The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-29
Arrested in Victoria for His
SwindIing Operations,
LOOKING FOR HIM FOR A YEAR
Raised Money for Bogus Mining Operation
Plenty of Funds in Possession When Ar
rested-Formerly Lived in Fowler's Yard.
Was en- Route TO Honolulu When Caught

Through the vigilance and clever de-
tective work of ex-Sergeant Haywood
of the Vancouver police, an important
capture was made Thursday on board
the Canadian-Australian liner Warrimoo
when she tied up at the outer wharf
on her way to Australia. The prisoner
is James Talliard, alias j. E. Knight,
alias j. w. Blake, alias James, who has
been wanted for a long time on the
charge of obtaining money under false
pretenses. In March, 1895, Talliard or
ganized in Victoria a company to work
the Anderson lake hydraulic claim, that
he represented to have located, and OBJ
tanned over $1,000 advance in varying
sums from men whom he had induced
to go in with him in the venture. Among
these was Mr.. j. A. Coates of this city,
who had decided to invest thousand
dollars, but when Talliard wanted the
advance, he gave him $500, keeping back
$500 as a matter of precaution. Mr.
Coates said that Tallard represented
the hydraulic claim to be rich, and that
he had a good title to the claim When
Talliard got the money he suddenly dis
appeared, and though warrant was ia
ken out for him, he could not be found
The other victims decided to let the
deal of money in trying to hunt up Tai
lard, even sending back to Philadelphia
Talliard's native place, and employing
Pinkerton detectives to make. a search,
but without effect. Mr.. Coates, some six
weeks after Talliard's disappearance.
went up to Lillooet to look up the An
derson lake claim, and found that al
though it had been staked it had never
been recorded, the mining recorder did
not know anything about it, The claim
also turned out TO be not at all as rep
resented, though there was a little gold
there
Talliard for quite number of years
had lived in British Columbia, and he
claimed to be a mining engineer by pro-
fession. Several years back he was en-
gagged in a mining venture near Hope, on
the mainland, and had been at Texada
Island for a time.
His reputation on the mainland was
not very enviable, as he seems to have
had fashion of neglecting to pay his
hotel bills at LilIooet, Vancouver and /
other places.
The day before yesterday he suddenly /
in Vancouver, coming from
he American side, and registered at the
Leland Hotel as ]. E. Knight
Ex-Sergeant Haywood who from his
extensive police and detective work is
alive to his business and has a keen
memory, spotted Talliard at once. and
wired over here to the provincial police
md to Mr.. Coates. The latter on We'd
lesday night took the boat for Vancou
'er, intending to have TaIlfard arrested
here. At 4 o'clock yesterday morning.
however, Talliard, under the name of
3lake, boarded the Warrimoo for Ho Il
lolulu, and Mr.. Haywood quietly fol-
owed suit, after wiring to the pro-
-incial police. On the way across TaIIf-
-rd became very uneasy when he saw l.
lis fellow passenger, but Mr.. Haywood
lid not give him any hint that he was
m the chase. Nearing Victoria, TaIliard
ought his berth. When the steamer
led up Mr.. Haywood quietly arrested
lis man, who was in a perfect fright
nd rolled up tight in his blankets, striv-
ng to avoid notice. Sergeant Langley
# the provincial police force was on the |,
wharf to assist in the capture, and Tai
lard was locked up promptly in the /
provincial police station on a charge of
money under false pretenses.
When the prisoner was searched s125
n gold was found in his pockets, and he
that was all the money he had.
sergeant Langley, however, discovered
led tightly by a silk handkerchief round
lis body, some $500 in bills spread over
billiards. back. In all the prisoner had
l. 1865 on his person, besides a six
hooter in his hip pocket
Last night Mr.. Coates returned from !
'ancouver on the Charmer, and very