The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-06-18
PREACHER REAMs MUST RETURN.



Detective Bolton Rogers. who has been
assisting Sheriff c. A. H. Warield. of Mer-
ced county. CAL, at Victoria in the case OF
Rev. A. +. Reams, alias Furlong. who is
wanted at MERGED on the charge OF abduct-
ing pretty Lucy Rucker. the organist OF
his church, returned to the city for a short
time last night on the steamer Umatilla.
He states positively that Rev. Mr.. Reams
will have to face his former friends and
Pensioners, Notwithstanding his efforts
to avoid extradition.
ut seems that Reams does not deny his
guilt, but places the blame on his wife,
who is also q ute young. The minister is
making his legal fight on the point that
the Canadian law fixes the age Of alb
duction at Is. while in California it is Is.
The girl at the time Of tho arrest stated
that she was IS. thus placing her outside
the limits of the Canadian law. The father
Of the girl, however, is on the way to Vic
toria with certified copies of the county
records to show that she will not be l6 I'M
til next September. This evidence will go
great way toward settling the matter and
facilitating the granting of the extradition
papers at Ottawa. State papers are on the
way from Sacramento to Washington City.
and from there the national papers will be
sent to the Canadian capital for action.
EYES," said Detective Rogers last night,
- his keen eye showed that light Of de-
termination so familiar to criminals when
he was chief Of police here. ''the Rev.
Reams will have to give up the battle and
return to California. He practically adj
mits his crime, out is such a coward that
he fears to face the people Of the town
where he has done SO much to be censured
for. l simply went to Victoria to assist
Sheriff Warficld, and must say that We
owe great deal to the provincial officers
for their courtesy and assistance. The
sheriff left Sacramento with state extradi-
tion papers to the governor Of Washing
ton, having been informed that Rev.
Reams and his pretty companion were in
Tacoma. In fact. l believe they were at
that time. but left, and after passing
through Seattle, went direct to Victoria.
While on the way the sheriff received in
formation that his people had gone to
Victoria. and wired back TO Sacramento
tor national extradition papers. lie ar
rived in this city last Wednesday and
asked mo to go with him to Victoria.
When We reached there we found that
Realms had secured the services of Yates
& Taylor, prominent attorneys. and in
tended to fight the case on the ground
that the girl was Is. and therefore as the
Canadian law made the age of abduction
l6, there was no abduction at all.
Tine law is interpreted at Victoria in this
case according to the Canadian statutes
notwithstanding the offense was COM
mitted in California. The sheriff engaged
the services Of Attorney Lindsey Crease, Q
son Of one Of the supreme court judges,
and then We visited Superintendent Of
Police Sheppard. From that time on the
chief practically gave ur his time to the
case and assisted US in o thousand ways.
The next morning we visited Reams in the
provincial Jail and were given all the
privileges that could be asked for. The
preacher did not dcnv that he beat his
wife at MERGED the morning Of the day he
ran away with Miss Rucker. but claimed
that she was 10 blame. having called him
q name which would not look well in
print. He told the sheriff that he did not
want to return as he was afraid Of the
mob that would receive him. He seems
to think his life will be taken when he
reaches MERGED. The sheriff gave him
every opportunity to return, but he pre-
ferred to cause all the trouble possible and
delay the process. We learned from some
of the officials who had charge Of him that
he was very anxious To find some Law that
would compel the sheriff TO surround him
with eight or ten men during his future
journey to California.