The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-11-28
DON JUAN TRAPPED.

Counterfeit Bill and What Came of IT.
Love, Treachery, Repentance and Mar
riagc-Grand Denouemcnt in the United
States Circuit Court.
Rarely, indeed, has the United States Circuit Court
Of this city furnished more extraordinary scene
tnan that which occurred yesterday within Its an
Gent and weather Drowned walls. 10 be sure there
may In that dgnied tribunal have been occasions Of
greater interest and mightier import. but seldom
never, perbaps-has 30 very remarkable an event
taken place In the venerable Old Pile in Chambers
street, Not that Frederick Written, staiwart
young Duschman OF four and twenty, dashing, red
haired, ruddy.aced gallant. Don Juan in his way,
and on the whole decent fellow, committed any
desperate act In becoming united in the bonds Of
matrlmony In open court which latter event &C.
tually eliminated.
Some weeks ago the rising little city Of Newark
was In certap portions, supplied with milk by what
u generally known as an industrious young man,
whom the servant girls unanimously admitted gave
the best "milk whoop' in the morning-a "whoop"
SO startling in It's effects that not Few awaited 1t
with feelings akin to those which not unfrequenty
accompany the approach OF neuralgia. No serious
collision among the fair ones, arising from Jealousy
however, had yet been recorded, and while increas
ting his little store by determined energy and perse
verance he was the recipient OF many euogies about
uib uluky WHICH was W6TTouIcu " COutdAu uO Cudbk
Alas came trouble In form least Of all expected BY
some mistake or otherwise, perhaps, he was the re-
cpient of counterfeit bnl OF the denomination OF
nifty dollars. Now II Is well that honest human ma
ture Is resoutely opposed to counterieits OF what
ever description SO Fred Whitten, Tor such was
his name determined to get rid OF It, aud authorized
ers in the purchase OF pair Of horses.
Fred was arrested and taken before Com
w
milkman was not the only deiauter. In fact, 1T was
evident that Fred could probably enlghten the
court concerning others who regularly pursued the
business OF counIerlelting, aud IN such case what
u valuable witness he would therefore be. Nj.
Written was detained ana iae arrest OF the persons
But one trouble never comes alone. Whie ner-
v0usly listening to the delais OF his crime In the
commissioners Court there suddenly appeared
dansei whose proportions gave satisfactory lndi-
cations that not long hence the puat0n oi New
ARK would DC i,cIease e naa Mnitaen proved
deluslve PROMISES ana raised her hopes TO sucn
pinnacle tiat one day she might expect 10 superln-
Lenu, with lnaJerna dignity, the progress OF tue
cream TO say the least OF 1t. such were The infe
to be Drawn from the lnconerent statement OF
the betrayed one. A heavy cloud seemed TO darken
tue entire court, the Commissioner dropped his pen
and looked aghast while the lawyers pondered on
the instability OF human affairs. There sue stood
slve, grand object for respect, with the
ge kndng 10 her iurld eye, the lett optic being IN
mnkman hung MS head, wishing, doubtless that he
had never been born. She was not O Cleopatra, but
far better, good. honest hard working glrl, that
during the Incarceration OF the betrayer had driven
his mix cart served Out the precious commodity
and OTHERWISE attended TO his business under dini-
cullles that need not be enumerated. 1t pain
iul scene. Verify Fred would never nave raised his
large square mead had not the word ''marrlaRe''
struck home TO his guilty heart The Court appre-
ciated the situation, he rightly believed the
nsned tale OF Berina Meyers and did not discredit
her assertion tnat she was tnen even ut thai time,
wiling 70 Join her LOT with that or Frederick Written.
Cow 10 happened that AFTER q satlsrac tori ln-
vestgstion Of lne case wnitten was to be released
upon his own recoenizance, Nc OF course supplying
evidence III regard TO Others supposed to be much
more guilty. BUT was II not hard To see the poor
girl stand alone in the w0rldf What If Wnltten
frightened into II and made to understand taat
II he refused TO fulfil his contract with the much To-
jured Bertha he would still be retained IN custody ?
HAPPY tnougnt-and for once at least, the Court
pect Of ten years In the stare Prison loomed up in
dark and never cndiDg array; ne saw himself
. cropped and starving criminal, instead Of that
Dutcn mikman. He consented 10 marry, and the
ceremony of yesterday in the United States CIR
cult Court Win all the honors betting the important
OccasIon. commissioner Shields assembled the
bench shortly after TWO O'Clock, the happy pair seat
Ing themselves together at the lawyers tahie Few
onclals IN the United States Court building were
absent and there were present besides large con-
course OF spectators. broad grin was displayed
on every face while tho shiverng young buchanan
was more composed. Ex-Judge stuart and
Colonel whitley, In brief discussion as
to the merits OF the case and the counterfeit bill,
which Wntten had received and passed, referred to
the excellent manner In which the matter had been
Carried out, the former contendlng that 1t was EVIL
dent tBat the defendant had made genuine i'm
precision. After some delay Alderman Hardey az
rived and united the pair the bridegroom beng
given away by Colonel Whitley, winnie The lady re-
served that honor to herself The event created
Again being presented before the Commissioner,
Wmtten, his wife holding him by the coat tail, was
released upon nis own recognlzance to appear when
called on aud the couple took honeymoo trip
across tothe Jersey shore.