The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-03-20
WHITAKER WRIGHT
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IS UNDER ARREST
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Promoter of Colossal Frauds in
Connection With Financial
Corporation.
ADMITS HIS IDENTIFY
HIS IDENTIFY


Says Ii Is Shame He Is Arrested
Came Over on the French
Liner La Lor-
raine.
New York, March III. Whitaker
! Wright, the London promoter. who IS
accused Of being concerned IN colossal
frauds in connection with the organiza-
ton Of various nancia corporaton
was arrested yesterday on the arrival
Of the French line steamer La Lor
i raine from Havre. The arrest was
made by two central office detectives:
at the request OF the London police.
Wright was AXE to police headQuar-
tiers. and later to the Tomps ponee
court, where he was arraigned before g
magistrate and turned over to the
United States authorities. He was then
[ken to the Ludlow street jail.
With Wright on the eansh was
tall. good looking young woman, VINO
said she was the niece OF the prisoner.
He name was on the passenger list as
Miss r. Brown Wright, when told
that he was under arrest, hoWed no
evidence of excitement, and said he was
a friend of King Edward VII HIS
principal desire was to AVOID puDilci.ys
y Huu uS lac las oAA
from the newspapers. Wright and MS
companion were entered on the orlgln--
al passenger list as M. Andreoni n
Mile. Andreoni. The day after leaving
Earye Wright told the purser that a.
mistake had been made in making the
tickets out in the name Of Andreoni.
His name accordingly was
and appears on the additional list as
Mr.. j. W. Wright, and that Of the Wo-
man as Miss F. Browne.
Travelled in Style.
Wright and the young woman occu-
pied one of the finest: deck suites IN the
steamship. Wright was sitting at5a
desk in his cabin when found by the
J detectives. When addressed by name
he at once admitted his identity, and
on being told that he was under arrest
/ at the request Of the London ponce,
: said:
: THAT was a business transaction. I
understood that the matter was all set
) tied In parliament. This is a surprise
to me. / am willing to go with you
: All I want is to get away from here
e with as little noise as possible. Don't
let the newspapers know anything
about this"
Ell They went on deck, "a the woman,
n 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, who was left on the
~ z - MO
gage. She is a rather tall, slender per-
son, dressed in dark blue and wearing
3 rather broad brimmed, low crowned
hat draped with a f1imsy light blue,
q veil. She declined to make any state
ment beyond that she had come over to.
visit friends.
: After her baggage had been EXAM
4 ined she left in a cab, instructing the
I driver to go to nn uptown hotel.
Lived Like a Prince.
( ~ a. 1-1-L ~ ~ -
! foated by Whitaker Wright came In
I December, 1906. There were eleven of
! these, including the parent company,
j entitled the London n Globe Finance
+ corporation, with a total capitalization
20 of $50, 675, 900. Wright was the managing
re director, and few m~illionaires lived In
the same princely style as Whitaker
Wright. In Park Lane, London, he
- had a miniature palace which cost
:" many thousands of pounds. At Fort
Godalming he owned a country seat.
in identifying which 600 workmen were
ns engaged. It contained costly fountains
er and statuary brought from Italy.
OF Wright's stables alone cost a small for
u tune. They ave upholstered oak and
nj leather settees and polished gun metal
fittings, while valuable paintings and
has reliefs ador1l the stalls. His pri:
n vate yacht was fitted up with similar
OF righteousness, and at one time he was
credited with the intention Of con.
u structing a yacht to race Sir Thomas
MLipton's Shamrock.
One of the victims Of the crash was
the late marquis of Dufferin and Ava
ps former governor general of Canada ant
ne British ambassador at Paris. He con
-ro sented to be chairman Of the Londol
e. and Globe, and has 25,e00 shares In tn,
different companies.
Nc With Lord Dufferin on the board q
q directors were Lieutenant Genera
tic Gough-Ca1thorp, who was colonel OF TIL
III Fifth dragon guards, and Lordvv Ed
r. ward William Pelham-Clinton, maste
of the late queens household and so
de Of the fifth duke Of Newcastle. Whel
va the crash came Lord Dufferin was Sc
70 verely censured for his connection wit
To the Wright companies, but in a fran,
:he3 speech to the stockholders Of the Lon
he don and Globe corporation he declare
) a his position and won the sympathy q
mt his country. His wealth, at one tim
no large, was believed to have been swal
lowed up In these companies.
ed Many Americans Lost.
Its Much American money was lost !
'e- the failure Of the Wright conpaniei
nd There was for some time past a gres
;g cutlery against the attitude of the at
he thorities in not prosecuting Whitake
he Wright and his fellow directors OF til
London and Globe. and In January la:
a petition was circulated by many II
ear ton of Wright, as 1t was considers
that the credit Of the.city and of tt
London stock exchange demanded
thorough investigation.
Mr.. Wright. in conversation with
reporter for the Herald, said:
IT cannot express to you my amazeme,
at my arrest. 1t is an outrage, and tho
who are responsible for it will be made
suffer to the full extent Of the law. T.
~entire charge against me is technical, al
in this country no one would ever THU
of making 1T.
"If 7 believed 1t possible that such