The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-25
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tiuus tla; had been sent out by the 81.
Louis police.
Upon the publishing oC the Gis7utsrs-
in tt" Republic telling OF lis arrest Che.
OF Detectives Desmond and Detective r N
i G.ath went % GuG--.GjIg1 To a.llg
hinI hack 90 st. L8u.-.
hr3tz. however, nov p,ruU-aIiy SUM
Piled with money frOm those az 5. I.au..
who knew that his capture would m gl
their destruction. had engaged the 1g7t
legal talent shat could te obtained. g-I
when the officers arrived they were Ir..
10y leg1! Na,l l1at could lrJ E- scaled.
= The treaties with Nl.siCI LiI NOT pro-
vide for bribery. Uud iue fugitive could
not be claimed by law Tho detectives zee
mained IN the city fp- nearly q month.
however. waiting "a chance TO seize the
fugitive by force 1ud eririt him across tie
line into the United ~rrg.s.
kratz wa too wary. ans sra-Gol gcg-us.
such move, keeping himself "a prison ar
in his hotel Finally ;he officers gave up
the quest and returned 20 81 Louis.
Their return spelled victory for ErItZ
and he became bold iu his fanciei free
dom. Charles Carroll. who was also a St
Louis citizen. had gone TO GuaGa'a lara
and became interested "a mining. lie took
Eratz into partnership. ami for che Last
SIX months they bay. been associated in
the busin-ss. owning M present several
lar-c ore mines near The city.
After the return ur the detectives the
Circuit Attorney went 10 Washington 20
see II Krstz could not D, reached through
International law. 4 treaty making bribery
eNtrsditahle vas drafted and presented 10
the United States Senate. NJ. FOX ap-
peared before the Foreign Relations Com
mittee and secured It's ratification
After the treaty was ratified ten months
Iassed. daring which the matter was IN
the hands Of %" State Department. and
rothing WIS done % secure the return of
the fugitive.
Secretary Og State John HAY declared
that the treaty was not retroactive and
THAI as ErItz had committed ghe OfTsusa
Tor which De- Is charged prior 90 the rati-
fcatiCu 0f the Eew Treaty he could not Jg
arrested
On lb- t.a 70. this month. after some
correspuULru,.. tine Circuit Attorney de
parted Tor Washington Co. discuss tn.
Krltz case With PE,-.I-rt Roosevelt and
see it some WAY could not De- devised 20
asaiu place tEs Councilman iu the tolls
Tho President became interested iH the
case and requested Attorney General Knox
10 look un tha law Ou tha point at once
Two days later the Attorney General
handed down "a ruling which reversed the
opinion of SsCretary Hay
Immediate negotiations with Mexico
were opened Tor the eNtraEi,lJn OF Kratz.
and ON October 16 Mr. Folk was uJtiIed
that the Mexican Government had con-
scented 20 surrender th1 fugitive -Four
days later Erat= WIS arrested at his ho-
tel iu Guldal1jlTI ard placed in Jail
Hardly had thc message or kratZ's ar
rest reached 81 Louis before Governor
Dockery was notified Hn received word az
jefferson City late Thursday night and
signed the eAtrlditiou papers at once. f1r-
Wardin- them ip 81. Louis
Since Erafz has been In Mexico eighteen
convictions have been secured against men
implicated IN the great Doodle cxposu-.
Emil Msysenber=. Who was arrested with
Kraft, vas tried. convicted and given "a
sentence Of three years. The c.sse was r.
ycrscd and rcmanIed-
Julius Lehman was convicted Of perjury
regarding the Suburban deal and con
vlcted and sentenced to THREE years. Harry
\. Faulkner wGs tiled and convicted on