The evening world., 1893-10-25
WEEKS SAILST TO-DAY.
II Is Not Credited that Reilly Il
in New Orleans.
Precautions to Prevent Rescue oi
the Prisoner.
To BE Delivered TO Detectives at
the Wharf In Llmon.

A great deal of surprise and no end
Of conjecture was occasioned this morn
Ing by the announcement that Detective
Phil" Reilly, who. with Detective
Jake Won Gerichten. was sent to
Costa Rica to bring back the fugitive
embezzler. Francis II. Weeks. had ar
RI, Ell at New Orleans, and had left that
city for New York last night.
The news came from New Orleans in
an alleged interview with the detective.
which was published in the morning
newspapers.
Assistant DIstrict-Attorney John d.
Lin6say declared that the story was
either n fake or else some person OF a
humorous turn of mind had imposed
uron the Crescent City reporters.
Mr.. Reilly, he said, had telegraphed
from Costa Rica last Thursday that he
and an von Gerichten @ ~ would leave with
supt. Byrnes declined to talk about
the matter. He said he was not at
liberty just now to give out any In
The story Of Mr.. Reilly's return. how
ever. is generally discredited about the
District-Attorney's office.
for the extradition Of the embezzler
miscarry, and that possibility Is very
remote. he will be behind prison bars
IN tnlS CITY early next week.
Rumors calculated to arouse grave sus-
plcions that the fugitive might he forci-
bly, rescued from the Government offi-
cials OF Costa Rlca on the way from his
from whence he is to sail to-day. have
reached the authorities in this city at
various times and through various chan
nsls eTt the idea Of S,1o ;uen rescue was
The journey from San Jose to Port
Limon. according to the latest advices
from Costa Rica. will be made by .spe-
a secret to all save the Government and
railroad officials and a few others d.
rectly interested. An armed force Of
sodsI' sIGsn to rssss s a. any sent
the prisoner will accompany the train
and will guard the prisoner on the jour
ney from the station TO the wharf,
in waiting to transport him to New Or
leans.
1t is not expected that there will be
any dificIlty on this score, howevsr, as
embezzler IL said to be mainly Of a SEN
timental character with little. II any,
dangerous elements.
viii receive Weeks from the Costa
Rican authorities at the wharf. and the
vessel Will at once weigh anchor and
start t., on a,.l the voyage to New New Orleans ms,
considered likely that any attempt will
be made to interrupt her passage into
Aside from forcible resistance to the
other possibility of delay. Yesterday
courts for a writ OF habeas corpus fol
the. purpose he alleges. Of having ths
action Of the Government reviewed b,
the court to which the application wa,
made. II the application Is granted q
delay of several days. at least. is iney
table. At all events. some time vii
L It is t'T not IiReiy that Il viii fnterters wlti
the. sailing Of the prisoner with his Gus
| todians to-day.
Weeks. according to reliable advice'
fr1 costa =; KrS to take fa
or rather his wife. is well supplied witt
80 far. and the Government having is
sued a decree. It, is not considere.
prove of much avail at this stage Of tn
proceedings.
Since her husbands Incarceration n
San Jose, Mrs. Weeks is reported 4
barring Brothers. London bankers. an,
also check upon the. same house 70
SlO,OOO to the order OF Weeks's attor
ney. Don Mauro Fernandez. This fac
embezziers victims that he has mad
over all his available funds and asset
| to his wife, and they are now deposite,
In her name where his creditors canno
Mrs. Weeks will not return to tn
United States with her husband. 1t l
said that she will go to London to ar
range some financial matters, and vii
then return to New York and endeavo
bands creditors BY paying a pereentaE
of the claims. and thus secure a nofl
pros. in the cases against him.