The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-08-30
DALIA WEEKLY BAZOO. TUESDAY, AUGUST 30 1881.

mined to get rid Of his wife. probably
knowing that the detectives were al:
ter him and that she would be in the
way, and having made it . rule ap-
parently never to live with woman
more than week or 20. The method
he adopted displayed characteristic
ingenuity. He was in Rochester,
sent his wife on to Albion on the
pretense Of having business to trans
act, and affected to have missed the
train. He wrote y news dispatch pur-
porting to come from Richmond. Va.
announcing that Mrs. Turpin. his
wife's mother, had been thrown from
Il carriage and seriously. ii not fatally
hurt. BY some sharp practice he
procured the publication Of this item
in Rochester newspaper. Then he
telegraphed his wife that her mother
had been badly injured, and that che
had better proceed at once to Rich
mond. He forwarded the newspaper
cutting by mail with railroad passes
to Richmond, and said he would
meet her at Harrisburg. Pa. Having
thus rid himself Of his latest matri.
mOnial victim Marvin was better able
to elude the vigilance Of the detect
ives. His unfortunate victim pro-
ceeded ON hel WAY. WAS Overtaken by
her friends and taken to her home,
where che found, Of course. that the
dispatch was hoax and her mother
was alive and we'll.
Meantime the detectives had pro-
ceeded to New Haven. where they
found that Mr.. Beach and Mrs. Ken
nv, to whom the drafts had been
paid, were creditors Of Marvin. They
are respectable and worthy people,
and knew the adventurer as General
Norton. Under this name Marvin
has boarded for three years past in
the house Of Mrs. Kenny. with u lady
who Is believed to be his real wife.
The New Haven police have long re-
gsrded the so-called General Morton
as suspicious character. He seems
to travel q great deal and always
came back from his frequent trips
with plenty Of money. But he paid
his debts and lived quietly. A close
watch was thenceforth kept in New
Haven by Pinkerton's men, a. it WAS
evident that that place was the head
quarters Of the adventurer.
Other instruments we're also at
work weaving the nets in which the
willy scoundrel Was destined to be
caught. One Of the peculiarities Of
the Pinkerton detective agency is its
valuable system Of records. By the
aid Of these Mr.. Robert Pinkerton
was led to believe. and the belief was
soon strengthened into positive GER
tainty. that Marvin was no other than
David Lindsay, who about Eve years
ago deluded two young girls Of this
city into a bogus marriage and by
means much resembling in their dew.
ilish ingenuity those employed in the
Richmond case. One Of these vic
Tins he deserted in Washington, after
obtaining $500 from her, and the
other he, in turn, abandoned in Chi
caso, after robbing her family Of
considerable amount. The young
ladies in question were Of the highest
responsibility. and both are now hap
PLY and legally married. Their
names are withheld for obvious rea-
SONS. In these cases the Pinkertons
were employed, and they secured
the man. but he was released because
the victims sbrunk from publicity.
Continuing the investigation by the
aid Of the Chicago agency Of this de-
teciive bureau, and from other sources,
= great part Of the previous history
Of this man vas revealed. The record
is one which may truly be called
astonishing. AZ catalogue Of sue
ces>ful villainies prolonged through a
halt score Of years, it has never been
cxcelled and rarely parallelcd.
Ills OTHER vILLAINIES EXPOSED.
Under the name Of j. B. Lindsay,
about a year ago he obtained IS 500
from a private banking firm in Eufala,
Ala. ON some forged notes for cotton,
causing the ruin Of the firm, and es-
Gaping with his plumber. A year ago
last spring he was identified in St.
Louis by Major Sergeant. prominent
citizen Of Missouri, rs having. in
1878, swindled him out Of $1,000 BY
a clever forgery in Joplin, Mo. He
was arrested by the St. Louis police,
and full kit Of cOunterfeiters and
forgcrs' tools were found in his lug
gage. Evidence was also found to
show that he obtained railroad passes
all over the country as an officer Of
vorio,,s rnilrua0 cOmnanieS whOao