Morning journal and courier., 1894-01-05
wHITFIRLD IN THE TOLLS.

Detective COWles Arrives Homo From
 Detroit With His Prisoner-Vhit.
 field Charged With FOrgery-Upon His Arrival at the Lookup He Threatened to Commit Suicide.
 eff am looked up in . cell where can- | not talk to anyone you will have to keep close watch on me all night for will sure- ly commit suicide" This threat was sl- most the first utterance of George Whit field, who was brought to this city yester- day from Detroit by Detective Cowles, after his arrival at police headquarters In this city yesterday afternoon.
 Whitfield is wanted in this oity to answer to the charge of uttsring forged checks upon Brown & Durham of this city to the amount of $25, of passing . forged check upon Rev. John 0. Collins, and de- frauding the New Haven house of several days' board and lodging. Recently Whit field was located in Detroit, Mioh., and arrested on complaint of the local police authorities and Detective Cowlss sent west to bring him to this city. The detective ! arrived in this city about 5:3O o'clock last evening with his prisoner, and after he had been thoroughly searched was placed in . ! cell on the upper tier in the lookup. It was when he was told that he was about to | be placed in Q cell that he uttered the l threat with which this article commences. As soon as Whitfield had uttered this | immediately ordered . thorough search of him to be made, and Signal Officer Began made thorough research, but failed to discover anything with which Whitfield could put his threat into execution. Whit field was then given some newspapers and periodicals which he had brought with him and incarcerated in cell without any further comment.
 Whitfield at the time of his apprehen- sion was posing at the Hotel Wayne in Detroit ss man of means, and setting up champagne and wines to the people with whom he succeeded in ingratiating him self. He is about twenty-seven years old and when arrested was about to skip his bill at the hotel. At first Whitfield agreed to come back without requisition papers, but later refused to do SO unless Detective | Cowles would agree to bring him back by way of Canada. Whitfeld's object in this was apparent, it being his intention az soon as he got out of the boundsries of the United States government to give Detec- tive Cowles the slip, and as he was in q foreign country, refuse to come without @ requisition.
 But Detective Cowlea was too sharp for him and although he allowed Whitfield to think that he was going to bring him
 back via Canada was careful to keep him
 within the jurisdiction of the United
 States government, even though by doing
 go he was obliged to take 8 longer route
 home and travel 160 miles out of his way.
 In consequence of this Detective Cowlee
 and his prisoner were obliged to travel
 over 300 miles and reach New Haven viz
 Detroit, Toledo, Sandusky, Cleveland,
 Erie, Pa Buffalo and Albany.
 Upon his arrival at police headquarters
 last evening, Detective Cowles, after de
 livering over his prisoner, went immediate
 ly home ss be was completely worn out
 not having closed his eyes in sleep fo,
 three days and nights. After his inesrcer.
 ation Whitfield expressed sincere regret
 that he had been brought back 90 easily
 and asked the signal officer to send fol
 Rev. John O. Collins so that he could get
 him to give bonds for him. It is needless
 to say that Rev. MT. Collins did not grant
 him any such favor. Whitfield will be ar
 raigned in the city court this morning, but
 his case will probably be continued unti
 later. He has been victimising @ number
 of people and his capture is regarded by
 the police as an important one.