The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-08-20

was delivered nj once. Gordon handed
ossx tse saA. Go. but Gouid had. think,
% oFIag the matffr before the courts be-
lsse pc could get the ba2anee. The expose
g THIS sensation vas published in the
/ 1eosen neEspapers. and one OF the jewel
srs, named smith. who had been sxfndIrd
% iord GienEasrn. wondered IL this Lord
1olaon Was not the same man xho swim
osea him. Goaid tried 20 get phoso-
grapa OF Gordon &c send over to Smith.
o1s Iogdon Eoutd not be photographed,
sfa J ~ gouid had the feweler come 10 the
hsiea states. and he identified Lord Cor
aoh zs the so-eaiied Lord Giencairn- See
ing that he Eas caught Gordon jumped his
bali ana TOOK refuge in Manitoba and it
was here that came in connection with
him. y
Where did ron catch him ~ asked
Dad posse OF men," replied Rrack-
ets and had warrants for his arrest. 1
was then mayor of Minneapolis Ii was
long about the I'd of Jnsr. ISIS. when
eent ~ to Wisnepeg after Gordon We
found hsfn on what i now American soil
and arrested him. He refused 70 20 wi;h
- a. nrst but xe captured him aud were
carrying him away when some Of his
issshos IN NinneDeg. who thought ne vas
bona noe English lord came across the
DorueT alter US and arrested our men and
released him. One OF these men was
fietener. After Short time they released
me but held shs others They treated
these Americans very roughly. leading
them In irons through the streets and CIV
ing them the poorest accommodations in
the Jaii- Fletcher was not WELL and the
prsson treatment bought his health into
such state that he feared he vas going 10
use, anu he sent telegram home which
read as follows:
Come quick. Am in hell of FIX.
FLETCHER
This created great laughter in Minnie
apolis, and Fletcher got the nickname Of
'Heil-of-a-hx-Fietcher.' | don't believe
that he likes the nickname, and you had
better drop IL out Of your story.
We'll. continued Mr. Bracket. II
went back TO Minneapolis and then on to
Washington TO see about their release |
visited Gen. Grant AZ Long Branch. He
looked into the case and told me that the
Americans must be protected even IL we
have TO send an army there to do IL
had number of interviews with Hamilton
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 ready for
action along the frontier to resist any raid
that might be made from Canada. II was
desirable. however. II possible without in
tern4tionai complications. and | went
TO Ottawa and called on the Hon.
John Macdonald. He saw the in
justice Of the arrest and telegraphed
the authorities at Winnipeg 10 release the
AMERICAN This telegram settled it, and
Fletcher and the rest came back home
Gordon remained in Manitoba for a time.
out about year after this he was arrested
on warrant from these Scotch jewelers..
He looked at the warrant and said that il
was all right. but that he wanted first to
put on some warmer clothes before going
with them. He then went into bed
room. picked up a 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 gains from his swindlings
amounted 10 fortunes, but he lived high,
and in the end had nothing
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