New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-31
T.. y. 1FClfULET IRRESTED.
Former Mercantile 4geacys Head
focused o. Larceny.

..7.-nea n, { 5 WiIco,.. Of Hamilton. ontario.
with The larceny OF s4.5'e Thomas y. Met auey'
formerly president OF the in'eTnation~i
Agency. Of No. S46 Broadwa,-, which is lnNoFed
a litigation OF various sorts. arrested carry
Yesterday morning as he entered ms apartment
at the Hotel Majestic. Inspector McCi4skg re-
.Iyed a telegram from Ales7 nder smith 'oiisitO'e
II the Ontario town, asking BIN 10 arrest NC
..suIey pending the arrival Of extraditicn papers
After q night in Police Headquarters. McCauicy
was arraagued before Magistrate Barlow IL inc
Jefferson Market police court. and paroled III l"e
custody Of his counsel until the papers from On
tsrio arrive The case will come - this morning
NcCauley made a statement TO inspector NC
fluslzv when he reached Police Headquarters yes
terday morning. the inspector sai-, IN "hich ne
termed his arrest "a piece Of spite work on the
Tart Of Charles A Henderson, who Is third wee
president OF the international Mercantile Agency!
and is ernbroiIed in the lawsuits Of the concern
Henderson. McCauey declared, had gone up 10
Ontario 10 get WILCOX TO bring this action because
ne wanted revenge on the organizer Of the agency
FER bringing suit TO recover Tie S4.@" he said ne
had lent 10 lie concern.
IN the SUIT brought In the United States District
corr. last week the directors declare that when
they took up the affairs he left they discovered
Al overIssue Of stock and mysteriousiy large eK-
penses They say that McCa uley appointed dunn
my directors who voted 10 him $4,000 Of stock
Sor worthless properties. which stock he sold IN
preference TO the treasury stock The books OF the
company were turned over to Assistant District
Attorney
Dir. McCauIey has denied all the allegations IN
-le directors suit. and has instituted a counter
suit 10 recover some $4,000 which he SAYS he lent
Il the agency.
Hamilton Ont. Aug. 80 CSpeciaI).-ThOmas y.
M.-t-auIey came hers IN 1862 and put forth a big
Fehenle 20 combine the Canadian iron foundry
interests. He proposed TO form trust 10 buy up
I'll the foUndries in Canada The proposition met
with great favor at the hands of Charles ;. VIII
cox. president OF the Hamilton Steel and Iron
Company who put his name down for $500 This
money he handed over McCauley. who Is be
lieve5 10 have got others in the city TO subscribe
Mr. wilcox, when approached to-day would saF
nothing whatever about the matter. but the in
formation which he laid with the police against
NcCauley was TO the effect that the money was
obtained through the iron foundry combine pro-
ject After the debt had stood so long that Mr.
wilcox felt sure that MoCauley intended to keep
the money, the information which leo To his arrest
was laid.
t. y. Crerar X. g. who is Mr.. Wncox's solicitor,
left here for NeR-Tork this evening. He Will con-
duct what legal proceedings may be necessary to
bring McCauley hack 10 Canada Chief Of Police
Smith also went to New-York to bring McCaueE'
hack 10 this city. IL be VIII come without taking
steps 10 fight eXtr5iiiton IN which event the cheI
may af