The San Francisco call., 1907-03-26

Continued From I-dkt r. SOiu"m
nate is not in Belgium, Egypt or Cuba,
but is 'in the West.
Il can not be more definite than
this" he continued, because I do not
know his exact location. He is on
mis- way to San Francisco, where he
will meet his accusers. He may deem
il best not to go there directly, but
to remain in hiding until he
consults his attorneys and gets
line on the situation, but you
may rest assured that he has
no intention to evade the law. He has
much better chance by surrendering
himself and fighting the indictments
than by attempting TO get beyond the
Jurisdiction of the court In the latter
case he would eventually be caught
and brought back to the country in
that kind of a man. He will not run
away from trouble. He will shortly
turn up in San Francisco and face the
music"
The whereabouts of the indicted man
has become the general topic of con-
versation in Toledo. Having been
closely identified with the commercial
interests of the city for so long has
made him shining mark for the gos-
y
country that has an extradition treaty
with the United States and several
more that have not. The only people
in this city who claim to have seen Det-
wiler last Friday are his brother, al
ready quoted and John r. Harrison,
his brother-in-law. 1t was said that
he was driven from the Union depot in
a closed carriage to the residence of
George K. Detwiler, where he had
dinner and departed in the early even
ing for the coast.
George X Detwiler affirms that
while in this city the fugitive had a
consultation with Thomas ii. Tracy,
but the latter for professional" rea-
sons refuses to either confirm or deny
the story In the absence of Detwiler
it is said his Toledo business associ-
ates are preparing to step into the
breach and protect his franchise, which
was secured Immediately after the
earthquake.
1t was stated to a representative OF
The Call tonight that Detwiler and
those associated with him have nearly
100000 invested in the proposition al
ready and they do not care to see all
that lost. The loss of the franchise
would mean the entire loss of all this
investment. the greater portion OF
which il is declared was legitimate
Just what will be done in this connec-
tion cannot now be stated, but the re-
cent trip of w. w. Chalmers, who is
connected with the Detwiler Real Es-
| tate Agency in San Francisco, was for
the purpose of going into this phase OF
| the question. There is considerable
local interest to know just howSdeeply
Frank Graves and Frank Wachter are
interested financially with Detwiler in
San Francisco.
One of the most interesting OF the
many stories which are going the
rounds of the streets tonight is one
which relates to an inside deal which, \
! is alleged Detwiler was planning ir
connection with the franchise. Accord
ing to this story Detwiler saw his op-
portunity to get the franchise for him.
self alone, and that he did so with the
expectation of selling it to the company
at a high figure. OF course this storS
is only one of the many rumors in cir
culation.
That Detwiler will show up in Sar
Francisco at the proper time is the
statement of one of his friends who dis
cussed the matter with representative
of The Call He will face the charges
said his friend. but he does not be-
lieve now is the proper time There is
too much agitation and feeling in tha,
city at this time for him to get fail
hearing and every hours delay will
mean something to him in the way OF
fairer consideration. I do not know
where he is. He may be on his way to