The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-04-28

and Wall Street soon rung with his
bold transactions. Success, and then
the fate Of Daniel Drew fell on him,
and he left New York in debt 10 his
brokers $500 in margins on Toledo
and Wabash.
Just here an episode in his early life
IN Chicago becomes important. Maud
J.. Margrave, a~daughter in a large fam
ily Of responsibility, had won his young
affections. and the priest had joined
them in such "A way that no man-nor
woman either-seemed To be ever able
to put them asunder. She was not
=" crooked" but her love for him soon
made her obedient to every crook Of
his little finger, and Il led her into.
many a dark and devious way. She
was rather prepossessing in appearance,
but has now but one eve, through fire.
quent use Of pOisOnOcs cosmetics for the
purposes of disguise. Through the
world she followed him''-always ODE
dent, always accomplishing, even un-
der the trying circumstance of being an
accomplice,- though periH, in the Long
Branch venture.
The scene now shifts 10 Philadelphia /:
time, 9th Of March, 1870, and the visit
of a very ladyliSe woman to the office of
&. x III. Borie, the well known brokers,
on Third Street. The lady wanted five
shares Of Reading Railroad stock, but
desired il 10 be issued in single shsres
and to be first transferred to the brok-
ers and by them 10 her. These condi-
tiOns were unusual, and the lady was
told they could mol be complied with.
Suspicion was aroused and the Read
ing Railroad officers informed Of the
circumstance, and they. already
smarting under the tricks If Horton,
the Lancaster raiser Of stock the
year before, and knowing that these
One-share certificates were the very
metal upon which such WORTHLESS
wrought, called 10 their AID Pinkerton-s
men, Franklin and Bangs. A shadow
was put on the two, the woman was a.
lowed Ia take the share next day. hav-
ing given the significant name Of G. II.
Borein 10 be filled into the certificate.
A. 500 A. the stock was obtained Cler-
mont and his real wife. Maud-for the
lady in the brokers' Office was none
other than she-took the train for New
York and went far up town into rooms.
On the 9th Of May Franklin. armed with
a requisition, went 10 New York and ar
rested his man, who, though surprised,
made the best Of il, and drove with the
detective 20 the 81. Denis Hotel. Acard
was sent up land the Long Branch widow,
now en- route to Europe 10 join her
child, who was at school there. was
confronted with her perfidiOus Cuban
lover. Ii was a perfect surprise 10 her,
for she had long since given up the
search for him, but, .'Oh, you villain"
choked her utterance when she saw him.
which he returned with 4 bow, in which
was incorporated all the grace Of a
Bayard and Impotence Of q Brummel,
notwithstanding the difficulty Of raising
his hat with manacled wrists.
To shorten a long story, he was
brought to Philadelphia, put in .he dock
for the larceny Of the diamonds, the fair
West Philadelphian got in the tolls Of
love again (although when she visited
the prison she found his real wife sit
ting on the other side of the cell door,
made an affidavit that when he took the
diamonds be- was her lawfully welded
husband, and that she had been since
divorced. So after many efforts TO hold
him on other charges, the Reading
Railroad bonds not having been used or
altered, Mr.. Clermont went SEQ; free,
madam went of TO Europe. and the
gay cavalier left town with his wife.
ostensibly for New York. This vas in
Nav Of last year.
On the 9th ult. the telegraph told
every reader IF newspapers in and out
of this State that a well-conceived plan
to rob the Chambersburg Bank had
been frustrated and two Of the burglars
captured. The leading criminal in
the affair had gone 10 Chambers
burg Just after the escape Of
Clermoni from franklin's clutches
here a year ago, and had set up IS y
Southern officer named Col. ROLAND.
with his wife and invalid brother. They
had in%gratiated themselves into the
friendship of the cashier Of the bank
and visited his house frequently during
their stay. On the night in question
Col. ROLAND had called with a friend 81
the dwelling of the cashier, Messer-
smith, which was connected with the
bank, and they made a friendly visit.
At the conclusion Of this visit Messer-
smith found himself hooded. gagged
and robbed Of $4,000. But in the mp
roar he created, with great pluck. the
vs. worthless were caught and jugged.
II is hardly necessary 10 say that Detec-
tive Franklin and his men yesterday
identified ROLAND rs Patterson's kid
Clermoni, La Dezma. Sergeant and
Degmond all in one.