The New York herald., 1870-05-08
but hsamy seems to DC his specially. Re having no


uuy Mefcnv Among Others there was one VINO
answered. his ad ertisemen =. but was not easily
cauh as the seque will show. IL appears t'at she
made his acquaintance IN The follow IN, Manner
Snc wrote him atng she would be pleased To seq
ini IA her notsl, nc called az the afpointed hour
care TO have some o ner friends in tne parlor un-
known 10 HIN as her Irien Is, while The interview
asled. lie spoke OIL ms beng u.il0r, o. MS weatl
reerences 10 fac &, and SAID he stay az the
81. Denis Hotsl; ownid two ca RACES and wo splhs
or splendid horses. ior @h Lh ne pail faDuous
price. and as soon AZ they we married no was
going with his new DrIsle 10 California.
On the first VISIT he apologi1ed FOR MS Clothes not
being IN the very Ia est style, and also Tor having
seen rather tnaa Ia snare oi wear Or course
THIS was unnecessary TO IN; lady, aud sne y,ry Plea
sanity begged MIN not W mention sucu H"o'ous
IN tier.
rue second int rvIew brought the same clothes
ana the same apology Inc tniru ihte,vew no
apology, 50 the wUuluedestIncd bride came 10 Tue
conclusion that his wardrobe colslst~d o. ,
"a PAiK OF sPUHs AND A SHIRT c9LLAhn
He spoke OF his nOnOy, but could never get any
credence for speaking the utn, aad now she com.
menced TO d0ub nm aud paved h + cards accord.
ngiy. He knew she had beautiful wardrobe AMI
some money; he was . a ing .or a stake. The lady
u see he really had money u lavish as ne sLatd
gave him
OF certain articles Oi value tina would be acceptable
TO her, but she did not .. EN- to see IT," On one
part cular day nc Was TO nave taken the lady out TO
Cenua Park Tor i,c with hi, ee sant pair OF bays
an he " carriage "a liver ed servan bat on that
SAM same morning she re ved no 2 irom nun SAYING
0r0ers To his cOachnan he found thas ms man had
driven them out ina mGrnlng for an airing, and
that an express wagon had run into them anu
smashed HIS sp.eHuid new carriage ana injuied the
horses ve.y mucn so THAI he must postpone the
pleasure or her company for drive bu woud me,
her py appointment, al her apartments that
evening.
That evening the lady was Just folding up a very
elegant lace shaw which 81 Ier $3.50. Whcn ne
entered he inquired what Uch shaw was worth.
Sns tod MIN, anu placed It IN a sna b X WIN ca be-
l0ug 10 II, ana put II uLder the bureau. ,ie did
not requ re this shawi for some daJs-waen she
VAS going mo tne country on visit; bat alas the
house OF her loss and as no person but Lh and the
servant g.r had been In the rOom the poor grl hal
her trunks searched ana was DISCHARGE, !, although,
Of course there was no sign OF her quit. The iady
now knows
WHO TOOK IT.
Another day, just D. Gvlous to their intended mar
rage and departure for California, the dy was sur
prised to receive a letter SAYING that a man named
-. who was his agent had thas day absconded
from the city Wi. $l1,vO0 belonging TO im. and
seJuently the trip and marriage would have to b.
postponed for abon ten days. until he could rece.
time knew ter man TO perfection, for he knowing
sEe mad money. imagined ieihaps, she would reply,
Say ing "Never mind, have money; you can rep ~
me in California" But she always had kept HIN at
distan e-"wnere he woul neither founder nor
get shipTrecKed.n Now she Diet rnined 10 Y t rid
OF him entirely He next wrote to her saying 20 was
very ok and asking her To come and see him. bu not
at the st. Denis HOTEL but miserable attic ro Ola In
BeeKer street. lie tried to induce ner 10 assist MN
pecunIarlly. Although or generous disposition, she
did not. She then SAID that she was going away for
a few months on business and would return soon,
and by that tine no DOUBT his affairs would be all
'nXed" and his expected sleavy remittalces would
come 90 hand, and then she would perhaps honor
The detectives were further informed that he was
one OF The 'wOtst beats out" and was capable of
the meanest action t appears he used 60 call daily
In geniemen's 0iices, borrowing money, from one
dollar 10 five dollars, stating that his wife was SICK
wanted medicine had no food and was at a friends
house. lie had no money TO pay her fare home, and
In fact, any excuse to raise dollar. One day, after
Livingstone had left one OF the gentleman $ offices,
the occupant missed his greatcOat, which. he was
u
confessed to having stolen
CONVICTED FOR STEALING
some goods out OF store. anu remanded for SEN
tence wnen ut the earnest so Citation Of his Wife,
an influential gentleman proceeded to the court,
with the wne, and, after Intervening the Judge, the
sentence OF the curt was suspended
He also pretended at one time 30 have
MORTALITY WOUNDED
himself with pistol shot at the Brandreth House,
but took care only to make a small flesn wound In
the left arm. When his friends came ne prcleldeI
he was dying; but they told him .'his game was
played out" and only looked upon him with disgust.
