Show lion flow lib ills made hi ina ic allai in ili a south bouth eniti lean lit cil their trip I 1 rip lo 10 Ilono honolulu lalu and back to 10 chicag desperate 0 to o secure Itt lease the ibe of 0 arguments monts by the supreme court and the hie decision of that tribunal anal in in the case of at frederick M ker her the embezzling cashier of preston koan kean co bankers by which ker her was remanded to the penitentiary tent iary to servo serve out the balance of his bis ten yearld are already matters of record there is is however a romantic rom antio side bide to the cas caad e which has never been given to th the public and that is 13 the inside h history astor Y of kera hers capture by the agents agenda of the pilkerton erion national detective agon cy this 1 his story is is at once romantic and full of inhere at from the ti time me the under undertook the case cabe until iver her was safely lauded landed within the walls walla of the penitentiary briefly the narrative is IH now kiven given frederick al kerr had for many years been the tha confidential clerk ol of preston kean tv i co he lind had proved himself worthy of 0 confidence and B nd had boon baen promoted from time to time one way and another until finally he be became assistant cashier and as snob had bad very general charge of their affairs and had access to every department in the bank in the thai mouth of 0 january 1883 ker her applied to his employers for a vacation this ibis request was granted with the understanding that he should return to the bank about the first farat of february instead of kers hers coming a letter bom him was received at the bank on jau jan 23 dated feb 1 eb 1 which wits waa to the effect that he had embezzled about about of this being the property of the bank and about 33 being in in bonds the property of othir other banks which had made special deposits with preston kean co lie ile stated that he was going to parts unknown maud and it if not disturbed in his bis retreat every thing would be lovely with the bank but it if he be should be harrasser harr assed or annoyed his friends would organize a ru run n auyon upon the tha bank which would br it sir mr B S A kean ol of preston kean hean co immediately applied to the pinkertons Pink ertons agency in chicago for assistance mr william pinkerton tile telegraphed graphed to his new york agency superintended super intended by his brother robert pinkerton Piu kerton the facts in tho the case and H R photograph ol of ker her was Jurnis furnished hod to robert pinkerton Piu kerton at new york it having been in some manner learned that ker her had gone to new nef york instead of going fira i tiling thing done by robert pinkerton was to examine the sailing lists andara and present the tha photo photograph graph ot of ker her to every Coln company PanY that had vessels leaving new york after the tha date data of kors hers probable arrival there he went weal from place to place without finding anything until the return of the steamer froth from aspinwall he then learned that a man bearing a 8 likeness similar to the photograph had sailed to aspinwall upon the steamer from new york and which had then just returned and had bad given give 11 an overcoat to the steward or some subordinate officer aho vho bad brought baroug I 1 it and theu then hail had the oyer overcoat cont at now new york upon examination of 0 witt this overcoat the iha name of frederick M ker her was found under the collar at the back of the neck at that time little pinkerton had an agent at panama 11 who was waa engaged in ferreting out so ab express robbery of some and this thia took robert pinkerton there by the next steamer lie there learned the that lint ker her had sailed south on the steamer passing const coastwise wise to valparaiso and ana that he be had bought it a ticket at the ticket office of the company for lima peru ut at which place the steamer touched couched henry J julien julian who had bad been tor for a long time in Pink pinkertons Pinker ertons tona employ was tha officer detailed io in pursuit of him lie ile was sent to panama mii and thence south to Lim the photo graph arriving at callao lie he went about seven uiles interior to the city of lima and a ft fi days daye after his arrival saw a gentleman sitting bitting in the plazza pinza under a tree rim smoking oking a 11 cigar and d his countenance fixed itself upon julien as that of ker her julien in so an artful manner caused himself to be introduced to herand Ke raud an intimate acquaintance sprung up between them both bogli were far away from hume home both had a common bond in speaking the french lari language guage and they soon loon became intimate frienda ker her hat hail I 1 money and was looking for ive C I 1 a I 1 i ons the detective had bad more ill muisey I 1 10 fill abil d was also seeking invest arnts 0 is 1 they hey took in the town together got h er I 1 visited the fandangos fan dangos and theaters together and time passed merrily L rily and swiftly away As soon boon as aa sir mr kean kaan lad notified P pinkerton erton and lie ho had notified his bis brother fit at now new York Mr Mt kean went vent before the orand grand jury anil and caused indictments to be found against ago t her for bis embezzlement and larceny the indictments being found a full fall force of clerks was set torn ako the necessary copies and in about two days time ti mo a messenger loft for springfield with the papers to procure a ro requisition itsou the governor or r of tile the state at is having received th the papers papers certified the facts to ta tile the general government at washington on and by the time the messenger arrived there news came from pinker 4 it il 1 qa li if kyr ker had lee leaeu found in in L L m lice ilio iho government made aut utu 11 upon the govern lucet of pei im a for his bis surrender as a from justice I 1 limit b I 1 eo or four weeks reeks after Ju juliena lions ill 1111 ral nl lit at lim Lii Dahia a his acquaintance with 1 cpr I 1 came to a sudden end julien had huleu in the meantime ina antimi received the ike but the tha government of corti L was not to be ba found the 1 be govi ov 1 with which tho the united states ci v i had mado mad 3 tile treaty un dyr der which bich the requisition was issued ns on tile wing its IN only abiding biding ti place a town aby in in the interior generua lynch the corn com wander ili in chief of the chilian forces had overcome pom peru and hold held ohp city ot of lima the capital in in military possession consequently julien pro pre jolted his hia papers papera to general lynch who upon examining them said it was no part of hit mission mission to protect th thi ivo dvo and it if julien julian was so situated he could take ker her immediately out of the city as the city prisons were in in a condition unsuitable to receive receive him and he would have him arrested ker her was therefore surrendered by the power of chill chili antl and riot not under the treaty