The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1902-05-21
CAUGHT in CANADA.
Green and Gaynor, Fugitives from
Savannah Kidnapped
AND THEN ARRESTED IN QUEBEC.
The Defendants Were Struggled
Out Of City by Officers and
Were Caught Before
They Knew 1t.
They Knew IL.

Were Caught Before
They Knew 1t.
Colonel John +. Gaynor, who for
fcitcd his bail OF $4,000 because of
his disappearance from Savannah, Ga.
where he was indicted on charge of
conspiracy to dcfraud the United States
government and his partner, Captain
w. ID. Greene were smugglcd out of
Quebec Thursday by an American de-
tcctive named Bennett and five as
SiStantS
Bennett had been in Quebec since
the arrival of Gavnor and Greene and
has kept keen watch on their move
mcntS. Thursday morning he was
Joined by five others who carried out Il
Seemly well laid plan to capture the
accused. About | o'clock Greene was
coming ont of the poStonice when
three of the men approached him and
one of them producing document
showed it to Greene. The latter stood
dumbfounded and asked permission to
speak to some one, but was hurried in
to Il cab and rushed to lower town.
where he was placed on the Montreal
tug Spray.
In the meantime. Bennett and the
two other detectives went to the Chat
eau Frontcnac, where Gaynor and
Greene were staying. Bennett re-
maincd outside while his comrades
went into the lobby. At the time Colonc
Gaynor was talking TO the clerk. Both
men went up Immediately and invited
him outside, where Bennett waS await
ing them in a cab.
The detectives and GayHOr started
for Lower town and i'm short time
Gaynor was in company with Greene
on the tug and with the detectives on
the way to Montreal, or some place
further up the river, where they can
land
MRS. GAYNOR IN PURSUIT
These proceedings occupied about
20 minutes. The hotel people notified
Colonel GaynOr'S counsel of what had
occurred. The attorney generals de-
partment and Judge Chauveau were
notified and they in turn asked the
police to investigate the matter.
Half an hour after the departure of
the Spray, another tug was engaged
by Mrs. Gaynor. She went on board
with Detective Walsh. The pursuit
of the Spray was given up at Cape
Rouge, eight miles from the city. The
spray was then almost out of sight
down the river.
Upon the return of Mrs. Gaynr to
the city the lawyers in the case had IA
short consultation with her, and i'm
mcdiately two petitions for habeas
corpus, ordering the return Of Gaynor
and Greene To this city. were prcpar-
ed, and two orders were signed to that
effect 10y Judge Andrews iu the Su-
perlor court. In the meantime four
members OF the provincial police left
by the l:l5 Canadian Pacific railroad
train for three Rivers with otherS,to
secure tug there and try to inter
sept the Spray. The latter town is
30 miles from Quebec and Just half
way between here and Montreal
The petitions were sworn to by Mrs.
GaynOr who alleges that her husband
and Greene were taken away against
their consent and without giving them
Time TO see counsel or take legal meas
urcS To prevent their arrest While
the petitions were being prepared Il
special train was over the Canadian
Pacific railroad and at 800 the chase
began. ON train are MeSSrS. Cannon
l ntt ,.... 4, /.
who are bearers of the petitions: high
Constable Gale and eight detectives.
WHEN THEY ESCAPED.
II. ID. Greene and John f. Gaynor
escaped from the Savannah federal
court several weeks ago while their
case was pending before Judge Emory
Spccr, Of the United States court.
Both defendants had been realcSed en
bond and were guests of the DcSut0
hotel, awaiting, supposedly, the hear
ing of the court.
Saturday preceding Monday, the
day SET for their hearing, they left
the city either i'm disguise or 10y Il
circuitOuS route. Their attorney cX-
pressed even us great surprise as did
| the government when neither one of
the defendants was present in court
on Monday.
ItwaS declared by counsel represent.
ing Greene and Gaynur that they had
either been i'm error as 10 the day set
! for trial or were unayoidably detained
in New York
The court ordered their arrest at
any cost, but the officers had not the
! slightest clcw to work upon until the
court was informed 10y press reports
that the two fugitivcS were i'm New
York, Almost Instantly came the re-
port that Greene and GaynOr had fled
TO Canada, where they Smilingly ad-
mittcd their identity. declaring they
would remain across the border Just as
long as they wished.
Every effort has been made since
to accomplish their arrest by dccoyiug
| them across the Canadian line and
| Selling them when upon American
soil Their every movement has been
/ watched 10y some of the best federal
and Pinkcrton detectives in the
| country.
Since their escape the officers Of the
| savannah court have been very active
| I'm the preparation of the case the
government has brought.
VIII Defect IL Railroad.
II is rcpOrtcd that The Mryicor