The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-06-13

release many of the American colony In
| Santiago. Strange to say, these people
| used every endeayor to aid the defaulter,
| and, stranger still, one American who
was jealous in Moore's behalf, almost II
| the same week when he was working
hardest to free one criminal. calmly re-
Quested the assistance Of the American
legation to extradite from Peru an
American citizen who had defrauded him
OF few hundred dollars.
Moore's case was the talk OF the clubs
and the principal source of argument at
all gatherings. At first Gillian SYM
pathy went against him. But sentiment
changed as a food Of gold poured forth
from some mysterious source. The great
est lawyer in Chill took up the case and
forced it 10 a hearing before the su-
preme court. The daily papers OF both
Valparaiso and Santiago printed columns
Of matter in Moore's favor, pouring
forth fierce denunciation against the peo-
pie who were prosecuting him. Then
came the final act of the judicial farce.
Don Entrique McIver, a Gillian of
Scotch descent, representing Moore, Of
fered for the courts consideration the
following remarkable points Of argu-
ment:
''Extradition could not be granted be-
cause Moore was not accused OF crime,
but simply a misdemeanor."
'"Tnis action may be compared to an
outrage Ia Dreyfus.'
Moore came to Chill because the Chill
ian constitution guaranteed him, and
now the government was violating It's
laws by refusing Moore the protection
to which he was entitled"
''Extradition should only be granted
when the accused was charged with
crime, and then one which was alarming
to society,""
''Was it a crime for a cashier to divert
SIS 900 or $4,000 from the bank and ap-
ply it to his own use?"
Moore had not fed from the United
States, but had come to Chill of his
own free will. He could not have COM
mitted the crime charged, and was evil
IDENTIFY a. victim Of persecution"
The court took time to consider, ana
finally, by a vote of three against two,
ChilPs supreme court gave Moore his lib
erty
1t decided that Moore was not to be
surrendered to the Yankees who so ar
IDENTIFY desired his presence in Boston.
Thus does the supreme court OF the
Lone Star republic throw open its doors
10 criminals of all nations who have
acquired their illegitimate gains by any
means less forcible than a bludgeon or
q siX-shooter.
Was MacIver right. when he stated
that Moore was the victim of others?
Was the crime of which he was ac-
cused after all only a "misdemeanor
in the Gillian law?
There are those who claim to have
foundation for the belief that Moore's
freedom in Chill meant freedom for 9TH
er parties in the United States Is this
a fact, and did the National Bank or
Commerce place a low limit on its short
age when it announced that Moore was
behind in his accounts the sum of fifty
three thousand dollars?
The case is not yet ended, for 1t has
now become an international affair, aud
before the end comes some Of the ques-
tons will be answered. Meanwhile
Moore is free beneath the flag Of Chilli
and his faithful wife is suffering terri
Bile physical effects from her voluntary
imprisonment with him.
Her devotion, her sacrifices. her for
giveness, are bright parts Of a story
which is for the rest sad and sorry
enough.