The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-16
FROM DOCK TO DOCK
WRIGHT WAS TAKEN FROM HIS
SHIP TO COURT.
HELD FOR COLOSSAL FRAUDS
THAT WE'RE PENETRATED BE-
FORE HE LEFT LONDON.


the Request of the London Police.
Wright Seemed Particularly De-
sirous to Avoid Publicity - Had
Travelled Under an Assumed Name.
Handsome Young Woman Ac-
cOmpanied Him.
New York, March 15.-J. Whitaker
Wright, the London promoter, who is
accused of being concerned in colossal
frauds in connection with the organ
ization of various financial corpora
tions, was arrested to-day on the ar
rival of the French steamer La LORI
raine, from Havre. The arrest was
made by two central office detectives
at the request of the London police.
Wright was taken to the Tombs Po-
lice Court, where he was arraigned be-
fore a magistrate and turned over to
the United States authorities. He was
then taken to the Ludlow street Jail.
He is held on q warrant charging that
he is a fugitive from justice.
Hal Fair Companion.
With Wright on the steamship was
tall, good-looking young woman, who
said she was the niece of the prisoner.
Her name was on the list as Miss f.
4 Browne. Wright, when told that he
was under arrest, showed no evidence
of excitement and said that he was a
friend of King Edward. His principal
concern was to avoid publicity, and he
asked that his arrest be kept from the
\ newspapers.
Wright and his companion were en-
i tered on the original passengers list as
NJ. Andreoni and Mile. Andreoni.
That Wright did not expect to be
arrested is shown by the fact that
Il soon after the steamship left Havre
"A he told the purser that a mistake had
a been made in making the tickets
out in the name of Andreoni. His
81 name was accordingly changed, and
~ appeared on the additional list as Mr..
J. w. Wright, and that of the woman
as Miss F. Browne.
III Wright, when addressed by the de-
W tective, at once admitted his identity,
# and on being told that he was IN
der arrest at the request of the Lon
don police, said:
W says, Ii Was Business.
IA "That was a business transaction. I
' understood that the matter was all
settled in Parliament. This is sur
'E prise to me. / am willing to go with
81 you. All l want is to get away from
II here with as little noise as possible.
Don't let the newspapers know any
thing about this
Miss Browne was told quietly by
Wright of his arrest With an officer
on each side of him, he was escorted
down the gangway. Miss Browne was
left on the steamer and looked after
the baggage. She declined to make
.any statement, beyond that she had
come over to visit friends, and later
went to an uptown hotel. On the La
Lorraine they made no friends and
Wright appeared in public but lit
tie.
During the trip across Miss Browne
did not leave her room until the ves-
sci was one day from port when she
appeared on deck.
Lived in Regal style.
The financial crash of the companies
floated by Whitaker Wright came in
December 1900 There were eleven of
these, including the parent company,
entitled the London and Globe Finance
Corporation, with a capital of $60,675,
600. Wright was the managing direc-
tor.
Few millionaires lived in the same
princely style as Whitaker Wright. In
Park Lane, London, he had a minia-
country seat, in identifying which
500 workmen were engaged. His pri-
vate yacht was luxurious.
One of the victims of the crash was
the late Marquis of Dunerin and Ava,
formerly Governor General of Canada
and Britich ambassador at Paris. He
consented to be chairman of the Lon
don and Globe, and had $4,000 shares
in the different companies. With
Lord Dufferin, on the board of direc
tors, were Lieut.. Gen. Cough Calthorp,
who was colonel of the Fifth Dragons
Guards, and Lord Edward William Pei
ham-Clinton, master of the late
Queens household, and son of the
fifth Duke of Newcastle. When the
crash came Lord Dufferin was severely
censured for his connection with the
Wright companies, but in frank
speech to the stockholders of the Lon
don and 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.
Royalty Was Behind 1t.
Much American money was lost in
the failure of the Wrigh companies.
There was a great cutlery at the action
of the authorities in not prosecuting
Whitaker Wright and his fellow direc-
tors of the London Globe, and in jan
uary last petition was circulated on
the London Stock Exchange, signed by
many influential men, demanding the
prosecution of Wright, as it was con-
sidered that the credit of the city and
OF the London Stock Exchange de-
manded a thorough investigation. A
fund of $4,000 was raised to initiate
the prosecution of Wright"
Arnold White, the author, at a meet
ing, said the reason the prosecution
was not undertaken by the government
wa that the directors of the London
and Globe were sheltering themselves
behind 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-on at court" were using the
name of the King and others for the
purpose of hiding their own nefarious
deeds.
A Gigantic swfBdie.
other speakers al this meeting de-
clared that the stocks IN the London
and Globe were victims OF one OF the
most terrible. heartless and gigantic
swind1es Of the present age"
on March 10 action was taken
against Wright Justice Buckley, IN
the ohancery division Of the High
Court Of Justice, made an order direct
Ing the Official receiver, - liquidatOr
- ihe London and Globe FINANCE Cor
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