The evening world., 1893-09-23
FROM PORT TO PORT.
Francis h. Weeks Found Nc
Safety in the Tropics.
Tired of Dodaisg Detectives He Ap.
pesls to ~ Lawyer.

While the representatives OF this Gov
are striving to coax the Gov
crnment OF Costa Rica to extend the
courtesy OF giving up to Detectives Won
Gcricht.n and Reilly the absconding
trustee and embezzler of 81 3oo. 100 OF the
funds OF widows and orphans, Francis
ii. Weeks. the story OF the trials OF
Weeks is coming Out
Weeks left the United States May
on a Boston fruit company steamship
from Philadelphia. 1t took him and a
female companion to Port Antonio, In
the island OF Jamaica. Weeks drove all
over the island. finally stopping at
Kingston. where he registered at the
Maple Grove Hotel and posed as an
American capitalist in search OF a good
business investment In the West Indian
coffee and cacao culture,
One day ..e announced tina he was
going by a coastinS steamer on a
tour around the island. Instead he
boarded a Royal Mail steamer sailing
for Heyti, 81 Thomas and Trinidad.
zuela. He returned to Port of Spain.
Trinidad. and took a French steamship
to La Guayra, Venezuela. He passed
two weeks at la Guayra and Caracas.
the capital. taking sea baths at Ma
cuto and visiting. the fortifcations,
mountains and coffee plantatio and
speHulnR money Tlknt royalty.
At Caracas Gen. Bressler. a young
American on President Crespo's stan,
introduced Weeks to the clubs and So
ciety. Weeks still posing as an Ameri-
can capitalist this time proposing to
Weeks got interested in a rich iron
nine at the mouth OF the Orinoco
through ar introduction TO an Italian
about 10 visit the mine when George
:. Railison. an English drummer for "A
sheffield cutlery house. appeared on the
sIene, he had seen the tall stou!
startling, announcement, that he be-
iisyed this w. H. Weeks" was the
tive" sIoken OF in an American news
paper that reached Jamaica the day
mat the capitalist left there.
The fugitives got wind Of the drum
day was on for La Guayra and thence
to Panama, where. or jun 81. Mr.. and
Mrs. Francis H., Weeks, of New York,
registered at the Grand Hotel. and
1t was from here that Weeks sent
those cable messages to New York. the
receipt OF which was s~trenuously de-
nied at the time. He grew confidential
Der, OF the Grand Hotel, tina he had
fed from New York 40 escape punish
ment for losing trust moneys In unfor-
tunhte W Ill street speculation.
He told Mr.. Schuber that he had to
choose between n prison cell. suicide
and flight, and had decided upon flight.
He said he had been lodging New York
detectives for six weeks in the West
Indies. and wanted a lawyer.
He was referred to Pablo Arosemena,
attorney for the Panama Railroad Com
pany. who advised him to 20 to Costa
Rica, which had no extradition treaty
, with the United States. and II liz said
that the lawyer got 5000 OF the 500,
900 In Weeks's heavy trunk for the ad-
vice.
Weeks left the hotel. ordering his bag.
gage sent to the pier of the Gillian
steamer bound for Valparaiso. Hs
stopped the truckman on the way and
old him to take the baggage to thu
Pacific Mail pier. There he bought pas
sage for himself and wife to San Fran
cisco on the steamship Costa Rica, blu
left the vessel at Puntas Arenas. Costs
Rica.
Later he sailed for Honduras. but tn,
yellow fever epidemic Mt Amapola sem
him to Nicaragua, from where he wen
to a Jose. Costa Rica.
Here he was recognized and PLACED
under surveillance, as The Evening
World" WAS first to announce.
From all the places where Weeks ha,
been comes the statement that he was
a model gentleman In his behavior
temperate and quiet in his habits. HI
neither gambled nor played billiards
and took no wine. even with his meals