The Saint Paul globe., 1901-08-06
BAD CASE
HAL DILLON, TENNESSEEAN, NOW
REGARDED AS An ACTUAL
ABDUCTOR
HEARING STILL IN PROGRESS
Application for the FuSitive's EX-
tradition Us Defective, and May
Result in Defeating the
object Sought.

The eXtradt;on case of Hal Dillon, ac-
cused of being a fugitive from justice
and for whom a requisition has beln
made by the Tennessee authori les wss
resumed yesterday in the Office OF At
torney General Douglas and con inIc
until o'clock this afternoon. In the
meantime an application for a wit OF
habeas corpus will be made in Hennepin
county where the young man is being
held. The court will be asked to re-
lease Dillon from custody on the ound
that his arrest and detention at Mime
apolis are without due authority and pro-
cess of law.
Attorney Thomas Hutchinson, of Min
neapOlis, who appeared on behalf of
Dillon, presented a short argument as
to the irregularity of the requisition or
document upon which Dillon was ar
rested and is being detained, but neither
side was informed as to the Tennessee
law involved in the case The so-called
requisit:on is certainly a unique speci-
men of its kind and is said to have been
prepared by a justice of the peace VINO
was greatly rushed for time. 1t merely
alleges that Dillon did make his escape
from the guards of the penitentiary OF
Tennessee, while transferring him from
Jackson, Tenn, to the pen" No time,
or place or circumstances of the alleged
even in an incidental way that Dillon
was convicted or accused of any crime,
it being apparently expected that the
Minnesota authorities will assume that
from the fact that he was in the Gus
tody Of the guards of the pentitentiary OF
Tennessee"
Thus far the fundamental facts of the
case have. not been entered into, the
only question raised having been upon
fIn 1n1 icit f1,A n;t,t
for the Minnesota authorities to de-
termine is how far they are justified to
go in assuming from the statements
therein set forth that Dillon is a fugi-
tive from justice.
Attorney General Douglas intimated
yesterday afternoon that if Dillon should
succeed in evading eXtradition it would
be entirely because of the irregularity
of the so-called requisition, as there was
no question but that the young man had
been convicted of the crime of abduction
and sentenced to term in the Tennessee
penitentiary.
1t is now stated that Dillon was not
a victim of obsolete legislation as was at
first set forth; but that his offense was
in reality a most serious one. The crime
of which he was convicted was the alb
duction of a girl twenty years of age
for the purpose of marrying her and it is
a
three children.
The application for the extradition of
Dillon is made by a postmaster from
Tennessee named Wilson, and it Is inti-
mated that his interest in the case as
well as that of Detectives Norm King
Fairbairn and Harvey of the Mime
apolis police department. is due to the
fact that reward of $500 has been Of
fered for the apprehension of Dillon.
Mr. Dillon was interviewed yesterday
and made the following statement. re-
garding his case and reports that have
gained circulation:
The intimation that 1 was living with
my wife at the time 1 first met Miss
Chester, or thereafter, is false, for we
had been separated for two years, and
her suit for divorce was then pending
Moreover, 1 expected that the divorce
would be granted within a couple of
weeks after which l intended to marry
Miss Chester. AS for the insinuation that
l was mixed up with other women, that
Is as false as the other assertions That
my wife had no cause to find fault with
me while we lived together she will admit
to anybody who cares to communicate
with her concerning my conduct She is
living at 6319 Cottage Grove avenue, Chi
cago.
DENIES CERTAIN REPORTS.
"a Minneapolis paper printed story to
the effect that When I was superinten-
dent of a Sunday school in a place near
Chcago, L Wronged a young woman en-
ployed there as an organist These state
ments are absolutely false, as L was
never superintendent of a Sunday school
in Illinois and never knew any woman
organist. | see l am also accused of be-
ing gambler AS a matter of fact 7
hpt
only game of cards l know is solitaire.
and that l learned this morning
The story that first met Miss Cnes-
ter. on train in Tennessee, or any other
state and followed her to her home in
RlVes, has no foundation, for | met her
at Drury college, in Springfield, Mo-. in
september 1893. Her father came there
TO attend the commencement exercise
upon the occasion of Miss Chester's % din
alton. There 1 first became ACQUAINTED
with him and was invited by him to visit
his home. Mr.. Chester, who is a wealthy
manufacturer of golf sticks and baseball
pats, made me business proposition. bur
1 ana not accept it then, preferring. to go
TO Omaha, where 1 managed a shoe sto e
Not long afterward l received a letter
from Mr.. Chester, Offering me the work
OF taking charge of his office and books
l accepted, and went to Rives in Nav
1870. Soon after that Mr.. Chester's wife
oled, and 1t was while Mr. Chester. his
daughter and myself We're on the way to
st. Louis, where the remains of Mrs
chester We're to be inferred, that Mr.
chester urged his daughter and myself
to get married in St. Louis.
MISS chester deemed it a most inap-
proprlate thing to suggest at such a time
that is, for her to get married on sucb
sad occasion. AS for me, such a thing
was impossible, as my wife had not Sc
cured ner divorce, and could not before
the lapse of two weeks. Our refusal to
marry at once got Mr.. Chester down"
on me, and soon after we parted com.
pany though it is not true that he dis
charged me. He simply handed me 81. 200
due me, and we separated !"