The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-29
COLEMAN TO BE HARD TO GET.
EXTRADIFON on A CHARGE OF FOR
gerry NOT PROBABLE.

lie Used "A Rubber Stamp Instead OF
Writing the Genuine COleman's
Name With a Pen and Initiating
His Signature-GOv. Atkinson Is
sues a Requisftion and IL Is For
warded 90 Washington-The APP
plicntiOn Made by the Solicitor
General of Emanuel County.
Atlanta, Ca, March 2s.-This morning
Gov. Atkinson received an application
from Frank H. burden. solicitor of the
county court OF Emanuel county. asking
that he issue requisition for the return
of Diamond joe" or ]. c. Coleman,
alias Henry Smith, alias E. jackson.
alias r. L. Miller. the Swainsboro swind-
Ter, now under arrest in Canada.
Mr.. burden states that the expenses of
the trip will be borne by Emanuel county
and suggests that Deputy Sheriff George
S. Rountree is a suitable person to bring
the fugitive back.
Gov. Atkinson issued the requisition and
it was forwarded to Washington to-day.
as extradition papers, when the fugi-
tive is out of the country. must be issued
by the federal government.
The charge specified in the applica-
tion for extradition is forgery, but there
is a strong doubt as to whether the
swindler can be brought back to Geor-
gia to face the jewelers. of Atlanta. Au-
gusta, Savannah and Macon, whom he
looted to the extent of about 5000. When
a criminal once gets across the line into
Canada 1t is a very hard matter to get
him back again. Under the requirements
of the Canadian law a prima facie case
must be made out against the party sought
to be extradited before the requisition
will be honored. In this case, while the
man did his swindllng by the use of the
name of J. c. Coleman. a wealthy NOR
chant of Swainsboro, yet he did not sign
his name to papers, but merely stamped
II in printed letters on his bogus orders.
He did not attempt to counterfeit the
real Coleman's signature by using an
autograph stamp. For these reasons the
Canadian authorities may refuse to ex-
tradite him. and there is serious doubt
whether he could be convicted after he
is here. Secretary Gresham may decline
to order the acquisitions on the same
ground.
The man is wanted IN other states Tor MS
swindnng operations, however. and it is
likely that If Gov. Atkinson should fail
to get him he will be secured for some
of his other operations. 1t appears. how
ever, that he has already committed
some sort of an offense in Canada and
will have to answer the authorities there
before he is turned over to anybody in
this country. Diamond Joe" is one of
the shrewdest criminals who ever oper-
ated in this country. He must have sutfl-
cient booty to enable him to resist extra
dition to the last ditch, and, being a
shrewd one, he will doubtless take ad-
vantage of every loophole of the law.
Toronto, Ont. March ga. Roths-
child, alias F. Hutton the diamond swind-
Ter, arrested at St. Mary's, Ont, on
Saturday last, appeared in Police court
this morning and was again remanded at
the request Of the prosecution. F. j.
Dodge, a detective representing the Wells
Fargo Express Company, arrived here to-
day and began proceedings for the extra
dition Of the prisoner. If Rothschild will
consent to extradition the proceedings
against him here will be dropped.