The morning call., 1893-08-20

suspect that it was not all right.
Among other things he had given Gordon
$500, 900 in cash. He decided to get the
money and stocks back and dd So Dy
having some one go at once 10 GOrunh
hotel and charge him with arrest unless IL
was delivered at once. Gordon h2nued
back the $500, 900. but Gould had, think,
to bring the matter before the courts be-
fore he could get The balance. The expose
of this sensation was published in the
Scotch newspapers, and one OF the jewel
ers. named Smith. who had been swlndied
by Lord Giencairn. wondered II this Lord
Gordon was not the same man who had
swindled him. Gould tried to get photo
graph of Gordon TO send over to Smith
but Gordon would not be photographed.
and Jay Gould had the jeweler come to
the United States, and he identlned LORD
Gordon as the so-called Lord Glencairn.
Seeing that he was caught. Gordon jumped
the bail and took refuge in Manitoba. and
it was here that l came in connection with
him."
where did you catch him?" / asked.
IL had posse of men," replied Bracket,
"and had warrants for his arrest. / was
then Mayor of Minneapolis. 1t was long
about the I'd of July, 1873, when went up
to Winnipeg after Gordon. We found
him on what is now American soil and
arrested him. He refused to go with US at
first. but we captured him and were carry
ing him away when some of his friends in
Winnipeg, who thought he was bona
fide English Lord, came across the border
after us and arrested our men and released
him. One of these men was Fletcher.
After short time they released me, hut
held the others. They treated these
Americans very roughly, leading them in
irons through the streets, and giving them
the poorest accomm oda atoms in the Jail.
Fletcher was not we'll. and the prison
treatment brought his health into such a
state that he feared he was going TO die.
and he sent telegram home which read
as follows:
Come quick. Am in Il OF fix.
FLETCHER.
This created great laughter in Mime:
apolis and Fletcher got the nickname OF
'Hell-of-a-fx Fletcher L don't DeuleVe
that he likes the nickname and you hau
better drop il out OF your story. -
Well" continued Mr.. Brackett, II
went back to Minneapolis and then on to
Washington to see about their release. l
visited General Grant at Long Brancn.
He looked to the case and told me that
the Americans must be protected even II
he had to send an army there to do lt. L
had number of interviews with Hamll-
ton Fish, who was then Secretary OF State,
and the matter was discussed by President
Grant and his Cabinet. The War Depart
ment ordered that the forts be made
ready for action along the frontier to re-
siSt any raid that might he made from
Canada. 1t was desirable, however, TO settle
the matter without international cOmDlica-
tionS, and l went to Ottawa and called on
the Hon. John Macdonald. He saw the
injustic OF the arrest and telegraph the
authorities at Winnipeg TO release the
Americans. This telegram settled it and
Fletcher and the rest came back home.
Gordon remained in Man ito ba for a time,
but about year after this he was arrested
on a warrant from these Scotch jewellers.
He looked at the warrant and said that ii
was all right, but that he wanted first tn
put on some warmer clothes before going
with them. He then went into a bedroom,
picked Cp loaded pistol from a bureau
and shot himself in the head. He died
almost instantly. When he was searched
he had only 81 cents left in his pocket
His geins from his swindlings amounted
to fortunes, but he lived nigh aud in the
end he had nothing"
FRANK G. CARPENTER.