The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-06
RORBES'S LONG WAY TO JAIL.
HOME FROM ARGENTINA, VIA
% LIVERPOOL--CHARGE, FORGERY.
sieuth Followed Mans wife TO little
Hallway Station 400 Miles Out In
Wntls-Charged with Getting S2S 900
on Checks Bearing Employers Name.

on Checks Bearing Employers Name.
Charles j.. Forbes, the first cabin passen-
ger who came down the gangplank OF the
White Star liner Majestic, in last evening
from Liverpool and Queenstown, wore
steel bracelet, on his right wrist. The
duplicate one was around the wrist OF
Detective Sergeant Mcknight, The de-
tective had boarded the ship at Quaran-
tine and had received his prisoner from
Central Office Detective j. j. O'Connell.
Unlike most Of the criminals who cross
the sea in the saloons of liners, 0Con-
nell's quarry boasted that he was accused
Of forgery and there was not passenger
in the saloon who did not know all about
him, He gloried in his notoriety' All
that he had except his limited baggage
was one Argentina silver dollar and an Eng
lish penny. The reason extra precau-
tons were taken to prevent Forbes from
escaping was that he had been arraigned
and held for forging checks by which ms
employers, c. W. Cole II Co. of al Broad
way, declare they lost about $4,000. De-
tective O'Connell had travelled more than
IS 900 miles to get Forbes and land him at
this port and he was determined that ms
prisoner should have no chance to slip on
again.
Detectives Moody and Leeson also were
at the foot of the gangplank to assist in
taking the forger TO the room on the pier.
There Mcknight unfastened the wristlets,
and Pinkerton Detective Robert 4. Dieck-
man, who had tracked the forger from
New York to Buenos Ayres simply by follow
ing his wife aboard the steamship Merchant
Prince in June, sat with the prisoner until
ha n
taken to Police Headquarters.
After skipping his bail, Forbes said that
he begged passage to Buenos Ayres aboard
the steamship Virgil. The skipper, who
man, was fooled by his smoothness, and
after he had landed, he got Job as rail
road agent Mt a station about 400 miles
from Blenos Ayres. The. guile'ess skipper,
Forbes said. had helped to get him the
place He thought nc was secure there.
come to him, and she came, with six trunks.
Dieckman, posing rs Western ranch
man, was on the same ship with Mrs. Forbes.
She went to the little station, mere shack,
where Forbes lived, doing his own cooking,
and took charge of his housekeeping. She
had been there only few days when
Forbes received visit from man repre-
senting the Argentine Government, who
told him that he vas a prisoner by request
of the United States.
of the United States. Dieckman had eX-
planned things to the authorities " Bue'los
Avre-.
Then O'Connell came along with war
rant indorsed by Uncle Sam. He found
Forbes enjoying much liberty in the Buenos
Ayres prison His wife visited him every
day and remained until dark. They were
never under strict surveillance. Mrs.
Forbes recognized O'Connell as a man
whom she had seen on the pier when she
sailed aboard the Merchant Prince. Forbes
said he would accompany the detective
provided the expenses of his wife We're paid
to New York. The banks that had de-
terrnined to prosecute Forbes expressed a
willingness to pay Mrs. Forbes's way here,
and she was put aboard Lamport and Holt
ship bound for this port. Forbes and his
captor sailed for Liverpool. and there took
the Majestic. Mrs, Forbes is due here
soon.