sh-. knowing OF his tr.cks, did not go; so he
Upon this occasion lie sent for one OF his wiveS but
Immediately recovered. His great dodge was to
take chloroform, when ..entrey BUSTED" and pre-
tend that he was dying This he has done several
times. When in arrears for relJ and board ne is
Immediately taken very III and sends for a doctor,
that by such means he sometimes oDtains sympathy
and re.naDs two or three We KS longer, until they
find hlm 'fraud" and kick h IN out. He owes about
twenty doctors bills IN this CITY.
He also gave bogus check to a gentleman but
for his wIfe's sake he was not prosecuted.
From Cincinnati Superintendent Warm learns that
in 1866 Livingstone marreu In that place the daugh.
ter Of prominent merchant, and AT that time he
was going by the name OF Frank Cook. Every
thing
APPEARED RIGHT
far could be asceralned by the parents Of the
girl. The father gave the daughter $1,000 for the
bridal tour, which was 20 Johnston, Pa, at which
place he abandoned her, leaving her only twenty
dollars, taking her gold watch and other little
presents given her on the day OF the wedding She
had 10 return to Ler parents. and just three weeks
after this marriage with the lady his notice Of
ria9e with another young woman was published In
a New York paper. The young lady applied to q
court for divorce and Obalned it at once.
The father OF the young lady declares she has no
hesitation in saying that man IS one of the grand
scoundrels N the country, ana IL is 10 be hoped
that ne VIII be arrested and put in prison for the
balance OF his life, thereby preventing him from
ing an others.'
Il also ascertaned by the detectives that one
season he went 70 roxo np.xcu
and hired house. using the names of some pro mi
nent gentlemen Or his references. At all events by
means, ne cOntryed TO get the house on rental
1t appearing that the landlord was an Engshman
and had just returned from England, and had his
possession a beautiful Paisley shawl, worth some
x400. little sweet talk induced The gentleman To
sell 1t to Livingstone or course Livingstone took the
snswl pr, promsng M ing 60 pay me- neAs Gay ana that
lie next turned up In the army, under the name OF
Captain Harrison, aud, owing to some of hls rasca
mssiOn) to parts unknown. He was at one time
correspondent on paper published In Lafayette
lu0una WrOte unuef tue NOM Ue 1DtN'US OI
clast, suitable signature, 1t must be said. when
tine character of the man is taken into consideration
| together with the significance or the word
NUMEROUS LETTERS
from all parts of the country being constantly
received at the agency, speaking OF the acts OF t
Livingstone. large number of letters OF sympathy
have been sent 10 the care of the Police Agency FOL
the lady who was his last victim, ana OF whom the
man speaks so wrOngfuy in his letter to the Super
intendelt published simply TO show his character
The detectives found most of the ladies' clothing
| II was pawned by the man at Mrs. Lynch's. under
| the New York Hotel, Broadway and at Nj. Dt
! Yonge's Beach street, Boston. This property ha
been restored TO her. much to the qualification OF the
lady.
FORGED CHECK,
purp0rtng TO be drawn by MIR. Meiggs ID. Benjamin
an importer OF this city, in favor OF Jay Howard
Livingstone the Second National Bank OF this city
| for she sum Of $3.50 was found in an envelope care
fully placed Tor fear OF loss in the safe OF the Metro
politan Hotel with Liv!ngstone's name addressed OF
| the envelope. This was placed there when Mr.
| Livingstone was once boarder at the house; and
Is Only just TO state that there Is Mr.. Howard Iv
| ingstone gentleman connected with the Californ:
| press, who generally boarded at the Meropolita
| II a 10 m m w no n