The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-08-10
Young Men Go Dizzy
Over Adventures

Over Adventures
Washington, D. C., Aug. 10.--Before
his departure from Washington for
Alaska, last Saturday, James c. Beas-
ley, the adventurer. who had been fo.-
lowed in two continents by officers Of
the law, received a half dozen tele-
grams from a young woman in New |
York who had met him on the ST. Paul |
from Southampton. The young wo- /
man became infatuated with him and |
when 1t became known that he was in
trouble determined to follow him to
Washington and accompany him to
Alaska Beasley's gallantry is shown !
by his fat denial that he had heard |
from the girl or that she had shown
any interest in him. Dwyer and Her
ron. the deputies who had him in
charge, knew of the objections of the
girls parents to her association with
criminal and opened the dispatches.
More than to say that the young wo-
man is the daughter of rich New
Yorker. the officers viii say nothing
Beasley declined to admit this much
1T is not necessary to connect the
name of young lady, who is almost
a stranger to me, with my disgrace
he said. Il could have saved the gov /
ernment the $4,000 it has cost to
trace me- continued Beasley, II
had known was wanted in Alaska on
a criminal charge.
Wasn't in australia.
Il did not, as claimed by the officers
who have me in charge. go to South
Africa by way Of Australia l have
not been in Australia for many years
i went from Nome to San Francisco
in August, two years ago; from San
Francisco | travelled by train like any
other passenger to New York At New
York took passage to Capctown via
Southampton have committed no
offense and will prove it as soon as
/ am brought to trial. When learned
through the papers that | had been
indicted in Nome for indorsing checks
which appear to have been forged
made up my mind 70 go back to Alas
lxa as soon as I could get my affairs
in South Africa in shape 1t was with
that object in view that | sold a gold
mine in the Transvaal a year ago to
aa English syndicate for $4,000. But
before l finally made up my mind TO
go back and surrender l satisfied my
self that the old copper mine on the
Crocodile rirer which / had come in
to possession of was an immensely
rich deposit, and concluded to develop
IL and realize on II before coming
back to the United States voluntarily.
If | had been left alone two months
would have consummated this deal,
as you can see from this correspond
ence. could have delayed my de
parture from South Africa several
months by fighting the extradition,
: but that would have done no good
! either in a legal sense or in a bust
ness way Such a proceeding wol
have made the capitalists both here
/ ana in England with whom was deal
/ ing timid OF me- and complication
+ might have ensued whereby | would
: have lost my great copper mine.
Wants a Quick Trial.
"All ask now is speedy trial Sc
I I can get out of Alaska before the ice
closes transportation. Then I can sc
back TO my mine in the African jungle
by Christmas, and before another
summer comes I viii have to my credi
0 in a bank at Kimberly millions Of dol
lars"
Two deputy United States marshall
arrived in Washington a week ag'
j. with James c. Beasley, whom the.
had chased from Alaska to South
rica, completing a trip around tn
world. Beasley was accused Of fore
, ing army pay checks. He was foun'
/ in the African jungles where he wa
/, developing an immensely wealthy cor
i per mine.
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