The age-herald., 1902-05-17
OFFICERS GUARD
 GAYNOR AND GREEN
Are Guests of Windsor Hotel
 But Closely Watched
WILL NOT GO TO QUEBEC
Mrs. Gaynor, Accompanied by Counsel, Arrives and a Conference Is Held With the Prlsoners-Many
 Complications.

Montreal, Que, May 16.-Messrs Gay l nor and Green are guests at the Wind sor Hotel. each guarded by local de- tective with a force of United States se- cret service agants unofficially in re- serve. They will not go back to Que bec much as they and their friends desire 1t, and in spite of the writ Of ha- beas corpus granted yesterday by Judge Andrews of Quebec, directing Chief De- tective Carpenter to return his prisoners to that city.
 When the Spray arrived In Montreal this morning the party drove to the Wind sor. At o'clock they again left the hotel, just as the pursuing force from | Quebec, which had come up from Sorel on the Quebec boat, reached the hotel. | Chief Carpenter took his prisoners to Judge Lafontaine's residence and hand ed them over to the judge and the latter after remanding them for examination on Monday, committed them to the care Of | two detectives with permission to reside at the Windsor.
 Searching for Carpenter.
 In the meantime Constable Gale of Quebec, with the writ of habeas corpus, was searching diligently for Mr. Car penter. At 10 o'clock he found him in his office and served the writ. MT. Car penter was placed in dilemma. He was in possession of a document calling upon him to produce the bodies of Gaynor and Green before Judge Andrews In Que bee today and he no longer had the pris- oners in his possession, having been re- lieved by Judge Lafontaine.
 He consulted his counsel and was in formed that if he attempted to return the prisoners to Quebec, he would be liable to arrest for contempt of the local court, whose mandate he had received and ac- knowledged. So an answer setting forth the facts in the matter was prepared and sent down to Quebec, and with that It is expected the Quebec people will have to remain satisfied.
 The jurisdiction of an extradition com missioner extends over the ,entire domin- ion and the arrests of Green and Gaynor were made by an officer qualified to make arrests in any portion of the province; consequently, there is no doubt that they will hold.
 Accompanied by Counsel.
 This evening Mrs Gaynor arrived from Quebec. She was accompanied by Hon. Jules Tessier, counsel for the prisoners, who had a consultation with them at the Windsor. In addition, Hon. s. O. Taylon and H. c. St. Pierre have also 1 been retained so that formidable array of counsel will take part in what promises to be as spirited a legal fight as Mon treal has witnessed since John c. Enc, the defaulting New York banker suc- cessfully resisted extradition. It would not be surprising if a fight between the Quebec and Monteral courts is made a prefix to the main battle of the lawyers. Gaynor and Green had engaged the ser- vices of all the best lawyers in Quebec and the change of venue leaves these gen. tlem en out in the cold.
 A.. was stated this evening that the pro- vincial government had instructed Judge Lafontaine to obey the writ of habeas corpus, but the judge says all he knows about the case Is that he issued a war rant and that the men called for in that document were produced by him. Legal opinion in Montreal Is that habeas corpus proceedings cannot be instituted until Judge Lafontaine has decided the case Then, if he commits them for ex- l tradition, proceedings of that nature will | be in order.