The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-10-14

took the trunk back to the cars. Miss Shot
we'll continued her testimony. She said (:
| After the indictments were found several
overJures for settlement were made, and
wherever she went she was followed by
ISLANDERS SET AFLoAT BY THE DEFENDANTS.
One of these ISLANDERS was that she was iden-
tilted with a woman known as lobbyist
and mistress OF Brooks, named Minnie Ben
ton. At the end OF eighteen months, being
destitute, and believing herself entitled,
port from RoddY, she obtained warrant
| for his arrest for abandoning her. This
was in May, 1874. Roddy was arrested and
bailed. a few weeks afterward she was ar
rested on charge of perjury in swearing
that she was his wife. The witness added:
me on the 18th OF June. Byrnes said the
charge was grand larceny OF opera glasses
and sleeve buttons, and an attempt to
blackmail Mr.. ROddy. Byrnes was very
brutal in his manner. He took all my
papers, and spoke threatenipgly when /
asked Tor them. L was taken before Justice
Morgan, and 1 said, "This Is absurd. Mr..
Phelps will not allow It." John /. Dsven-
port was there, add said, "You are indicted
for perjury." 1 was not allowed to say
anything. My bail was fixed at 81 600,
and was kept In the police prison from
Thursday night until Saturday morning. L
got nothing but two cups OF tea during that
time. Friends who called to see me were
told that was not there, but they went TO
Superintendent Matsell and found out that
l must be there. But before they could
reach me they had taken me in the Black
Maria to the tombs. Mr.. Thurlow Weed
kindly promised me counsel. 1 wrote sew
eral times to Mr.. Phelps, asking for trial.
After about six weeks was brought to trial
IN the General Sessions. Judge Fullerton,
counsel for the men who bad robbed me, ap-
peared IN behalf of the people 10 prosecute
me. Mr.. Algernon s. Sullivan and Mr..
Beall defended me. After four days trial
was acquitted. Then l was taken back to
the tombs and kept ten days, and then the
indictment for perjury was mol. pressed
aud was released. Being unwell, / was
escorted TO my mothers house in New Jer
sey, by the warden Of the prison. After
staying there a month 1 returned, and
learned from Warden Quinn that
THE INDICTMENTS AGAINST EVERETT
and Brooks had been mol pressed. l got a
few of my letters back, but never got back the
Roddy and Phelps letters. L have never
been lobbyist in Washington, nor have |
ever blsckmailed any one. Mr.. Townsend
read letter from Judge Nelson, OF Brook
lyE. describing Mrs. Roddy as a woman "of
character, integrity, and every other respect
worthy OF the utmost respect and conf
dence." He also read the following letter
from Gen. Roddy:
NJ OWN DARLING WIFE: / will be on
hand instantly. No delay shall arise to
thwart your wishes.
Your loving husband, etc.
Miss Shotwell added: Before L met
Roddy 1 had 81 500 cash and real prop
erty worth $4,000 in New JsIsey. / was
offered $1,000 to Withdraw my charges
against Everett and Brooks, and Mr.. Rus
sell, OF the district attorneys office, advised
me TO accept the money and abandon the
prosecution. / declined to do so, and there
alter Russell villified me. l never lived in
New York until 1867. / came here to study
music. My mother lives at HacketstowD,
n. j., where my ancestors have lived for
centuries was patron of Mine. Demorest,
and there L met a lady of great beauty and
nation, whom 1 accompanied to WASH
iDgtOn on visit. That time and once that
l went there with Gen. Roddy were the only
occasions on which have been to Wash
ington. That lady introduced me to Gen.
Roddy of Alabama, who represented himself
to me as
a DIVORCED MAN.
He requested the privilege of calling on
me, and after our acquaintance had lasted
some time ne showed me decree of divorce
obtained by lawyer named Davis in Ala
bama. Ten weeks from our meeting we
were married by agreement. Roddy said
that the ceremony would have TO be private,
because his former wife's father held a rod
over him. He had killed the man who gave
him reason for a divorce, and his wife's
father knew it. The agreement of marriage
specified that when the reasons which had
influenced the secrecy of the marriage would
disappear the marriage would be made pub
lie. We lived together five years. We had
some dlsagreements. Roddy wanted me to
wear calico dresses, whereas my guardian
had always allowed me money. Roddy OBJ
tanned from me all my property, aud it was
in lieu of this that he gave me the Selma
and Gulf bonds. He also was very anx-
ious that i should not use his name, and
that was the reason that gave my name 2s
ShOtwell at the time OF the robbery Mr..
Townsend read letter from director of
the Selma and Gulf railroad, stating that
500, 900 of second mortgage bonds had been
intrusted to Gen. ROddy to sell in behalf of
the company, and that he had no right to
dispose of them for any other purpose. Al
gernon S. Sullivan testified that, at the re-
quest of Tburlow Weed, he had become
counsel TO Mrs. Roddy, or Shotwell, and
Mr.. Besll, who had been associated with
Mr.. Sullivan, testified that he had been pre-
vented from examining Miss ShOtwell's pa
pers, which were in the hands of the district
attorney.