The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-06-29

the United States and were found in
Canada, could they be arrested and
extradited back to the United States
for trial?" I asked.
Undoubtedly, under. the provisions
of the Ashburton and Webster treaty.
answered the other.
But" l said, "the Judge who pre-
sided over the criminal court at Dali
las, Texas, was of opinion that the
fraudulent bills of lading signed by
the agent were not forgeries, as the
agent was in the employ of the COM
pany.'
"The agent signed the bills Of lad
ing for fraudulent purposes answer
ed Mcbride, land therefore his sigma
ture was unauthorized by the COM
pany which employed him. Under
the Canadian law he is a forger, while
the other conspirators would be guilty
of uttering and publishing forged pa
per-"
l at once filed the necessary COM
plant, and procured warrant for the
arrest of No. 2, who was taken to
Chatham and lodged in jail. l then
telegraphed to Ex-Governor Brown, ex-
planning what I had done. The latter
wired back:
"Why did you disobey my instruc-
tons, when you knew that I had in
structed you as to what the Texas
Judge had decided, and therefore the
fugitive could not be extradited from
Canada under the existing treaty nor
in accordance with the act of con-
gress, which provides for said treaty?
Answer. John G. Brown"
replied:
II disregarded your instructions,
finding them erroneous, and that you
did not understand the law pertaining
to this case. Have also learned that
Texas judges ruling is not consid-
cred in Canada and I find that I can
legally extradite the fugitive from
Canada under the present law"
With copy Of the revised statutes
of Canada in my suitcase, I at once
returned to St. Louis, where I report
ed to Vice-President Hoxie. tom,
Governor Brown showed me mes
sage which he had received from you
yesterday He appeared to be quite
angry"
81 am here to explain my actions
fully" I answered., "and I wish you
would kindly request Governor Brown
to come to your office at his convent
ence, as think my explanation should
be made to him in your presence, so
that one explanation may serve for
both. My time is limited, as I must
go to Texas and procure certain wit
nesses and return with them to Chat
ham, Ontario, within two weeks, the
time set for the hearing"
In a short time Ex-Governor Brown
appeared, and repeated the instruc-
tons which 1 had received from him.
1 then stated that had found it would
be impossible to carry them out with
out subjecting myself to prosecution
and a possible Jail sentence, and that
1 had therefore done the next best
thing, which was to consult compe-
tent attorney. I then produced his
copy of the statutes, and directed the
ex-governor's attention to the marked
sections, which the latter carefully
read After he had finished his perusal
l read the telegram which he had re-
ceived, and my own answer.
WELL governor, what do you think
of this matter?" asked Mr.. Hoxie,
when he had read the dispatches.
For answer, the ex-governor walked
round the table to where I was seat
- ~,
took.
'Furlong was right all the way
through" he said to me.
No. put up a strong fight for free
dom. The appeal upon the extradi-
ton was argued, and the extradition
papers were sustained. A higher
court upheld the action of the lower
one, and the case was at once taken
up by the privy court at Toronto,
which likewise affirmed the action of
the lower courts. AS this was the
highest tribunal in Canada, it's decis-
ion was final. and No. 2 was commit
ted for extradition.
I Immediately left Toronto for
Washington and presented the neces-
sary papers from the state of Texas
at the department of justice there
They were promptly approved and
sent to President Cleveland for sigma
ture. President Cleveland had then
been in office just four days, and these
were the first papers of the kind that
he signed. With the signature of the