The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-11-16
LONDON POLICE
STILL HOLD DIX
Prisoner Makes Strong
Plea to Be Released
on Bail.
Officials of United States En-
baGsy Ask That He Be
Detained.

LONDON, Nov. 15.-H. st. John Dix
was brought up on remand at the Bow
street Police Court to-day, charged on a
provisional warrant with larceny COM
mitted in the United States, and was
again remanded for week. The prisoner
was represented by the Hon. Charles Rus
sell. who made a strong plea for bail on
the ground that his client was British
subject and that he had never been nat
uralized in the United States The off,
Gals of the United States embassy OPP
posed the prisoners release on bail. say
ing that papers were expdected here by
December s.
The prosecution believes that Dix's real
name is Jenkins; that he was engaged in
literary work in America under the name
OF Henry st. John, and that he subse-
quently adopted the name of Dix when he
started IN business as a banker.
Among the papers secured at the time
OF the prisoners arrest was a diShonored
draft for $1,000, drawn on New York and
signed John Bruce" The prisoner de-
MED all knowledge of the draft and said
he had never seen it. It was apparently
drawn by his attorner, Bruce, with whom
he was domiciled in London.
1t is alleged that H. St. John Dix OBJ
tanned control of three banks in the State
of Washington in 1900, and that he Subse-
Quently wrecked the Scandinavian-Ameri-
can Bank at Whatcom, Wash, and dis
appeared with over SSOUO.
Dix was arrested in London November
s. and was remanded after formal evil
dence Of his arrest had been presented.
Some weeks previous to Dix being taken
into custody the authorities of Scotland
Yard informed the officials Of the United
States embassy that Dix was available II
required. The usual inquiries were insti-
tuted and the authorities at Tacoma sent
request for DiX's arrest.
H st. John Dix, or H. st. John Cor Jen-
kins), according to his own story related
70 confidential friends at Whatcom,
Wash, is the eldest son of British peer
and is entitled to succeed to the peerage
on his fathers. death. He was one of the
principals in the Itata affair, when the
ship left the harbor of San Diego, Cal,
during the late civil war in Chile, loaded
with munitions of war for the insurgents,
after the American Government had pro-
hibited her departure. She was chased
and st. John was thrown into prison at
Valparaiso. He was subsequently released
through the influence of the British Min
lister there.
from Massillon, Ohio, to Washington as
commissary general, acting at the same
time as correspondent for a Chicago pa
per.
Later ST. John formed a plan for the
establishment of a string of banks to
reach from Vancouver, s.. c., to San Di-
ego. Cal. He borrowed $4,000 from q Sc
attic bank with which to buy a controll-
ing interest in the American
Bank at Whatcom, paying $4,000 for the
use of the money for eight days. He
then took the deposits in the Scandind-
Vian-American Bank and purchased the
Bank of Blaine at Blaine, Wash. and
bought the Citizens National Bank at
Fairhaven, Wash. He also entered into
negotiations for banks in Seattle, Tacoma
and Everett, but eventually fed, telling
his associates that he was going to get
help and that he had 100000 insurance
policy in London that had just matured.