Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-03-26
"A ROWING EX-CONFEDE-
RATE.
RATE.

From the Philadelphia Age, March %
A rowing young character has beer
brought up sharp. in a career rather ro-
mantle. Having experienced all the ex.
citement of military campaign, all the
conscious disproval of an embezzlement
and the misery of marrying under false
pretenses, he now finds himself, after an
'fil-starred life, y in cell No. 60 of Moya-
mensing Prison.
he EARLY EMIGRATES.
His name is Frank N. Roberts. His
appearance preposss ssing in the extreme,
while all the evidences of excellent mental
culture-of course leaving out of question
all the moral-appear when he speaks.
He claims TO have lived in Virginia, where
his father operated paper mill At the
age of sixteen he hurried off to New Or
leans, where ne was not long before the
recent war commenced.
MERIT MEETS IT'S REWARD.
He claims 10 have entered the contest
upon the side of the Confederacy, first
dong priyate's duty in a New Orleans
company, and by gallant conduct gradual
ly rising to the more comfortable and at
tractive berth of Lieutenant Colonel of
the regiment. lie was, if you credit his
words, one of Mosby's command upon
the occasion of his memorable raid when
he touched the southern line of our own
State; and during the seYerely-cOntested
and prolonged battle of the Wilderness he
occupied an important position on Lees
staff.
BEHOLD THESE sCARsi
As an evidence of all his valor, and of
che truth of the things ''whereof he
speaks, he shows bis scars; one where q
bullet, at the battle of Gettysburg, passed
through his leg; and others upon his face
and body. The police seem to have had
an eye upon him. One wrote from Mil
waukee that he was vain, fond Of detail
ing bis heroic exploits, and boastful be-
yond degree, and adds the writer: CHE
has beon guilty of swindling and embez-
element, is great rascal, and a dangerous
man 10 be about.
ROMANCE ~ NEW YORK.
In 1864 he made his first appearance
in New York, and while there made the
acquaintance of beautiful young woman,
the daughter of aristocratic parentage,
possessing all the refnements and graces
that usually attend young ladies in such
high social position. With all the fire
of a Southern heart, he protested his love
and asked her hand. Mother said 'tNO."
He left the city, and fluttered about the |
world, and three years after returned
again, only to renew the contest for her |
hand. The young lady wavered, mother
again said |sNoln
WHERE HE GOT TIE 5000.
He departed from the city, and soon
after turned up at Milwaukee, where he |
represented himself as dealer in paper,
In his business pusuits he formed the &C
quaintance of Messrs. NoOnan & McCabb,
a large firm in that city. Upon repre- |
sensations that he would sell their stock |
on commission, managed TO have them |
transfer $1,000 worth TO his establish |
ment When he had disposed of it he |
''cleased the rancho" carrying away all |
his ill-gotteh gains, and leaving his debts |
unliquidated.
A LOVERS Eyes AGAINST A MOTHERS NO.
He reappeared soon after, in grand
style, upon the streets in New York, and |
meeting with his inamOrate, again pressed |
bis suit and in such a bewitching manner
that reserve and prudence fed. She |
asked where ne had been 'fhis awful, |
awful long while. ooh in Boston,"
he responded, and by ingenious questions
evaded any novel queries as TO what he
had been doing. On the night Of the 23d
of February last they were married
against mothers wishes" They left |
New York and within an hour after the
ceremony, came.
TO PHILADELPHIA.
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McNabb, the Milwaukee paper firm that
had been swindled, recalled to his memory
the love tale of Roberts, and he set out TO
hunt him up. He ascertained that on the
23d of February last Roberts had been
married to the young lady to whom he had
refened and that they had subsequently
left for Philadelphia.
Mr.. NoOnan came on here and related
the circumstances to Detectives George
II. Smith and Joshua Taggart, and en-
ployed them to look up the fugitives.
They found that he and his bride, on
their arrival, had stopped at the Cont
mental, the husband registering himself as
T. W. Roberts. Then they traced the
fugitive TO a fashionable boarding house
in the vicinity of Washington Square.
Yesterday morning Messrs. Smith and
Taggart visited the house and interviewed
Roberts whilst lac and his wife were at
breakfast Mr.. Smith made known his
business. Roberts insisted there was a
mistake. He was assured to the contrary,
and, on the presentation of the warrant
of arrest, he accompanied the officers to
their Office on Walnut street, where Mr..
Noonan was in waiting. The latter in
quired of Roberts where he had been, and
was given TO understand that an exchange
of words was not desirable.
Roberts was then taken before Alder
man II. r. Smith, who held him to await
the arrival of officers from Milwaukee.
The young wife of the swindler was
much affected by the unexpected denou-
ment and gept bitterly. Before leaving
her he gave her his gold watch and chain.
lie did not appear TO care much for the
separation. lie was pennilcss. He had
settled with the landlady on Saturday.
His wife was advised to return to her
parents, but she refused to be counseled
and asserted that she intended TO follow
her truant husband TO Milwaukee, even
after she had been assured that there
was no hope of his escape from an i'm
prisonment for many years Such is
wOman'S love.