Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-03
GHASTAINE.
The Memphis Defaulter and
FOrger Captured in
st. Louis.
A Wife's Touching Devotion to
Her ScOundreI Husband.
Memphis Ledger, July ].

Chief Athv received telegram from st
Louis YESTERDAY afternoon that the authOri
ties there had arrested James a. Chastaine
and that he would leave for Memphis il
charge of an officer at 8 o'clock thii
| morning the plisoIeT arrived and was con
! 7eved 10 the Adams street stafiOn-house
He was dressed in a black coat, light col
| ored pants and wore a white Panama hat
! His mustache' and imperial had beer
shaved of; he looked badly, evidently feel
| ing keenly the unfortunate position il
| which he had placed himself. He was ar
rested al st. Louis by detective James
! Tracy, who was keeping a sharp lookout
| On Chastaine'S trunks which were at the
! depot, they having been sent on to ST.
/ Louis when Chastaine escaped capture BY
! officer Pryde At Malvern, Ark, some time
| since. Since that tine ChastaiDe has been
| concealed around Hot Springs, Ark, where
! his brother, Mr.. Kirkpatrick (Wm. A.
ChastaiBe), formerly Of Rome, Ga, keeps a
hotel.
HOW HE WAS CAPTURED.
l He reached ST. Louis on Tuesday last,
via the Iron Mountain Railroad, and put
up at the Laclede Hotel, where he regis
| tered his name as James A. Johnston. He
4Clal Gu " q lnNh ot4L4Nls dsAAN llh4AlA a
| hickman his trunk checks told him to 20 to
the depot and get his trunks; then to carry
them TO the Office OF the Adams Express
Company and ship them to Mr. ). A. John
stOn, care DR.. Kirkpatrick, Malvern, Ark;
then to return to the hack stand, where he
would meet him and get the receipt. When
the hackman got back, Chastaine was not
there, but Mr.. Tom Darden, formerly of
this city, but now of st. Louis, was there
representing Chastaine. Darden got into
the hack and drove of, closely followed and
Swallowed BY detective Tracy. On the cor
ner Of Eighth and Walnut the hack stopped
and Cbastaine came up and was formally
arrested by the detective officer. On the
train last night Chastaine appeared TO be
sick, aud went to the water closet several
times. Early this morning he went again,
and in a few seconds appeared and made
rush for the platform, when he was con-
frOnted by detective Tracy, who had a
cooked pistol in his hand. he was taken
back in the car and securely handCuffed.
When arrested he had two letters Of intro
duction on his person, apparently from DR..
Kirkpatrick, and addressed to the former
proprietor Of the Laclede Hotel, Capt.
Malen. and Mr.. z. S. Plants. Of st. Louis,
recommending one James A. Johnston for
a position. These letters were in the hand
writing Of ChaStaine.
HIS WIFE's DEVOTION.
Memphis Appeal, July L
For q long time Chastaiue was employed
as book-keeper by Ely, Harvey * Richard
son, Weil-knOWn merchants Of this city.
He was liberal and dashing, and haC
around him always jolly set Of compan-
ions who drank his wine, smoked his CT
CARS, and deemed him quite al agreeable
gentleman. For some time past Chas-
taine'S name las been mentioned il con-
UectiOu 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, aud was accredited by
many. l. is rUmOred that be had abstract
ed large sums of money from Ely, Harvey
4 Richardson, amounting in all to over
Ten thousand dollars. A month or five
weeks ago lie was discharged by the finn,
and no sooner had this fact become known
than his faults were emblaZ0ned and Cos
slipped about: those most anxious to tell
what they knew about Chastaine being,
in some instances, those who had par
taken most literally Of his kind |
ness and enjoyed his friendship. |
s. far as We know, Ely, Harvey X Richard |
son did Lot then accuse Chastaine of 1
larceny or fraudulent breach Of trust, and |
took no steps TO have him pun |
ishei for either Of such Ott5nSes. They |
filed a bill in tie second ChanceTy Court |
ALLEGING that Chlstaine was indebted to /
them in the sum Of eight thousand dollars, |
and asked that he be eniOiHed from dispOs- |
ing Of or transferring TO other parties Ger
tain lots in this city. His wife, upon learn /
ing q her husbands alleged defalcatiOn, /
became quite III, and for several days was 4
Old tie verge Of death. With the deep,
PASSIONATE love and Uufziling devotion |
which only woman knows and can realize. 1
She determined 10 save her husband from /
DISGRACE. We understand she consented to |
nav 10 Elv, Harvey * Richardson a large
amount Of money from heT own purse, even /
ignoring her own LelpieSsuess, and that Of
Der innocent little children, in order to
rescue her husband from criminal ProsecU-
ion. Thus the story goes, eyiDcing the
fidelity Of wOman's love in sacrificing
everything TO shield her husband from dis
race by a restitution Of the deficit.
\ FORCED CHECK.
Ill is further stated that this sacrifice on
he part Of Mrs. ClaS.aine satisfied Ely, |
Harvey a Richardson, who agreed nCg to
prosecute him On condition that she pay
he amount alleged TO have been taken
rom them by her husband. However,
Tbastaine, a day before leaving Memphis,
S said 10 have borrowed three hundred dol
ans frCm a young man who clerks in the
Igusc Of Ely. Harvey * Richardson, Civ
NO him their draft for Ihy payment Of the
Im loaned. This check, IL is reported, !
Cas forged, and as soon as it was discover |
ID the sum OF two hundred ana fifty dollars
vas offered by Ely, Harvey X Richardson
or the arrest Of ChastaiuP, who, having
eff this city, went 70 Hot Springs, ArkaG-
as. 4 policeman named Pryde was sent
IN search Of Chaslaiue, but failed to arrest
lim. Pryde, upon returning 10 this city,
lated that be got within twenty feet Of
yhastaina al Malvern, where the latter was
Waiting for the train. ChasJaine fed, he
rrsued. but could not catch the fugitive.
since then ChaslaiuC has been at large |
until his arrest in St. Louis, as stated
boye.
A VILLAIN TO THE LAST.
Since Chsstaiue left Memphis, ithas been
eDrrfed That he sent word TO LIS wife, in
has city, that if she would procure a di-
orcc he would make provision for the care
nd education OF their Children-that he no
1nger loved her, and would never live with
.er again. Il is also said that he sent her
be names Of certain ladies, with whom he
.ad been criminally intimate, giving the
inc and place. and also witnesses to prove /
he commission Of immoral acts, so that |
he would have no difficulty in sustaining
petition for divorce.
ms GAY COMPANIONS.
10 was also reported that more than one
Il the Young men who had been his assO-
iates In intrigues and midnight adven-
ureg feared the result OF ChastaiIe's trial,
S an investigation would expose some Of
heir social peccadiIlOes and intrigues. 10
nay be that some rare Incidents in the
ives offast young men, as well as Of indis-
rect old ones. viii be developed during