Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-03-04


 Gaynor and Greene back.
 Pursuit of the Fugitives.
 The chase up the river was an ex. citing one, and the news spreading rapidly, the progress of the two boats up the St. Lawrence was eagerly watched. But the Spray was too fast to be caught. Realizing this, the chief constable of Quebec, armed with writ of habeas corpus from Judge Andrews, of that city, hurried to Three Rivers on a special train, and, setting out in a boat with his officers, ordered the Spray 10 halt in the queens name. No attention was paid to the challenge. Gaynor and Greene were taken to Mon. treal, where Commissioner LafontainS committed them to jail.
 The high constable of Quebec hurried back to Judge Andrews on a special train and secured another writ ad. dressed to the Montreal jailer, who sur, rendered the prisoners; and so Gay. nor and Greene went back to Quebec on a special train, feasting their off cial rescuers on the way. So fearful were the exiles that they would be kid. naped again, that they asked to be. committed to the Quebec jail, where, they felt reasonably safe from the Mon. treal and American detectives.
 As the case developed, 1t was evil dent that Gaynor and Greene had laid hot yn1o 1oyx ployed by them included in it's mem. bership the premier of Quebec, son of the deputy attorney general and the Canadian minister of justice. The son of the extradition commissioner of Quebec was also employed by the fugi. tives.
 The prisoners lawyers appeared be. fore Judge Andrews and consented to the vacating of the writ. Thereupon other writs issued by Judge Caron, who had had nothing to do with the case, were served upon the Quebec jailer. As soon as he heard of this, Judge An drews dismissed the writs and ordered Gaynor and Greene to be taken to Mon, treal.
 Judge Dismisses Proceedings.
 Now came the final trick. Judge Caron issued writ of certiorari, com polling Commissioner Lafontaine, of Montreal, to bring all the papers in the extradition proceedings into the court at Quebec for review. Imme- diately afterward Judge Caron allowed the prisoners to leave the jail and go to live at the Chateau Frontenac. A few days later the prisoners declared in court, through their lawyers, that MT. Erwin, the lawyer representing the United States, had offered to consent to a dismissal of the case on the pay. ment of $500,00o. MT. Erwin denied the charge. Greene admitted that he offered to pay $2Oo,OO0 in settlement. On August 13, 1902, Judge Caron dis charged Greene and Gaynor and dis missed the extradition proceedings.
 After this Mir. Erwin reported ths facts to the United States government and charged that Gaynor and Greene had so interested officials connected with the administration of justice in Canada that the ends of justice had been defeated. The United States ap- pealed the case to the privy council whose decision. just rendered. sends the matter back before Commissioner Lafontaine, at Montreal. Gaynor and Greene declare they will go through the fight all over again on new tech nical grounds, but it is predicted by unbiased men qualified to speak that they will be brought to trial within the next three months.
 Comments on Case.
 Friends of the exiles in Quebec, h Canada, are attempting to create the impression that the decision of the Brit ish court lis only another evidence of the cringing and trucking policy which England has of late been following in her dealings with the United States. Canadian interests being sacrificed in every instance to the inordinate and ag- gressive demands of the United States"
 That this feeling is not general is shown by the strong words of leading Canadian lawyer upon receipt of the news of the courts decision. "Of all tho infamies that have disgraced the annals of the administration of justice in Can- ada" he said. this Gaynor and Greene case is the worst. It has shown us that our bench and bar are unhappily amen- able to influences which were never sus- pected before and that. aided by the fortuitous presence of cooperative ele- ments in the federal and provisional governments. the good name of our country and of two of its supposed un- assailable bulwarks have been most ruthlessly sacrificed for the sake of tem- porary political and personal triumphs and the sake of personal gain. Happily we have in the judicial committee of the imperial privy council an independent and impartial tribunal that possesses the right and the power to set all such matters straight, to rectify all the wrongs perpetrated in the name of Brit ish or Canadian law. and in this in- stance. to wipe out the stigma that has been cast upon our system by some of our very worst clements. The entire machinery of the Canadian administra- ton of justice was paralyzed or prosti- tuted to the service of Gaynor and Greene. who had to pay sweetly for their temporary triumphs. How far the po- litieal and legal cliques have bled them it is impossible to say. but it is fair ts assume. from all the widespread rami-