New-York tribune., 1897-10-26
WILLIAM r. FOSTER TO BE EAIRADIiHD'
THE UNITED STATES EMBASSY IN fAfi' N'N
FOR THE PApERs-HOW TIE fI"'
I've MAS FOUND.


TIVE WAS FOUND
p,r,s 10, ., The United States Embassy VIII
make an application TO the French Goverh'..". ,.
for tho extrad,tion OF william r. Foster jf VIZ WI.
abscondei from Ntw-yorlS on September % ~
with II II asserted, $4,000 belonging 10 t"e e
tuity fund OF the Ncw-York Produce E~oha"se' az
WHO was arrested at NeuIly. near this Guy o"
Saturday last by the Freich police ~ NV III
stance OF Scotland Yard detectives. Ihe me-
bovo heon trucking Foster for lorg time hop'nB
% oh,o,n tho reward OF s. co offered by the New
York Produce Exchange for his arrest me n''h
,ish detectives found out that roster hau o
living IN London with music h'" s'.b' W.
noseed ar his niece. and when she wenr ias' "eoN
from London 10 Paris the detectives 'o"o"e" "''
ard g., located tho Fugitive Henry Eignauh' oe'
rotary of 30 United States Emhassy ncre;; nas ns
t"lcgraphed to Henry Mh,te. =, f6;rward TO
ms city the papers in tho cas- wcn aios are renpc
m ihe possession ~, ''' ~
scntatives III EnSiahd'
Tho ,neubers Of the Produce Exchange 40 not
doubt that the man arrested In France as WiAa"
r. Foster IT, Il the Same who. In lss hed iron"
this city with $1,000 Of the Gratuity fuhn o' ''e
Exchange. for which he was counsel. Ihey Aie
glad that he has been TO earth after these ''
years. and believe that they will DO able to recover
something from "the plunderer OF widows ara
orphans" as they term him. Frank Brainard the
president OF the Exchange and Baldwin Black
mar counsel for the Gratuty Fund, who we're seen
yce,rrdav in regard TO the matter. say tnat only
SLY 90 remains 20 he received. as SpW' was HiVen
10 tho fund nv Fosters father when he learned OF
his sons pcculation. and the other 1.ovo wns r."
severed In securities Of the fund which Foster hd
negotiated Mr. Foster. sr. before his contn;
added n codicll TO his will by which. instead OF
dividing his million between his four cniidteh; as
he originally intended he created trust fund III
favor OF his SON 1t IS possible that part OF the
stolen money may recovered by tho prosecution
OF Foster Neither Mr. Brainard nor BALDWIN
Riockmar are willing 70 say what actlOn iney WIN
take I'm regard 10 Foster He was locatcn se'erS'
week. ago. near Paris and Duncan X No,V:i,
clerk OF In, Gratuity Fund. was sent abroad 20
identify him. He may make nara 'eht nsA'''S'
cxtralit!on s< ... am
The Gratu!ty Fund was created fifteen years ago
and by it's charter members or the iixcnahEe. o,
whom, there abOu; three thousand are assessor
e on th. death OF q member. His Family tnen 9.
reves & for tho nrst year or his M mo"r snip
and g. 90 for each additional year Of hii ineInher
shin up 10 5000 Tho fund amounts now TO ABOUT
William r. Foster vas well known in Bayport.
/. L. where he owned large estate. ana MS es, y
pendItures were lavish The house alone was Wo,tu
s1 no and Foster rot only paid attention 70 Ms
estate but he spent money In improving tne ioals
OF the village Lulu Beloite lived with MN thei
He said she was his niece. hut u" story "ds ~.
believed and the fact that a young woman pF
the "a ms name was witt him whom No was arres =
ell in London has strensthensd the Suspicion 'ha'
the no relative .ot. hi-. .. =. =,
When Foster disappeared from Rayport " ps-
came known that he had decided his properly 10
tie young woman. but tho deed was So, aside a;id
the property went 10 help pay MS debts.. ne ne
Young woman departed from bayport short time
after Foster went away.