St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-08
DETECTIVES AFTER THE ALLEGED
BANK SNNINDLER WOODS TO
CALIFORNIA.
GOV. CL0uGH. WAS PLEASED
TO HONOR THE REQUIsITION OF
.CALIFORNIA,S CHIEF EXECUTIVE
wITH0UTr 9uESTfOS.
WOODS WIFE CAME TO SEE HIM.
She May Go to California, but Is More
Likely to Return to New
York.

ID. w. Woods, the man arrested re-
Gently at the st. Paul National bank
and charged with .defrauding "a San
francisco bank out of $4,000 by means
of forged draft, leaves for California
early this evening, over the Omaha
road, in charge of Detectives Ross Sey-
mour and Whitaker, of the San Fran
cisco police force department. With
the detectives came a youth who had
been employed in Woods office, when
the latter, under the name of Dean.
conducted a feigned business in San
Francisco. The youth fully identified
WOODS yesterday as his old employer.
AT IL a. m. yesterday Gov. Clough
granted the requisition from the COVER
nor OF California, asking for the
custody of Woods, at st. Paul, and
Joe McClusky, alias Shaw, at Mime
apohs, that both might be tried on the
charse OF obtaining money by means
OF forged check. Woods made no ef-
fort to oppose the process.
Seen at the central station by a
u b reporter he would not deny
that the narrative of his life had been
correctly given to the police, but he
preferred to say as little as possible
In his cell We're evidences that the
prisoner is addicted to the use of
opium.
MRS. Woods arrived from New York
FRIDAY night and was present near
her husband yesterday, endeayoring to
Keep up MS spirits. She is a TALL
rather handsome, and Well-dressed
woman, thirty-five years of age. She
would merely admit her Identity and
say that she might possibly go to Cali
Iofnla with her husband, but that she
would probably return to New York.
Inc Plnkerton agency says that
WOODS was in the Illinois penitentiary
IN 1852, on charge of passing counter
felt money; in the Maryland peniten-
tlary from 1883 to 1886 for passing a
forged check, and in the Kings county
penitentiary from 1890 to 1898 for pos
! sessing and disposing of counterfeit
money. The agency believes that ii
was the intention Of McCIusky to pro-
cure from the Union National bank of
Minneapolis $500 on draft purchased
IN Duluth on the same bank for SIS.
A third party, however, got wind of
the arrest of his confederates, Woods
and McClusky, and departed for Chi
cago last Sunday before he could be ar
rested. With this man went the draft
! already prepared as well as a good
part of the money the three possessed.
The third man is known to the agency,
however, and will probably be captur-
ed later -"re". -.' ~-
The requisition papers filed with Gov.
Clough yesterday by Detectives Ross
j. Whitaker and, John f. Seymour, of
San Francisco, state the charge on
which Woods and McCluskey are want
ed in the West to be the cashing at the
Nevada bank at Frisco of a draft is
sued by the Bank of Woodland to the
Crocker Woolworth National bank for
$4,000. The forgery is said to have
been committed Dec. II last. The names
of the men are given as A. H. Dean,
alias G. w. Woods, alias Seavers, alias
A. j. Scott, and ]. NJ. Shaw, alias Joe
McCluskey. ~'- '- @-''~
McCluskey will undoubtedly resist
the requisition.