The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-10-27
ABSC0ND|NG BANKER
CAUGHT ON BATTLESHIP
Looted and Wrecked Bank at
Scranton, Pa.
JOSEPH MAJOROS ENLISTED As MARINE
John j. Majoros, Who Looted and
Wrecked the Narodny Bank, of
Scranton, Pa, Over a Year Ago,
Had Been Trailed Around the
World BY Secret Service Men OF
bonding Company Before Capture
At Charleston, 5. G..

Scranton. Pa. Especially. - John
Joseph Majoros, the absconding
banker, who looted and wrecked the
Narodny Bank of Scranton. Pa, was
arrested on the deck of the battle
ship Texas in Charleston harbor by
Chief of Police Bayl, of Charleston.
and secret service men of the Fidelity
and Deposit Company of Maryland.
Majoros wore the uniform of a Unit
ed States marine, in which corps he
enlisted in his last desperate effort to
shake off his pursuers
The whirlwind chase after Majoros,
was, in its spectacular features, one
of the most thrilling and dramatic
pursuits of a criminal that has ever
taken place in this country. The ar
rest of Majoros was iue more to the
determination OF the Fidelity and De-
posit Company OF Maryland to "get
him" than to any other cause. The
Fidelity and Deposit Company we're
on Majoros' bond. and when he looted
the Narodny Bank, over year ago,
'H'S company tOIlBtlltu W Dldht
good his thefts. They then COM
menced a chase after Majoros which
never tagged for an instant, and
which extended completely around
the world.
The secret service men of the FL
deity Company were on his track
within four days after he had wiped
the dust of Scranton from his boots.
They followed him to Buffalo and
Toronto, where he doubled on them
and slipped back to Johnstown, Pa,
while the detectives were combing
the Canadian seaports. Majoros then
darted and squirmed in and out
among the cities of the Great Lakes
and finally succeeded in completely
throwing off his rursuers by quietly
enlisting in the United States Navy.
When the secret service men of the
Fidelity apd Deposit Company again
picked up the thread of the chase
Majoros was on the seas. They fol-
lowed him to Auckland, New Zea-
land: Liverpool and Pensacola, Fla,
where they again lost him by the ex-
tensive re-assignment of thousands
of sailors and marines to the various
ships.
During the last two months prac-
tically all of the finest fighting ships
of the United States Navy have been
at battle practice in the Atlantic
Ocean, but on what ship Majoros was
stationed was unknown to his pur-
suers, and inasmuch as the fighting
aggregate OF all the vessels consti-
tuted more than Ia 900 men, there
was nothing left for the detectives to
do but tackle the drudgery of exam
lining the names and descriptions OF
every sailor in the United States
Navy as recorded in the Navigation
Bureau in Washington. When the
battle practice having been finished
the warships scattered for various
ports, the detectives also scattered
for the various cities which were the
destination OF the dispensing war yes.
sells.
A week ago, however, by process
of elimination, the secret service men
of the Fidelity Company were prac-
tically certain that somewhere among
the sailormen and marines Of the bat
tleship Texas Majoros would be
found. The chief of police OF
Charleston was thereupon communi-
Gated with, and armed with a war
rant and an indictment from the Dis
trict Attorneys Office at Scranton, he
went on board the battleship, accom-
panied by the secret service men who
had chased Majoros around the
world. The fighting force OF the
vessel was paraded and Majoros was
Immediately spotted, standing like
statue in the ranks of the marines.
The long and spectacular chase was
over, and as the detectives pointed
out their man, Majoros, without say
ing word, collapsed and fell to the
deck, his rife Gathering down beside
him.