The Washington herald., 1909-05-17
ALLEGED SWINDLER
/, MAY Be RELEASED
Boston Police Hold No War
rant for FOXWell.
ARREST NAY BE 4 MISTAKE
UuIsist Authorities of the Hub Oh
tain. sPapers To-day, Msn Held at
Ethe First Precinct Station VIII
h Belief. Go-He and His Wife Re-
fuseFt TO Discuss the Case.

Concerning the case OF Capt Charles
Leighton FoxweH. accused OF obtaining
thousands Of dollars from mining com
Qanies;. there seems 70 BE a hitch in the
riatter Of his arrest
The.yashington police are awaiting the
action OF the Boston police. ad he Bos-
tor police are apparently ii sea. The
police. of New York and Baltimore. n
both So which cities FoxveH is supposed
TO have operated, are m.s;s
VIII FoxweH leave ths First prscinc;
station tomorrow morning a free man, or
be held for the receipt Of extradition
papers from Boston, was a question rife
last night in police circles. The question
VIII remain unanswered until Maj. Syl-
vester receives a telegram to-day from
the Boston authorities.
The first intimation that there was
something irregular in the arrest Of Fox
wen came with repetitious from thu sc-
cused, man OF the statement. NY srres,
fis..i a sst.ase ssnistake~
No Warrant Held.
Investigation showed that no warra.-. 70,
Foxweil IS. held 5y the police OF his city
OF Boston. The Washington po..cs admit
they have No warrant for the II est Of
the accused. and a telegram received
here from ". 3. Watts. Z putv superin-
tendent. Of Boston poli>s. 81 5 he has
no warrant The teIeg n Il addressed
e MAJ Sylvester and r-zds.
..Ho'd Charles 7. Ftx-'en VIII Try
10 oS ain warranc Monday morning
II suscessfu! viii forward certified copy.
Il is known the t5oston police we're not
cognizant Of the alleged irregular trans
Iksetiohs Ct FoxweIl until they received a
HaeleEam from the Washington police
;cortsising the notification Of the arrest Of
FieSyxu and asking for advice Then ar
investigation was begun in Boston
Confident of Release.
5"Cspt,y FcxweH believes his release ).
onIyZa question OF time F'oxweu said he
had beer. . Washington for about year
He's was visibly amused when he was
questioned concerning his name. about
which there seems 20 be doubt. Il has
not been learned where and by whom the
rank OF captain" was given FOxWeil
The police say he used the alias Cope
land. but information IS meager as tc
when. and where FoxweU was known as
COPELAND" Foxwen has been called
Charles Leighton Foxweil and Charles
Layton FoxweH. and the man himself re-
fuses TO say which name is correct
Mrs. -FoxweIl, who is said 10 have been
a widow and the mother of two children
has been given. the nom de plume Lady
Alice" The title seems 20 have arisen
ia the report that the woman is of noble
birth. Mrs. Foxwen shows a disinclina-
ton TO talk Of her own or her husbands
affairs. and the matter Of their real names
remains unsettled
FoxwelI vas arrested about 5 O'Clock
Saturday afternoon last. By Detectives
Howiett and Pratt while on his way 70
apartments in the Connecticut. 1t has
been asserted that Foxwen was pointed
out 20 the detecti~es by Herbert Mosely.
secretary 81 the Growler Copper Company,
whose allegations against Foxweu seem
TO be the only grounds on which the man
IS held II is also alleged FoxwelI false
" nisreDresented himself as the Amer
lean agent Of the Societe Generate. a
big French financial institution
A dispatch from New York yesterday
said several men and women had called
at the Manhattan Hotel, where FoxweIl
and his wife stopped about six months
ago. The visitors ostensihiy wished 20
presenD claims TO FOxwell and It was said
a French count was among the claimants.