The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-03

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There is now In Moyameiising one inil.
yi(lual who, if all that Is said against him be
true, Is q william OF the deepest dye, About
ten DAYS ago Mayor Fox was In the receipt
of q telegram from Messrs. James McDow-
eli & Co., Of Little Rock, Ark, requesting
him to cause to be arrested one l.. w.
Hardwicke, who was represented as on a
wedding tour In this city, and promising
his Honor that arequisition would be forth
coming in few days. The duty of hunt
ing up the fugitive was given to officer
George r. Mcguire, and that official began
Mcguire was called upon by lawyer OF this
city and requested to arrest, Ms the lawyer
said, a man by the name Of L. w. Hard
wicRe, who had swindled him out of a sum
of money. Here were two charges against
the same man, and the desire on the part Of
Mcguire to capture Hardwicke naturally
increased. The lawyer and the officer went
TO work, and 1t was not long before their
efforts were successful. Hardwicke was
arraigned before Alderman McColgan, and
will have q further hearing tomorrow. !.
The commencement of the career Of
Hardwicke, as far as Ia known at npresent,
was some time IN the beginning Of the
month Of January, when be was passen-
ger on train going from Memphis to jack
son, Tennessee. While on the cars he made
the acquaintance Of an estimable young
lady. He is very fluent, persuasive young
man, and can personate a gentleman to per-
lection. He used all his arts, and finally
succeeded, by the aid Ola string Of lies. into
persuading her that he was Of no ordinary
pattern that he was wealthy, and of dis.
tingllished connections, etc., etc. On the
arrival of the train at Jackson, the residence
Of the lady, whose name was Miss Gallo
way, Hardwicke, by an ingenious pretence,
was invited to her home. He was intro
duced to the family, and stopped In the
house a considerable time, Dir. Galloway
harboring him on the supposition that he
was relative. Hardwicke, while there,
conducted himself with courtesy. He spent
money freely, talked like book, quoted
moral philosophy, gave away books TO the
children Of the Sunday school, represented
that he did an immense business In Little
Rock, and that he had large consignments Of
cotton in Memphis, etc. he had now secured
the affections Of the lady. He proposed,
was accepted, they were married, and
started on their marriage tour for this city,
where the former Miss Galloway has rela-
tives living. Hardwicke fourished for q
time as hugely here as he had in Jackson,
but becoming short Of funds be resumed
the practice Of his profession. From q law
yer, relative of the bride. he received $3.50
In cash, being the amount of draft on the
First National Bank of Lynchburg, Va.
The draft was returned protested, and in
stantly the suspicious Of the attorney-at-
law were aroused. Hardwicke was arrested,
as before stated, and has been committed for
a further hearing. He played sharp and
desperate game wherever he went, and
many charges are standing against him. 1t
is said that he has wife and two children
living in keokuk, Iowa, and another wife
under the name Of Bailey, residing at pres
ent in Western Virginia. There are now
acquisitions from the Governors of both
Maryland and Virginia, and he will have IN
exceedingly hard time of it before he leaves
the clutches of the various oficials.-Phila-
delphaa Telegraph, LIST.