The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-08-09
RE-ARRESTED.
This Time for Purjury.


At the October term GS7S) Of the La sale
County Circuit Court, Heman B. Chapman, OF
La Sale was tried for observation-disclosures
ing $4,000, money consigned by the First Ma
tional Bank, of Chicago to the Mathieson d
Hegelcr Zinc Co., which, Chapman as an en-
ployec of the United States Express Company
was charged with delivering at the office of the
Zinc company On his way thither he was
robbed, or claimed to have been robbed; and at
ter a long and elaborate trial, he was acquitted.
His history from that time TO this we cannot
now follow in detail. He has been in no business,
it is claimed, by which he could earn money; he
was poor man at the time of his trial; yet since
that time he has travelled extensively through
the west Minnesota, California, &c, arriving at
his La Sale home about two weeks ago. 1t ap-
pears, however, that during all his meanderings
over earth, his Nemesis followed him in the
shape of detective officers, watching his every
movement On Wednesday evening, whcni was
known that he was at home constables NJ. n
Riordan and Murtha were armed with search
warrant and proceeding to La Salle they on
Thursday morning searched the premess. They
found silver mounted revolver under Chap
mans pillow, (Which was given TO his wife y an
American made gold watch, chain and seal,
worth, perhaps, $50; pocket book containing
two halfeagles, other money, &c, and in pocket
| in the lid of a trunk rolls of money estimated TO
amount to 800 or $500. This money was old and
rotten--so rotten, in fact, that it was not I'M
rolled for fear of its falling to pieces. In Sec
ond paper was smaller amount in like coDdi-
ton. The rolls were of s. and $40 bills. There
were also found on his premises deeds for 600
| 10, I'M Ia uoS ed
on charge of perjury and brought to Ottawa
on Thursday afternoon, accompanied by ms
brother-in law, Rev. Mr.. Gum, and Mr. Geo. Ell
liot, and taken before Esquire Rees for examina-
ton, but on the motion of the prosecution and
by agreement it was continued until Monday the
18th.
! In their affidavit for continuance, the prosecu-
ton mayo and Duncan) alege that they will
prove by witnesses they expect to produce the
following facts
| By W. G. Brown, OF San Francisco, that he,
Brown, is in charge of news agency on the
Southern Pacific railroad in California, purchased
in Feb'y 1879, by Chapman, under the name Of
Geo. A. White, at the hands of Bennett Willard,
for $1,000 cash, and employed him, Brown, to run
| it; that he, Brown, made monthly reports of the
business to Chapman, that the business has con-
stantly run behind and that Chapman derived no
income from it. Brown will also swear that be-
fore he left California Chapman gave him $500
and requested him to go to San Jose and obtain
gold for the same which he did delivering it TO
Chapman; that after he left California, Chap
man wrote him letters cautioning him to keep
his (''White's') business a secret and to give
nothing awav," which letters are now in Mayo's
hands.
That the purchase Of the news stand will be
sworn to by Dixon aud c. f. Johnson.
BY Lue Miller, "a scarlet woman" Of 10 Com
mercal ST. San Francisco, that during his entire
stay in that city in January and February Chap
man alias Geo. A. White, co-habited with her for
% nights paying her therefor s460 that after he
left San Francisco and came to Illinois, he
wrote her letters cautioning her to give
nothing away" which letters Mayo holds.
By l.. Stanley, of Kearney, Neb. another
scarlet woman" that he gave her money to
make a payment on her house and lot in that
city.
By Bennett Willard, of Kearney, that he acted
as Chapmans agent in purchasing the news
agency on the 25th of January 1879, and that he
received Of Chapman 1910 TO be used on HE,
ChapmaB's, account
The prosecution claim that they have what
lawyers might term "a daisy of a case" Just
how the detectives followed their man they wish
not known in the reliable way they could tell it.
OF course, iunumerable versions have foated