The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-05-20
OF GREENE AND GAYN0R By DE-
TECTlVES
IN CUSTODY IN MONTREAL
On Arrival In That City D PIis-
onerx are Taken Before n Magfs-
trate who Issues n Warrant for
Them and ReIpands them without
Bail for N Hearing on Monday
a Quebec .~3ddge-New plica-
tions In the Case.

Montreal, May l6-John F. GayDo-
and b. d. Greene are guests at the
Windsor hotel. each guarded by a local
detective. with = force OF United States
secret service agents unoficially in re-
bee, nue. as they and their friends de-
sire it and in spite OF the writ Of ha-
cas- corpus granted yesterday by
Judge Andrew, OF Quebec. directing
Chief Detective Carpenter TO return
the prisoners to that city.
When the Spray arrived in Montreal
this morning, the party drove to the
Windsor. 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 LaF~ontaine's residence and
an impromptu court was convened in
the judges library. Mr.. Carpenter
handed his prisoners over TO the judge
and the latter after remanding them
for e1ami alton on Monday, commit
ted them to the care of two detectives
with permission to reside at the Wind
sor.
In the meantime High Constable
Gale. OF Quebec, with the writ of ha-
beas corpus was searching diligently
for Mr.. Carpenter. At 10 o'clock he
found him III has office n served the
writ. Mr.. Carpenter was placed in n
dilemma. He was in possession OF a
document calling upon him TO produce
the bodies Of Gaynor and Greene be-
fore Judge Andrews in Quebec today
and he no longer had the prisoners in
his possession. having been relieved
by Judge LaFontaine. He consulted
his counsei and was informed hat If
he attempted to return the prisoners TO
Quebec he will be liable I arrest for
coptempt of Inc local court. whose
mandate he had received n executed.
So an answer setting forth the facts
In the matter was prepared and sent
down to Quebec and with that infor-
nation the Quebec people will have to
remain satisfied
The jurisdiction Of an %extradition
0mmissioer extends over the entire
dominion and the arrests of Greene
and Gaynor were made by an officer
qualified to make arrests in any por-
ton of the ID Ovince; consequently
there is 40 DOUBT that they will hold
This evening Mrs. Gaynor arrived
from Quebec. She was
by Hon. Jules Tessier. counsel for the
prisoners, who mad q consultation with
them at the Windsor. In addition
Hon. r. O.. Ta1llon and H. c. St. Pierre
nave also been retained, SO that a for
midable array of counsel will take part
in What promises to be as spirited a
legal fight as Montreal has witnessed
since John &. Emo, the defaulting New
York banker, successfully resisted ex-
tradition. 1t would not be surprising
if a fight between the Quebec and Mon
treal courts Is made a prefix to the
main battle of the lawyers.
The Quebec force had the services of
two tug boats n a special train in a
vain effort to head off the Spray yes
terady and the failure has made all
concerned exceedingly wrathy.
Atlanta. Ga. May 16.-Colonel Dan W.
Rountree. counsel for John T. Gaynor
and B. D.. Greene. in the Georgia courts.
In speaking Of the apprehension of his
clients in Canada, says the men under
the treaty with England must be tried
for the offense for which they are ex-
tradited. Greene and Gaynor are
charged in the United States court In
Savannah. he continued. with con-
spiracy against the government.
The warrant for Greene and Gay
nor" said Colonel Rountree, according
to press dispatches, charges them with
embezzlement. They are not charged
with embezzlement in this country, but
with conspiracy against the govern
ment. The treaty between England and
h United States distinctly provides
that persons eXtradited from Canada
must be tried for the offense on which
they are extradited and, further, that
there shall be no e~xtradition for per-
sons charged with conspiracy against
government. OF course, a new indict-
ment could be found by the Savannah
courts but it would not hold good as the
charge of embezzlement would be bar
red by the statute of limitations as
Messrs. Greene and Gaynor worked in
Savannah over four years ago"