The New York herald., 1878-11-26
BRIDGEPORTS LATEST SENSATION.
AN ADyENTURER CLAIMS TO BE CONNECTED WITH

AN ADVENTURE CLAIMS TO BE CONNECTED VA Il
THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT
from the New Haven Palladium, Nov 25.l
The actions and stories of quack doctor named
Solidium jefferson in Bridgeport attracting consd-
erable attention About three weeks ago he came
to that city from Wilimantic and opened Office.
He made the usual guack pretensions about his
ability to all diseases that flesh is kin to, claim
ing to be able to tell tho ailments of the patient ut
sight and to cure them almost promptly, and
also to possess the power of rearing the future
by clairvoyance. He is below the medium size, has
very swartlry complexion and long. curly hair,
and looks if he might be Spanish Mexican,
az lie claims to he. 1t is sa'd however. that his
parents live in Vermont. and that his father is an
Indian and his mother quadroon. He took his meals
at the boarding house OF Mrs. Sarah Troland From
the first he paid assduous court to the ladies Of the
household, and through his pretensions to great
wealth. his seductive Actons and his winning ways
generally he succeeded in firmly ipgratia.ing himself
in their confidence and good graces. To Mrs. Tro
lands unmarried daughter be especially atten
tive and when he proposed for the hand Of the young
lady in marriage the mother gave ready and eager
consent. The girl less eager to make the
match, but she finally yielded to the wishes of
her mother, and the two were married week
ago Saturday night by Rev. NJ. II. Pogson The
bridegroom borrowed IS Of his mothcr-in-law to pay
the Clergyman his marriage fee.s Immediately after
the marriage the sentiments of the family toward the
Doctor underwent change in spite OF his rela
tionsp. Both Lis wife and her mother became con-
WINGED that he fraud and tried to cast him of
altogether. result of all this he has lived
with his wife, has been forbidden the house. and
measures have been or viii be taken to set the mar
riage aside.
sensational. it having been stated that effort is
being made to convict him OF bigany, this man be-
still more interesting in another connection.
few days after reach:ng Bridgeport he went to Police
Headquarters and asked tor protection the ground
that he in danger Of being kidnapped by agents
OF the Mexican government. Chief Marsh was told
by Jefferson the following story:About six months
ago the Doctor and detective named Pelsto ap-
pointed agents by the Mexican government to go to
New Orleans and negotiate loan of $1,O25.000 They
succeeded in their mission, selling the bonds to
or more OF the New Orleans banks at discount
of eight per cent. After the money was paid over
Peeto appropriated the whole of 1t and went back to
tine Mexican government with the that the entire
amount had been stolen by Jefferson. The govern
ynent accepted this story as true and offered
reward Of $4,000 for Jefersons capture.
The latter. to avoid the agents his truck.
fled to the tar West and from there wont
to Canada and thence to Boston and Williniantic.
place. but concluding that emissarcs OF the Mexican
government We're close on his track to abduct him
and get the reward offered for his arrest he
bridgeport. He expected he would be followed there
by the same enemies and he wanted tho police to
give him their protection. He stated that the Mcxi
can government were bound to have him by some
means the New Orleans bank officials had identi
fed his photograph that Of the man who
ceved the money and the government was, there
fore. convinced that he the thief. Chief Marsh
was in soin. doubt to whether this story fact
or fiction. II seemed improbable in respects
and still the Doctor showed letters and furnished
other evidence corroboratory OF the truth of his
statement. From another. .source the Chief learned
that the Doctor made great deal of trouble in the
Willimantic household where he stopped, having
aienated the wife from her husband and accom-
plished other mischief Of like nature Bridgeport
IL unfortunate; no sooner does .Nobby Buck Wells
depart for two years stay at Wethcrsfeld than
apparently worthy successor turns up and takes his
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