The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-07-31
The Noble Englishman Who VI arried
a Baltimore Niger.

From the Baltimore American.
About two months ago an EnglShman
calling himself DR.. Alfred Shaw, but who,
it has since been learned. possessed rs
many aliases aS he had bad qualities, made
his appearance in Baltimore and cstab-
lished himself in boarding house on
Sharp street. He told many stories OF his
illustrious birth and noble connections
He was man of good address, pleasing
appearance, and about torty-iivc or eight
wears of age. His stories We're swallowed,
and he not only boarded at the house two
weeks on credit, but borrowed several
small sums ofmoney from his newly made
acquaintance, and then suddenly skipped
of after supper with his wardrobe in Il
valise, without making settlement with
his victims. He then went to the West
ern section of the city, and by means of
his abundant supply of etl'rontcry, man
aged to swindlc a number of gullible >a-
loon keepers, boarding house managers
and others. His stories were always
changed To- suit the views of his hearers.
For instance, at the boarding houses he
passed as a half-pay officer in the English
army, and made whom he could believe
that nc was distantly related to the royal
family. When shutting up saloon keep.
cr'S eyes he personatcd an English noble
man who had. in 1861, given up every
thing at home and came over and Joined
the Southern army IN which, he SAID, he
ranked as Colonel of some mythical reg
iment from Mississippi. Among the
colored people he played the part of an
English philanthropist and missionary.
He claimed to have been an Abolitionist
before the war, and to have done much
to free the colored people of the South
from bondage As had been stated before
he is II good tulker, and there is no end of
the innoccnts who believed his stories
About one month ago he became acquaint-
ed with colored girl named Euphemia
Saunders, the daughter of IA somewhat
noted local politician named W. L. Saun-
dcrs The girl i, only twenty years of
age, very light complrxioned, and rather
good looking. This strangely assorted
couple became very intimate, and were
finally engaged to be married
On Monday last marriage license
was obtained from the Clerk of the Court
of common Pleas. The marriage ccremo-
nv was performed on the same evening,
at the home Of the brides mother, by u
white minister Immediately after being
married the couple left for parts un-
known. Since their departure, well
known liquor merchant on German street,
missed several hundred dollars worth Of
irwelry, and the girl is alleged to be the
person that got away with it. The mat
ter hu, been placed in the hands of Il pri.
waite detective firm, who are engaged in
working up the case The Colonel is also
wanted for ,windling several citizens Of
West Baltimore out of money by false
representations. The detectives learned
Yesterday that the couple they wanted
had left the city by the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, and the probability is that
they will be caught in II day or two. As
the liquor merchant that lost the jcwclry
stands high in social circles, the matter
will no doubt be compromised, as he does
not wish to be mixed up in the trial,