Show EMBEZZLER WEEKS RETURN now that the tho nicaraguan government lias has finally surrendered dere I 1 embezzler francis 11 II weeks to the U united n cited stales states authorities negotiations will doubtless r I 1 I 1 I 1 qan I 1 V J I 1 11 I 1 e t 1 I 1 in I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 f 11 1 1 11 5 1 1 I 1 I 1 IQ I 1 FRANCIS 11 WEEKS be promptly pushed for the establishment of an extradition treaty between the two governments tho tile representatives of 0 the tile united states kates secured his ilia extradition only on the grounds of international courtesy and the promise to establish a treaty francis weeks was a lawyer in new york city and the first news of his ilia financial troubles was learned on may 2nd of this year the day previous he had bad made an assignment to lawyer IV G welling of wall street as president treasurer and secretary of tho the land ana and river improvement company ot west superior wis and treasurer of 0 the west superior iron anil and steel co it was not known that he had fled until may when there was placed in the sheriffs hands an attachment against weeks for in favor of mrs cecile B griffith a benedicia bene beneficiary ficia of the estate of jacob astor bris aristed Br isted ta of which weeks was the sole surviving trustee lie ile held trust funds of the estaba to the tile sum of which have disappeared countess isabel yon von linden had in the hands of weeks which has also entirely vanished numerous other trust funds involving in all more than a million dollars have also been tampered with an indictment against na weeks beeks was found by the grand jury september charging cha himwich him with grand larceny in the second degree and two detectives ditc itc reilly illy and von gerichten sailed from new york for costa corita rica where weeks was known to have fled they took with them tho the necessary legal documents from tile state department weeks in the tile meantime had employed don mauro fernandez a prominent lawyer of costo rica to look after his interests and this gentleman raised the point anat as no extradition treat treaty y exists between the two governments it was an action on the part of the united states to bully a smaller country and that the favor would never be reciprocated nevertheless tho tile efforts of this government have been successful and slid weeks Is now on his way to new york |