The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-09
BREAKS in ON
FAMILY TOUR
r.
U. s. MARSHAL GRIMsHAW AR
RESTS f. A. MAYER, OF YOKO-
HAMA AND NEW YORK
TRIP TO LONDON INTERRUPTE]
With His Japanese Wife, Mayer
Was on Pleasure Jaunt
Around the
World
CHARGE OF FRAUD IS ALLEGED

The round the world tour of Frances
S. Mayer, late of Yokohama. Japan,
came to an abrupt ending shortly before
o'clock yesterday afternoon, when
United States Marshal Grimshaw arrest
ed him on coast train on a charge of
forgery in connection with the issuance
of some debenture bonds in Japan. The
marshal acted upon telegraphic orders
from the attorney general at Washing
ton and knows nothing of the crime the
man is charged with and Mayer himself
processes to be just as ignorant of the
nature Of the charge.
Mayer was accompanied by his wife,
comely japanese women with a strain
of German blood, two small children and
a japanese man servant He is now a
guest of Sheriff Justus, at the county Jail,
and Mrs. Mayer, the children and the serv-
ant are, at the Merchants in a state of
perplexity.
Ever since Mayer left Japan last month
United States officers and Pinkerton men
have been on the lookout for him, and
despite the fact that he was travelling on
a ticket through from Japan to London
made out in his own name, it remained
for Marshal Grimshaw to arrest him on
the coast train yesterday afternoon on
simply a telegraphic description.
The marshal met the train at Mime
apolis and notified Deputy S. J. Picha to
be at the ST. Paul station to take charge
Of the man. Mayer acknowledged his
identity and submitted to arrest very
calmly and upon the arrival of the train
here was taken in, charge by the deputy,
who took him to the county Jail.
Little can be learned of Mayer, except
that his home was in New York before
going to Japan and that he did news
paper work there. He was also interested
in the insurance business and lately was
FOL
laundry at Yokohama, in which Ameri-
can, German and Japanese capital was
interested. He was a director OF the
company and also a large Stockholder,
but according to Mrs Mayer he never took
any active part in the management OF
the laundry
Mayer has not much to say about his
arrest or even about himself, and some of
the few things he did say were not in
accordance with statements made by his
wife. He said he had been in Japan
about two years, and that he was going
to London with his family to settle there.
Mrs. Mayer says they were on a trip
around the world, and that she has
known Mayer in Japan for about five
years.
When seen last night by TIL Glob e
at the county Jail Mayer was uncommuni-
cative, claiming he knew absolutely moth
ing of the charge upon which he was
arrested. He said:
Il don't know what the charge is nor
who made it. Mr.. Grimshaw simply show
ed me the telegram and / went with him
He has treated me very considerably in
the affair, but I can tell you nothing
that will throw any light on the mat
ter. l have been in Japan about two
years and have done some newspaper
work there, mostly in the nature of cor
respondence. L became interested in the
laundry business there and was director
and large stockholder in a company
that was organized by European capi-
talists. I have severed my connection