New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-03-01

~ naas0 tee Neeeasaryy arrangements. ~ The
several German organizations in the city are
called upon to send in their answers OIL
that day whether they will cooperate with
| the Iurngemeinde in celebrating the return
OF peace in the manner indicated.
IHE CAREER or 4 NOTED CHARAc TER =
short time since Hubert Scott Was ar
rested IN this city for otfenscs alleged u
have been committed in st. Louis. The
Tines Of that city, of the twenty second
ultimo says of the prisoner:
Thursday evening last the Chief OF Police
of this city received a telegram from the
| authorities of New Orleans notifying him OF
! the arrest of Hubert Scott. a young gentle
man who figured quite prominently in our
lively midst about two years ago. Officer
! Flanagan, of the detective force. was imme-
| diately dispatched wiz IL requsition from
Governor Brown for Scott, and yesterday
morning returned with his man i'll charge
scott alias james, alias Williams. is 4
yonng man about thirty years old. medium
| height. good figure. dark hair. and dresses
at all times in f;iultless manner and in the
latest style. He first came into public
notice about six years ago III Buffalo, where
he WAS practising law and gained considers
bic reputation, being looked upon as a man
of promise. All at once he abandoned his
practice. which had already become lucra-
tive. and went to New York to engage III
mercantile pursuits. With his change of
business he also changed his name, enga9
lag as travelling salesman with one OF the
| most prominent houses III New York. under
the alias OF A. l.. James. In the pursuit of
his new avOcation he Travelled West anil
South. inspiring 80 much confidence as to
cause the firm to trust him with the man
| agcment OF their entire business i'll those
sections. This he repaid by swindling
them in every conceivable manner ont OF
both large and small amounts until he was
detected. and forced to abscond to escape
the clutches of the law.
Tho he Xt tidings OF him were from Paris.
where, as il punishment for some OF his
raScalitv. he was sentenced to three years
imprisonment at hard labor in. the galleys.
and did work out part OF his time when he
succeeded i'll making his escape and re-
turned to this country. Soon after his
arrival here he turned up in this city: pat
ronizing the southern, Planters, and other
frst-class hotels. representing himself all
the while as a speculatOr who was out here
| for the purpose OF making some good i'll
vestmcnt. He succeeded i'll ingra-
tiating himself into the confidence Of sew
eral OF our wealthiest citizens, and by the
GU StOrE OI N llJtlc SIOTl JUST dI pEcstHt
succeeded in getting the prOprietOrs OF the
Southern Hotel to cash one OF his drafts on
his "bankcr" in New York for about $500.
| and Mr.. Conn. the halter, also accommO-
| datingly cashed another check for $50.
After receiving the money he suddenly
turned up missing, evidently not thinking
| it wise to remain here until his drafts could
be heard from, which they We're i'll few
| days, his "banker" notifying the parties
f1atb .E Inc
and that their drafts were not worth the
| paper they were written on. From here he
went to Cincinnati. where he swlndled
| Messrs. f. kcnney s. Co. ON another draft.
| and from there to Chicago, where he again
went into business with the same results to
| his employers ~ in the New York house.
| Nothing more was heard OF him until last
| Thursday morning, when he was arrested
| in his house Oh Royal street in New Orleans.
He has numerous wives living, having de
serted one in New York. and, it is said. an
| other in Paris and one in New Orleans, he
| havin. married the latter but IL few weeks
since Scott was publicly horsewhipped a
few months ago by the husband of one OF
| the Denim girls, the well known actresses,
for an insult offered them, and has figured
| in various other scenes OF a like character.
He will be arraigncd in a few days for oh
| tanning money under false pretenses. and
| enough OF his history is known to insure tor
him the highest sentence that can be inn
| posed in such cases.
CrrTIS".-Last night about eight o'clock
at No. 80 Gasquet street, Maggie johnson
was very badly cut with dirk by man
named Scott. A George Green was
wounded i'll endeavoring to protect the
| woman Scott made his escape, and the
wounded persons were sent to the Charity
| Hospital.
ACCIDENT TO AN EQCESTRIAN.-A serious
accident occurred yesterday on the shell
road. Two ladies were riding on horse
| back when the horse of one took fright. and
'shying." threw the rider into the road. in
| .juring her seriously. Her companion had
her conveyed to town i'll carriage. where
| sl,a ranaiya d tho nernSSarv attention