The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-02
They Rounded Up The Suspects on The Arrival
Of Steamer konifCrt
A BIG CROWD IEERED AND KISSED.
Diamond Rings, HIocchis, Bracelets, Watches and
J-wsy Of Ery description Locssi Soaring
Ems Of Ons Of Tho Veins ReccraIed.

Montreal, Oct. 2.-The list OF the
Scotsmans dead is unchanged. ReV'DF'
Chalmers, the Congregational mission
AIRY of Hong Kong. who was reported
missing has zen located. he Is on
board the Dominion liner Ottoman
which arrived ait quebec yesterday
bringing DR.. Chalmers. four other pas
sengers and p of the Scotsman's crew.
The captain and second and fourth Of
fcers still remain by the ship, and it
is supposed that all the passengers and
crew have been taken off Change ISL
and
The feature Of the day has been the
arrest OF % members OF the scotsman
crew. They arrived IN Montreal yc9ter-
day morning on steamer AOntfoiT. On
the wharf. waiting to receive them.
were twenty police offices. The police
We're kept concealed uptil the gangWays
were alongside, when they suddenly
swafned on board, and i'm a tT'lce had
rounded up the Scotsman crew. 1t was
done so quickly that Ghe men had no
opportunity of Kidding themselves Of
any traces of guilt Half a dozen patrol
wagons were waiting alongsids and in
10 these the sailors were hustled, amidst
the jeers and Kisses of a large crowd
which had gathered.
NO DOUBT OF LOOTING.
Throw them into the river" was the
cry that went up. Had it not been tor
the presence of the police the threat
might have been carried ont. The men
were taken 10 the Central police STA
tlon and there searched. when search
was ended there remained not the
slightest doubt OF the stories Of pillaga
and violence told u the unlucky pas
sengers OF the Scotsman
AH4efas- he eeeAs- fetf44ti were diamond
rings. watches, brooches, bracelets,
chains, ear rings. tewelry of every kind,
ladies dresses, silk and satins, mems
wearing apparel, and even a lady's seal
skin sacque was discovered in the bum
dies of one OF the men. Private papers
Were even included in the capture. The
will OF Mr. Lester was taken from
one man. On another man was found a
handsome and costly lc.iset. on wh.C n
was engraved the name of a woman
who is Numbered among the dead. Some
of the men denied having anything in
their possession. One man who did so
had 5000 worth of jewelry sewed in the
inside of his underwear. Others were
quite frank and handed out what they
had without hesitation.
According to the stories told by soma
of these men. the rocks on the morning
dlttI llt Nitth NfIt SiitNh with jew
elry and wearing apparel.
The Grecian came I'm about noon and
from her the police took nine cattlemen
who were on the Scotsman.
MORE ARRESTS.
Upon one man only was anything OF
an discriminating nature found.
The Ottoman, which lis due here to-
day has 26 OF the crew on board and the
police expect another haul. The largest
capture of all is expected TO fall into
the possession OF the British police
when the Monterey arrives today or
Tuesday.
On the Montfort were Mr. and Mrs.
Alum of New York. and their son. Mrsy
Alum was dn the water for some time
and was so prostrated that she was un-
able to leave the Montfort with the
other passengers at Rimousld. She was
removd TO THE Windsor Hotel and rs
still there under a Doctors care. 1t is
given as a reason why more stolen Jew
elry was not found on the sailors from
the Grecian that when this ship touch
ed at Quebec half a dozen policemen in
uniform boarded her and that the
thieves took alarm and threw their
plunder overheard