Show I I NABBED UPON S HIS ARRIVAL I J Whittaker Wright fat Safe in hi Lwi LN L LS S low Street Strut Jail HAD YOUNG tO G LADY WITH HIM HIMI I rAi rv TO IK U A I ov fD W K WI I JEW YORK March Kart Whittaker NEW L Wright the tile London LoD on promoter who is accused of being concerned in Ia colossal frauds in it I connection with the organisation o of ef various financial cor eor corporations corporations was gas arrested today on OD the arrival of the toe French line steamer La f froM fr roa i Havre The be win was made by two Central omen office detectives at the request of the th London pollee police Wright was taken to police ponce headquarters ten and later to the tile crt court where lIere he be waa arraigned before a magistrate and a turned over to the United d States stat authorities He was wu then taken take to the Ludle street jaiL jalL With Wright on the steamship was waa a tall tail good Od looking young o woman who said she abe was the niece of the prisoner pl Her HerI I name na on the passenger list was Miss KIa p F Browne Bro S g Edwards I Wright when told that he be was Wll under onder arrest neat showed bowed no evidence of excite emU excitement mont ment ard and said tt he be was ws a friend of King Kine His H principal concern was waa to tl a publicity and aDd he be asked that his arrest be kept from the newspapers Wright and his companion were en ea entered entered on oa the original passenger list as u M JC and Mile Androni That Wright Wt did not expect to be ar arrested arrested rested is shown Ibon by the fact fart that after lter the steamship left lett Havre he told the purser that a it a mistake lI II e bad had been made in making mal n the tickets out in hi the name of Android Ills His HI name na was aa aar changed r and appeared appear on the addition additional al at list IhU t as u Mr J W Wright and that of the tile woman nOman as Miss MissY MF F Brow Browne Brone ne Charged With Proud Wright tt is Sa thus described in the cable message m from trona the London pollee I Absconder charged on warrant with fraud to a large amount Whit Whittaker taker ker Wright manager of London Globe Finance Pl anee corporation of this city Aged 50 60 years ye height five feet ten or eleven inches complexion florid hair and mustache dark large head small sisal u eyes receding forehead weight about t 1 pounds poa wears wean gold rimmed glasses with gold PIeS chain attached speaks with witha a slight American accent Please PIe ar arrest arrest arrest rest if possible ble and wire Ire commissioner of police London The description given ven out by bJ the Lou Lon London Loudon don police pollee did not tit fit the man as aa to de do details tails taUa It was U a good general description description tion however Mr Wright and the young you woman occupied one of the finest t deck suites on the steamship Wright was sitting attu at a desk deak in bis bIa hi cabin n when I found by It the detectives When ad at addressed dressed dred y name nume he K at t once admitted edn II I his identity and on Ga being bei told J that be he waa under arrest at the LoIrI D police said Arrest a That was wu a business transaction t I understood that the matter was waa all settled d in Ia parliament This is ia a star sur surprise ur urI prise to me I am willing to go co with I you AU All I want is Ii to get away from I here bere with as u little noise DO as possible Dont let the newspapers know mow any anything anything thing t about this tit They TIley went on o deck with the tile woman Continued on Page 2 t 0 T o NABBED UPON HIS FItS ARRIVAL I Continued from Page 1 and aM told her ur of ot Wrights Wr arrest With an officer deer on each side of him be he was escorted down the gangway ay Wright was taken to court where the detectives vea explained the arrest in ina ina ina a few words Two United States mar marshals marshals appeared with a warrant for Wrights arrest charging char ginI him with be being belag lag ing I a fugitive from justice justl Wright was not called upon to say anything and in a few minutes he be was wu formally turned over to the custody of the mar marshals shah who took him hint to the Ludlow I street Jail Miss Mias Browne who was WalS left I ft on the I pier remained looking after the bag baggage baggage gage nee She is rather tall tan slender dressed in dark clark blue and wearing a aI rather hat I draped d with a flimsy light blue veil velL She declined to make any cay statement be beyond I yond that she ahe had bad come Ome to visit friends I After her ber baggage bad been examined examine she be left in a cab instructing the driver to go 0 to an uptown hotel I Nothing n was known on the La Lour Lourraine Lourraine raine tame as a to the identity of the pair They made no 0 friends and Wright ap appeared appeared peered in public but little La Lourraine left Havre about 5 p m sa mon mon saon on March farch 7 Wright and his ht companion came casle to Havre Havie on OD the train that aft afternoon afternoon afternoon They TIley went at once to their rooms During the trip across Miss Browne dM dO nut not leave her room until the vessel was one day from port when she ahe appeared appealed on deck Wright spent most moet of his hi bi time in his suite te Was Wac a a High mp RoUst Roller The financial crash craib of the companies floated by Whittaker Wright came ca ie in December WOO 1 There were eleven of these including the parent pa nt company entitled the London ft A Globe Finance corporation with a total capitalization of Wright was waa the man managing managing aging m director r Few millionaires lived in the Ute same princely style tYM as did Wright In Park PaniC I Lane London he had a miniature pal palace palCe palace ace Ce In the of which was wasa wf w wa a t copy of the famous cabinet Du Rot RoI of Louis Louto XV It took three years era To 10 complete and iid end cost coet many thousands of pounds At Godalming he be owned own d a country seat Mat in beautifying which fM workmen were engaged It contains contain fountains and d statuary brought tom from Italy Wrights bt stables alone cost coat costa coata a small fortune They have upholstered oak and leather settees aeU and aDd polished gun sun metal fittings while bile valuable paintings painting palaU and ben bas adorn the stalls taI His HI private yacht was wu filled up with similar luxuriousness and at one onetime onetime time Ume he was waa credited with the patent of a yacht yae t to race Sir Thomas Lipton S Shamrock One 0 of af