Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-11-28

While giving me credit for my escape,
he told me he did not purpose 70 have
me leave him again, and, having per
mission from the authorities, he or some
Of his men intended 70 keep me COM
pany night and day. OF course 1 re-
spected Curtin for his honest determina-
ton to do his duty. He really was an
altogether good fellow and showed me
-. -r'hle courtesy and consideration.
In fact, 49, st visit he brought me
letter from L.. ,org with box
Of cigars and LUl... - - Cn his
own account.
One Of his men, of the name of Perry,
used to sleep in my little room with me,
and every morning Curtin would relieve
him, remaining until dinner time. We
had many long talks on all sorts Of sub
jects, and he gave me many inside his
tories of famous criminal cases which
he had been engaged in. In time we be
came very good friends, and am happy
to state that Captain John Curtin Is to-
day we'll and hearty, prosperous man
and very generally respected by the citi
zens of San Francisco, where he lives.
About ten days after my arrival he
brought me New York Herald con-
tanning these dispatches:
Especial to New York Herald.
MADRID, April T. 1873.
The American ambassador, General Sickles,
has formally notified Senior CASTELAR, that the
American government will consent 10 the sur
render to the British government of Austin
Bidwell, now under arrest in Havana upon
charge of being concerned in the Bank of Eng
land forgery.
[Specisl TO New York Herald
LONDON, April l2, 1873.
To the great qualification of the authorities
here official confirmation Is given 10 the ru-
NOR that the Spanish government has CON
cluded 10 grant the extrndition OF Austin Bid
well, now under arrest in Havana. There
seems to be no doubt that Bidwell is the mys
terious Frederick Albert Warren and there Is
o very general curiosity TO see him. Many
conflicting stories have been published Of his
extraordinary escape and equally extraor-
dinary capture. The Times report had 1t that
he was mortally wounded and that he had on
his person when captured diamonds to an
enormous value, which had disappeared soon
after. Sergeants Hayden and Green OF the
Bow street force and Mr.. Good of the Bank of
England sail on the Java tomorrow TO escort
Bidwell to London.
So the web was closing in ON me. OF
my daily sad interviews with my wife
I will say nothing here. In due time
Green, Hayden and Good arrived and
were introduced to me- did not give
in, but made, by the aid Of my friends.
a hard fight to persuade the captain gen
eral to suspend the order for my deliv-
ery and succeeded for time.
At last, after many delays and many
plans, early one May morning l was
taken to the mouth of the harbor. There
the boat Of the English warship Vul-
ture was in waiting, and / was formally
transferred to the English government,
and Pinkerton, Curtin, Perry, Hayden
and Green went ON board with me.
Soon after she steamed out of the har-
bor Later in the day the Moselle, the
regular passenger steamer to Plymouth
and Southampton, came out, and about
ten miles out at sea was met by the Vul-
ture's boat, and 1 and my five guardians
were transferred to her.
At last was off for England, and 1t
looked very much as if justice would
weigh me in her balance after all, the
more certainly because found my wife
on the Moselle / had secretly resolved
never to be taken back, but intended the
first night out of Havana to jump over
board possibly with a cork jacket or
something to help keep me af1oat. The
waters of the gulf were warm, there
were many passing ships, and would
take my chance of surviving the night
ana being picked up. Bat very cleverly
Curtin decided to send my wife with
me and treat me like any other cabin
passenger, rightly divining would not
kill her by committing suicide or going
over the side on chances
I was we'll treated all the way over,
but every night my prayer was that we
might run on an iceberg or go down, so
that my wife might be spared long
years Of agony, and I the misery and
degradation Of prison life.
I had obtained position in Havana
for one Of my servants, but Num- was
returning with me, feeling very bad
and most unhappy over the sure pros
pect of my future misery. l was pleased
to think he had held on to the money
had given him. Altogether he was quite
o., 900 ahead, and wanted to make-it
| $5, ,Oo0 He certainly deserved it for his
constancy and affection.
One lovely June day we sailed into
Plymouth, there to land the mail and
such passengers as wanted TO take the
express to London. instructed my wife
to go to southampton, while I went
ashore with my guardians.
From the London Times. June 10,
1878:
"Among the passengers who landed
at Plymouth yesterday morning from
the royal mail steamer Moselle was
Austin Bidweil. otherwise F. A. War
rem, in charge Of Detective Sergeants
Michael Hayden and William Green. ac-
companied by Captain John Curtin and
Walter Perry Of Mr.. Pinkerton's staff.
They were joined by Inspector Wallace
and Detective Sergeant William Moss OF
lhe city police, who had come down from
London the previous night to meet the
| steamer.
at being known that Bidwell was
expected from Havana In the Moselle,
an enormous crowd assembled in Milbay
| pier to await the return of the steam
| tender with the mail in order to get O
sight of the prisoner, and 30 great was
the crowd that 1t was with some diff
Guilty that Bidwell and his escort man
aged to reach cabs and were driven TO
the Duke Of Cornwall hotel adjoining
the railway station. They left by the
| IL :45 train for London. A crowd of co.
| 900 persons were present to sec them of
and oheered Bidwell heartily.
"Bidwell will be taken before the
| lord mayor in the justice room at the
Mansion House this morning"
Accompanied by my escort of six, l
arrived in London one bright morning
Just as the mighty masses Of that great
Babylon were thronging in their thou
sands toward EPSON Downs, where ON
that day the Derby, that pivotal event
In the English year, wes to be run. All
London was astir and had put on holi-
| day attire, while /, now a poor weed
drifting to rot on Lethe's wharf, was
ON my way to Newgate.
NewgateI Then it had come TO this
| The Primrose Way wherein bad walk
| ed and lived delcately at the expense Of
| honor ended here
"Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall
| he also reap" was written by one Paul
| The wisdom of many was here and con-
densed in the wit Of one, and one with
shrewdest insight into things and
practical knowledge of human history.
was prisoner in Newgate. The
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