Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-07-16
A WONDERFUL WOMAN.
Gen. P. ID. Roidy's Alleged Wife In
dicNd for Larceny-Her EteBtfdi
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Gen, y. ID. ROtidy's ALLEGED Wife In
iicNd for Larceny-Her ESeBtfdi
New York Herald, Juiy IS.
There is at present occupying one of
the cells In the Tombs a woman of
about twenty-nine years Of age, re-
nlarkably ,prepossessinp in appearance
ana gifted with accomplishments and
talents which, If they had been correct !
ly applied, would, no doubt, have given
her brilliant position in society, in
etead Of 4 gldofay cell Inside Cf fott
walls. The charge against this young
woman, who has all the manners of re-
fined society, is that of grand larceny,
preferred by Gen. Philip ID. Roddy, of
Alabama, citizen we'll bnown N this
city and railroad management through
out the cotton States. On the 9th of.
June last Gen. Roddy appeared before
Justice Morgan, at Jefferson Market,
ard made complaint against tie de-
cused, charging her with stealing an
opera glass, valued at $3.50, and seven
gold coins of the currency Of Great
Britain, in all valued at $50. In an
swer to this charge the accusedanSwer-
ed in a quiet wayi -4aEt rUevI
MY legal name is Carl0tta Frances
Roddy. l am twenty-nine yeirs Of
age, and / was born in Warren county,
New Jersey. / have no residence-my
husband turned me out of his. ] have
re OCCUPATION, en- not guilty Of the
charge" ErHre
This was rather a startling announce
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iotta was committed in defanltof 81 900
bail, and the grand jury, of which
Hugh Auchincloss was foreman,
brought in an Indictment against her,
and a few days since she appeared be-
fore the bar Of The General Sessiohs
and pleaded not guilty to the charge,
and Is now awaiting her trial The
theft was said to have been committed
at the residence of Gen. Roddy, in
Jersey City, and it is said that the
trial of the prisoner viii involve per-
cons well known 20 the community who
have been foolish enough to get them
selves entangled in the meshes Of this
woman.
The real name of the accused is said
to be Mary F. Shotwell, and by that
name she was known when she made
her debut in this city at French's Hotel,
and hiring apartments, appeared in
company with Chicago detective, who
came on with her 70 reeoyer. some rail
road, bdnds, which wefe said 10 have
been taken from her by a man about
town named Brooks, whose arrest she
caused. The bonds we're of the rail-
road company with which Gen. Roddy
was connected, and they were taken
from Brooks and held to await develop
ments by Superintendent Kelso. While
at French's Hotel, this woman, who is
a dark and languishing brunette, gave
her name as Shotwell, and held various
interviews with the reporters, in which
she represented herself as a rich widow,
and then again as a lobbyist at Wash.
ington for some invention; and. in
fact, she related so many stories
of herself that it was hard to tell
where she came from or what she
was. One thing was clearly evident,
however, and that was that she had
great command of language. and could
talk three or four of the stronger sex
.tu1 VI NLtlI bDpNSs II setultu lIOm
her manner that she was generally I'M
der the influence Of some strong mar
cOtic, her eyes were gifted. with a
strange and unnatural brilliancy, and
she talked wildly at times of her infu-
ence in the District Attorneys Office
and the power she could bring TO bear
on Gen. Grant and other high func-
tionaries at Washington. There was
an examination before a well known
police magistrate at that time in the
Tombs, and the Chicago detective, it is
said, played the part OF the Heather
Chinee' and outwitted the Central
Office police magistrate and all the
officials about the court. After this
she disappeared, and now, after the
lapse of nearly a year, she again APP
pears at the bar of the General Ses-
sions to await this last charge pre-
ferred by gentleman whom she as
ssrts is her husband. At any rate, she
is a wonderfully mysterious woman and
very unlike the general run Of her sex
who appear in police courts.