Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-08-29
Marvin TeE re.,ec Richmond,


General Moltan, sc5ci Riehmand yesterday
a. 'clcck, 10 charsc tf detective Robert A.
PlDktr %. Tho much married man was accom-
panied On The route by TIC detective SD Mr.
A. Bfowrtll, tho bIolher ia law Of The young
lads, Miss Tu.pio, bis last kaoRu victim. Hs
WIS taken from the train at Tho head of the
city, and Iskan into town in carrisgo uadcr
poc5 escort, the Mayor OF the city being along
as vel IS The CT mnonwesl h's attorney. Mar
vim, az he az approached Richmond, expressed
dread ot n0h violtnac at The hands of lis Gill.
z3Os, but wss assured that Every p7ecau;ion
had been taken 10 protect him. lie was taken
to The station house and locked I'D 10 cell.
Slt c. Lis list visit ho has stored his uppesr~
auoe very uuch, but stu! he has becu promptly
ldln flied By THIS, who met him before. lie
dec intd to talk, aud 10 reply ing 10 such cues.
TONS ss were put to him ty The officers, SHUTTER
ed admirably, ard complained OF suffering from
rheumatism. and also mentioned that he had
once suffered from apoplcXy. lie presents the
| appearance OF broken Gown old mao. Pin
kerton says re is ono OF the best dis imulato!s
he ever saw. lie gave his n1mc % General
Morton, and profession tn engineer. lilo had
| oblg dollar and nuartor 10 m0Gcy with him.
Wlh his good acting and pair Of sp,c:aclea,
over which re petr3 turtivtly, aud bis snbdncd
and decreplt air. he would pass Tor man OF
Us. although he Is ten years younger. There
was lush at tho station house TO SEQ him, but
LIDO ohoers admitted 90 pelS)n sav5 the fcp0r'
tcrs. lilo complained to the officer ia charge
that thcre was great deal of unntc ,ssary Gu
roslty to sec him, aud said it was calculated 10
pr jadica his case. tie will have hcsrins b,
fore tho Polio Court to day. Tho first charge
preferred against him ia grad liroony, and
upon this be will DO tiled frat. Il il tot known
yet whether Miss Turpin. Marvin last victim.
will b. wiling to taco the ordeal ct thu curt
| room. Ii sho declines, then ha will escape tho
! charge OF bIGany, so lar as firgini, is ocn-
cert ed
Marvin il described ss tall, rather sraro
MAJ OF fully h'ty years. with rudiy iaoe, yar.
ilouliry about tho nose. sParching grey cycs,
partially concealed b3 oVorhanging broSs and
apt c.tces. lilo is evidently O man of nerve.
brains and culture, and assumes 40 sir of G.l-
solous innoccrc', occasionally displaying vir.
tu6us Indignation that he should DO the vic in,
Ct case OF mistaken identity. llc has care
fully prepared story a. to where ho was at tho
limo he was engaged 10 his lc,mo of plander 10
Riohmold. lilo calls himself GsneraJ Bu3lopg
A. Morton, AID claims TO have won tho title in
the army. and uevor knowingly TO have wrapgcd
man out of dosr. lie says no studied lcu,
years in tho school of civil and military curi-
neetipg at lleidelb berg. Germany, whero he
graduated. "a the war tr.skiog GU. he co.
tered tho scrVi,o for three motifs, and then
70 enlisted. When General McPhersoa was
appointed general superintendent Il mia.y
railroads with tho army OF tho West he s:cou d
him as one OF The tupetintcndep!s ard no Was
80 engaged till tho end e tho wnr. lIo was
buroed out 10 tho Chicago fire, buIEh kis first
wife IN 1877. AID In sue ,et sion lnut lilti, boy
OF Eve. his oldis: daughter, arod tairiceu, and
10 1876 his twJ r"mbnlng rhidrcu, little girls,
were drowned whils out selling, In Ju,V, IS7t;'
he was witness nt Washington at the trial of
Gen. Bsknap, and on tie 24:h of Jul7 was
married to his stc)nd vile. After wishing tn.
c,otennial they vent to New liHVnn. whera ho
claims TO have lived ever sitc,. lIc cllims to
have boon engaged with numerous railroad, in
making estimates. The following is thu hIibi
prepared ny this lngt Mons man to shaw that
he onnll Got have been in Richm md, Va:
have boarded four years of the last tx
years with Mrs. S. IT, Ji4on, vi MY ar.ily,
No. 81 Olive street, Now Haven, Conn. and
during the present year. So tkr have boarded
with Mrs. Anne NJ. krnntdy. No. 2i2 York
street, New Haven. | hsvu been coffin ID to
my room 10 her house. With tho exception of
very few days in May. from tito l7th Ct Jan.
uary up to the 70 h Ct .)uoo lasI, with rhtu,
matiam, partial para j sis and pcs jr,lli',
Oh thn 9th Of Junn rorhgei in mix, r
profile of railroad survey 10 Ilen:.in,,ry /
vas cugSg.d on that VOL. I, n, Tho house Of Mr..
~ -. oJuK. ia IIOy, N. T.. with rho cxocp-
lion OF two or three days, until the 81 of July.
% that date We left Troy and went to llualice'
ton, in West Firsiuia, r1soHirg that place On
The 18th. The field uotrs of The survey were
made with peucil. end 50 elaborated 10
portion Of the work that it was uccuss4ry for
me to 20 to that porIion Of tho line ard make
n rctu:vev. which cid. At tho tin1 | Wss
arrested had steamboat !ickot. i.su:d on
tho steamer General lI3te, tr,ta L,n!,vi'lo to
Cipconsl. The ticket WIS dated AUGUST .
aud was about 10 % ththtr.'
The prisoner is sid 10 have u pcouat iiac
for makiog up his sIibs. He lives Christianity
on tho wing when covering u? his tricks Fgr
insiarc', suppose he arrived in New Y0r. at
e o'clock this evening"; he wcuId 90 to L hotel,
| register, take room for tho night, then take
the next train cut ct town sfttr sn hour i
s'ty. That eight he might 10 ono hundred
miles away, and yet he wond hava cvidctc c. to
show that he was 10 New York. His chain OF
| evidence in the RehmOrd csso is sid to be
vary neiry perfect; but tho dohc ives havo q
| break 10 it that Marvin does not susnt Ct, which
| will b!lsg his vol c &c lived fabric to the
erouod. He has 40 artIuy constructed story
aS an si5i aSairst the charge of forgery q! j %,
lilo, Illinois, oye'y w:rd Of wa ca is knoan 10
DO false.
The tournament.