Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-15
MONTREAL POLICE
ARREST MISSING
EAGLE CO. CASHIER
Letter to Wife, Addressed to
Sister=in-Law, Betrayed
Fugitive Newarker.
WAVES HIS
RIGHTS TO EXTRADITI0N
Taken to Border by Canadian
0ficiaIs-g Knew Him
Guilty." Says Wife. =

Peter Lawson, the absconding cashier
Of the Eagle Company. who disap-
peared on August 4 after drawing the
-company's weekly pay roll of s4.ses
from the Federal Trust Company. was
captured at the Hotel Corona in Nom
treal last night on information furs
nished the police of that city by the
local detective bureau. Sergeant Tuite,
Of the headquarters staff of detectives,
is now on his way to Canada to bring
the prisoner to this city
When arraigned before a Montreal
magistrate this morning, Lawson
waived his right to extradition He
was to have been taken before an ex-
tradition commissioner . today. but
stated that he preferred to face the
Newark authorities.
The capture of Lawson came about
through a letter which he wrote 10 his
wife from the Canadian city. The miss
ting cashier was cunning enough to nd
dress the missive TO his sister-in-law.
Mrs. Lily Muir. OF 2s5 First street, and
not TO his wife
Mrs. Muir is supposed TO have taken
the letter to police headquarters ana "a
nave betrayed the whereabouts Of her
missing relative. although she Ndenvs
so doing and asserts that the first in
formation she had of Lawsou,s com
munication was when Sergeant Taite
called at her home and requested her
to go to the postofice with him and
open the letter in his presence.
At all events. Sergeant Tuite GOT int
possession of a letter from Lawson ~
his wife. addressed to his sister-sn-law
and found within 1t information fhaf
led to the arrest of the missing clerlx
A shorter communication FOR Mrs Mir
contained in the same envelope was
made public today, but the police ~,
withholding the letter which Lawson
sent 10 his wife -,
Mrs. sIuir's Letter.
Mrs. Muir's letter reads as follozvs.
i hope You are well, I hope to see
you soon.''
Lawson was registered at the La CO.
roma Hotel as Peter Gray. 1t has not
been learned whether he had any of The
money he is supposed to have stolen
with him at the time of his capture
or not.
Last Friday Mrs. Lawson found 81 sss
OF the missing money in the pocket of
an old coat of her husband lying In 4
trunk in closet at her home.
Mrs Lawson was visited today BY A
representative of the EVENING STAB.
She was greatly agitated and while
talking to the reporter paced up ana
down the floor, carrying her infanr
child Ada. Her hair was disheveleo
and her attide careless, while on a
table in the room the dishes of several
meals lay unwashed.
! I expected it," said Mrs. Lawson.
speaking of her husbands capture. II
knew that he had committed the criue
and I felt that he would be captured.
Whatever they may say of my hus-
band he was a good man and always
cared for his family. He drank hard
but never forgot the obligations he
owed his wife and children.
wife Defends HUSBAND.
Il hope that people will not accuse
me of being guilty with him. I know
that he. intended the money 1 found
on Friday for me, and 1 think II Is
only another evidence of his goodness
! to his family. I knew nothing of the
crime until after the disappearance OF
my husband. He never took me into
his confidence. and if he had 1 would
never have allowed him TO rob his
employers.
Il wish 1 could go TO jail with my
husband. want to be with him. When
/ he comes out, know he'll want to
start all over again and live down the
disgrace of the crime of which he Il
accused"
AT the Office of the Eagle Company
no information except the bare state
ment of the capture of their cashier
| has been received. The officials of the
company do not know whether any OF
the missing money was recovered on
the arrest of the absconder or not.