New-York tribune., 1907-12-19
FIND WALKER AT LAST
hRRESTED IN MEXICO.
Ne-U Britain Banker Tries Suicide
When DetectiUes Come.

c,n Diego Cal. Dec 1S.--A special dispatch
e-or, Ensenada says that man who
ssted in a mining camp about hundred
f,es hack in the mountains and now in jail
.hare awaiting Identification is supposed to
=. William r. Walker, wanted to answer 4
charge of enbezzlement in New Britain Conn.
pe was prevented from committing suicide only
:, the timely intervention of the officers In
charge.
The man was arrested by posse and the
Chief Of Police of Ensenada. accompanied by
q detective mining camp called Balare in
.he mountains about one hundred miles from
Ensenada
The prisoner is about five feet eight inches
tail. of medium build wears mustache and
Van Dyke beard. A small vial which is sup
posed TO contain poison was taken from him
lust IN time a revolver was also taken from
him after he had made a desperate attempt to
use IL.
The Pinkerton Detective Agency last night
confirmed the report that William F Walker
the absconding treasurer OF the New Britain
Comm Savings Bank, had been captured in
Mexico. Positive Identification has been made
and Walker has consented to return to Con-
necticut WITHOUT awaiting extradition proceed
ings.
Walker was arrested at a mining camp $50
miles from Ensenada. Lower California. Mexico
yesterday. He taken by a representative
of the PInkerton agency at Los Angeles and a
posse of Mexicans. The prisoner was removed
10 Ensenada- where his admitted identity
conf ed He will be transferred to San Diego
tal. ID then brought East at once
TIE e. rest of the former banker was brought
abou. Indirectly by information furnished the
oHhci; of the New Britain Savings Bank by
Cons had seen the pictures of Walker sent
broad ct after his disappearance and recog-
uized ne fugitive when he appeared some time
ago IL Ensenada- Before his capture could be
effected Walker. apparently suspecting that his
idenritv was known. fed TO the mountains and
after wandering about for some time found
shelter at the mining camp where he was capt
ured Meantime Assistant Superintendent
Hoffman. of the Los Angeles office Of the de-
fective bureau. had been put on the trail. and
eniistirg the aid of several Mexicans familiar
with the region. down the absconder. The
fact that the posse was searching for Walker
became known and led to reports Of earlier
capture
Walker when confronted by the officers, ad-
mitred his identity and agreed to return East
without raising legal obstacles. Further than
this he had little to say.
back in New Britain was his reply to inquiries
concerning his theft and subsequent fieht.
Walker is In fairly good health.
A reward Of 5000 had been offered for
Walker if taken alive and $1,000 for his body
II dead.
Walker, who is sixty-one years old, had long
held an enviable position in the business, social
and church circles Of New Britain On Febru
ary 10 he disappeared. and soon afterward it
was found that s665000 worth Of securities had
been stolen from the bank Walker also
treasurer Of the Connecticut Baptist Convention.
end after his flight il found that s55,000 of
the conventions funds had been stolen. At a
meeting of the convention at Putnam, Conn, on
October Is last, il was announced that his short
sEe had been made up by others. Walker had
been of the most prominent Baptists in the
etste, and at the convention prayer for his ul-
tiraate salvation was offered
Walker was born in Andover. Conn, and was
TIE son Of the Rev. William c. Walker, pastor
o. the First Baptist Church at New Britain dur
ir the Civil War. He made treasurer Of
-4e savings bank in 1879 He was also direc-
sor or the New Britain National Bank. His
family lives in New Britain.