of our government with peru ieru mr S A kean had procured procuro i the good offices of general logan and had obtained an order from tho the soo bee rotary of the navy upon the ship of war eidex then hen lying at callao the seaport town of lima but soon to start for china to the effect that the commander should receive ker her on board the vessel take him to ilono lulu anti and there put him on the steam or returning from honolulu to san francisco out at sea and outside of the harbor upon the narration of ti thebe facts general lynch ord ordered ered it a file of soldiers to make the arrest ker her was wah arrested and in in a few moments on the train running from lima to callao and shortly thereat ter on the E stox then lying in in tile the harbor the essex in the course of time sailed for china culling calling at honolulu lulu but she approached that port just after th the 7 steamer had left honolulu nou ol 01 for san ban hut but time is is nothing to a naval officer and the vessel waited thero there until the steamer went to san ban francisco came caine lack back to honolulu and came out on lier her second passage when ker her and julie julian U w wera is r 0 transferred to th llie 0 city ol of sidney and started home K knowing th iho aitio di tio ot t aera ana tho the u booc dainty ot of the requisition upon its ia gov go eru eminent ment a second requisition was waa ob at chicago through tho the gov arnor of 0 illinois Illino iB upon the governor of california in in order that it if ker her aboul i be released from his arrest by habeas corpus in in san francisco he might be rearrested and brought to chicago mr air warner wainer Pink pinkertons ertons chief was at ban francisco with this lait eivion ei ion at the time of kers hers or rival and ker was immediately put on board the cars care and soon tile ilia rat aling commenced for chicago in ina a few days hs he arrived in in chicago whereupon kor bemo being placed in in jail a writ was issued directly frona from tile the criminal court upon the indi indictment olt obtained d agal against na t ker her fur for his burrest cur arreba rest and me ne was as arrested upon this process cois and thereafter was held under it which WAS waa a legal process mr kean from the first employed the firm arm of swett grosscup Gros acup swett swell fi as s 1 legal egal counsel in in the prosecution of I 1 kr il an and d they bad supervised the ob lain taming ingot of the indictment and all the pap eis down to the arrest of ker her in the cook county jail upon a capias issued upon the indictment then pending against him upon 1 akeia 11 arrival in chicago he be made an application for a writ of habeas tor cor to judge mcallister bat the cheriff replied in in his return to this writ that he be held him at that time upon a bench warrant issued by 11 brind nal court of cook county U upon ir the indictment and upon full fall ar aument of the he question store before M mcallister 1 that flat odge judge held it to be im fill ma material fillig bow her L got wi within thin the juris baria diction of tho the criminal court provided at the time of the bearing be was within that jurisdiction and had bud been arrested upon a capias issued upon a valid indictment and was waa heij at that moment properly pio perly by th the 0 the fact is cpr was too late with his habeas corpus if ia in III his I 1 journey fournoy more than hill halt way around t ilia he world he be had bad applied for thin writ be would rould lave have been discharged bit but thoy they do not issue this thia writ at spa sea ila ha then tb en obtained a writ of habeas co corpus us from judge drummond of the 7 U 9 court thinking the judge might con eider aider it his duty auty to construe the treaties between this thia government and peru upon a hearing and tion of all tho the authorities judge drummond also held with audgo sio blo allister that it was immaterial bow ker her was waa brought within the juravle tion of the court provided the court having a valid indictment against him as the criminal court had had ar rested him and held him under that arrest at the time lime of the return of the habeas corpus judge drummond also remanded him for trial upon the trial of the case before judge gray in in the criminal court ker her pleaded all of the facts of lis his ar act and how bow he ha happened to be within the jurisdiction ju as an excuse why he should mot cot be tried luther laflin mills mille arld and cup fe I 1 hiott for preston Pr aaton kean co demurred to the tha which demurrer was sustained by the andge and ker her pal u pon trial the rho result of trin the tha anai iv aff that be ba was found guilty and sentenced to ten years in in the penitentiary hellion he then took the case to the supreme court wf u the state of I 1 illinois where till nil those these questions cadt up again and i ro divided deci iad by the full bench banch against lur her ile ha then remained in in the tha penitentiary until about a year ago when on pro presenta tion ot of the record julge judge liar pa granted a writ of error for a review of this case by the supreme court of tho the united states the I 1 ho case was wadir or gued guad last may by mr ilant hunt tile the attorney general for the tha state ot of ill illinois and mr ml grosscup Grose cup of tho birin of blett Uros grosscup scuP livatt A decision has haa recently been rendered by that oart in in which it has in in substance affirmed the tha rulings of oil all the courts below ratified tile the sentence in in kers ease case and he lifts hns no way now low but to serve it out the retting upon the track of ker her following him with a photograph finding him at last in in lima and ina his capture and bringing to chicago all the time without 11 legal at authority to do so BO without perus peru a e ever ver surrendering him under the tha treaty but his being surrounded ended by general lynch tha abe captor of peru was waa the tha cleverest cleve reat and most successful thing ever done dona by pinkerton or any of his men since the establishment of hi his 1 1 il agency they managed tho the business 8 th through rough out with wilh the tha utmost caution and prudence which was waa only equaled in this case by their splendid Bucce success too much credit can not be given to the firm of preston kean co and S A kean co for the pertina pertinacity cit with which they have fOl glowed owed tz man it the example they have a set t should be followed by all other caal capitalists in cases of embezzlement embe lement and larceny embezzlement and z larceny would soon cease to exist they have spent in in this chase from bogia begin ning to end and about of hard cash saying nothing about the time and personal attention given by mi kean they have gradually tight boned the cords around tho man willo abused their confidence and stole their money until by degrees tho they y have corralee corr aled him in in the penitentiary 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