The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-16
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an officer on each side OF him he was
escorted down the eangway.
Wright was taken % court, where
the detectives explained the arrest in
few words Two United States mar
shals appeared with a warrant for
Wrights arrest, charging him with be-
ing q fugitive from Justice Wright
was not called upon 20 say anything
and in a few minutes he was formally
turned over to the custody of the mar
shals, who took him 10 the Ludlow
street jail.
Miss Browne, who was left on the
pier, remained looking after the bag
gage. She is rather tall. slender,
dressed in dark blue and wearing a
rather broad hrin, loW-crowned hat,
draped with a fiimsy light blue veil.
She declined to make any statement be-
yond that she had come TO visit friends
After her baggage had been examined
she left ia "a cab, instructing the driver
10 60 10 an uptown hotel
Nothing was known on the La LOur-
raine as TO the identity Of the pair.
They made no friends and Wright APP
peared in public but little.
La Lourraine left Havre about 5 D. m.
on March g Wright and his companion
came 10 Havre on the train that aft
ernoon. They went at once TO their
rooms. During the trip across Miss
Browne did not leave her room until
the vessel was one day from port, when
she appeared on deck. Wright spent
most Of his time in his suite.
Was a High Roller.
The financial crash Of the companies
foated by Whitaker Wright came in
/ December, 1900. There were eleven Of
these. including the parent company,
entitled the London & Globe Finance
corporation, with total capitalization
OF $50. $40 000 Wright was the man
! aging director.
Few miIlionaires lived I'm the same
princely style as did Wright. In Park
Lane. London. he had a miniature pal
ace. in the drawingrOom Of which was
COPY Of the famous cabinet Du Roi
OF Louis XIV. 1t took three years 10
complete and cost many thousands OF
pounds At GOdalming he owned a
country seat, in beautfying which 600
wCrkmen were engaged. 1t contains
costly fountains and statuary brought
from Italy. Wrights stables alone cost
a small fortune They have upholstered
/ oak and leather settees and polished
gun metal fittings. while valuable
paintings and bas reliefs adorn the
stalls. His private yacht was hlled up
with similar luXuriOusness and at one
| time he was credited with the patent
, of a yacht to race Sir Thomas Lipton's
Shamrock.
One Of the Victims.
One of the victims Of the crash was
! the late MARQUIS Of Dufferin. previous
/ ~ governor general OF Canada and
| British ambassador at Paris. He con-
sented 20 be chairman Of the London
& Globe company and had $4,000
shares in the different companies.
With Lord Dunerin on the board Of
! directors were Lieutenant General
Gough-Calthrap who was colonel Of the
/ Fifth dragon guards. and Edward VIII
/ liam Pelham-CLntOn, master Of the
/ late queens household and son Of the
fifth Duke Of Newcastle When the
crash came Lord Dunerin was severely
censured for his connection with the
/ Wright companies. but in a frank
| speech TO the stockholders Of the Lon
/ don & Globe corporation he declared
/ his position and won the sympathy OF
/ the country His wealth, at one time
/ large. was believed to have been sWal-
/ lowed up in these companies.
Great Cutlery Made.
/ Much American money was lost in
/ the failure of the Wright companies.
/ There was a great cutlery against the
attitude Of the authorities in not prose
cutting Whitaker Wright and his fell
I low directors Of the London & Globe
company and in January last a petition
was circulated on the London stock eX-
change signed by many influential men
demanding the prosecution Of Wright,
| as IL was considered that the credit Of
/ the city and of the London stock eX-
| change demanded a thorough investi-
/ cation. A fund of $4,000 was raised TO
! initiate the proceedings against Wright.
/ Arnold White the author, at a meeting,
/ said the reason the prosecution was not
undertaken by the government was
/ that the directors Of the London X
1 Globe were sheltering themselves be-
! hind members of the royal family. He
added that he understood a royal duke
/ had invested his money in the concern
and he believed that certain hangers
I on at court We're using the name OF
/ the king and others for the purpose Of
/ hiding their own deeds. Other speak
/ ers at this meeting declared that the
| stockholders Of the London & Globe
| company were victims of the terrible,
heartless and gigantic swindles."
Action Begun.
On March 10 action was taken against
l Wright Justice Buckley, in the chan
/ Gerry division Of the high court Of jus
/ tice, made an order directing the re-
/ ceivers as liquidatOr Of the London &
Globe Finance corporation Qimited) to
| prosecute on a criminal charge Whit
| taker Wright and utilize the assets Of
/ the London & Globe TO pay the costs
| Of the prosecution. The following day
/ a warrant for Wright's arrest was is
| sued. When the police officer went to
/ his home he was informed that Wright
/ had gone 10 the continent on account
/ Of his health. The same afternoon the
\ Irish nationalist, Swift Mcneil, asked
/ the home secretary In the house Of
/ commons what steps We're being taken
/ 20 prevent Wright's escaping from JUS
/ tice and later the home secretary an
/ nounced that the government intended
to bring Wright to justice.
Prisoner Not Alarmed.
Mr. Wright, in the course Of a long
conversation with a reporter Of the
Herald, said:
Il cannot express to you my amaze
ment at my arrest. 10 is an outrage
/ and those who are responsible for it
] viii be made to suffer 10 the fun extent
4 of the law. The entire charge against
me is technical and in this country no
/ one would even think of making Il.
1T I had believed it possible that
/ such a charge would be made I would
not of course, have left home, but after
/ having devoted the last two years in
/ assisting the official liquidation Of the
/ Globe company and the crown Office
/ having made the statement in parlia-
ment that il was not possible to press
any charge against me, and I felt free
/ TO take a two months trip to British
| Columbia TO inspect certain mining