The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-07-23
taRssr or A BRITISH OFFICIAL IN NEW YORK.

Allies "a Curious Nmbs zzle inert By . British
Military ktars % per--Tne Rsss"n why the
Enwissh Army R.sds % Many Bs~ts- Flight
CT shs Acc sssd 20 acknowledgements
Travels VI New YSrk Directive ." Search
VI sns Fugitive He 10 Traced - Beaten, Al
bssy, - rasus Rsssasa Fasis, Bafrats, Old
Psi.s COsafort, Phsisdsiphia, B.isimors,
AswSc .nu New YsTk-C~,Sous COa"ci-
sssce IN Alnsses-rhs Fatal Letter " - ~
How she scs~s wss Followed, ana tne Ft"ai
Ar@Ss-ssas4 rnsst sf sho Accusad - A Lady
L., enc Case, S., dSc , Sc
curious chsUser in the history Of crime Is now being
developed IN she of james Sutton Elliott, ssuor
iary ,sorsssepsr Of she British government AT weeon,
sss London, who arrived In this country tue Ssh OF
June last and sbo, It IL alleged, sbsconiea With $40 500
fumes and oashiss yodns actress Of some
note, be beng Of family and Of previous g'od Goa
raster. suce his arrival here De has been travelling
Aboss the country, washing different Watering places ex
peseSg noaey With y lavish band. and cutting great
ssen generally. Oictr Robert Bowyer, Of tho ooe-
peoeent detective police has been search of ntm for
weeks and, Ater hard chase, soccssdei on Montay
h secrrn him IN prison, where is confined enc
c,deD,s OF the alleged embeszemsot fsht character OF
the accused md remarkably sucsss.fu pursuit by
ofhoer Bosyer form altogether most romantic story.
Jsaes Si.on Eliot hss been for thirty years
acquired much the confidence Of authores, that
thing two Year, sioce, the Of
vasaDcy IN the impo'tsot uinIsry station Weldon,
which N Canly army clothing sstah ish nent, no
cseded 10 getting the appointments II preference to rival
candidate OF Dnpescs able reputation and proved ability
Sasry Of ES6: per He lsft pected
Asd upmoesteo uau shout last September When, from
he cisordsrsd s,A,e Of bs accounts, which hsd
rss BEEN arranged from she commencement Of his ter
sCcouLtsnt tspacnet ~ stagDen up the 0ooks,
With the help Of ten SPECIAL clerks; they worked until
NO0h hast wnsn The lore. hao W be doubled and sa
again sse aef miss1y general sud eight ASSET
ants despAecheo Add fsay H. g. lot transferred
- Dublin, aon tne storeseeper at that point de
spaChsa Weldon, toe retaining, Co wever
sssry Of tS60 ana The latter bis Of only ESQ Yet,
dsrsg these months Of inquiry appears thai defs,
sssios discovered until recsutiy, when il WAS
fSurd toas tee bird mad iowa, having enjoyed his
Portable sslsry " the x,est rhe invsstgx
top developed The fa that years 1855
and 1861 Weldon ECO pairs boots The
Amy. Of no. 90 PAIRS FUND to have been
BOLD on aisvfuy ard only ABOUT 20 900 pairs
could be traced The cost the govsranent about
es, Cd. per pair, and 10 found that . ned
levi bsd bonsot them tor Be- bd per pair, add sold
0~m 70 Q militia contractor, who hsd supplied Eve
regiments vita them ~ Us psr pair The "klts''
he u e. s deducted from their pay, were found
70 DO soppasssvsy ~crlnIess, so that somebody had
poeleied . vice lite from this item. Is
Alto sbo~s Mat, sbesher for vAiae received
not, several OF e contractors for furnshiog stores
had been " the habit Of paying money to The bank
cunt Of spyrnt~paspt Ehou wnie the system Of
srtery oh ch psrvssea whole institution saasled
oAss Almost any nd Of supplies BY the adi
s'sus dkusu'ion OF regular pay mepN 10 the unoerngs
wnh The sag scty ehi,n bad allowed these depre
daasots be uoder the very Of the 60
vesuept, 'bc ocfsu'tsr sas allowed n tsse mis- aepsr
tss snspo'estsd and oecAmoed 10 the steamer Ame-
the 2sc Of May, for Boston, leaving his wife be-
hbd and ,akrg snn him . oasotrs scsrcss OF some
pe rsnso Nss srcair. me affair, VI course, created
Ne srssess ssiosrhusnt among those ~ho kne~ him
10 bed served 90 long without suspicion, and he'd the
privilege Of rttirips 81 any time nAh pay do
ssrni1sd 70 trace bin In this country, and If possible
np.l MIN 70 dissorse some Of his alleged Nj gotten
ssiss.
