May for HAvre and Antwerp. The fugitive tried to leave the steamer with Cn cargo when no WAS oeIecIoo and cap rcd. ar
 The French police appear to have been on the lookout for him, and one of their best detectives was watching at the wharf.
 O'Brien appeared to have waited on board until all was quiet before attempt ing to go Ihore. He tried to leave in the confusion attending the removal of the cargo, and would have escaped, but for the fact that a watch had been left at the steamer with instructions to keep c close lookout for him. .... It is said that on the way over some of O'Brien's actions led the crew to suspect that they had an escaped criminal | of some importance on board, and | it is also stated that Q hint was given to the police authorities at Havre upon the arrival of the vessel.
 O'Brien was greatly taken aback by his capture, and inquired if the new ex- tradition treaty between France and the United States, of which it appears he knew something, had yet gone into eff feet.
 As the French officers were able to speak some English they informed | O'Brien that the treaty had not been approved, according to their informa. l ton.
 O'Brien seemed to be very much re- | heved.
 Upon being taken to the headquarterE of the police in Havre he was at once sub jected to the anthropometrical system { of measurement, in order that, if he es- capped again, he might be readily recog niEed, at least in France.
 O'Brien submitted in good grace after first protesting; that an American citizen should not be subjected to the indignity5 of having his toe nails meas ured and calves inspected by inquisitive foreigners.
 The French police were surprised at his gentIsmanly -ppearance and hnt physique, and Aaid that he was fal superior in every way to the ordinary English criminals who occasionally fel
 into the hands of the Havre authorities
 Apart from taking the prisoner measurement and keeping him in thI most vigilant charge, they treated hin with every consideration.