Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-07-01
His Arrest In ST. Louis Tuesday and
Expected Arrival To-day
Check No. 1922.
How He was ApPrshended-Why He
Was Permitted TO Leave Memphis
Gay Companions 90 the
Front.

Pryde, he was about getting on the cars
for st. Louis, having already checked
his trunk for that city, but his hasty de-
parture for the woods back OF Malvern
did not give him time to get his baggage
which went on to that city. Chief Athy
was informed of the number OF the
check, which was 1922, and Immediately
tslegraphed Chief HOFrigan at 81. Louis,
to keep q watch on the trunk. Five
DAYS ago a report reached here that
C6astaine had been seen in st. Louis,
which fact Chief Athy telegrsphed to
the authorities there, and advised them
to be on the lookout, as he thought
Chastaine would either go to st. Louis
or send some one there for his trunk.
His surmises were correct, for Tuesday
afternoon the following telegram was re-
ceived by Chief Athy:
"ST. LOUIS, June %, 1875,
"To Colonel P. r. Athy, Chief Police, Mem
III have got Chastaine. Answer.
81. HORRTGAE, Chief
Chief Athy at once.sent the following
reply:
t'If Chastaine will return without re-
QUESTION, send officer with him at once;
all expenses will be paid. Otherwise,
hold him for requisition. Answer.
"P. r. ATHY."
To which telegram Chief Horrigan
replied as follows:
"Oficer will leave with Chastaine on
first train tomorrow"
And in response to telegram of in
quiry sent early yesterday morning, as
TO the time the officer left st. Louis, the
following was received:
"Officer and prisoner left at nine
o'clock this morning."
The train which will arrive at eight
O'Clock this morning will bring Chas-
tame, and is the deoOuenIept OF a some
what exciting chase after q prisoner
whom Chief Athy had determined TO
arrest. The police authorities at st.
Louis are deserving of praise for their
watchfulness and promptness in this
case, which is only one of many in
which they have acted in concert with
our police officials.
SOMETHING ABOUT CHASTAINE.
The above named person was for a
long time employed as book-keeper by
Ely, Harvey d Richardson, well-knOwh
merchants of this city. He was liberal
and dashing, and had around him al
ways 8 Jolly set of companions who
drank his wine, smoked his cigars, and
deemed him quite an agreeable gentle.
man. For sometime past Ch8staine's
name has been mentioned in connection
with a certain young lady OF this city,
but in this respect he is not alone.
Whether true or false the scandal gained
general circulation, and was accredited
BY many. 1t is rumored that he had ab-
stracted large sums of money from Ely,
Harvey q Richardson, amounting in
all to over ten thousand dollars. A
month or five weeks ago he was dis
charged by the firm, and no sooner had
this fact become known than his faults
were emblazoned and gossipped about;
those most anxious to tell what they
knew about Chsstsine being, in some
instances, those who had par
tahoA i--oss .;hersllV of his kind
ness aud enjoyed his friendship.
So far as we know, Ely, Harvey &
Richardson did not then accuse Chas-
tame OF larceny or fraudulent breach Of
trust, and certainly took no steps to
have him punished for either Of such Of
lenses. They filed bill in the second
chancery court alleging that Chastaine
was indebted to them in the sum Of
eight thousand dollars, and asked that
he be eDiOined from disposing of or
transferring to other parties certain lots
in this city. His wife, upon learning of
her husbands alleged defalcatiOn, be-
came quite i'll, and for several days was
on the verge Of death. With the deep,
passionate love and unfailing DEVOTION
which only woman knows and can re-
alize, she determined to save her hus-
band from disgrace. We understand
that she consented to pay to Ely, Har-
vey & Richardson a large amount of
money from her own purse, even ignOr-
ing her own helplessness, and that of
her innocent little children, in Or
der to rescue her husband fro l
criminal prosecution. Thus the story
goes, evipcing the fidelity of womsn's
love in sacrificing everything to shield
her husband from Disgrace by restitu-
ton Of the deficit.
A FORGED CHECK.
1t is further stated that this sacrifice
on the part of Mrs. Chastaine satisfied
Ely, Harvey & Richardson, who agreed
not to prosecute him, on condition that
she pay the amount alleged to have been
taken from them by her husband.
However, Chastaine a day before lesv-
ing Memphis is said to have borrowed
three hundred dollars from young man
who clerks in the house of Ely, Harvey
d Richardson, giving him their draft for
the payment Of the sum loaned. This
check, it is reported, was forged, and as
soon as it was discovered the sum of two
hundred and fifty dollars was offered by
Ely, Harvey q Richardson for the ar
rest of Chastaine, who, having left this
city, went to Hot Springs, Arkansas. A
policeman named Pryde was sent in
search of Chastaine, but failed to arrest
him. Pryde, upon returning to this
city, stated that he got within twenty
feet of Chastaine at Malvern, where the
latter was waiting for the train. Chas-
tame fled, he pursued, but could not
catch the fugitive. Since then Chas-
tame has been at large until his arrest
in st. Louis, as stated above.
THE FINALE.
Since Chastaine left Memphis, it has
been reported that he seat word to his
wife, in this city, that if she would pro- |
cure divorce he would make provision |
for the care and education of their chill |
dren-that he no longer loved her, and |
would never live with her again. 1t is !
also said that he sent her the names of |
certain ladies with whom he had been |
criminally intimate, giving the time and |
place, and also witnesses to prove the |
commission of the immoral acts, so that |
she would have no difficulty in sustain !
ing petition for divorce.
HIS GAY COMPANIONS.
1t was also reported that more than
one Of the young men who had been his
associates in intrigues and midnight |
ventures feared the result of Chastaine's |
trial, as an investigation would expose
some Of their social peccadilloes aud in
trigues. 1t may be that some rare incl
dents in the lives of fast young men, as
well as Of indiscreet old ones, will be de-
veloped during the progress of CEas-
taine's trial which we understand the
attorney. general intends to have prose-
cuted. However guilty Cbastaine may
be. it is not unlikely that the different
reports concerning his doings have been
greatly exaggerated. At any rate, if
others have been connected with him
they, too, will doubtless be exposed.
REMEMBER the Orphans benefit
given by the Howell & Aymsr circus on
the bluff this afternoon and night. Price