The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1901-01-05

~ Jays the fugitive had but 10 select II
err place of abode. If he arrived at II
chosen habitatiOn, justice was unIb
> % reach him.
III At that time safe harbors were o
:, fered hNskapain. Turkey. Algiers, j;
10 pan, n 8. Chill, Ecuador, he Phi Phi
ca with the zion of British Hol
- luras, to ali hiiri- Of .rimu- as from II
IN United states. trnn, !nurCe.ers dow
ri While the places 10 winch such offen'
.rs as emDezzlers might flee was mu6
)u larger.
n WENT TO CANADA.
nAlmost everyone can remember II
founThen every runaway bank cashi'
.es the desifghG in Canada, but gradual
70 narrow do'Tk 'laces commence
s SGvsanment lost Nus sn1ied :. stat at
II se-:sor o.n sdv p0wsrkhas A0 ing :" ca "a
= luton treaty. and&y thai has Sextri
Z Cann IT'S pu--~rnheal,hy resort t0r
the laIsrs, and still later, Japan
,sucrd4 a treaty covering what are
90 pc crimes asainsc property"
:~lSSVsrruafE thugs simmereGd down n-
e ii Yere was nothing left ht Central
a, AVf1iSa, and at last only Spanish Hon
z dSeas was left. The treaty clause that
LAS adopted M 1888 tpbhed the fugitive
{of his last place of refuge, so that to-
DAY those who desire to escape the !
strong arm of justice will have to take
up their o upon some desert island
ms.1ee1gsams one of the islands in he
Pacific hat afs~Faae4t IL ever visited
and that have ,absolutelyfn 6 .1pumss
n with the. Civilized Worfd5
1t is quite probable that the
fugitive in question would be able 10
escape discovery in such a place. he
would not be ~horoughI safe even
InSre. Tor Qnv pOrrntry t6ax l:-- =,
presence before the court would NOT
to 80 and axe him bodily frorn
an Island that had no treaty. Relations
with it's government.
AT tn" present tine no one of these
STANDS, 7Iters.a safer haven than Pit-
that would trouble the g~entIen2an Who
oesireo TO escape would be as. to the
means OF reaching that island. IT is M
az away from the ordinary routes of
travel that the regular ocean .oars I
lever stop at its OF port. and T.. nnlv
.Si.olS are occasional sailing s,sGeIs
,Hat put in for water and to -: INC
anderS An opportunity to .-.Chapaa =
H3F "'"fl"ts for clothes and oth..~ L
of life.
~ Is u"gbtful, ~hp.ar"r. 4 Il -
Ne wig had been rsad to a..
OF civilized life wnuI6.A. ~.
0 take Gp his 2 '0tn on the island. .yr.r it
O" me SAX o. = n.-.. -. IA
no are ,rna2qua!n,eu with the conG; f.
tohS thal now exist on the island the -
sry name of Pitcairn is suggestive of ~
II ;hhlds OF romantic associations III
Even the dull old school PROGRAMMES OF
SEQ TO pause for a maman in hi, be
anfnr round of rivers. boundaries "a tn
R1ihclpaf exports to Iinger pleasantly 40
yer. uae fomance Of the mstiny on the q
ritish snip Bounty. in. i1S9. and be ~,
huilS OF the leader. Fletcher chris ~
an, with eight other Englishmen. siy re
10y mesiah men and twelve Polynesian th'
DnneI, on lonely Pitcairn Island. where ia,
ey founded a colony and apraed ~ Lar
re Without law. u ~ =.
PITCAJPN cas-
the
kStion but that the life rs
while it lasted, but rax
adult on the is k
murdered or had n
I'D the exception sc
\who was lefIs to
who h ell,
Settlers tn
Hegan the u
hi Of the al.
that date -,
the Pit "
be pref ~
modern eis
&C
story.
There the
Eerer. be
hron- in
re- A..
Pit ue'
wed NC
but on
Zen the
iam- no,
FED in an.
Tropical tin
The sod 20
Re earlier res
ated. the ing
race 81 Il
her
=. han - ard
Nxistorcr ed
SSe-e he Cal
HHNy0uId fou
sert
fore
this
ay be 4
place W..
the es- wa
head. -
follow Sc.
int go. -
here is
ling to Nv