New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-07-19
4 Wo1derlul woman.

! mere is at present occupying enc u -
cells in the Tombs woman of bout tw~.
ty nine years of age, remarkably BrpnS
sessing in appearance and gittsa With ~
complishmenrs and talents which, is -
had been correctly applied, would ~
doubt, have given her q brilliant pasitHa =
society, instead of gloomy cell inside =.
four walls. The charge sgainst this yousa
! woman, who has all tho names OF N6ue&
! society, 10 that Of grand larceny. prettrre4
| by General Philip b. Roddy, OF Alabasss. =
1 citizen we'll known in this city and railrosA
I mana ment throughout the cotton s,ates.
On the ninth Of June last oenenl RoddR
appeared before Justice Morgan at Jefee
! . Nal ket and made complaint against tn
accused, charging her stealing "a opticA
! ! ,strument known ~ an opera glass. ysluee
1t tl5 so, and seven gold coins of Che cur
rency of Great Britain, in al valued At $50.
In answer to this charge the accused so
swered in aquiet way:
my legal name 10 CArlotts F.ances
Rodoy. am Twenty-Five year. Of age sna
vas born in Warren county, New Jer.ey.
have 20 residence-my husband :urne&
ne out of his. have NO occupations AZ
not guilty Of the charge"
This was rather startling anfor ceensnS
to make in open court, but Carl"tta wac
committed in default Of DloO0 bail, and The
grand jury, of which Hugh Auchincloss wa
foreman, brought in an indictment against
her, and few days since she appeared be-
tore the bar of the General Sessions ans
plead ed not guilty to the charge, and nov
10 awaiting her trial. The theft was said to
have been committed at the residence Of
General Roddy, in Jersey City, and it 10 said
that the trial Of tho prisoner vii! involve
pers9ns we'll known to the community who
nave been foolish enough to get themselves
entangled in the meshes Of this WOMAN.
10 Rnol ,<,rAl 4 a
alary ,. Shotwell. and by that name she
vas known when che made her debut in
this city at Frenchs Hotel, and hiring
apartments. appeared in company with =
Chicago detective, who came on with her
TO recover some r.ilroad bonds, which were
SAID to have been taken away from her by
man about town named Brooks, whose
arrest she caused. The bonds were of tho
railroad company With which General
from Brooks and held to await develop
ments by superintendent Kelso. While at
irench's Hotel, this woman, who is a dark
and languishing brunette, gave her name
ae Shotwell, and held various interviews
with the reporters in which she represented
herseit rs rich widow, and then again az
lobbyist at Washington tor some inven.
ton; and, in fact, she related 40 manv
~toriss OF heraelf that it was hard to tell
Where she came from or what she vas.
One thing was clearly evident, however.
ana that was that Rhe had great command
OF language, and could talk three ur tour of
the stronger sex "Ous OF their boots:si t
seemed from her manner that she wa, gens
orally under the influence of some strene
narcotic, her eyes we're gifted with ,rranos
and unnatural brilliancy, and ,he talLed
wildly At time. of her influence in The dis.
trlct attorneys Office and the uov4r sba
couid orins to bear in General Grans ana
other 9TH high functionaries 1t W.shingtonas
tn mere was n",;a IN examination before a Well
the Iombs, and the Chicago detectiv. i 10
sala; played tho part of the "Hesrh.p chi.
nee and outwitted the Central Office noIica
magistrate and all the official. abont tbo
court. After this she disappeared ,nS
now now; after the lapse of nearly a wear. She
S SssA;an .ppears at the bar Of the General
oy gentleman whom she asserl pe !. naa
m mr"tsp;au. At any rate she i. wonderfully
general run of her ser Who very unlike the
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