The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-21
MCCONNELL HOME AGAIN.
The BnItimOrenn Talks of His Ar
rest in London.

me BnitimOrenn Talks of His Ar
rest in London.
BALTIMORE May 21-TO be met upon
his arrival in 1 foreign land by a police
man. told that he was a feloa. to be hur-
ried of to a police court. and to be charg-
ed with being another man. then to be put
in jail and kept there FIVE days was the
experience Of James Mcconnell Of BaIti-
more. who arrived from London yesterday
on the Atlantic Transport Line steamer
Montana
Mcconnell weGI to London on the Mon
tana as cattIeman. Upon the ships ar
rival in Englaat he was arrested told that
his name was George Ingerson. and that
as county treasurer Of Ithaca, \. Y. ne
had committed embeZzIement and forgery.
He was taken to Bow Street station and
thence TO Holloway Jail
The news d Mr. COnnelFs arrest reach
ed the United states Embassy on the night
OF April 30. i've days after his arrest. A
representative Of the United States went
10 Bow Street station the next morning
and obtained the necessary information To
set Mr.. Mcconnell free
7 am an American citizen" said Mr.
Mcconnell Yesterday. but / was born in
Louth, ireland, and came 10 America when
1 was fourteen years old / have always
been able to make an honest living and in
doing this l have taken occasional trims
across the sea as a cattleman. / took this
last trip because felt wanted change
At Grayese3d. england. which is below
London, an officer who had come on board
asked me my name. Mcconnell | an
swered.
Were you ever called IngersoH?' he
asked me.
No. said 1; Mcconnell is good enough
for ne
Then the man read a warrant. I
showed him some doctors cards with nv
Eame on them which l received when /
was in hospital in Baltimore, but thew
we're no good with him. | was taken to
Bow Street station for a couple of hours
and then to Holloway. where l spent five
days There l had bread and broth for
breakfast and the same for tea. The
fourth day | got an inch cube of pork. Nv
cell was all right l was known as No 90
l won't forget that number
When / was taken to Bow Street sta
ton by Mr.. Hodson, from the Embassy.
Sir Franklin Washington. who was on the
bench, saic James Mcconnell. YOU were
arrested by mistake that happened in
your own county You ought to get cam
pensatlon from the proper quarters. You
are now discharged. -
AcConnelTs arrest on the belief that he
was the Ithaca embezzler grew cut Of the
tact that lngersoll was suspected CT hay
ing sailed from Baltimore on the Montana
under the name of Mcconnell. This cOu'd
not be cleared up on the other side until
the arrest OF Ingersoll was reported as
having been made in California. Another
thing that seemed to make the case strang-
er was the presence in McConneIPs rocket
OF a broken pair OF spectacles. Ingersoll
is said to have had broken pair of spec-
tacles when he went away.
Mr. Mcconnell said yesterday he tbousi
ne had coed case for damages for faIss
arrest and Incarceration. John r. Carter
son OF Bernard Carter, of Baltimore. Mr.
Mcdonnell said, met him at the Consul
Generals Office and told him to place the
case in the hands of Charles ]. Bonararte
who, he was sure, would see justice done
This advice Mr.. Mcconnell will follow at
once
The longer I remained in Holloway jafl
the more 1 began to think my name was
Ingersoll- Everybody told me it was. ard
l was addressed as Ingersoll. But it s all
right now, for l am Mcconnell again.
County Treasurer or whatever Ingerso is.
would sooner be James Mcconnell and
an honest man"