The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-16
BIGGEST FRAUD
OF A CENTURY
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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. Other speakers at this meet
| ing declared that the stockholders of
the London & Globe were victims of
one of the most terrible, heartIess and
gigantic swindles of the present age"
On March 10 action was taken
the chancery division of the high court
OF justice, made an order directing the
oficlaI receiver, as hquidator of the
London d Globe Finance CORPORATION
(Ilmlted), to prosecute on a criminal
charge Whitaker Wright, and utilize
the assets Of the London e. Globe to
pay the cost of the prosecution. The
IohoWlnS day warrant for Wright's
arrest was issued. When the police
officer went to his home he was in
formed that Wright had gone to the
continent on account of his health.
The same afternoon the Irish National
ist, Swift MacNeill, asked the home
secretary in the house of commons
what steps were being taken to pre-
vent Wrights escaping justice, and
later the home secretary announced
that the government intended to bring
Wright to justice.
The Innocent Bluff
Mr.. Wright, in the course Of a long
conversation with a reporter for the
Herald, said:
l cannot express to you my amaze
ment at my arrest. It is an outrage.
and those who are responsible for it
viii be made to suffer to the full extent
of the law. The entire charge against
in,
no one would ever think Of making
it. 49,.
IF I had believed It possible that
such a charge would be made, I would
not, of course, have left home, but
after having devoted the last two
years to assisting the official liquida-
tor of the Globe company, and the
crown officers having made the state
ment IN parliament that it was not
possible to press any charge against
me, l felt free to take a two months
trip to British Columbia to inspect
certain mining properties there, to
visit California, where I have some
interests, and to return home by way
OF Australia, where I have interests
of various kinds.
1t is now more than two years since
the Globe company failed. There was
public inquiry more than a year
ago, after which it was declared that
my udnuS were clean OF any crime or
intent to do wrong, and that nothing
but errors of judgment could be ad-
vanced against either myself or the
other directors Of the company"
Discovered by Scratch.
LONDON, March 15.-Only yester-
day the London police authorities
cabled the New York police that
Whitaker Wright and a woman sup
posed to be his niece had sailed on
La Lorraine under the name Of An
dreont. Wright's wife and family are
still in England, and as far as the
police have ascertained none of his
relatives have left the country.
Whitaker Wright left London about
Feb. q and went direct TO Paris,
where he stayed about four days be-
fore proceeding to Havre to embark
On the Lorraine. Wright was traced
to Paris by the bank notes which he
cashed there at the Offices of the
French steamship line and elsewhere.
The young woman joined him at Havre
on the eve Of their sailing. It Is re-
ported that she has a large sum of
money in her possession Wright's wife
is living in comparative seclusion near
Godalong. When told that her husband
said she supposed he must have met
friends in Paris, who persuaded him
to change his mind and go to New
York, perhaps on his way to the mines
in British Columbia
The lawyers acting in the case an
ticipate no difficulty in obtaining the
mans extradition, and 1t is expected
that Wright will be IN London in
six weeks time.