The Green Forest tribune., 1909-01-29

Gupt. John Schore was head of Scot land Yard at that time and Murray went to see him.
 Have you papers entitling you tc hold your prisoner in England?" en- quired Schore.
 Murray produced the warrant of re- cipias signed by the governor general of Canada and Schore perused it carefully.
 'It isn't enough, Murray" he said. They won't keep your prisoner here on that"
 Rather aghast at the result of his inquiries, Murray in this extremity bethought himself of Sir Charles Tup- per, the high commissioner of Canada, to whom he accordingly stated his case Much to the worried detectives relief Sir Charles proved sympathetic. He called for his carriage and drove with Murray to the home office, where he argued the case with the home and colonial secretaries. But both of these gentlemen refused to change their yer diets The prisoner could legally be
  not an hour longer. It appeared to Murray as though he had run his head against a stone wall in the very place, of all others, where he least expected it. And to crown all, there was no steamer due to leave for Canada within a week. Sir Charles meditated in silence for a while as the carriage rolled away from the home office. Sud- denly he glanced at Murray and smiled
 There is not a prison in England that will refuse to hold your man for one night" he said. 'It would bs quite possible, although not pleasant for you to keep tramping with hiH from prison to prison, and there are jails enough in the country to last un' til the steamer sails. But a better plan would be for you to take your prisoner to Liverpool. You can say I that the Liverpool jail is very dirty and you don't want to submit him to ] the hardship of being confined in 1t for a week. Then hire somebody to guard him outside the prison. David son will probably be thankful for the courtesy"
 The problem was solved. Schore the chief of Scotland Yard, telegraph. ed to Liverpool; Murray. went there with his prisoner and was met at the station by Chief Inspector McConkey All went smoothly, and on March 2 Murray and Davidson sailed from Liverpool on the Sarnia.
 It seemed as though all Murray's difficulties with his charge were at an end, when on March II the Sarnia broke crank shaft and the vessel drfted helplessly for days. When the needful repairs were finished the Sar- mia was about 60 miles from St. Pierre. On March IS, the fifth day after the ac- cident, the boat ran into terrific hurricane, the wind blowing S5 miles an hour and the sea running noun tains high Fortunately the Sarnia's broken shaft had been repaired and she managed to jog slowly along In the teeth of the storm at about eight miles an hour. Two steamers, the coal tank America and the Mauranda of Picton. spoke the crippled liner, but assistance was declined and she limped doggedly on her way. During the voyage Davidson gave number of musical entertainments which were source of much pleasure to his fel- low passengers and did much toward making him popular and lessening the monotony of the unduly extended trip.
 But all things must come to an end and at last, on the night of March 19, Murray's eyes rested upon the vel come lights of Halifax, and three days later he handed his prisoner over to the authorities of Milton jail. David son received a speedy trial, was found guilty and sentenced to five years in Kingston penitentiary.
 It had been a lone and eventful pill grimage for Murray, lasting as it did from November s, 1892, to March 22, 1893. In the four months that elapsed he had travelled over 10000 miles But in the eyes of the law the result was worth the expense and trouble involved. Davidson was caught brought back and punished, and the case of this pious organist and nur seryman who turned forger, then flu gitive, in vain, was written down ir the stern records of justice as warn , ing to others of his class who migh, seek to emulate his example. {Copyright. 1909, by w. c. Chapman0 (Copyright in Great Britain