Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-10-27


horses and carriage, and BY course Of extrava-
pance in perfect keeping with his general charac.
Ter, he soon dissipated the proceeds. In state
of complete destitution he went to Washington,
where he succeeded in deluding several respect
be gentlemen into the belief that he was the son
Of General Nina, and that he had lost his pocket
book, Containing $3.50, loss which left HIM to-
ally destitute. =,
He even went so far as to advertise in the Ma.
tional intelligencer. offering reward Tor us re-
coyery, to whchhe signed his name IN full. Much
sympathy was excited by the story OF his distress
es, and several gentlemen advanced hun sums OF
twenty and thirty dollars each, on the faith OF
representations made by him. that he would re-
fund the amount Immediately on returning to
Baltimore, where, as he alleged. he had lett a
large sum in cash. lie accordingly set OF Tor
Baltimore, and the persons in Washington waited
patiently several days, but no rem''tahse came
from Nina One of them, whose name we i"rbear
mentioning, becoming jealous oil Mina's honesty.
went to the Washington post Office, and took out
letter addressed to him. On opening 1t his suS-
picions were confirmed. 1t was letter from
Mrs. Chapman, written from AdaIus'a; init she
reproached Nina in mysterious language, as to
the death of her husband, at the same time lavish
ing on the former expressions Of the most pas
ihonah the added, she feared he was not the hon
est man he had represented himself to be. Not
a word was said about the marriage. This letter
was Immediately forwarded to Mr. Blaney, our
efficient high constable, and here was first effect
ed glimmering of as dark deed as human de-
pravitv has ever pcrpetrated. The letter was
Immediately submitted to the Recorder OF the
CITY. who recommended that Nina should be ar.
rested without delay,
| Mr.. BIaney aud the Recorder proceeded to
| Andalusia. and had an interview with Mrs. Chap.
man. She denied having been swindled by Nina,
but on being told BY the Recorder. that he knew
to the contrary. she seemed dreadfully agitated,
and acknowledged that she had given to him the
valuable articles which the Recorder had said he
knew she hat been swindled Of They left Mrs.
Chapman without unnecessarily alarming her,
and in u day or two after letter was intercepted
| by the police, addressed to her by Nina, con-
tanning a forged draft After being carefully
sealed up, the letter was again put in the post
| Office, and reached Mrs e. at Andalusia, in re.
gular course of mail. She instantly discovered
that it had been opened: and alarmed at tine dan
| ger which impendcd over her, for it was evident
that all their most secret movements were watch
ed and known by some mysterious and hostile
power she came to Philadelphia, bringing the
deeds Of her late husbands property at Andalu-
STA, amounting to aoount $4,000, and asked for
advice from the Recorder; she acknowledged her
marriage with Nina, produced the marriage GER
tificate, and expressed extreme anxiety that her
property should he secured to her five children.
the children Of her late husband. The ineli
gence of her marriage with Nina convinced Mr..
Blaney that he was scoundrel of nc ordinary
dye. for Mr.. B. then stated that to his certain
knowledge, Nina had at that moment another
unaey permitted to so homnes 3 d A Was nnlor
whittier Mr. Blaney proceeded in three or four
days, and found that Nina had returned, and set
of again for Boston only the day before; chase
was instantly given, and this accomplished swim
dler was arrested in Boston. When taken, he
was preparing to attend ball given by mer-
chant in high standing there, to which nearly an
hundred ladies of the first families had been in
yited. His ball-dress was lying near him, con-
sis,ing of hat in which six ostrich feathers were
fastened by braid of brliants, a splendid dress
after the Spanish fashion, gold epaulets, &c. In.
stead of favoring the beauties of Boston with his
presence, he was incarcerated in prison., to muse
on what might possibly be the termination of his
course for some years to come. His arrest in
Boston, at the precise time, was singuarly for
tunate as BY means of forged letter sof credt,he |
had made arrangements to receive $4,000 in cash,
from mercantile house there, the whole of which,
it may be readily presumed, would have been
total loss. With his subsequent transfer to the
authorities Of Doylestown, the county town for
Bucks, his impudent denias of bis indentity, SC.
the public are already sufficiently acquainted.
Nina is now about twenty-five years old, tho
some persons state that he is only twenty -one.-
One thing, however, is certain-that he is too
young in years to be SO old in crime. He arrived
in Boston from Trinidad de Cuba in September,
1899, where he was secretly brought on board
brig. commanded by captain Henchman. who re-
ceived his passage money from brother of the
The brother was custom house Off
Ger at Trinidad. and without doubt shipped his
brother of to avoid the consequence of some Of
fence against the laws OF the island Nina took
lodgings at the Sun tavern. and entered his name
"Don Amalia Gregoria Zarrier," which is sup
posed to be his true name. He spoke of having
much money in gold. and several times offered a
half doubloon. which the bar keeper, not knowing
It's value, declined to change After staying nine
Jays at the Sun tavern. and having run up a bill
here and at a neishboring stable. for coach aud
,hase hire. he absconded, and left his creditors