, 1872-12-29
A TALE OF TWO CITIES.
4 Citizen Of Chicago Accused Of Robbing
an Eastern Lady Of $4,000
Worth Of Bonds.
The Alleged Thief Arrested and Put Under
Bail OF S75,000--A Mysterious
Case.

Justice Banyon yesterday disposed Of case
OF greater Importance than he has the good for
tune to decide upon every day in the year,-one
which bears upon moro than more local inter-
eets. The prisoner who appeared before him
was man whose name WAS given as Edward 4.
Everett, residing at no. Ito Twenty-second
street, in this city. Th' prisoner was charged
with robbery, and the details OF the affair as they
were given in tho testimony before Justice BAH
yon render tho case an unusually interesting
ono.
The complaining witnees is Miss Shortwell,
q lady of extremely prepossesBing appearance,
with black hair and eyes, and air of self-pos-
session as it is interesting in these days
OF women a rights. She is Baid to be well known
in Washington, and regarded IS q lady Of excel
lent business qualifications. She claims she Was
COMMISSIONS some time ago to deliver to Gem
eral P. D. Roddy, OF Alabama, bonds Of the
Selma j. Gulf Railroad amounting to 100000,
worth about rs per cent OF their face. While
stopping at the Grand Central Hotel, in New
York, she was introduced by the chief clerk Of
the hotel, J. Styles Armour by nnme, to
the prisoner, and to him she stated the object OF
her journey. Everett told her that if she would
SO by way Of Chicago, ho would obtain passes
for her over the road, giving reason for his
being able to do so, lis influence in railroad cir
cles hero.
She agreed to his proposition, and consented
to travel with him us far as Chicago, not think
ing for q moment that any one wel-recom-
mended as the prisoner Was would take adyan-
tage Of her. Everett, she asserts, advised hor
to bo very careful as to what was done with her
papers, and recommended her to place them in
her ea:chel for safe-keeping. Miss Shortwell
thought otherwise, and put them into her
s5s 9h locked a ths t.. s'R q hasse 'SsH ssd
r0rtes strapped it in her p
to convoy them from the hotel to the depot.
There was another gentleman in the carriage.
On arriving at the depot, Everett volunteered to
| have Miss, Shortwelfs trunk checked to Chicago,
and, on receiving her permission, did so handing
not correspond with that on the trunk. During
| the journey the prisoner was very attentive to
her. The. next thing seen by Mise Shortwen OF her
trunk VAS at tho fremont House, Chicago.
| While the train the conductor, Mr..
] Dunn, warned her that Everett had been
making remarks about her to him, tho nature Of
which he modestly declined to communicate
She asked him if she was riding on 8 pass. Tho
was regular in every way, and had been pur-
| chased By the prisoner. Her confidence in the
| man was not shaken, however, by this informa-
ton, for, shortly after breakfast on the day after
| riage with his wife and family, and pressed her
| to take drive through the city. She WAS re-
| luctant to do go, but Everett WAS so
| urgent that she consented. On her re-
| turn she ordered her trunk taken to her
room, and found the lock broken and
her papers gone. Besides the bonds we're some
| papers of value to her, but to nobody else. On
| Thursday morning she used every effort to find
Everett, but failing. applied to . detective, who
| succeeded in arresting him. After he was ar
rested it is alleged lie told the detective that he
knew the parties in Now York who had the bonds,
| but denied any completely in the robbery.
Justice Bauyon, having heard the testimony,
held the prisoner in bail OF $4,000 for trial in
| the Criminal Court.