Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-08-15
ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY
Lothario Under Arrest.
A CURIOUS NARRATIVE.
Women Fascinated and a Wife in Pursuit.

Yesterdays Times, In compliance with the
quest Of Police Inspector Dilks, omitted an inter
estlng story which came to light at Jefferson
Market Police Court on Saturday, and now, In
putting the facts into print, the Times obeys the
mandate Of lady and observes strict silence con
cerning her name, lest its publication should
pain innocent persons. The narrative, which
properly embraces many persons, Of both OBJ
scurity and distinction, is as follows:
About fifteen years ago one G., the petted
son Of u millionaire, u young man who had been
trained in one of our best educational institu-
tions, and who then held desirable position In
a department at Washington city, woocd and
won the beautiful and accomplished niece Of an
ex President Of the United States.
The couple lived happily ten years or more,
and then the wife learned to her profound shame
and sorrow, that G. had become enamored Of
n captivating operate artist whose brother has
since won a Brigadler General i star, and who l..
known in Brooklyn as gentleman Of fortune
and roaring good fellow. II soon became pain &.
fully evident to the wife that her husband was
layishing Large part Of his income upon the oh.
| ject Of his Illicit affection, aud Mrs d. after
yainly appealing to her husband, made the truth
| known to his Opulent father But even here she
failed to exercise a wife's proper influence over
=
threat that he should be disInherited II he per-
sisted in neglecting his family; and O. went
on theneeforward as though no one wero de-
pending upon him. until he exhausted his fathers
patience, aud actually was disinherited. The
father died about three years ago, and cut him OF
with a shilling.
c. pursued not only the syren Of the sock
and buskin, but strange political guides also,
making certain Of Baltimore's bitterest seces.
sionists his boon companions, and the re-
suit was that he soon gained admission to the
Old Capitol Prison, with permission to remain
there two years. Precisely what his offence was
does not appear. lie served his time, and upon
his release, In May last bade his famly y hurried
adieu aud fled to Canada. Here, having adyor-
tised matrimOniAlly in u Montreal journal, repre-
senting himself to be u young man of fortune
and good breeding, he engaged several young
women in correspondence, and after much daily
ing secured an interview with Mrs. Emily Flor.
enee Elliott, OF Niagara, Canada West, n young
woman who had been well educated, but un-
equally and unhappily mated.
Mrs Elliott who Is an engaging lady Of
twenty three, having been compelled by her pa
rents to marry Major Fitzgerald, Of the British
army, person who Is twice her age, did not
make his home attractive; aud when he returned
to England he left her behind to dwell with her
parents; and In her initial interview with C.
in trout Of Trinity Church In Montreal she
frankly said that the laws would not permit her
again to marry, and then related, without re-
serve, her history. Other interviews, subss-
queutly, resulted in au elOpement. The couple
drst went to Saratoga, thence to Clifton, N. J.
and thence to the Lafarge Hotel, and In all these
places were known as husband and wife. At the
Lafarge, however, G. having tired Of his now
conquest, adopted ruse to rid himself Of her
and caused her luggage only to be taken into the
house, while the expressmau took his to No. IO7
Waverly Place Here he left her on tho morn
ing Of the I'd instant, sayins that his partner In
Philadelphia had failed, aud that ho must 20
thither to arrange for u settlement Of the bust.
uess and when he had gone Mrs. Elliott found
II letter In her room, containing ~ to pay her
expenses back to Montreal.
Mrs Elliott at once packed off to Philadrlphia
instead Of returning to Canada, and there, striy.
ing in vain to obtain Information Of d In Hpy
other quarter, she applied to Mayor Henry. II
appears that she had ascertained, while cOhabit-
ing with O., that he was in correspondence
with several ladies, in Philadelphia and else
where, and she mentioned this circumstance to
Mayor Henry. Hearing which II occurred to the
Mayor that by interceptng his correspondence
his whereabouts might be learned. The post
master Of Philadelphia readily seconded Mayor
Henry, and from letter addressed to G. by
one Of his feminine correspondents II was found
that he was not in Philadelphia, but in New
York, aud that his address here was the Union
square post office, at No. s3l Broadway. This
Information gained, Mayor Henry gave Mrs. Ell
lott il letter Of Introduction to Sergeant John s.
Young, Of our Detective Police, and hither again
Mrs. Elliott came
Chief Detective Young bade her 80 to the Union
square P0sI'olice, aud in Mr.. Godfreys private