The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1902-05-22
Gaynor and Greene Bodily Kidnapped
By Detectives
pICRED UP AND CARRIED AWAY.
An Exciting Chase Wherein The Cap
tors Distanced the Persuing Party
and Brought Men to 1ontreal.

Gaynor and Captain B. D. Greene, VINO
forfeited their ball at Savannah, c.,
early in March. and fed to Canada.
were placed under arrest by officers
connected with the United States
Secret Service and Chief Carpenter, CT
the Montreal detective force, Thurs
dav. The arrests were made on war
rants issued in Montreal, Chief Wiikle S
men assisting the Canadian officers 10
make the arrests. The men were hur-
ried On board a swift little tug which
had been kept in waiting at the wnaif'
Ten minutes after Greene and GaynoF
were safely on board. the boat steamed
out into the river and started to"al
Montreal. The officers moved so Qulc"!E
that neither OF the prisoners was given
an opportunity to consult couns@i.
When notified of her husband arrest
Mrs. Gaylor at once consulted Mf.
Tachereau, her husbands attorney. A
tug was chartered and an attempt WIS
made to overtake the boat on wnlca
Gaynor and Greene were being carried
away. After a short chase il was seen
by those on board the pursuing tug tina;
it would be impossible to overtake the
detective boat, the Spray, one OF inc
swiftest tugs on the st. Lawrence, ana
the pursuit was abandoned. On return
ing 10 the city it was decided to charter
a special train and attempt to head on
the Spray at some point between this
city and Monereal.
The arrest Of Greene and Gaynor and
the manner in which it was accomplish
ed caused considerable excitement in
the city, where both men have become
we'll known. When the two Americans
first arrived in Quebec they were fol-
lowed by two men, also from the Unit
ed States, who registered at the Cna-
teau Frontenac. Their movements led
the hotel empioyes to believe that they
were detectives sent here to watch
Greene and Gaynor 1t now developes
that one Of these men Is Detective
Burke, Of Florida. Thursday morning
Mr.. McAlester, a prominent lawyer OF
Montreal, who, it is rumored. Is en-
gagged by the prosecution, arrived here
by boat from Montreal. On the same
boat with him were six detectives, in
cluding Chief Carpenter. of Montreal.
They were met at the wharf on their
arrival by Detective Burke.
At 10:30 a well-dressed man engaged
a cabman by the hour and instructed
him to wait near the poStoffice. soon
afterwards Burke, with another cab, ar
rived. Burke and two other men VINO
came up, walked toward the Chateau
Frontenac, which is uear by. In the
meantime, Mr.. Greene, who had en-
tered the postoffice, as was his daily
custom, came out Of the main door.
Two strangers who had been in waiting
in a store near by, crossed the street
and one Of them placing his hand on
Greene's shoulder, pulled a document
from his pocket and asked him to en-
ter the first cab. Greene was heard TO
say. wait a minute. until / see
friend" but this was denied him, ana
the three detectives and CREEP entered
the cab and we're driven to the wharf.
While the arrest Of Greene was being
accomplished, Burke and the other de-
tsctlves went to the Chateau Fronten-
ac. Colonel Gaynor was standing at the
clerks desk when they entered. Tho
three detectives walked up to Gaynor.
one taking hold Of his right arm and
the other his left. while Burke produced
a legal paper. Colonel Gaynor asked
permission TO get his overcoat, but he
was not permitted to DO so and the
four hurried out to the cab and
started for the wharf at rapid pace:
These proceedings occupied about 20
minutes. The hotel people notified Col
onel Gaynor's counsel OF what had oc-
Cured. The Attorney Generals depart
ment and Judge Chauveau were notified
and they in turn asked the police to in
vestigate the matter. Half an hour af-
ter the departure Of the Spray, an
other tug was engaged by Mrs. Gay
nor. She went on board with Detec-
tive Walsh. The pursuit Of the Spray
was given up at Cape Rouge. 8 miles
from the city. The Spray was then
almost out of sight down the river.
Upon the return OF Mrs. Gaynor to
the city, the lawyers in the case had
a short consultation with her. and
Immediately two petitions for ha-
beas corpus. ordering the return OF
Gaynor and Greene to this city, were
prepared. and two orders were signed
to that effect by Judge Andrews, in
the Superior Court.
In the meantime four members Of
the provincial police left by the 1:15
Canadian Pacific Railroad train for
Three Rivers, with orders to secure
a tug there and try to intercept the
Spray. The latter town is 80 miles
from Quebec and just half way be-
tween here and Montreal. The pc
titions were sworn to by Mrs. Gay
ncr, who alleges that her husband
and Greene wore taken away against