The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-04-20

middle Of June. Il will move from here
April. and il battle is to be fought it will
decided soon. am assured Of one thing, '
that it Is not the intention Of Col. Johnston
retrace a step which his army has taken. or
to take.
Excitement ns Pad ucah.
.Arrest If a Fngitips undr tie Er,raditi,
Treaty NTH Pruss,d-"Prussid or anti Pr,
ia"-Pri,urati"nsto for War-Incther Host
Case
! Correspondence Of the 81. Louis Republican,
Paducah, KY, April 6.
Our usually quiet city, on Saturday last, ".
thrown into quite an excitement by the ARE
Of Prassia,, subject by the name of Elwar
Dcslng, under the exsradition treaty existn
with that Government aud the United State
under charge Of forgery and fraud. 1t appeal
that Desling, under the assumed name OF l.
roy, had been stopping at the St Francis Hot,
for several days. On FRIDAY, Madame Leroy,
| Young, handsome and interesting lady, arrive
rom Chicago. and joined her husband at I'll
St. Francis. Following in the train Of the III
suspecting lady, we're four individuals, one Z
whom had kept an eye upon her every move
,nent since she had left Chicago. The names q
| tho mysterious suite, are Boyer, New Yor
police officer, Davis, a Chicago detective, Mulk
| kc, an officer Of the police from Prussia, an
Mr.. La Ban, New York attorney, who regis
| tered his maine on the hotel books as Samue
johnson.
Imme diatcly after their arrival, an interview
was had with Mr.. John w. Sauner, the Cit
Marshal, TO whom was shown document ema
mating from his Excelency, James Buchanan
President Of the United States, emblazone,
upon which was the broad seal of the Depart
ment OF State, instructing all Federal, and re
ques,ing all State, Judicial and Ministerial off
GERS to arrest, or cause to be arrested the afore
said Edward Desing, and to examine into the
charges Of forgery and fraud said to have beer
committed by him at the city OF Cologne. in the
kingdom of Prussia during the month OF Febru
airy, 1857. The Circuit and Criminal Judge
both being absent from the city, Marshal Sau-
ner after consulting with the Mayor and Justice
Smedey, concluded to arrest. at an early hour
on Saturday, the accused, and hold him under
surveillance until the arrival Of one Of the
Judges, when an examination Of the charges
against Desling could be had, under warrant
Of arrest, to be granted by them. At an early
hour Marshal Sauner was in attendance to take
Desling into custody, but having been informed
that during the night his lady had given birth
to an American citizen, and the Marshal being
an intense American, he declined invading their
private sanctuary, and quietly waited until Des-
ling was entering the breakfast room, when he
took him into custody, and conducted him to 1
private room Of the hotel, accompanied by the
parties who had come in pursuit OF him. After
a short conversation, Desling requested tete a
te'e with the Marshal, which was granted. As
soon Us the other parties retired he told Sauner
that six hundred dollars was all the money he
had on earth, and that he would give him FIVE
In .,,A III nth h,n v;th L.; (.
wife, if he would give him an opportunity to
escape. Upon his being informed that ''he had
mistaken the metal be was dealing WITH" he
grew somewhat furious, and made demonstra-
ton towards drawing a knife but quickly aban-
donipg all attempts at resistance, he became q
passive instrument again in the hands of his
captors.
1t soon became noised about the city that
some foreign body snatchers from Austria, and
Prussia, assisted by the police of New York and
Chicago, had arrested fugitive from tyranny
for some political offence, and intended to con-
yey him away by the first passing steamer to-
ward the seaboard, thence to be transported,
by some Prussian vessel, to the land where a
political offence is never forgiven; where patri
otism is treason, and where the scaffold is con-
sidered an oasis to the groaning inmates Of its
thousand dungeons: Judge Trimble happened
to arrive on his way to Livingston Court, and q
writ of habeas corpus was sued out by the
friends of Leroy or Desling, and he was forth
with ordered to be brought into court. Able
counsel were employed to defend him.
The counsel for Desling contended that their
client had been arrested without due form Of
law, no affidavit, having been made charging him
with any crime, and being illegally detained in
custody, they prayed for his immediate dis
al h. of tho Mr In Ran waa q
opposed 10 this ruling by the Court. Upon a
motion to adjou:d the case until Monday, made
BY Mr.. La Bau, the Court stated that he would
be compelled to attend his Court at Smthland,
Which commenced that day, and he could not
possibly sit in the case again until next Wednes-
day week. The counsel for Leroy or Desling
opposed a post pOnement; their client was ille-
gally held in custody, without warrant ot law,
and they claimed from the Court his immediate
discharge. His honor then ordered a warrant
to be issued and the accused committed to await
an examination before some other Judge on the
charges preferred against him.
Edward Desling, who is represented to be
about 25 years of age, light built small stature,
extremely near-sighted and thin visage, was
employed by the banking house Of J. H. Stein
AS clerk, at salary Of two hundred and fifty
thalers year, at the city of Cologne, in the
kingdom Of Prussia. During the month Of Feb
ruary, 1857, it is stated that he engaged an en-
graver to make plate, fac simite Of the one
used for bills of exchange by the house in which
he was employed, three copies from which ht
filled up aud signed with the name of the firm
as follows: One for 5000 thalers, one for l ,S4;
thalers, and another for 5000 thalers-all o
which he negotiated with different bankers il
Cologne for gold. 1t also appears that Deslins
had visiting card engraved representing him
self es the Consul Of her Majesty the Queen 0
Spain, and also the Consul OF his serene High
ness, the King of Portugal, assuming fraudu
lently" the two Offices that rightfully hal beer
conferred upon the senior member OF the hous'
in which he was employed, the better to secur,
an opportunity to dispose Of the fraudulen
drafts he was then about to negotiate through
out Europe. Another clerk in the same house
having discovered Desling's card in the window
Of the engraver, Desling became alarmed An,
fed to England, accompanied by 'dancini
girl" named Felicita Bernadno The forgerie
having come to light, police officer follow
him, but arrived too late; he had left in tn
steamer for Halifax. The officer sails for Ne,
York. and upon his arrival learns by TELEGRAPH
that Desling and Bernadino had been at Mon
trcal under an assumed name, passing as ma
and wife. Being detained in New York in try
| in. to get proper officer to accompany him, h
learns that Bernadino was in that city, stoppin
at German hotel Accompanied by an Office
he surprises the lady in her room, but Eeslin
was non est. The Bernadno was about to for
over and tell all she knew about the affair, whe
lawyer came to her rescue, and instructed he
to answer no questions that might be asked 3
her This occurred in the month Of June 1857
about four months after the forgeries were sal
to have been committed. The officer not bein
able to discover the Whereabouts Of Deslins
returned to Prussia.
Recently, the Bernadino having taken to tn
stage again under an assumed name, and accon
panied by Deslng, under the name Of Lero.
were travelling through the country, the Cologn
bankers, upon being made aware of it, ser
Mulkke, an officer of the police, with q warrar
from the King Of Prussia upon our Governmer
for him, should he be arrested.
Upon the arrival Of Mulkke and suit at Chic
60, last week, where the Bernardino had an en-
gagement, Desling again managed to elude h
plrsuers and left for Paducah, Ky. The off
GERS being satisfied that the bird was not 4
distant from its mate, kept a constant watch u
on her movements, and when she started in Il
ears they were her moving shadows by day an
by night, until they traced her to her rende
| vous.
On Monday, number Of our citizens signed