Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-10-08
HIS CRIME IS KNOWN
Defiance Charged With Abduc-
ton Of Peuien.
WHOLE PLOT LAID BARE
Put Up the dob and Wrote Isssser<
swiadied Kalamazoo Bank--wiu
he Arr.sgned Monday.

DETRofr, Mich. Oct Sfonswail j.
Defrancn will not be given up % the
Minnesota officers lie will be arraigned
here Monday on the charge Of abduction
as being one Of the chief eonspirators In
the Perrien sensation II - said the
officers will be able 20 prove he vas
tho iustigator of the Perrien abduction.
Early this morning Defranoe vas
taken from bis cell from the Grand
River avenue station heavily ironcd,
under the direction ~ Sergeant High.
and taken directly 20 the central station
where he was fully identified by j. n.
Wagner. president of the First National
bank IL Kalamazoo, and Sheriff tosburg
of the same county, as the man who on
November -. 1891. swindied that bank
out of 5000 on a forged New York draft
for 1890 in exactly the same manner
as the Minnesota banks were swindled
later. lie was then taken down stairs
and locked up in cell where all visitors
were refused admittsncc. The police
department and the prosecuting attor-
ney are in q state of intense excitement.
They believe that the Perrien mystery
Will now bt eoitra anu ttathi " .-es y
abundant evidence upon which 10 base
such belief
Whole Plot Laid hare.
There is no longer any room for doubt
that the details 81 the whole plot has
been placed in their possession within
the last few weeks. and that the arrest
OF Defrance is the first result of that
important information. Others who are
implicated are being closely shadowed,
and their arrest IL. liable 10 occur al any
moment To hun, and associate. Is cred
tied the laying OF the plans. the writing
OF the note which iured Perrien from
his home. aud the arrangemen; u all
the details
Ii is now plain that not for a moment
have the Detroit officials intended 20
lose sight OF Defrance. or allow him to
be taken from the city. until he had been
arraigned for completely In the Perrien
abduction. The Minnesota charges
came simply as a fortunate means 10
accomplish a desired end. Ii is even
hinted now that Defrance himself
drove the coupe in which Perrien was
spirited away.
Defrance was kept quietly in his
cell at the central station until 4 o'clock
this afternoon. when he WAS returned 10
the Grand River avenue station. Dur
ing his stay at headquarters. however.
Prosecutor Fraser and Superintendent
Starkweathcr had long conference
with him and both expressed themselves
highly pleased with the results OF the
interview.
Defrance Told Many stories.
Defrance has told variety of stories
as to the way in which he became rich.
To his former business associates. who
knew him a. an insurance fnan Of mod
est means. be told story of speculation.
He said he was sitting in the corridor OF
a New York hotel when be overheard
two men talking Of chance 20 make
big money off pine land deal in the
south. lie represented himself 10 them
as a pine land owner and tried 10 sell
them some land he pretended Ia own.
In that he said he learned of the loca-
tion OF the property they had referred
To in their conversation. Defrancc said
he was dead broke at the time but he
worked his way south 10y hook or crook.
arrived at the town aud put up at the
best hotel in the place. The first thing
he did was 10 secure an option on the
property the New Workers intended Ia
hay. In few days they came. found
him in possession and gave ham $4,000
for his option. To his neighbors on Joy
street he told different story. lie ac.
counted for his sudden riches 10y saying
that wealthy relative bad died in the
east leaving hlm the heir to large
estate