The American authority exercising every possible mea effect the arrest of William A. Chapman, whom they allege left Shanghai apparently on holiday Inst week. Telegraphic warrants: have been despatched to -Paci-fie Coast cities and the American Consular authorities in Japanese ports have been asked to ascertain his whereabouts, whether he continued his voyage in the str, President Jefferson, or stayed off in Japan. The str. President Jefferson was to have left Yokohama Wednesday. Although word was received in Shanghai from him that he had missed the ship on which he intended to return to this port, it is believed that he does not' intend returning unless force is exerted.
Mr. L. G, Husar, U. S. District] Attorney, who only returned to Shanghai from another investiga-a period of two weeks under the daily attendance of and was not able to I for a period of five weeks, and during a period of two months ther after he was able to come to his! office, but was on crutches a part that time, At the end of three months he was able to attend to his official work in the office, but up to the tinto of the trial had not been able to perform his duties outside! of the office. During the first three or four weeks after the accident suffered cor efficiency of impaired at least 50 per cent. find that as reasonable compensation for these injuries which he has sustained, he is entitled to recover from the defendant the sum of $2,500]
(United States currency). It further appears from the undisputed evidence that plaintiff has expended or incurred financial obligations for I, medical and other attention, in the sum of Mex. $271.48 and Shanghai Tls. 307 aggregating in United States currency, at the present rate of exchange, G.$307.00, which sum the plaintiff is also entitled to recover from the defendant] as compensatory damages.
It is therefore ordered and a judged that the plaintiff have and! recover judgment against the defendant in the sum of $2,867 (United. States currency,) together with his costs in thi on last Saturday night has taken the matter up and proposes to make]
thorough investigation of every] detail. Should Mr. Chapman be arrested either in Japan or United States, every effort will be made to extradite him and bring him back' to China under the Removal Law, it is stated.
In the Rose case which happened several years ago, Rose being arrest- 31, ed in Seattle on receipt of a warrant, the lower court declined to hold that the Removal Law could be enforced [between China and the United States, The State Department, it is believed, will repeat the procedure, and if unsuccessful, may carry the case the Supreme Court of the United States.
The missing clerk is lieved to have become nervous in the early months of " the year when the State, Department for the first time in history of the Court, insisted the reports which should' have been furnished all along be made, Mr. Chapman, as are certain other officials of the Court, was responsible only to the Department. in Washington 0 far as the accounts of his office were concerned.
Differing from the system in America, where an examiner makes semi-annual inspection of all books, fin Shanghai there has been no way lof maintaining a local check on the accounts, for there is no person in the Far East to whom Mr. Chapman had to make an accounting.
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