The evening world., 1911-12-30
FORD IS RELEASED
N LONDON AFTER
ARREST AS CROOK
Court and American Envoy
Make AFFECT Apologies to
Rubber Capitalist.
BAD FEELING HERE.
Waldo Reduces the Detective,
Thomas, for Two Hours
for Blunder.

LONDON. Dec. 1-Ths presiding
magistrate Of the Bow Street Police
Csut to-day formally discharged J.
HeWNrd Ford. the American capitalist
No was arrested by mistake at Dover
q ths request Of tho New York police
authorities when hc landed from the
Transatlantic steamer fapisnd.
Police Magistrate Henry Curtis Ben.
Rstt also dcpinr~i that n man Of Mr..
rord's character and standing should
have been brought before the cour,
without warrant. and wished him 20
know Tint he was leaving the cour,
without a stigma or stain upon his
name.
TIVE Magistrate alAp read an expres.
0oen Of regret from tho United states
Amoaseador. who on behalf OF his Gov.
srnment said that he desired the Court
% empress keen regret that an upright
aad honorable c;tiscn of New York
should have been subjected 10 the In.
a49uity OF such an arrest. The Am.
eossador also wrote that he could only
Dtsad that In accordance with the
c~abissrams received by tho Embassy,
'.G ~ W answer 10 the
description IND to the name Of the man
waited.
FOND TALKS or HIS ARREST.
FEELs " keeNlv.
Mr.. Ford. who VAS notified only this
morning Of tho mistake that had been
made. was brought INTO the BOW Street
Police Court In an automobile from
the Brtxton Prison. ~n~c he had spe ut
the night. He vas not placed In the
orisonsrs' enclosure. nut was given a
eat beside counsel. After his relcas.
Mr.. Ford said:
when the steamer Lsp,and reached
Dover was approached and asked
whether my name was J. Howard Ford
taareed. and In reply to further ques
uons. gave tho number OF my state
reom and other pa, ucuiars. The per-
IN who had spoken to me then told
- he was a detective and said:
The o are the man we VIZ t,''
~ told me the charge tina, was nj.
legged against me. ! received the I'm.
formation with as%tonishmcnt and
assured this of1cer that u grave mIstak,
had been made. I gave my o~~cupatior
asd my New York address. but withou,
avail.
II have been treated In the mos
Kindly way by the English authorities
They gave me a comfortable room I,
b Dow Lookup ana also IN Rrixtor
Prison.. but" added Mr.. Ford. 81
want the first class hotel at which
sxpected TO put ny whom I arrived"
NOT cure WHETHER he Will
SUE NEW YORK OFFICIALS.
Yesterday the London rcprescn,ativ
a the United States Rubber Compnn,
Msnun~d Mr.. Ford, hut no action 10
ward his release was taken until thi
morning. Mr.. Ford to-day said tina
~ Cid n o feel, that he had cause 4,
actlon against the English %authoritie,
he he'd not decided what action, N any
No would take against the America,
authorities. We naturally felt the mat
ter very keenly.
~. Ford win remain IN London
where he will he Joined tonight by nj
wsee. who ~ In Berlin At the time a
~ arrest and was Ereatly upset b
the report.
rhs man really wanted by tho Ne,
York police Il Julius Ford. The poic
have not ascertsined whether he wa
on hard the steamer L.apiand.
Whiteiaw Reid. who In sailing "a
Aues1ea oil hoard the Lusitanis to-da,
ssat n Of the Secretaries OF m
United States Embassy TO tina Bs
Street Police Court Ia deliver DE,
0onat1y his letter OF ,egr.t.