Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-03-16
NAY INVOLVE
ROYAL FAMILY
Whitaker Wright Scandal May
Reach Members of the Brit
ish Court
LONDON 6 GLOBE CORPORATION
Men Who Are Back of Prosecution
Believe Men High in Councils of the
English Government Were Protect
Ing Notorious Promoter to Save
Their Own Regulations.

New York, March 16. - Bulletin:
Whitaker Wright says he will waive
extradiion and return to England.
Miss Browne, said to be his niece
says she will return to England shortly
London, March 16.-John Flower
chairman of the shareholders commit
tee which instigated the prosecution OF
Whitaker Wright, director of the Lon
don and Globe Finance Corporation,
who was arrested yesterday on his ar
rival at New York from France, says:
Il see Wright is quoted as saying he
had powerful protector in an exalted
quarter. That statement is new to us.
It Is the keynote of the whole case.
Prior to the failure of the London ant.
Globe. certain persons maintain, Wright
had in his possession letters from lead
irg members of the English royal fam
lly, showing they were Eiixed up in his
transactions. We have no documen-
ary proof of this. Wright himself is
.robably the only man in the world who
ould owe 1t. II he has such letters
hey ought now to be in The possession
the New York police, as we suppose
heySsearched his effects, and Wright is
OF likely to let such a powerful weapon
defense get out of his personal keep
>ag. Within few weeks the chief is
ne in the Wright case will be the
question of completely or otherwise of
he most exalted personsges in the em-
ire in Wright's financial and other
chemes. We do not anticipate any
afffcuity in obtaining his eXtradition,
mt IL what Wright's friends maintain
urns out to be true, his genuine prose-
ution will become an extremely deli
ata matter. We believe the lawyers at
present engaged will sift the matter to
he bottom, regardless of any consider
ltions.
II quite sympathise with Wright
when he says the failure of the Lon
Ion and Globe was due to the treach-
Fry OF others. There is no doubt of
that. But it must be remembered that
Tor three months prior to the failure
the London and Globe had not a cent
In it's locker, YET it was doing over
half a million pound sterling in specu-
htion at every settlement. The gov
ernments decision that the directors
rs a body could not be proceeded
against. does not prevent Wright as a
prime factor in the rotten conditions
which existed before the failure being
made to take the responsibility"
When Wright was arraigned in court
his counsel said that although Wright
was willing to return TO England he
would Insist on examination here be-
fore doing so.
London, March 16.-Attorney Cen
eral Finlay, in the house of commons
this afternoon said the crown could pay
the cost of extradition of Whitaker
Wright, who was arrested in New
York Saturday, and payment by the
crown of the whole expenses of the
proceedings would be considered. His
prosecution, however, would be left in
the hands off the official receiver of the
London and Globe corporation.
1.-THE full particulars of the arrest of
Wright and the transactions leading
up to 1t appear on page 81
Wright was arraigned before Com
missioner Alexander and the hearing
was adjourned until Wednesday.