DODGING THE SHERRIFF.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 18 June 1907, Page 4

DODGING THE SHERRIFF.

| HoW AMERICANS EVADE IHE ! M-'UPUHXA >SE[{Villi. One of the advances, or —a:c-)i-d;jg lo tl*o point oi' view— of the American Stat; is ih.ir thi: cm] t-.\)ce:*s of out St'.ila cr.sC u I ran lu ;,n- - dw., ino ci vra-<ir< o: olio £lute rui m atiulh..r> but iv v v' tradition Ueaties Ictwwn tho Sta.oJ ai".; t:o complete, and tJi-o 00-tpyiuikn i-ctwtvn tlif- pol'KO cf tlio yo-aoas cities ±:> |.a feet, tluit a New York criminal seeking refuge, say, in Chicago, is promptly rested i,y the Clr.cago police on receipt- of ;i icquc-it fron. the police of New York, ond the'JovrPirM>r of Illinois promptly honors a request by the Governor of Now York for the extradition of the prisoner. Tta re have boon caj-es when political j crimes veie involved in which the Gov-, vmor of a State refused to eyt-radite ai riffiigw. One of th,o most l.olablc w:.sj the case of :i man who \vu-> accused of; Iho Jis.HissiiKiticn of 11 io late Covoiu'-i* j Gcebol of Kentucky. The a'N'L'ed nui.' j dc-rO'- flight scuirtuary in Indian?., .nil tJi-i Governor Indiana. to give him up. The man lived in safety In Indiana for nc-any Jv/o years. Ti m ho inducod by a rus* to cross the border into Kentucky, and was arrested. WITNESSES AM) DEBTORS. I

No such comity prevails h?tw-;cn tha States in civil matters. A witness cannot he compelled 10 come from one State to anoth-r to give evidence, and the sherift cannot &oize tho body of :i debtor who lias placed the imaginary line which di vide.* tho States l>etween himself and the representatives oi the law. New York i? particularly favorably situated for gentlemen who wish to enjoy tho delights of the American metropol.s and at the same time wade some of tliei>responsibilities. A penny fare carri'S them across the Hudson river into the Sovereign State of New Jciviy. where thoy may defy the civil authorities of New York Hence the Alimony Club. Its membership is made up of gentlemen whos-5 marriages have beer, dissolved by the courts of Now York, and who have Leon condemned by an unsympathetic judge to contribute to the support of their former partners. By living in Jersey City or Newark they arc able to avoid obeying this cider, and at the same time to enjoy sill the pleasures of New York almost i»s fully as if they lived in one of the sheets off B'.'tadw-ay. SAFE AT NIGHT.

If they are ;on Hit to take their pleasures by they are quite safe, for tho sheriff is ]v>wo;']cs3 after sundown, and if they want to hear ill'? popular metropolitan preachers on Sunday they mar do- so, for the peoples writ dees not run on i-he Sunday. A number of the members of tho club 1 are actm who constantly play in X-r-v Vuik. R'ntiS arD lower on the Austwar.l banks of the Hudson, and the ferry service is regular. They ore able to appear tightly at the Broadway iIK-:;tvcs. and they must not app?a» ui ma f ine:s, and wo: betide tho owe less man v. ho lingers too long at the rappor table after the play, awl tho sun rise over the East River. He is almost sure to find a. de-i puty sheriff waiting at the door (o conduct j him to the county gaol, wiiu-o he must | linger until ho has purged lri.!<;:lt of cont:mnt of court l y hi* an-i-ar^. Je-.'sfy City i- :nc -t popular I -.vlu ; . of iti pi-uiiniity to Xj-v: York, but there ar, also larce alimony clubs in 1 1 .-.'* Orang-.s, which are a lil'i-io farther afield, and others particularly for men of wealth at Morristown and Lakewv-od, winch r,re resorLs of fashion. YACHTING RBSOPiTS.

Connecticut also leasts of iioniisnin;. 1 ' i'limony dubs at Bridgit-ori ami ''it the various yachting resort: a'.on.; the of Long lihn<l Smiml. Some of ih* n:e.'ilicr.; of .th- y.'""';'chilis members of tho Mori istown aiul Lake-wool clubs during lie winter ir.ontlr. Wiv.u tiny change from tlieir summer to their winter Quarters and Vaolt .-.gain they mu-.c-bo cartful to avoid crossing New York Many of them disembark al Jci'sey City, and W conveyed to Bridgeport or Mniv oUVr point on tl:e Connecticut shove b\ boat One of tho most noticeable cases « f th ■ (ap'.tre of i.p. umvillii p \viliie-:s in j-'-c pi vea.rs was engineered l;v oni> of Mr Je roine's j.ii:(ke«;scrs in lheolficc of District Attorney. Tho witness v.hJi was 'Veiled was censido-cd important by Utc f.m»ec»tion in the trial if Roland B. M'/lyneu:; fir murder. Misi Mclando fled to New Ji-»5:-y «<*• rcfit-;e>l to come back at the Dislr.et A> tornw'a inquest- 'I hen ;in -ittr; t i man n.sda his apicaranee "lid iiu'de lo.v to Mi<:-i .Meiaudo " (Hie day H? took V<-" for -I drive along the pitturesqu,- paisades; oi the Hudscn. Whun ihry had dnv i>: a few a.iUs out into the' country the young man :nffirr.ied bin companion that Ae we.s ir. the State of New York and wrs Ins pttuner. He was one of the District ;H----toraev'd detectives.