Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-01-25

Bridgeport, IN pursuance OF information
furnished by one G. e. Buell., of Spring
field, claiming to be police detective,
by whom the arrest was made and who
commenced similar proceedings in Hart
ford but subsequently abandoned them.
In the technical language of the indict
ment it is asserted sfthat the said
Samuel +. Andrews was the clerk,
cashier and agent of Antoinette Gridley
and Antoinette FL. Gridley, and was en-
gagged in carrying on the business of
transporting and forwarding money,
coin and bank bills and that the said
Andrews, with force and arms, at said
city of Bridgeport, on the 9th day of
July, 1866, with intent to defraud the
said Antoinette Gridley and Antoinette
Fl. Gridley, did take, purloin, secrete
and in other ways appropriate to his
own use certain of sd d valuable moneys,
coins, bank bills, and other articles, to
wit: S15, 900 of lawful money of the
United States, which said money was in
the care and custody of the said Samuel
T Andrews, SO engaged as aforesaid. y
Mrs. Gridley and her daughter ar
rived in Bridgeport, yesterday after
noon, from Springfield, where they
have lately resided, and took up their
quarters at the Atlantic Hotel The
Hon. Gideon Ell. Hollister, ex-Minister
of the United States to Hayti, has
been engaged by her to take charge of
the case for the prosecution. The de-
defense will be conducted by ex-Judge
D. B. Lockwood, of Bridgeport, when
the case comes up, though, in the opin-
ion of many, il is doubtful if it will
ever be brought into court at all, the
period of more than four years being
admitted to have elapsed since the of
tense was committed, if ever, during
the greater part of which period the
accusers and accused have lived togeth-
er upon the best possible terms.
Mrs. Gridley and her daughter are
well known in this community, having
boarded for a long time at the Sterling
and Atlantic Hotels, where their lavish
expenditure of money, handsome dress
es and snowy turnouts made them very
conspicuous.
The elder lady was endowed with O
full share of that acuteness which
caused Mr. Weller, ST., to caution his
son, in such moving terms, to beware
of the vidders Sammy and it would
have been well for the modern Samue
had he needed the pathetic advice.
"dead set was made by her on diff
ferent occasions at the affections Of
} two prominent bachelors VINO boarded
at the same hotel with her, one
wealthy merchant, and the other dig
nitary at the bar, but she failed to en-
snare either of her cautious admirers
into the chains of matrimony
Lindencroft, the former residence O.
Mr.. P. [. Barnum, was inspected b,
her with the idea of purchasing it, bu
it failed to suit her ideas.
The dashing widow, not having beer
accustomed to high life during the lif,
time of the late Mr.. Gridley, in who's,
household, in fact, before her marriage
she had oficiated in the capacity O
cook, had apparently adopted the mot
to of ga short life and merry one,
and seemed resolved to enjoy hersel
while her money lasted.
Her former coachman, Andrews, ha
been visited at his lodgings at the sta
tion-house by many curious inquirer
who remember him during his residence
in this city. He is dressed in his sail
or's uniform which he wore at the tim
of his arrest. He is about thirty-tw,
,, years of age, though looking younger
! is of good address, and tells a sufi
GENTLY plausible story. The charge
! explained, as he simply acted as tn
= agent of Mrs. Gridley in disposing o
: her property, and engaged in no trans
actions without her directions, ant
paid over to her all funds re
! ceived. He denounces the statemen
that he has made any confession a
an Infamous lie, and says that he ha,
! various letters and receipts in his trunk
!, which were seized by Officer Buell. a
+ the time of his arrest, which will shoy
: his entire innocence when produced
He states that he repeatedly warne,
! Mrs. Gridley, as did also the forme
, agent of her husbands property, tina
: she was living too fast, and would Gel
tainly come to want; but his advice wa
: not needed. He only left her servic
. when compelled to do SO by her entir
:, absence of means, and then parted wit
,, both the ladies upon the most amicabl
, terms. He wrote to them repeated
. after he had gone, and before enlistin
:. in the navy sold his whole stock c
clothes and sent them half the proceeds
Heis unwilling to believe that the charm
ing Nettie can have proved false t
9 him, and thinks it can only have bee
r caused through the influence of her re-
atives. He had no ground for con
, plaint against the elder lady, and, i
the language of the immortal MI
, Weller, would be sorry to cause he
:, any Inconvenience, as the housebreake
= remarked to the old lady when he pu
! her on the fire" but if compelled to d
. will testify to all that he knows I
: speeding her history. Andrews &C
count would be taken with greater cor
:, fidence had his past history been in a
, respects unexceptionable; but it az
: pears that when quite young man h
: passed three years in State Prison a
! Wethersfield, on account of theft.
: The approaching trial is looked fo1
, ward to with great interest by the il
! habitants of Bridgeport, and will, IL
: doubt, be equally exciting as the recen
: one of Miss Lottie Fowler, which wa
:, reported in the Herald at the time