Show hushing in montreal montreal is the favorite resort for those who leave the united states for the good of the united states being so accessible it is barely two hours lide ride from the frontier accordingly hardly one week passes that some american citizen does not put up at the hotels J who travels under a false name and in possess possession ion ton of some one olsea elsea property hence lawyers who afi all act extradition cases have al ways a large and lucrative lucia tive practice not very long ago there occurred a very scandalous case that of course been made public yet and wont in all likelihood A young man at boston robbed his bis employer orsome of some worth of jewelry and watches and a considerable sum in lash cash cash eash 1 believe and fled to montreal his first step was to engage a leading criminal lawyer to de fend him giving him mm a retainer of 1000 his employer followed him and consulted a veteran adviser who said lets go and see his lawyer they did and the consultation sul tation was held with closed doors now said the adviser this gentleman has been robbed and wants to recover his property you can make trouble of course but if you dont don t so much the better what did so and so naming the fugitive give you 4 A thousand answered the lawyer the boston merchant counted out five crisp now treasury notes of 1000 each and said when men the nan naming nanning nar ning the fugitive is over at st albans in in my custody these are yours its ita its a go said eaid the lawyer and he trot ed olef over to the hotel botel where his client was stopping see here my friend s said he your employer anu and and a detective are here now if it I 1 want to take your money for nothing I 1 I 1 can keep you in jail here for three or four weeks before they can get the necessary papers to extradite you and put them to a great deal of bother but have to igo iro 0 o at last if you agrio to surrender yourself informally and waive the scandal I 1 guess you can com corn promise jalia luuk luok lla uia u vice and at that afternoon the thief the merchant the lawyer layer and the detective went to st albans together where the matter was compromised the lawyer got of the stolen mon money t the e detective got some so did the tha cu culprit larit the merchant got the remainder and the jewelry and all was hushed up laler later eer in r chicago times |