The Sun. — 1869-07-19 (London, England)

CAPTURE OF A FRENCH MURDERER BY 711 E ENGLISH POLICE.  To-day Jean Baptiste Duflos was placed before Sir Thomas Henry at Bow-street Police Court, to undergo an examination prior to his transmission to _France in compliance with the provisions of the Extrat!ition Treaty. M. Atch-oau, the officially-appointed counsel of his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the French in England, produced the duly authenticated warrants, signed by the Judge d'lnstruction of the first instance, at Arras, authorising, the capture of Jean Baptiste Duflos, husbandman, on a charge of wilfully murdering Amedee Godon within the department of the Pas de Calais. Auguste Decrequy, the governor of the prison at Arras, identified the prisoner as one who had been brought there chargad with murder about the end of January last. He further said that after the fifth examination before the magistrate at Arras the prisoner male his escape from the custody of the gens d'artne as he was being conveyed back to prison and before his trial was concluded. The depositions taken at the extuninaCon of the prisoner having been read, Sir T. Henry said the facts mentionel iu the evidence were quite sufficient to justify him in ordering that the prison :r be transmitted to France, and the escape from the gens d'armes strengthened the evidence.  The prisoner said he ran away because he had not committed the crime, and also because it was a great displeasure to be locked up in prison.  Sir Thomas Henry then signed the necessary documents.  Inspector Williamson, of the Detective Department, said the prisoner was a very desperate man, and perhaps the magistrate would state that to the Governor of the House of Detention.  Sir T. Henry thought it would be the safer course for Mr Williamson to see the Governor, as he could then give fuller particulars than he (Sir T. Henry) could write. The capture of the prisoner has been attended with both trouble and danger. On it being intimated that the prisoner was supposed to be in England, the case was delivered into the hands of Inspector Druscovitch, of the detective department, and he, accompanied by Sergeant Reimers, proceeded last night to No. 25, Oxford Market, where it was ascertained the prisoner was working for M. Chevalier as a journeyman baker. After some stratagem, he was got into the street, and on the officers attempting to seize him, ho made a most powerful resistance. Inspector Druscovitch, however, kept his prisoner at his own imminent peril until Sergeant Reimers eould give his assistance; but this, however, proved quite insufficient, as the prisoner had by this time become a perfect maniac with rage, and being possessed of immense power the two officers were quite unable to convey him to the station-house. On turning into Oxford-street another violent tussle took place, and it was not before the arrival of additional constables, that the prisoner was safely looked up in King-street police station. A large quantity of money was found on the prisoner, which, it is supposed, is the produce of the frequent robbery of Mr. Chevalier's till, as on the prisoner a number of false keys were found, one of which openel the drawer where the money was kept.