Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-06-19
HE WAS SLAUGHTERED IN
JAPAN BY THE CRIMINAL
IN THE CASE.
Given SPEEDY justice
Scandinavian Sailor Serving Time
Under a Name He Gould
Not Pronounce.

SAN FRANCISCO, juno lH. -
shanyhaIed in NaglsaK carried in
irons across the Pacific on the unlted
States transport sheridan and thrust
into San Quentin penitentary to serES,
three years under a name ne 'ouIu
not pronounce, for crime ne hcNc'
had heard Of, Albert Johanseh,
Scandinavian sailor, was freed loudl
bv the United states district court
or Juu, u he must appear again
for tho return of a writ or hapeas
corpus. application for which was ill'u
today i'm his behalf but IN the mean
time ne Is free without bail, ana thcIe
IS no doubt In the minds or the
Tnited states authorities that ms I'M
prisoumcnt was the result OF Sup-
stitutIon. ~,
Tho prisoners story was that he
was drinking one night last mohlh III
a waterfront saloon al NAB NJ
Three strangers offered to stand Nun
= treat. He accepted The next
morning he found himself at sea
prisoner. no
Nobody understood him when he
tried TO explain who he was, ana ne
was delivered at San quentin aS James
Rogers. alias Peter Grimes, thero "
serve three years for sentence I'm .
nosed by the treaty court at Shanghai
FOR forgery. His cell mate chancel
to be a fellow countryman, ana
through him he got hearing.
To-day Johansen was given the al
bum Of prisoners portraits ana aSNeu
IL he could find anybody In IT ne re
membered. As soon as he came on
Rogers portrait he said; ,,.
That's one of the men | drank
with In Nagasaki.
The real Rogers served year III
San Quentin for forgery When re-
leased ne won the interest OF captain
Robert Dollar. "A merchant OF o"n
Francisco. who sent him to emma as
a clerk. Soon Rogers was posing as
Captain Dollars son. lie began 10
PASS bad checks was caught and CON
ricted and sentenced TO three years In
san Quentin. An officer of the court
was to have taken him to NagasaK XII
where he was to be placed on the
sheridan.
At that point the facts end, ana
theory begins. The belief OF federal
officers Is that Rogers got ms guafu-
ian drunk. poured a stupefying drus
into Johanscn's drink and personally
delivered him late at night on DoaId
the sheridan, turning over to a petty
officer Of the ship the papers he hal
stolen from the drunken deputy ana
receiving in person the acknowledBe-
mont for his own delivery
Peter A. Rogers, alias Grimes. con
yicted forger who is believed to nave
druggcd Albert Johanscn In "A Ma
gasaki saloon and substituted the NOT
wcgian sailor for himself just before
his transfer under guard to the trans
port sheridan, has been apprehended
near Nagasaki by Japanese authorl-
ties and is in custody, according 10
information received from Washing
ton hy United states District Attorney
John w Preston late today
The department Of state received
messages today from the United
states consuls at Shanghai ana
Nagasaki confirming the substitution
story and later news OF Grimes ar
rest Preston was told that Grimes
oauld not be extracted but that the
Japanese government had given as
surances that it would prosecute the
forger.
Preston was reqrestcd to gamer al
evidence possible from Johansen ana
forward it to NagasakL