The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-07-16
Welded to a Criminal.

WcO0Su 10 d SIifHlndIs
A New York paper says: One by one
, the sharply defined characters and Incl
u dents in the drama of romance and crime
0 daily enacted in New York arise and
/ disappear again from public view, scarce
q ly- more marked than the ripples in the
harbor created by passing vessel. which
!. circle and foam, only to grow less and
= less perceptible until they are finally
, lost to sight. Now comes again the sad
story OF woman betrayed Into marriage
with q criminal, taken from home
: where. she had enjoyed all The luxuries
, which wealth could provide and the at.
, tentions which her personal attractions
and high accomplishments easily gained
. for her, and at last lett alone to care for
: two young children In the midst of a
Istrange city, where the mention of her
name 10 more apt TO excite suspicion
than the commiseratiou which is her
] due.
| |, About seven years. ago the Boylston
Bank, OF Boston, was robbed of over
$4,000 principally the property OF
: wards and widows, which had been de-
} posted there upon the supposition tnat
the bank was one OF the safest in the
State. IL had been for many years the
depository OF guardians, administrators,
and other tiduciary officers. The bur-
glary was one OF the most skiilfuIly
planned and executed OF the many bank
robberies that have occurred in this
country during the last decade. There
Is now Hvlng---er was a few days ago
III this city woman who has been unin-
tentionally, but intimately, associated
with one OF the robbers, an "A has also
been the means OF bringing another ted
criminal TO justice. Her trials and sui
flr, t,0 h..u mt ,;.l,
number Of romantic Incidents.
| Charles Bullard, one OF the principals
In the great robbery, belonged 10
wealthy and aristocratIc family in New
| England. He had been carefully reared,
ana every advantage that money could
procure was secured Tor him, but eX-
pensiye habits ana fast lie brought
ruin. In the robbery Ballard WAS the
''gentleman," while Worth, his compan-
ion, attended to the mechanical part
Immediately alter the robbery Bull
lard went to England and there assumed
the name of Welles, by which we shall
designate him hereafter in this state
| ment OF the facts. He spent his ill-gol-
ten gains layishly, and by his almost
\ faultless address won the regards OF
members OF good society. Wnile in Liy-
erpool he met at a party Miss X lty
Finn, an orphan, who Was living al the
| time with her uncle and aunt, two
wealthy people, and, representing him
self to be titled gentleman, received
permission to pay his addresses to her.
He made her presents of costly dia-
mDnds, was persistent in his calls, and
ter briet courLship they were duly
| married, Miss Finn joining with her
uncle against the strenuous opposition
of the aunt.
she was possessed in her own right of
| a considerable property, and the ac-
knoWledged belle of the vicinity. Her
| sorrows nave not yet robbed her of her
remarkable beauty, and suffering has left
no marks OF gray in tue splendid auburn
tresses thai hang in protusion nearly to
the ground.
Within u few weeks after the nuptials
the neWly-married couple went to Paris,
and here her mental trials soon com
menced. They mad been in Paris but
lew days when, at fashionable gather
ing one evening, WeIles' accompIiee,
Worth, appeared and addressed him
earelessly as Charley Billiard. This was
the first inkling the wife had that she
was the victim OF a grave deception, but
for the time she hid her grief. Welles
continued to spend money freely, and it
soon became apparent TO him that he
must have an income to keep his purse
Supplied. !
With what be had remaining what
Worth could furnish, anu by the aid of
Mrs. Welles' fortune, Welles aud Worth
ct up in business together by establish
ing one of the most georgeously tur-
nished saloons ia Paris, known as the |
"Anerican Restaurant" which became
a iayorite resort for visitors from this |
country. The business was not as re-
munerative as had been anticipated, and |
hnoOminU 6aprpscp6 OR
and wife salied Ton New York. While |
in Paris she had been the recipient of
many rich gifts, the most OF which her
husband had squandered.
Arriving in this city, the detectives |
who had been shadOwing Welles were |
NOT tardy in arresting him and taking |
him to Massachusetts, where he |
pleaded guilty to the bank robbery, and |
was sentenced to twenty years in the |
State Prison-the full extent OF the law
where he Is now at hard labor.
Previous to the arrest Mrs. w elles had |
stored $4,000 of furniture in her own
mama with man named Strong in this
city. 1t appeared in the statements
made to the court that the detectives had |
promised that the husband should be
Ieniently dealt with, provided that he
would give bill OF sale OF tlHs furniture,
but the Massachusetts Judge would not
cOQSluer tnlS. AT tnlS Time Mrs WoileS |
was living with her two children In two
rooms on Fourteenth street. Suit was
commenced by the detectives for the
furniture, the wife being made third |
party to the cause, the question being
whether the property belonged to the
husband or the wife. Mrs. Welles also
instituted proceedings against the de-
teotiyes for grand larceny, for breaking
open one Of the stored boxes The civil
suit was decided last winter, Mrs.
Welles being allowed part OF the goods,
she paying costs; and the criminal action
against the detectives was discontinued
blythe District Attorney.
And now comes another most singular
feature in her trials. While these pro-
were going on, detectives, with.
ex-Chief Colonel Wood, were unremit-
ting In their hunt for Worth, Welles' ao.
oomplfce in the bank robbery. They pro-
fessed to believe that Mrs. Welles knew L
where he was. In accordance with this Il
belief, q person called George Albert Ma
son, 1t appears from the testimony, was +
sent to Mrs. Welles TO ascertain what
she knew Of Worth. She denied any /,
OF his Whereabouts, but said
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