The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-22
SINGULAR TRANSACTION.
A San Francisco Man En- Route
for New York Arrested in
Cheyenne by Sheriff Carr
on the Charge of EN-
bezzlement.
The Suspected Party stoutIy Af6rms His Ia
nocsnce and Says II Is Simply q
Case Of Mistaken Identity,

Yesterday morning Sheriff Carr re-
ceived the following dispatch from the
Sheriff at Elko, Nevada dated the Goth:
ARREST a man who gives his name
as D. Dalzell upon his arrival in your
city on tomorrow afternoons passen-
ger train from the west. He is a good
looking young man, weighs about 100
pounds, has q 'dandiHed' looking nous
tache, is q plausible talker and is ac-
companied by his wife and daughter.
His real name Is Mahlon an embezzler,
for whom the Pacific coast authorities
have been looking for a year or more
past. Don't let him escape but tele-
graph me at once"
1t was not a matter of surprise to the
Sheriff to receive a dispatch Of that de-
scIiption, as about a year ago he re-
ceived word from the Pacific coast to
keep a sharp lookout for q man named
Mahlon, an embezzler, and was at that
time furnished with a full description
of the criminal. He therefore made
preparations to search the incoming
train from the west yesterday after
noon and capture his man IL found
aboard. Accompanied by Deputy
Sheriff ingalls, he proceeded to the de-
pot and when the train arrived they
commenced the search which was soon
rewarded by finding the parties describ-
ed in the Elko sheriff's telegram. sher-
i'll Carr approached the man, a very
genteel appearing individual, and po-
litely addressed him saying, 81 have
authority by telegram to arrest you on
the charge Of embezzlement." Dalzell
replied, whom do you take me forP''
Carr said II believe you to be a man
whose real name is Mahlon, but you
have assumed the name Of Dalzell."
At this the confronted party confessed
that his name was d. Dalzell but insist
ed that 1t was his real name and that
he knew nothing whatever Of the man
Mahlon. He said It was q case of
mistaken identity and earnestly en-
treated the Sheriff to permit himself
and family to proceed on their journey
unmolested. The Sherif's sympathetic
nature was touched but he had a duty
to perform. He didn't dare 60 back on
that telegram. The upshot was that
Dalzell and his family were taken of
the train into the Railroad House along
with their baggage, and the cars sped
eastward without them. Mrs. Dalzell,
or Mahlon, as the case may be. was
shown to a comfortable room In the
hotel where she still remains with her
little girl. She is said to be a sister to
William Horace Lingard, the great
character change artist, and has been
on the stage herself under the name of
"Dickie" Lingard. Parties residing in
Cheyenne who claim to know, say she
married the man now under arrest, in
Australia, and they also state that he
was at n time quite wealthy. In
conversation with a LEADER reporter,
Dalzell admitted that he was arrested
at or neal Truckee on the charge Of
being Mahlon, the embezzler, but that
he convinced the officer Of his mistake
and was forthwith released. Dalzell
claims to be the editor and proprietor
Of the San Francisco Evening Mail,
and insists that he can prove the fact.
II a rascal, it must be admitted that he
puts on an exceedingly bold front for a
guilty man. One singular feature of
the case is the order to re-arrest him
after having been once released. The
Elko sheriff in his telegram also said,
Don't take any chin music, but hold
him." from which it would appear that
new evidence had just came to light,
w~arranting his re-arrest. The crime
Of Mahlon, it will be remembered was
the embezzlement Of several thousand
dollars while employed In a bank at
Virginia City about a year ago. Dalzell,
who is now under arrest here on sus-
picion of being Mahlon, was taken in
charge by officer Ingalls,, and Sheriff
Carr proceeded to communicate with
the Elko authorities relative to the case.
Dalzell was not committed to Jail, but
is simply kept under surveillance by
officer ingalls,, who accompanied him
last night to witness the Shaughraun
as rendered by the Wallace Comedy
Company at the New Dramatic The
atre. The case Of Dalzell excited much
interest throughout the city last night.
W. do not deem it the duty Of the press
to venture an opinion regarding the
guilt or innocence Of the party. New
light will probably be thrown upon the
case to-day.
An ANrsnytva na~