Show r LAWS LAW'S l ARM ARNI REACHES INTO AR I FOR FUGITIVE Chance Encounter Betrays Man Wanted for F Forgery Forgery For For- or- or gery at Capital BY DY H. H WATERS ATERS p r e A ao AJ Jon Staff staff W WASHINGTON Oct Pet HoW I. 9 L How far must one run to b be a a. fugitive from Justice ustice with emphasis on the from Captain Charles J J. J Mor Morgan an C Camp mp Grant Ill civil engineer and world the war hero bero went all ll the way to 1 white land of Alaska In that region re- re l glon gion gan aan betook of polar k himself bears to and Br Broad caribou ad Pus Pass Morgan Mor Mor- 12 miles south of Fairbanks most ost se- se He lIe was In one of the eluded spots In the western hemisphere working as a rock and tunnel expert the government railroad lIe He lived on with his pal al In a log cabin their only recreation was smoking their t pipes lDes and hunting They seldom saw people except other workmen on the rail rail- rau- rau road MIGHT STILL BE DE THERE Captain 1 Morgan Iorg n might still be lead- lead lug Ine that romantic but rather quiet life in the frozen re region lon only for r the h fact tact that In days gone Bone by he he had seen seene more e exciting I g life that life lf that a Is more t lights 1 gan an and more complex civilization Back in September September 1919 Captain Morgan It was alleged on an Indictment that had accumulated dust here had cashed a check at the Riggs National bank for and when the check was sent to a Rockford Ill bank on which it was drawn there vas aas no money to pay It Walter B B. B H Howe we an ass stant federal attorney had bad Indorsed it for Morgan But who would ever find Captain Morgan forgan in his secluded Alaskan abode To give this tale the proper color of romance there should be a woman in it It ft but up at Broad Pass there were no women It was a place where women never penetrated and men sei- sei RECALLS KODAK PICTURE But one day there came along a a. stranger riding a sled and driving a a. afew afew few dogs He wasn wasn't t looking for anybody anybody anybody any any- body in particular but always had his eyes peeled for everybody in general gen gen- eral He k knew ew nothing about the dust covered Indictment n t in D D. C C. and l ae ag J. J he didn't i know Morgan His name was Roy Darling and he was an agent of the he department of justice He had a a. broad acquaintance with the pictures and characters that makei makeup make makeup i up the population of the rogues rogues' gallery gallery gallery gal gal- lery Just as a a. boy knows the faces in story books In that gallery had appeared 1 a kodak picture picture one one that a a. friend just happened to take of Captain Captain Cap Cap- tain Morgan while they were on a boat going overseas It was a small picture and gave a dim outline of a aman aman aman man in uniform But the keen eye of Darling glanced at the ruddy civil engineer and his mind flashed back to that kodak picture fellow with Who is the tall young brown Drown eyes eyes eyes' Darling asked one of the tho superintendents BOOKS VT foOKS-VT AT NOTE BOOK nOOK That's Captain Morgan one of our best civil engineers and I want you to meet him Darling was told Darling Darl Darl- ipg ing drew a notebook from his pocket and glanced at the fugitive list Yes Tes Yes I want to meet him Darling tad ald aid They were were- Introduced and Darling expressed x regret egret at having to arrest him That was August 6 6 Now Morgan 35 a fine appearing professional professional man of ability and with an ex excellent excellent excellent ex- ex military record overseas overseas is housed ted In the district jail awaiting trial r When is iti a a. man out of sight eight of the ea eagle le eye of secret service men Not In Alaska declared United I States l Marshal Louis T. T Erwin Fairbanks Fair- Fair banks tanks Alaska who brought Captain Morgan Morgann the miles mUes to the capital I for trial When fugitives come to Alaska the they fall faU right into the the arms of justice We have bave never had haQ a man escape pe from there there- yet when we wanted him him LONG To bring Captain Morgan to Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington it was necessary to go by automobile miles from Fairbanks to Chisna then over the Copper River railroad miles to Cordova then 1600 miles mUes by boat to Seattle and miles mUes by train from Seattle to the he national national national na na- capital Not guilty said Morgan I am amnot amnot amnot not worried about the charges s. s but I Iwas Iwas was as sorry to leave my pal alone in that Godforsaken railroad camp Morgan will discuss his past but little He was first commissioned a first lieutenant at Fort Myer Myel Va Aut August Au Au- t gust 15 1 1917 and overseas was was was' pr promoted promoted pro pro- to captain |