Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-09-19
ALEXANDER PLiGED
UNDER ARREST
Violent Sobs Shook Exile When
Caught.
BROKEN IN HEALTH AND SPIRITS
He Has Been Travelling Ever Since
He Left Augusta, and Says strain
Was Driving Him craSy-He VIII
Return Without Requlstton,

PittsbuTg, Pa, Sept. i Brukrn In
health anu spirits by th. terrible cN.
perienccs of the past lIr," months
Thomas ". Alexander formerly a
wealthy broker and prominent sucI.
ETY. leader OF Augusta. ia. was at.
rested In a downtown lo.U changed
with the forgery of documents uu
which he is said to have realized
$500. 600 before his sud.,u departure
from Augusta two mon r. ago. Alex.
ander and his brother We partners Ia
a brokerage business, an 90, downfall
Is attributed 10 specula IN IN GO ton
The prisoner was permitted tu Ir
main IN his room AT the hotel under
guard Of two detectives he has sig
nitcd his Willingness 10 return "a An
gusta without srquisiti,r papers. and
will likely be started CO.. h., Journey
within the next day or ~
II would face my aC.J.,rs n thou
sand times rather than HNc The pas,
two months over again 'obhod the
pisoncr, as h. sat In D., room
Since his hurried departure from
Augusta after his financial crash.
Alexander has been fa.lNc Tray
cling almost constant, dc Las ~" u
In hourly dread of arrest Hc man
aged to- eludc the officers In New
York. Philadelphia. ~ Louis. Chica
go and other cities. until. with his
nerves almost completely wrecked De-
finally arrived IN Piitsburg last Fri
day.
Going to hotel Ne registered ~
Thomas " Burton. lie hal not been
In the ciy more than few hour
uatil the Augusta officials knew Oi hi.
whereabouts \ private dc'c,'lv'
agency IN that city, which had been
leading IN IHc hunt sent Nord "a The
Perkins detective agency In this city
informing them that Alexander Nau IN
Pittsbutg
After securing a good is scfiptiOn Oi
the fugitive. two detectives started
on q hunt for Alexander. and he va
located In this city The Augusta an
thoritles were notified aud ordered MS
arrest
When the detectives walked up a.
Alexander In the lobby OF the hotel
he was nervously pacing back and
forth. his chin sunk upon his breast
You are under arrest. Mr. AlcI
andsr.' said one OF TIE OfiieeTs.
My Col. cauEht A. last Hurry
take me out Of this crowd" vas the
reply
The detectives escorted him 10 hIs
room There be broke doWn com
pletely A. hrst be uas not uilllhR
20 return 10 AugnsfA without a LEGAL
hight He seemed 20 dread his ~
turn IN disgrace - re city uhers
only tao months sEo he Gas 0ns ~
the leading business and club men
Finaily he consented 10 ~ vithOgi
reputation.
AisHandsr q, the tine ~ HE disap
pesrahcs was a MAJ ~ remarkably
stritins sgs~arsnee al sad Ssii-salli
vita q clear eye. ans serves ~ as"l
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90 a bis fosmsr sslf
Ne tols the 0ne~rs that afirs msh
TAG Ma escape b. ,ravsied eoasfaafiy
Ne said that the eternal tigiisses
vhseh ~ kssv 10 b. ne prses " fr.s
dsm had wofn him ont physicaIiy sss
neuiaIly saa fer shis rsassa ~ vss
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furs a. ~ bslisve1 'hss - wsuia have
sDas eFszy hsA ihs ehnas esetisnes
maeA iaassg AissaseeT bsssse fass
he ~ spsref go shsne - spenalas
o sAxAf h Prisos q was fhsa agree,
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