the Victim One of the victims vieU of the th crush crash was wu the Che L late Marquis of previous previously ly general t of Canada and ancI British ambassador at Parts Paris He con COD consented muted to be chairman of the London LoRdon LondonA A Globe company copany and Dd bad had 35 shares s in the different cU companies compan With Lord on the board beard of directors director d ora were Lieutenant General who was wag colonel of the Fifth dragon dracon guards and Edward Wil WO William WOllam liam llam master muter of the late tote queens queen household and son lIOn of the fifth Duke Dub of Newcastle When the crash came calM Lord was severely censured for tor his hi connection with the ue Wright companies but in a frank speech to the stockholders of or the Lon Lou London London Loudon don It a Globe corporation he declared his hi position and won the sympathy of ot the country His Hia wealth at one time large was believed to have bees been swallowed swallowed lowed Jawed up in these theM companies Great GNat Outcry Mad Much Kuch American money was lost fo t in ID inthe Inthe the failure tan of the Wright Wt companies com There was a great peat outcry oute against the attitude of the authorities in not prose prosecuting prosecuting Whittaker Wright and his ide fel fellow fellow fellow low directors of the London ft I Globe company and in January last a petition was wu circulated on the London stock tock ex ci exchange change signed by many influential men inca demanding the prosecution of Wright as it was considered that the credit of the city elt and of the London stock ex cx exchange change demanded a thorough investigation Investigation gation cation A fund of 15 eoe was raised to Initiate the proceedings against ap Wright Arnold White the author at a meeting said the reason uon the prosecution was not undertaken by the th government was ws that the director directors of the London Longon S Globe were sheltering themselves be behind behind behind hind members of the royal family He H Hadded added that he understood a royal duke had bad invested In ted his h money In the concern rn and aDd he be believed that certain hangers on 00 at court were using the name of the tile king and others for the purpose of hiding hl their own deeds Other speak speakers ers era e at this meeting declared that the stockholders of the London ft A Globe company were victims of the terrible heartless and nd gigantic swindle Action Actton Begun On March 10 l action was wU taken against Wright Justice Buckeley in the chan ehaB chancery cery cony division of the high biP court of Jus Justice justic tice tic made macle an aD order directing the re receivers receivers as u liquidator of the London ft ell Globe Finance corporation limited to prosecute on a criminal crimi charge ebarp Whit Whittaker Whittaker taker Wright and an utilize utilise the assets of 0 the London ft a Globe to pay pJ the costs tOI of the prosecution pro The following day daya a warrant for Wrights arrest arr t was waa is issued I Issued sued When the police Uce officer leer o went t to his home me he lie was informed that Wright W t thad had gone one to the continent on account of his bit health The Ta same afternoon the Irish nationalist Swift McNeill salted asked the home secretary in the house boue of ot commons what steps were being taken to prevent preveat Wrights escaping from jus justice Justice justice tice and later the home bome secretary an announced announced flounced that the government intended to bring Wright to Justice Prisoner Not Hot Alarmed Mr Wright in the course of a long conversation with a reporter of ot the Ute Herald said saidI I 1 cannot express to you my amass amase ment mont at my m arrest It is an outrage oute and those who are responsible for it Will win be made to suffer uffer to the full extent of the law tow The entire charge against me m to is technical and in this country no ao noone noone one would even think of making It If It I had bad believed it possible that tUt such uch a charge cham would woud be made I would not of course have left home bome but after atter having devoted the last two years yea in la assisting iUD the official liquidation of the Ute Globe company and the crown omee having made DULde the statement in parlia pulla parliament ment meat that it was WN not possible to press any an charge charae against me and I felt free freeto freeto freeto to take a two months trip to British Columbia to Inspect certain mining property there to visit California where I have ba ve some interests and to re return return return turn home by way wa of Australia where ben 3 1 have interests of various kinds It 11 is now more than two t o years since ace the Globe company compaQ failed There was wasa a public inquiry more than a year ago ap after which it was as declared that my hands hand were clean of any crime or in intent Intent Intent tent to do anything and nothing but errors Erron of judgment could be advanced advance against either myself or the other di directors directors rectors retora of the company The men associated with me were above suspicion Among the directors besides beside myself who was as managing man di dl director dIrector rector were the late Lord formerly governor general of Canada Lord Loch former high commissioner in South Africa Lord Edward Clinton General Genel orpe and Robert E Leman They All AU Lost Last Money Honey They would have nothing to do with witha a company that was not free of taint of e as their tb ir own names and there never neer was vat any ny reason renson rf for any anyo o them to be ashamed of their conner with me They lost loat a great K at deal deel of as a s we Ve all did but tnt that us is i the risk that thit f on one has to take taft in such IUd business affairs They Th y a well as u myself are as innocent in nt of fraud as are the toe official prosecutors of the n nIn In making the trip I also alao took my i health into consideration thinking a j Journey Joaney of ot several months would woul re me restore restore store me ane to the vigor v r of a couple 1 f years ears ago 10 I have been worrying a 1 great deal over my affairs and have done a great peat deal of hard bard work in my elota to assist asat in clearing to tip P the tan tangled tangled condition of the Globe GloM and 4 other companies I 1 am tar fat from being broken down do but I regret t that It n will not be beP possible P ble for tor me to continue my trip mainly mal on OR this account |