A. upns the criminal charge vas believed hat the &C
essst could be taken England under
sincp treaty, vts decided I, have him arrested
stvn suit for the amount Of the alleged enhancement
ssA Mr.. Hwy WHITAKER, Of No Is Wall street. az
tsori.es prosecute could be traced and
arrested M. whitaker thereupon employed Mr. Robert
". Bowyer, The veil known independent detective, 70
vss Informed arrived the sth Of jane At
Bsssnn In Americs accompanied BY the lady
uudsr the psmc Of Mr. and Mrs. Broiks Mr.. Elliot was
Accorded TO him fine, porty EnRishmen, Of about
nfy years OF Ase, I've feet nIno In height, with
rss,e gray hair, Inc udpe vbisksrs and moustachs,
which were Dt1ly white With this description, aud
she vide Unisd states before pim the of,er started
IN pursuit. on ire 18th Of June, just ten days after
tho arrival Of the accused 10 this country
Ia ssst step proceed 4, 8oston add institute
vsI search there; and After digeot 10 JURY Cus.om
House sfbssv, ybo had examined Elloa's baggage, wa.
fssra stated rio belief MAT he bas stared for Albany
N Albany the oGler repaires and alter among
Ne hossr found hst Elliott bad registered his own and
ne laay's name at the Fremont House a. Mr. and Mrs
Breoss and both he'd created assonkhmeni by their
brilliant disp'av-tbe lady particularly attracting much
attention me psr had remained Albany but until tho
h Of June vbep they took passage In the three O'Clock
train for New York. To Neg York nr Bowyer posted,
ssd Sobed for several days. searching the city could
get trace Of them, and concluded ths he must have
been m'sirforned be returned 10 Albany and there
harmed tssi they had gone East 10 springfield, Mass
Dpop inquiry he learned that parties answering
the description had registered their names a.
~. Everett ard wife, Of Toronto, Il the Della
van Honse, and bad probably gone East But
trace could be found Of tbcm In Springfield, and
meeting them, M Bovyer maze his way 70 Niagara
Fsrs he had carefully cut out Of the hotel register
tbs ne AVIAN the entered BY Elliott and lo on ex
aiming the books ct the International Hotel he found
svikws similarity IN the Of writing The capital "E'
Ss tbe name Of Mr. snd Mrs. Evsps or Bristol r. Tr 70
tbe "E IN sbo Everett the DeIavsn books at Albany
Was inquiry suced 10 show ,ba, he was on the right
scent foy be discovered that the pair had s,ad there ION
dsy' cressins great Sensation, and had then gone 70
Burs'c, OF, ~ he professional term Is doubled. To
Buffalo vith haste Mr. Bower travelled and ,boro the
fAis IN" In ire nsme Of Mr.. and Mrs. Edwards OF Neg
York sns bcoss Of The American House, identified TIC
pair again They had, at the otbsr places stopped At
she beet hces and enjoyed sbeseves smAzingly From
There thor traced 10 the sysruse House. Syracuse
vhere Elliott refused declined 10 give Any name ,Ies
ing ,hs, he tired, and "thsre his sve .runfs
end ten black bags shor that he Intended
~ stay" Be entered In The book, and LETT with
leaving any trace OF HE destination Ia vain did Mr.