New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-30
SEELY SAID TO BE AFE.
THE DEFAULTING BANK CLERK PROB
ABLY IN CANADA.
t1,s COUNSEL DECLARES THAT HIS OFFENCE IS
NOT EXTRADITABLE AND THAT THE
LAW CANNOT TOUCH HIM.

NOT EYTRADITABLE AND THAT THE
LAW CANNOT TOUCH HIM.
"sae,v will eat his Thanksgiving dinner In Can
ada " was the remark made yesterday by detec-
tive who has been engaged In the search Tor SamueI
C. Seey the bookkeeper who aided In the inert oi
1854 900 from the National Shoe and Leather Bank.
How DO you know that?' the detective was
asked. ~
Because" he replied. "Seely's counsel In this
ctv has received a letter mailed from Canada, and
the address on the envelope was in Seeiys hano-
writing"
Frank w. Angel the lawyer. at No lOS Futon-st.,
IL Seely's counsel. 1t was to him that Seely mace
a confession before running away. Before the oahK
robbery made public, Mr.. Anger went 10 'he
han, and told the directors how the money had
been drawn out by Frederick Baker. and now Seeiy
had kept Bakers balance good by mixing up 'he
accounts. Detectives were sent 10 arrest baher a'
his home at Sands Point. but when they got there
they learned that Bakers lifeess body had Deeh
found in the water Mr. Angel has said that BAKER
got a bold on Seey through mistake which Seeiy
had made in his account at the BANK ana theh
compelled Scey on changing the accounts
According to Mr.. Angels statement Seeiy got oh's
sl1 600 OF the enormous that was stolen from
the bank.
Mr. Angel was in his office for short time
Yesterday and he refused to say il he had heard
directly from Seely. II Seely was In Cahaua' ou'
what he d.d say nearly amounted 10 an aul''sS'o,
that Seely was safely out OF the country ana couu
not be brought back by extradition proceedings
He denied that there any truth in the recent
talk about n compromise, by which the Fugitive
hookkeeper would return and assist the bank 70 re-
cover some of the stolen money from the estate VI
Baker upon a promise of immunity from Hnpr'Soii-
ment.
"rt would he compounding felony to make such
4 compromise" said the lawyer. "and there ~ 10
| ground for such a report. The bank people nave
| made their charges and they will have to stahd
| bv them. have not any OF the officers OF 'he
| bank since Saturday. and have had no commuh'ca-
tion with them
"Wil Seely surrender" he was asked
81 must decline to answer that he replied
Has Seely written to you from Cahaoa'
81 decline to answer
We'll Is Seey In Canada?
''You may make your own inferences' oeei'
case comes under Section 5,N9 OF the he'iSe"
| Statutes of the United States because ne Haue
! alterations in the accounts OF National DAM
| Under that section he committed a misdemeanor
| uhtch 20 NOT an extraditable crime. Seely can
walk the streets Of Toronto or Montreal as saieiy
| as John c. Emo did for years.
is not an effort being made to have Seeiy IN
dlcted for forgery under the State law? .. hu, 4,
| they succeed and bring him here they VIII rha oe
beaten when The case ge1s G N 'T tSe .s Revised
| Oficers OF the National Shoe and Leather Bank
| and several central ONCE detectives were at the
District Attorneys Office on Wednesday trying TO
| have seely Indicted under the State law Inc case case
VAS not laid before the Grand Jury, as Colonel
Fellows wanted some time to examine the law
| Assstant District Attorney Lindsay said: -
II is s,ill an open question whether the state
courts have jurisdiction IN a ease %hete h an s,oen
funds OF the institution In the cases S aganss nds
John Emo this matter was brought up omr amu de-
c!Ged that the State courts had no jurisdiction III
To n,' the supreme Court OF the United states and
only time ago In the octoDsr terii .u !,
.Jndee wallace had been at fault in deciding the
question at all until the highest court OF the STATE
That decision leaves il open question still ana
II viii be necessary 10 have test ease orlore IN w.
whether the S,ely dedication shall be made de-, the
subject Of such test II II s t9sn SeJs sssioDs m.i
or the court Of oyer and rermner. an apI,ea taken
The Court Of Appeals II the higher courts sustain
th. conviction in the lower court then the matter
the United States.
Superintendent Byrnes and Inspector Mclaughlin
| talked together about Seely's yesterday at
Police Headquarters. but they would not admit
| that they knew that Seely was In Canada
| There was further overhauing OF Bakers ac-
| counts Yesterday in his office at No 200 Broadway.
puney & Bishop the counsel for the sr badS "e5 .be
counsel for the Baker family. and Frederick r.
Baker present also Several hours were spent
| said they had failed to find anything In them TO
show ae D9 prsed Tn by tha nf 0 Il had
evident that Baker had carefully destroyed roy all
checks books and papers which related TO MS opera
| lions at the bank Mr. Ogden said that the will OF
the dead LAWYER might be read today ~ ana ma Its Is
| The vault of the National Park Bank. in the name
| OF Baker and his wife. might be opened aso ne ne
| said If Mrs Baker could be present. MI ogden
| declared that the more he examined into Baker
| affairs the more certain he was that SeeIy had
| several confederates In the work or robbng the
| hank but he would not mention any names
| Counsel for the bank have had searches made
| regarding the property In the names or members or
| The Baker family in Queens county. with the ev-
| EFFORT 70 recover money stolen from the bank.