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

Fanny e ShOfweII. alias CarlOtGa II.
ShOtWeII. alias Mrs. CarIOtta r. Rod
dy. on Trial under the Charge Of
Larceny-s Strange Case that Hinges
ON an Opera Glass.
New York Sun, July Is.
The much-agitated case Of Fanny E.
Shotwell, alias Carlotta F. Shotwell,
alias Mrs. Carlotta F. Roddy, indicted
for grand larceny on the complaint of
Gen. Philip D. RoGdy, of Alabama,
was on the calendar for trial In the
General Sessions yesterday. All other
business of the court for the day
having been disposed of, the stylish
prisoner was escorted to the bar. Elk
Judge Fullerton and Little Johnny
Davenport appeared with Assistant
District Attorney Allen for the prose-
cution, the latter explaining to the
court that owing to the pressure of
business IN bis Office, and the sickness
and absence of his assistants, District
Attorney Phelps had directed that the
active part in the prosecution should
be taken by private counsel. Judge
Fullerton then opened for the prosecu-
ton with long speech. He sand that
the prisoner was young woman, well
educated, and richly endowed with per-
sonal attractions. He proposed to mar
rate the history Of her acquaintance
with Gen. Roddy, the complainant.
THE GENERALS SIDE OF THE STORY.
In 1867 the two were introduced bya
mutual lady friend in this city, and the
General escorted the young lady to her
home. He met her again In the same
Iady's house, and again escorted her TO
her residence. From that time, at her
urgent request, he visited her frequent
ly and contracted an intimacy which
lasted for several years. When the
intimacy was well established, the
prisoner wanted money occasionally,
and got it by asking the General. At
first the sums she desired were small,
but requests became demands, and
hundreds changed to thousands. The
General felt himself to be in herpOwer,
and she generally obtained all she re-
CURED from him. He was then a mar
ried man and the prisoner knew it. By
dint Of threats Of exposure to his wife
and children, the prisoner extOrted
from the entangled General more than
$4,000. from time to time, and he had
reached point Of desperation when if
the SIRENS demands were not complied
with, the complainant must adopt the
dread alternatives of jumping off a
convenient wharf or blowing out his
brains. ...
THE SEPARATION.
IF,,-r1 10 ralrT
cent events, the Counsellor said that in
1872 the complainant and the prisoner
agreed to a separation. He then, in
consideration Of a release from all 9TH
er claims upon him, handed over to her
a large property IN the shape of bond
for a large amount of stocks. Alter
wards she commenced a suit on this
bond, and the defendant IN that suit,
Gen. Roddy, thinking he could not de-
fend it without an exposure of his rela-
tons with the plaintiff, made a new
settlement. He paid the plaintiff now
the prisoner her demands, and relied
upon her promise to restore to him his
$4,000 bond. There was no fulhllment
of this promise, and the prisoner re-
newed her extortions by threatening to
apply to the Generals real wife. To
escape this the General
FLED To EUROPE.
Arrived there, his eompOsure was
soon disturbed by a letter from the pri-
soncr which informed him that he was
deeply interested in some legal proceed
ings in this country, accompanied by a
report Of the arrest Of man named
Evenet for the larceny Of the $4,000
bond which he supposed to have been
destroyed. The turning up of the bond
in this connection amazed and alarmed
him. He understood that he had twice
paid for it, and concluded that it had
been stolen from him. He hurried
back TO America, and for time sue
ceeded in hushing mp his real connec-
ton with the bond, which was first
stolen from him and afterwards from
the prisoner. But be could not eyade
the prosecutions of the prisoner. She
sued him on various demands, using the
name of Carlotta +. ROddy. She fol-
lowed him wherever he went; in Wash
ington and elsewhere she lay in wait for
him. When occasion offered she CHING
70 his carriage and made street scenes.
In short she followed him everywhere
and prosecuted him fearfuly. At length
the result Of
THE LATE BRIECKLY DIAORCE
suit afforded her a new plan of pro-
coedinss. She went to the Generals
business partner and demanded a GER
tain sum Of money The demand was
not needed, and she then sued for sup
port, alleging ahaDdonment When
the General settled these suits, she
waited but a short time before she sued
him again fer divorce and alimony.
He went TO see her. and she called his
attention to facts known TO no one but
himself. from which be inferred that
his trunk had been robbed, and on cx-
animation Of the trunk he missed sew
IN English sovereigns, an opera glass,