The sun., 1903-12-28
ABEEL TORlGHT EXTRADITION?
ROBERT GOELET'S LAWYER SAYS
CANADA WILL GIVE HIM UP.
Friends Seem to Expect Him Here-War.
rant Sent On Yesterday Was Issued
by q Special Sessions Justice Hero
on Nov. l0-Arrest on Telegram.

On NOV. lO-Arrest On IeieBTA"'
NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y, Dec. 27.-The
arrest of James Abeel. accused Of posing
in New York as u. Ogden Goelet, Jr..'
and promising to marry Eleanor Anderson.
daughter of a Sixth avenue eating house
keeper, was made late last night at Niagara
Falls, Ont. A New York reporter has been
with Abeel several days, Abeel, 1t Is said,
using the reporters surname under which
to register at the Hotel Savoy in the
Canadian city. They left town the other
day and Abeel came back on Saturday to
be arrested The prisoner is kept at the
hotel. The Canadian police say they acted
on request from Inspector McClusky OF
New York to get "F $. Hail. as he was
known. when he should come back to the
Savoy
Abeel will be arraigned before Magistrate
Cruickshank at 10 o'clock Monday MORN
ing, and German 4 Pettitt of Welland, Ont,
will be there to defend him Germain 4
Pettitt, it may be mentioned. are the lead
ing lawyers of Welland county, and this
may indicate that Abeel intends to make
the hardest kind of fight against extra
dition.
A. New York lawyer will reach Niagara
Falls, Ont, in time for the examination,
having with him, the police expect. the
warrant that calls for Abeels arrest
Canadian law Is sometimes served out
pretty strong to those who are brought
into court on leaving this country, and if
any charge could be presented agai nst
Hall of trespassing on Canadian law the
officers might make ii clear to him that
l>,,I
However, there appears TO be no worry
on the part of Abeel.
The warrant for Abecl's arrest was
issued on Nov 10 by Justice Wyatt. Abeei,
ar THE Sun said Yesterday, is accused of
forged the name of ]. B. Van Every. vice
president of the Western Union Telegraph
Company, to n letter introducing "Mr. j.
Ogden Goelet" to employees of the COM
pany. 1t was on the strength of this letter.
1t is alleged. that Abeel made the acquaint-
graph operate at the Grand Hotel.
Mr.. Van Every said yesterday that he
didn't care whether Abeel had been ar
rested or not. He said that he had never
been anxious to prosecute him, but would
simply appear If subpPnaed.
There was some talk yesterday to the
effect that Abeel could not be eStraditeti.
His friends said that he would fight eX-
tradition and that they had been advised
that he could not be brought here from
Canada for any technical forgery, created
such by our statute, but only for common
law forgery On the other hand. De Ian
cey Nicoll who represents Robert Goeet,
announced that he didn't expect that
there would be any trouble in eXtraditng
Aheel, who is said TO have convinced Miss
Anderson that he was Il brother of Miss
May Goelet, now the Duchess of Roxburghe.
Whether Abeel fought eXtraditon or not,
Mr. Nicoll said, the treaties would make
extradition easy. Aheel would be brought
here, MIR. Nicol said and Mr.. Robert Goelets
name would be cleared of any suspicion
that he had made an offer Of marriage to
Miss Anderson.
j. NJ Parker. lawyer and cousin OF
Abeel. who lives in Owego. sent word o this
city yesterday that he would go TO Niagara
Falls and fight extradition. Abeel also
telephoned To friend here and said that
he didn't ntend o come here unless he had
to. The friend to whom Abeei telephoned
said that she had talked to Mrs. Abeel. the
prisoners wife, at LongIneadow, Mass,
over the telephone. Mrs. Abeel said that
and that she was prepared to stand by her
husband. She knew that he was innocent,
according to her friend.
Detective Sergeant Collins left for MAJ e
ara Falls yesterday afternoon with the
warrant for Abeel. The police wanted
Miss Anderson to go with Collins. but she
refused, on the advice OF her counsel. He
said hat the police ought to have no trouble
in identifying Abeel since he has been I'M
dergoing newspaper interviews in Niagara
Falls for more than a week.
Collnss aide partner, Detective Sergeant
Valley, is in Buffalo spending his vacation.
He sent word to the Detective Bureau
/ hat he was going o have a talk with Abeel
and find out if Abeel would come here with
out extradtion papers.
If Abel is extradited Capt. s. W. Slay
den, friend Of the Abeel family, will give
bail for him. Capt. Abeel. the father. who
is in Waco, Tex, is expected here in a day
or two