Williams news., 1916-07-06

THE MUSIC BROUGHT sEvERl the United States and were found in Canada, could they be arrested and extradited back to the United States for trial?" asked.
 Undoubtedly, under the provisions of the Ashburton and Webster treaty" | answered the other.
 But" I said, "the judge who pre- sided over the criminal court at Dal- | 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 forger, while the other conspirators would be guilty of uttering and publishing forged pa per-"
 I at once filed the necessary com plaint, and procured a warrant for the arrest of No. 2, who was taken to Chatham and lodged in jail. I then telegraphed to ex-Governor Brown, ex- plaining what had done. The latter wired back:
 Why did you disobey my instruc- tions, 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 c. Brown"
 I replied:
 "I disregarded your instructions, finding them erroneous, and that you did not understand the law pertaining to this case. Have also learned that a Texas judges ruling is not consid- cred in Canada and I find that can legally extradite the fugitive from Canada under the present law"
 With a copy of the revised statutes of Canada in my suitcase, I at once returned to St. Louis, where report ed to Vice-President Hoxie. From, Governor Brown showed me a mes sage which he had received from you yesterday. He appeared to be quite angry"
 "I am here to explain my actions fully" I answered, land 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 I repeated the instruc- tions which I had received from him. I 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 had therefore done the next best thing, which was to consult a 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 read the telegram which he had re- ceived, and my own answer.
 Well, governor, what do you think of this matter?" asked MT. Hoxie, when he had read the dispatches.
 For answer, the ex-governor walked round the table to where was seat ed and extended his hand. which I took.
 "F'urlong was right all the way through" he said to me.
 No. put up a strong fight for free dom. The appeal upon the extradi- tion 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 prfvy court at Toronto, which likewise affirmed the action of the lower courts. As this was the highest tribunal in Canada, its decis- ion was final, and No. 2 was commit ted for extradition.-
 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