Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-07-21


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and valuable private papers. The
counsellor concluded his speech by
styling the prisoner an adventures and
black-mailers Ell tlH aglfFft
THE woMAN's SIDE OF THE STORY.
Ex-Assistant District Attorney Al
.gernon S. Sullivan, who appeared for
the prisoner, called the attention OF the
court to the fact that throughout the
learned counsel's opening speech he
had RETAINED from even the slightest
Interruption, and he would claim the
same treatment from his adversary.
de wished, however, to call the partic-
ular attention Of the Court and Jury to
the fact that while the learned gentle
man appeared here as the representa-
tive OF the people of the State of New
York, in his extended remarks not one.
word had been said In behalf of the
people, or of the peoples laws, an al
legged infraction of which was to be
tried, but the distinguished counsellor
had fairly placed himself on the foot
ing of an advocate OF Gen. Roddy In
his contract with the woman a. the bar.
In view of the great latitude taken by
the counsellor, he felt bound to say, at
this. stage, that one story was good
until another was told, and he hoped
that Notwithstanding the palpable lug
ging In of matters not pertinent TO the
issue presented for trial, thefullest and
freest investigation of all the assevera-
lions of the opening would be allowed.
The defence to them all was ready.
THE ARREST OF THE WOMAN. ~
Sergeant William Murray, of the
Mercer street police, as the first wit
ness, testified that he was with Capt.
Byrnes when the latter arrested the
prisoner, on the 11th of June, at AZ
East Twelfth street. She was partially
searched there, and the police found
two gold sleeve buttons. She was af-
terward searched by a woman IN the
station, but nothing was found
GEN. RoDDY'S TESTIMONY.
PhilpD. Roddy, the complainant,
was next called. Heis a large, middle
aged man, with rather coarse features.
He labored under very evident excite
ment. His hands twitched nervously
until he secured a handkerchief, which
he alternately employed in hopping
the perspiration from his face and in
terlacing it between his fingers. He
answered all questions hesitatingly,
and frequently In an irrespon-
sive manner. He swore that he lost
the opera glass exhibited in court from
his trunk in Taylor's Hotel, Jersey
City. The seized papers we're shown to
him, and ne laboriously went over the
contents of two large packages, identi-
flying pile as his private property.
He swore also to the loss from his
trunk of seven English sovereigns.
The theft, he said. was In the latter
part of March. He missed the prop
erty, and called on Miss Shotwell, and
asked her how she managed to open his
trunks. She answered: "Roddy, I'm
smarter than you are.'' This was at he
Ashland House, New York. In pre-
yious conversation he had complained
to her of the amount of bill presented
to him, and said to her, ''I'l pay no
more" She said, you'll pay Just
what want. 1 have you in my power"
Then she mentioned facts which he
knew she could not have known with
out access to the papers in his trunk.
He begged her to restore to him his
papers, withdrawing his refusal to in
dorse her bill. She said she would give
up the papers when she got
THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS,
and not before. He told her if she did
not get the papers on other terms he
would take out search warrant. She
replied that if he did she would put a
couple of bullets through him, and that
she had been advised to that course
In reply to the direct question of his
counsel, Are you the husband of the
prisoner? he answered, mo, SIR, be-
fore Mr.. Sullivan could get an Objec-
ton passed upon. He said he was
married and had FIVE children, and that
the prisoner knew of the marriage from
the beginning of their acquaintance in
1867.
Mr.. SulGvan's crOss-examination
brought out many important mOdifca-
tions of the material declarations In the
direct examination. He had twice es-
corted the prisoner from Washington.
He engaged rooms for her in the Ash
land House In November last, and Wis
tied her there, and was responsible for
her bills. He took the opera glass In
dispute from her there, handing her
$50 with which to bdy another.
THE FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND.
To the question Did you not, during
the several years yOu lived with her,
give her bond for $4,000 as q pro-
vision for her future." he answered,
II did give her bond to give her in
twelve months from date the equivalent
of the cash value of $4,000 of the
mortgage bonds Of the Selma and
Gulf Railroad, conditioned that she
would abstain from the use of chloro-
form and spirituous liquors during
that time"
Mr.. Sullivan had lively brush with
the opposition counsel and the court,
in attempting to draw out the particu-
lars o. the long intercourse between
the parties, gradually getting at all
that were important, and showing the
foundation Of the prisoners claim to
be the compliments wife. About the
$4,000 bond he confirmed the story of
Judge Fullerton in his opening. The
connection between Gen. ROddy and
Frank Brook, the man indicted for
stealing the bond from the prisoner,
was the topic of interrogation when
the court adjourned.