The sun., 1902-03-10
COL, GAYNOR GOES TO CANADA
He rs TRACED FROM THIS CITY
TO BUFFALO.
Got or the Train At syracuse and Asked
Man He RecoEnized n "Hyan" Had
shown Up-Arri,e ed In Hull alo Last We'd
nes,lay and Took Grand Trunk Train.

SYRACUSE, March 9--Col John +. Gay
nor. who is sought BY the Federal author
tiles on the charge Of conspiracy, was seen
in this CITY on Wednesday morning at the
West Shore station. His identity Is vouched
for by a railroad official who refuses to
allow his name TO be made public He
was also seen by two others who recognized
him.
Gaynor left New York on Tuesday night,
ostensibly for Savannah, Ga. He took n
ferry from New York. presumably for
Jersey CITY late that night he arrived
az Wechawken. He had transportation to
Buffalo and when West Shore train No. 5
left for the West before midnight Gaynor
occupied a section in the sleeping car
Marioram At 1880 O'Clock the train ar
rived in Syracuse. and Gaynor got of and
hurried along the platform, evidently look
ing for some one he expected To see here.
lie finally asked a man no recognized II
Ryan" had shown up. When told that he
had not Gaynor petulantly complained that
all his friends had deserted him.
Before the train left Gaynor was back in
the sleeper. He arrived in Buffalo at las
on Wednesday afternoon and got quickly
of the train. In the station he met man,
and the two boarded train on the Grand
Trunk Railway for Canada. Here the trail
is lost, but it is thought that the Secret
Service men know where IL leads. There
is a possibility that Gaynor has embarked
for some foreign port from Canada.
Nowhere in this city has the disappear
ance OF Benjamin Greene and Col. John F.
Gaynor, accused Of conspiracy in con-
nection with the o. NJ. Carter frauds.
caused more talk than at the Hoffman
House, where Gaynor lived up to a week
ago and where Greene was we'll known.
James d. Leary of the Hoffman House
was on Greene's $4,000 bond. He has
refused 10 receive cards or talk 10 reporters
Ex-Mayor W. b. Kirk of Syracuse, who
was on Gaynor's $4,000 bond. is also at
OF the fugitive, left the hotel on Saturday
night, IL was said for Washington. 1t
was said that Gaynor had not been at the
hotel since last Monday night. Several
hotel for about two weeks. When he
returned his friends asked him where he
had been.
.Oh,' he said, according TO the story
told around the hotel last night, I've been
up in Canada, taking in the ice and snow
effects. They were great. Incidentally.
l saw the carnivals."
Not long ago. according to this hotel
gossip, II came TO the ears OF Gaynor and
Greene that Carter intended to make a
complete disclosure of all he knew about
the frauds for which he is now serving
a sentence at Fort Leavenworth.
According to the Information which
Gaynor and Greene are said 20 have re-
ceived," said q man who is familiar with
what goes on at the hotel, Garter had
decided that he was the only man who
had suffered and that he might improve
his prospects by making clean breast
Il haar hat
Gaynor has disappeared, we surmise that
his trip to Canada may have been made
to pick out some nice quiet and secluded
place for safe refuge when the time
Mrs. Gaynor left the Hoffman House
on Saturday evening. ostensibly for the
home Of her mother In Washington.
1t was reported in the corridors OF the
hotel that Mrs. Gaynor had received
telephone message from Montreal and that
her arrangements 70, ieaving we're made
after she received this message.
Greene, ono Of the fugtives, is an ath-
letic man, and much above the ordinary
In height. He Is all OF 9 feet tall, and would
other hand is a small man. only about 5feet
tall. II they are together it is probable that
the disparity in their sizes makes them
conspicuous objects wherever they are.
Abram ]. Rose Of Kellogg Rose, counsel
for Greene and Gaynor, said last night that
he had heard nothing of either man since
they left and that he had been very much
surprised to learn that they had gone.
There il no reason why they should
not have appeared at savannah said
Mr.. Rose. unless they thought there was
a conspiracy against them, The case
had been practically won for them
Mr.. Rose said that l.. Latin Kellogg.
his partner. went to Palm Beach the other
day with his wife, who IL i'll, and that Mr..
Kellogg had stopped at Savannah Satur-
day. Mr.. Kellogg's visit to the South
he said had not originally had any con-
nection with any business whatsoever.