§ MR. LABOUCHERE (Northampton)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether Frederick Jarvis is now an Inspector in the employment of the Criminal Investigation Department, and is now in London; whether he was in the employment of the Department in December, 1888; whether in that month of 1888 he was at Del Norte, Colorado, a town close by 1670 the ranche of P. J. Sheridan; and, if so, what was the object of his mission there; and whether, if he does not personally know if Jarvis was at Del Norte in December, 1888, and why he went there, he will cause inquiry to be made of Jarvis?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. MATTHEWS,) Birmingham, E.The answer to the first two paragraphs is in the affirmative. I am informed that Inspector Jarvis was never at any time at or near Del Norte, Colorado.
§ MR. LABOUCHEREHas the right hon. Gentleman caused inquiry to be made as to whether Inspector Jarvis is now in London, and was this information derived from him?
§ MR. MATTHEWSI derived my information from the head of the Criminal Investigation Department, to whom I referred the hon. Member's question this morning.