New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-13

men Of leisure Gaynor hshed and his wife
learned TO ride Gaynor became well known
figure at the Chateau Fontenac, where he lived
for time and even after he occupied his own
house made that hosiery his headquarters. He
sought there the companionship from which he
had exiled himself
Greene who is more of a student than Cay
nor spent his time with books and in learning
French II was ironicaI that these two men,
each of whose fate linked with the others.
should have become enemies when they most
needed each others friendship Yet such was
the case and for practically all the time of their
exile they avoided each other and never spoke,
EXCEPT when their legal interests demanded it.
From the very outset, when Greene and Gay
nor gave themselves up. soon after being in
dicted by a Savannah grand jury December 8,
1929 the fight was one Of the bitterest on rec
ord They bent all the efforts Of the best legal
talent money could command to prevent their
extradition to Savannah. The first went
before United States Commissioner Shields.
Every technicality that gave promise Of delay
was employed TO make the trial drag. so much
so that the governments prosecuting officials
complained of the delay This trial set the
States of New-York and Georgia at odds and
Savannah grand jury made bitter complaint,
in which it took the New-York courts and at
tOrneyS 10 task IN warm language.
THE FLIGHT TO CANADA
After six weeks Commissioner Shields found
probable cause against the defendants and or
dered their commitment for trial An order
for their removal to Savannah was then asked,
but Judge Brown. in the United States District
Court refused to grant It and discharged the
prisoners, though without prejudice to further
proceedings" This action caused another scath-
from he pla of he
New-York court.
The refusal to allow the removal OF Greene
and Gaynor was based on technicalities and this
led Attorney General Griggs to have put before
Congress a bill the provisions of which would
prevent the recurrence of such conditions. This
bill was never passed. however
But the federal government did not drop the
case. Another Savannah grand jury found more
indictments and Judge Brown sent the original
indictments back to Commissioner Shields for
further action, in June. 1900 Again the same
tactics of delay and contesting every inch Of
ground were brought into play. From July g.
1900 70 January 20 1901, the hearings went on
before the Commissioner. The testimony COW
cred 5000 typewriter pages. and more than
hundred witnesses examined Commits
sloner Shields again decided against Greene and
Gaynor. and Judge Brown granted an order for
their removal to Savannah. They appeared there
before Judge Speer who is now presiding at
their trial on February IL. 1902 the hearing
was adjourned for month, and they were re-
leased in $4,000 bail each. They were TO plead
10 the second batch of indictments found before
nudge speer. on March Z. but OF that day they
did not appear and it was found soon afterWard
that they had fed to Quebec.
rxTRADITION TREATY AT STAKE.
what had gone before nothing compared
hat
government realized that more than Greene and
Gavnor were at stake The extradition treaty
z.itb Great Britain was the real issue. If Greene
a,,d c.a1-nor won il meant a return 10 the old
conditions under which the bank embezzlers fed
from, the United states and lived openly In Can
ada on the proceeds of their crimes.
Greene and Gaynor at first lived at the
chateau FTrontenac, the finest hotel in Quebec
"Tske us If YOU can" was the challenge these
two men threw down. They were prepared to
snend and did spend, hundreds of thousands Of
dollars So was the United States. and for four
long wears the contest was waged
IN Nav 1902 Greene and Gaynor were Kid
Ia frorn Quebec by five detectives in the
en,nlov Of the United states. put on a tug and
,alen 70 Montreal. Mrs. GaynOr and her hus-
tide counsel pursued in another tug, as did
some Of the Quebec authorities puI ule uetec-
lives craft won the race.
Thus WAS injected into the struggle new
factor. quarrel between the courts and lawyers
in Quebec and Montreal. and this served more
than any other 20 keep Greene ana Gaynor IN
security for SO long a time
rbev lived in the Hotel Windsor under guard
until the Montreal courts sent them to jail But
met counsel vas not to be outdone Secretly
three days after the tug race. they obtained
writ of habeas corpus. got their clients out Oh