The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-02
TRACKED THEIR MAN
AROUND THE GLOBE,
Deputy United States Marshal's
Remarkable Search for James
@. Beasley.
CAUGHT HIM IN AFRICA.
Had Raked the Mainland of Aus
tralia and Adjacent Islands
for Man Accused of Forg-
ing Army Pay Checks.
REPvBLC SPECIAL

Washington. Aug. When Deputy United
States Marshais Heron and Dwyer Of
Alaska arrived in Washington they had
completely encircled the globe in enc Of
the most romantic and thrilling man hunts
ever undertaken. They had left Washing
ton six months before. with ,hs necessary
warrants and requisi;ion papers for James
c. Beasley, indicted by a Federal Grand
Jury at Cape Nome. Alaska, on the charge
OF forging army pay checks fer 5000.
Heron and Dwyer had their rla1 in tow
when they arrived IN Washington. hut
their chase for him had cost the Govern
nlent about $lloco.
BY means of q letter received al Cape
Nome by friend Of Bcasley's last De-
cernber. Heron and Dwyer learned that
Reasley had been in Tasmania. Australia
about year before They left Washington
on January - last with the necessary
requisition papers for the fugitive. FOR
TWO months they raked the mlla.Hai CT
Australia and all the adjoining ISLANDS ior
their man. without result. .
They had completely lost track Of him
when Il fell to their lot 10 cscu2y q tdCie
ct a Melbourne hotel one night with an
operate manager fresh from South E-iFicd,
who had played al ne irins,ia! sT" M
the way from London TO Aust-ui;. Inc
American seuths had passed th"nsr!"es 81
in Australia as mining experts ireNh 'ilis
gold fields of South Africa whicn he had
visited. Heron and Dwyer talked OF Alaska
But" insisted the Enrlishman. II know
the gold field of South Afrca IL t!Hner tran
that Of Alaska, for at Kimberley, only three tS,
months ago. l met and became Very Wen
acquainted with a charming -Anlcrlcan
named Beasley, who was gold tainer IN
eighteen months In South Africa, Be2sleE
declares the Alaskan gold 'lsld Is not IN
the same class with that of South Africa
CAPTURED IN AFRICA
After some more cable communication
with the Department Of Just;ce here. the
Deputy Marshals We're directed TO proceed
Immediately TO South Africa from AUS
tralia and keep on the trail of Beas!ey I'M
til they found him.
June. they left that port twenty-t9ur aaEs
afterwards with tickets to SOUTHAMPTON
for themselves and their prisoner they
had tracked him. step by SIP. I'm
Cape Town through the I ,rra7,sb re
jungles sto the Crockodile River Where lie
was the owner of what is declared TO he
,,S q The richest copper mis- ia capt2s at
sight and without any ado expressed a
Willingness 10 accompany them PACK 70
Alaska TO stand trial on the charge Oh
From Petersburg. the extreme northern
outpost of Transvaal civilization, to Beas.
300 miles through the widest country on
earth. The roar Of lions. the piercing shrek
OF hyenas. the trImpetlng of elephants ana
the chatter OF monkeys and parrots made
sleep Impossible to them in camp at night,
: and It Vas only in the day time that they
were able to sleep They wee accgnlp aiAs1
necessary to go into camp at night to avoid
the almost certain death that a" aited them
should they have Travelled after dark
through the jungl= of the ravenous wild
beasts.
BEASLEY'S PERSONALITY.
That Beasley has captlvated his captors
they themselves acknowledge. While ex-
pressing no opinion of his guilt or inno-
cence. they say that he is one Of the most
c6inpanionable men they have eyer. met.
At Cape Nome he was a high roller In
community of high rollers"
He can spend $3.50 quicker and with more
resultant hiiarity to everybody In the party
than any man ever saw on a f;o!ic, said
Deputy DHNer.
He must have made a million dollars or
more In Alaska in "a few s Years :, pw ,yST
as fast as he made It. II he gets out of
this trouble and can hold on TO his proper
ties in South Africa until he develops them,
he Will be one of the richest men in the
world in n few years. / know what l am
talking about. for saw some OF his proper
ties over there and talked with other eN-
perts about the other holdings Of his which
did not see"
Is all bone and muscle. He Is only 50 years
old but the thick hair on his head. which
was black as Il ravens wing before he went
TO live among the Kaffirs and lions of
Africa is as white snow. His black I
mustache is trimmed and pointed like that
Of the Kaiser of Germany. He was born
in Australia. where his father went forty
years ago as engineer for an English mining
syndicate. His brother is one of the leading |
men of that country now. and is married |
to the daughter of Sir John Howell. con- |
spicuous leader in the Australian Parlia- |
ment.
To this brother Beaslev cabled for funds |
on his arrival in Washington That was |
Sunday night. Monday evening an order on |
the Western Union Telegraph Company for
81 500 in favor of Beaslev was Cabled 80 |
Washington from Tasmania Beasley was
reared in California. His father owned =
large ranch in that State. near San jose.
IT was here that Beasley built UP the strong
constitution which has w'thstood the Arctic
blasts OF Alaska and the torrid sun of
Africa.