Evening star., 1893-11-24
REV. MIR. GAsTON ARREsrED
An intending Lfberian Emixrap
Charges Him With Swfndltup.

ie'' DehJainin GaSton, treasurer of the
Nauonal Emigration and Steamship Com
pany. has been arrested in New York on a
charge OF swindling, but the arrest appears
u nave been due to a business misunder-
s'aioihg. MI. Castor. who is engaged i'm
schefne 10 promote emigration of colored
people TO Liberia, has made his headouar-
'eis III this city for some time. He was
arrested yesterday at the Office of the
Airican steamship Company. % Cotton
exchange. on charge Of grand larceny.
Inc complainant is Elihu H. Belcher. a
negro living in Atlanta, Ca, who charges
Mr. CASTOR with swindling him out q, s.o
dr. CASTOR was arrested at the request of
the Atlanta police. When he was arraign-
cd In the Tombs police court Justice Mar
tln expressed a reluctance to hold him ON
'he strength OF the telegram from Atlanta
ana SAID that Il no further communication
was received he would be released
MI. Gaston, who was born In New Iersev
Aoout sixty-six' years ago. has been a citi-
zen Oh Liper1a and pastor Of a Baptist mis-
sion al Grand Basso. in that country. for
many years. About two years ago he was
commissioner by the Liberian Immigrant
association. OF which President Cheese
man Is the head official to come to tbis
SSountry IN the interest of that association
he
south, where Liberian emigration 10. -
are constituted in Atlanta, Chattanooga
ana other cities. Arrangements had nre-
.iousy peen made with the owners of the
Airlcan steamship Company to send 2O
colored emigrants direct 10 Iiher,a go
savannah Tor $4,000 This sum was to have
peen collected by subscription from the in
'endlng emigrants and others.
commissioner Castor failed howevar 70
secure more than 5000, SO the direct -
steamship service had to be ahandoped
daston then decided to use the IS 600 i'm tha
transportation of thirty emigrants from
view 1ork TO the western coast of frica
py way OF Liverpool He accorIipgI,- -
ranged TO send these emigrants IN f,yar-
pool on the steamer Paris, to sail nax,
Mednesday, and he paid 5000 cash to EI.
49, Deps'er g, n q 90. and deposited the bal
ton bank. As Belcher, the comnlainanf
was not included in the thirty pronosaS 70
pe sent next "Wednesday he brought the
eNaise vi s"indnng against Mr.. CASTOR.
His Career I'm Thi. City,
Ihe colored divine was In this city sew
erai weeks endeavoring TO get some local
persons interested in the colonizinp
scheme. he talked about his company ON
all occasions and only about three weeks
ago he figured in the Police Court as !.
witness against colored woman and her
husband, against whom he had a CHARGE
husband. and when the Rev. CASTOR me-,
ner In south Washington he gave her en-
ployment as clerk and washerwoman Sha
went TO his room regularly and remained
tnere nights. He purchased her fine cIotb-
ing, ana the couple appeared in public To-
getner on many occasions His wife was
IN Liberia, and when in court he was aso
sufed that the news of his conduct wouId
never reach her. The woman who he ac-
ccsed OF having taken his watch and chain
ana money was acquitted and her husband
was also released. When in this CITY the
rev. castor had bank account of ahout
S,VU, and while his relations with ~
woman were not denied, 1t was eeneraiir
peneved that he was honest and in earnas,
ABOUT colonizing negroes. He left here
soon after the trial Of the case in the
Criminal Court ee
Sent to the Tombs
NEW YORK, Nov. 24.-Rey. DIR RAN
1amin CASTOR. the colored commissioner q,
emigration from Liberia, who was arrested
here yesterday, charged with sw,ndl,ng
was committed in the Tombs police court
tooay 10 await the arrival of an officer
from Atlanta, Ga. who is on his way here
with warrant for him.