The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-09

Europe for six months" said Colone
Castle, land letters from him to Ms
have been to the effect that they have
been having d splendid time. II is toe
bad that anything of this kind should
occur to mar their pleasure. They were
10 start for home tomorrow.
There is some awful mistake IN al
( this. All our friends know that it is
unnecessary for ne to make any de
malls Of this terrible charge. The un-
| blemished reputation of my brother and
his wife speak for them. We are. of
course, prostrated at the receipt of
such news, but everything will doubt
less be explained tomorrow. l can say
no more at This time. 1 don't think
that there is any doubt that the parties
referred to in this dispatch are my
| brother and his family. Before they
went to London he wrote me that they
would stop when they reached there at
| the Hotel Cecil
The news of the arrest was kept from
| the mother of the Castle brothers. She
| Is III in her apartments at the Hotel
Richelieu. and Il was feared that the
receipts of the bad news would give
her a shock that might result seriously
The firm of Castle Brothers is one of
the Largest and wealthiest in San Fran
cisco. Walter is the eldest of the three
brothers, their father having died some
time ago. He was born in this city in
1850 After going through the local
public schools he spent three years in
the college at Brussels, Belgium, and
one year in the University of London.
San Francisco, Oct. S.-The news of
Walter NJ Castles arrest was received
by the merchants and prominent men
here almost with horror and visitors
from all over the city flocked to the
Castle Brothers store and offered ev-
cry kind Of assistance.
Albert and Arthur Castle received a
cablegram from Michael Abraham, an
attorney and relative Of the Castles, ad-
vising them to get all the aid from the
state department they could and TO
send proofs Of the honesty and integrity
Of Waiter.
The result were that cablegrams were
being sent to London all day long.
The Leading English houses here all
cabled their represan uatives to do ev-
erything possible for Walter Castle and
TO secure his release. Sir William Lane
BROKER, formerly British consul at
this place and afterwards at New York
Is now In the city on a visit. He was
we'll acquainted with the Castle fam
lily and has known WaAter since the lat
ter's boyhood. He sent a long cable
gram to London. The chamber of COM
fnerce also called United States Minister
Bayard in Castles behalf. The firm
Of Chalmers, Guthrie & Co., coffee i'm
porters of London. cabled the Castle
Brothers here that everything possible
was being done for Mr.. and Mrs. Cas-
tie.
One OF the most prominent cable |
grams sent was that Of Governor Budd |
TO the American embassy at London, |
United States Minister Bayard and Pa |
trick Collins, United States consul gem |
eral at London, and reads as follows:
II vouch for the responsibility and |
high standing OF Walter Castle and |
FAMILY, citizens Of this state, arrested |
in London, and request your best Of |
fees in their behalf.
GSigned) "BUDD.
Governor of California"
No news has yet been received from
the Castles themselves by their rela-
tives regarding their arrest
Washington, Oct. S.-The knowledge
that the state department has of the
arrest In London on Tuesday of Walter
Michael Castle. the San Francisco mer-
chant, and his wife, is confined entirely
TO the statements contained in the teIe-
grams from his friends, for, although
Ambassador Bayard has been instruct
I'd to look into the matter. he has not
yet reported. Meantime kilograms con-
:inue to pour into the state department.
nom Mr.. Castles friends. some couch
"a IN such Incorporate language as to
suggest misconception by the send
ers OF British legal procedure for the
'flces OF the American embassy cannot
,xtend further than to insure fair
rial for the prisoners. who cannot claim
my exemption not accorded to a Brit
sher IN a criminal proceeding.