New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-27

ana Globe he declared his position and won the
, SlupathE OF the country. His wealth. at one time
.sTse' was believed to have been swallowed IN IN
S"ese companies. His death was thought To have
oeen hastened BY these financial troubles
Niucn American money was lost in the failure of
~ "Hsht companies. There was great outcry
1saIhst the attitude of the authorities in not
prosecuting Whitaker Wright and his faI,on a.,
Iec'oFs OF the London ard Globe and a petftion
vas circulated on the London stock EXCHANGE
49, Dy many influential men. demanding the
ptoSecuton OF Wright. as il was considered thar
N'eu'' OF the city and of the London Stock
mango demanded thorough INVESTIGATES, /,
VI S-o'V' was raised TO begin the prosecution
'"i' write the author at meeting said ,be
.ne prosecution was not undertaken bv thu
SoVeIhrnent was that the directors Of the Tondor
and GLOBE were shetering themselves bsbt, 1o
- u Ihe royal family He added that re un6a-
S''o" royal duke had invested his ,,o,s,- -, e.
at cogrt T w ne believed that certain hangers ON
o l1r me purpose Of hiding their own 5sfri
tnat The stockholders-of the London d 9seiaIed
7i''' S"ihoies OF the present age anu
FLED TO THIS COUNTRY
On March 10. 1902. actio, was ,a,,.r, -
Wright Justice Buckley in the c.barc- T1.-
SION OF the High Court Of Justice made an ordar
drecting the official receiver. as louidator ~ ,h
NOiNon ana Globe Finance Corporation Gimited,
~ P'osecu'e on criminal charge Whitaker Wright
anu uuIlze the assets Of the London and e,loho
TO pay the costs of the prosecution The f,,,ot
uaS warrant for Wrights arrest was issu.{
" men the police officer went TO his home no vv.s
l"'o'nned tnat Wright had gone to the Continent
on account of'his health. The sanns af,ar,o., -
Irish Nationalist Swift MacNai1 as,,s -, - '4'
secretary in the House Of Commons yrba+ Go
~9'e oeins taken TO prevent Wright's esraning
rom justice. and later the Home sAc-s+sr,, a.,
,,J. that the government intended to bring
iisHI 10 Justice But it was not until vear 1atar
= a'S trace OF him was secured and on March
To- lSV' nc was arrested on arriving in this co1rtr
on on inc steamship La Lorraine He submitted calm
Edward ann SnSIng tnat ne was friend OF King
T Uge3 Settied by Parliament a young woman
niece was with him They were on the ms ms
h AI, OF me steamer as M Andreoni and Mile
that they appeared J. W. Wright and Mss 50
arrest d ne tonaon police had asked for Wrights
re had Journeyed from his country scar AZ Co
Havre and Paris where tra6e o} b ana thence TO-
f f9 by the banknotes he had cashed He had
Browne claimed 500 ' ''eS'eu' OF winch Miss
Af'eT proraced proceedings n the courts in this
CITY, Nrghs was finally extradited and sent 70
London for trial on the charges which TesTIted in
days trial the Kings Bench Biye,o 6 6Te I've
, Court or Justice. Wright was tried on
$4,000 TO S20OOOa in manipulation Of the 9ondnn
and Globe Finance Corporation ''-e '-O'uO"
Few miOnaiTes lived in such princeIv s@vla a.
did Wright before the collapse of his f9rtnSe IN
~ at * Lh an London he had miniature palace
famous Cabinet du Rc OF LOUIS XIV. II took three
pounds. At Ciodalmng Surrey. he owned cSu0 0l
my Try scat; IN 6sautifyinE which six hundred work
ana statuary brought from Italy Wrfght's stables
a3 3 cost "A small fortune. They had upholstered
oak oak and leather settees. and polished gun metal
HItlhSS, while valuable paintings and bass-reIiefs
adorned the stalls. His private yacht was fitted
up win similar righteousness. and at one time he
was credited with the intention of constructing a
rock. 4'- ~'''-'i'
His wife Vas an American. and at the time Of
ner husbands arrest she was reported TO have said
that she did not know whether he was an Amer
lean or not bur he was always thoroughly Eng
llsh. much 10 her disgust. They were married in
this country In the description sent at the time
MS arrest was requested by the London police
Wright was said 20 speak with slight American
accent. He was described hfty wears old
height feet IL or II inches complexion Orid hair
and mustache dark large head. small eyes reced-
ing forehead. small chin with feshy roll beneath
stout build and weighing about 252 pounds
wright had the entree of prominent club and
social circles in London. He the owner OF
the steam yacht SyharIJa. and at one time
commodore of the Portsmouth COrinthian Club
He belonged to the Royal Cirque Ports Royal
Dorset, Royal Temple, Royal Thames ana Royal
Victoria yacht clubs. and was a member Of sew
eral social clubs He left q wife, and two
daughters.