The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-13

Requisition papers arrived in this
city yesterday morning from WASH
ington for the arrest of Auguste Morel
and Antoine Robert, the two anarchists
captured in Montreal, Quebec. two
weeks ago, charged with the shooting
of Patrick Kays and Henry Snyder,
two Dunmore policemen, on July /,
1899, and, armed with them, City De-
tective John Moir and Chief of Police
Henry Dierks, of Dunmore, will leave
the city this morning at $50 o'clock
by the Delaware and Hudson railroad
to bring to the city the two prisoners.
AS Will be remembered, the men had
been seen by the two officers lurking
around the residence of William ID.
Boyer, and acting in a very suspicious
manner They finally left the spot and
were followed by the officers. Sud-
denly they turned and drawing revolt
vers, opened fire. bringing the police
men to the ground
They then took to their heels and
nothing further was heard of them
until Jan. 9, when Chief of Police
Frank Robling received commune
cation from Slas H. Carpenter, chief
Of police Of Montreal, saying that two
Frenchmen had been arrested who had
been boasting of their feat in shooting
two Scranton policemen. They had
further declared that their object had
been to blow up the house of a certain
coal operator with a tube bomb in their
possession.
BOMB FOUND.
Now, after their departure from here
the local police discovered n piece Of
lead pipe on the ground filled with
powder, and which was likely to prove
q very ugly sort of explosive engine.
There Is no doubt that the blowing up
of Mr.. Boyer's house was intended.
After further communications had
passed between the two police bureaus
the identity of the parties being estab-
lished, petitions for acquisitions papers
We're drawn up by District Attorney
Jones. 1t is necessary in cases of eX-
tradition like this to execute the re-
quest in triplicate and, there being two
defendants in this case, it was neces-
sary to draw up six sets of papers
which We're sent first to the Office of
the secretary Of the commonwealth at
Harrisburg. where two sets We're kept,
and then to Washington. where two
more sets are retained by the secretary
| of the state.
| AT II o'clock yesterday morning Dis
trict Attorney Jones received a bulky
| envelope, containing the acquisitions
! papers, which We're given to Chief
| Robling. There are two sets of papers,
| exact duplicates, with the exception
| that in the one is the name of Auguste
| Morel and in the other. Antoine Robert.
They are formidable with the seals
of the commonwealth Of Pennsylvania,
| the official one of the United States
and that OF the British embassy. The
very first of the papers, addressed -
| the authorities at Montreal, certifles
that the following documents are au-
thentic and the signature of the Hon.
John Hay, true and genuine. This is
signed by w. G. Max Miller. secretary
of her British majesty's embassy. The
next, signed by the Hon. John Hay,
secretary Of state, certifies that "the
document hereunto affixed Is under the
seal of the state Of Pennsylvania and
is entitled to full faith and credit"
MOIR EMPOWERED.
| Following this comes a lengthy man.
uscript from headquarters at Harris
burg requesting that proceedings be
instituted against Morel and Robert
and that John Moir be empowered tc
bring them back to Scranton, signed
by Governor William A. Stone and w
w. Griest, secretary Of the common.
wealth.
In answer to these is the immediate
writ of requlsition signed by Presi
dent William Mckinley and conferrinl
the power attached to all these docu
ments are the ones made out in Scran
ton, the statements Of Kays and Sny
der before Justice Of Peace r. w
Cooney. the warrant issued at his Of
flee, the statement Of Chief of Police
Robling and the petition for the papers