Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-08-01
a BlgRnl'st Trapped

arrest, at nn early hour yesterday morning, and
the commitment TO the OF Jail of an individual
who, sircs about tie III nth of August, 1879,
has been 10 some extent identified With the
mercantile trade Of LYnchburg. under The as.
sumCd Dsmc Of James c. Waite. As matter
Of let, and as subsequent developments have
8 ablshed, the real psme of hs man is j smes
Burgess, of E-stxVile. Bay County. Mlch. an,
| and the C ime for VII C, he has been appre-
| h-udcd Is bigsmy. Burgess cims to this city
! sbou! the tlne ab Ve delegated accomrauied
| ~ LADY and enid, euppused to be, ard rep.
GescUtcd BY hlrs II 10 b., Lis wife and daugh.
ter. The woman W.s tsll of robust cons,itu-
| lion, aud with features not unsttrac:ve; the
o5id WIS bright, VlVsciOus lutte creature, Of
about five SUBMITS. with disposition ut once
SO sweet and III 30 ionate that she 5000 attracted
the inter sed attention OF all with whom she
came 10 CONTACT. Inc man engaged board fer
himself and companions at the establishment
of Mrs j. s. Daens, on Main street, and at
once COM mt nctd tie conduct of small groce ~
| shop 10 the storehouSJ low C .upied by Joseph
Page, ieWclor. At this stand be remained 10
I'll about 2 Y months Sill &c, when hislndefaliga.
e e0ersy aud pronounced busicess tact began
| to attrac: tho attention of the Wholesale agents
from whom he pu chased supplies, and one Of
these, alter due deb ratlor, determinatcd to
| start hn 10 the business upon more excessive
scale aud to ibis end the large store room no ..
der the Opers House was secuted and we'll
| stocked with fac assortment OF every hing n
the gree ny line. From that time to the mo-
msnt OF bis arrest Waite, alias Burgess drove q
thrlviog business, his trade iucrea,iog and X
teIding with the days. GA Saturday, June
Is +, last, Mrs, Waite died in child Dir h, her
funeral occurring Oh the following Gay fr1m the
Second Prasty erlan Church, of which the man
pretended TO lie a piouS member. ST. c. the
resldency of the parties here there have been
| heard 10 the com NUDITY vague inlimaIious and
lndshnl tunors IS 10 the genuiueness Of
| Waite, 50 called, and as 10 the legitimacy OF
his relations With tho wtln 10 whom no repre-
sonted as his vile tut nothing tangible TO the
contrary was ever adVa, ,d, ADD people had,
| OF late, Q, astd 10 Lurso their suspc ons ano
81 rs disposed to regard the man With favor;
But now comes the most Interesting part OF the
story.
The $40 Mid and train brought to the city
yes erd.y morDirg q stranger, WAC instantly,
upon aghllDg from the cars, approached Pc.
| licaman Cooms and Introducing himself as j ohm
| Waite. Of EsseyVllle. Mich, handed him pho
| tograph, which the officer at once IT ,guized as
that of The Msio street grocer5man to which
| reference has ht rein bUfore been made; aud IN
reply to Inquiry 30 stated This seemed to sat
lsiy the stranger, who, without hesitstcy pro-
c eded to d.vOlge the object of bis visit to
| LYnohburg, which was to apprehend the oli.i
pal OF the photograph, whom be charged with
having eoped with the wife of bis bosom, and
at the sLm, time stductirg his little pirl. The
genuine Mr. Waite was referred to the chief Of
police, with whom he bad Jnfertnos, and it
wss TRIMMED to issue q warrant for the arrest
OF James Waite, oil IS 4mes Burg,ss Oh the
charge OF bgAmy and eeduc ion. Officers
Coomes and Ssay waro detailed 10 make the ar
res, which was # c.ed without the sligHtes!
difficulty, the uosuspCc ing Individual hi &
found at bis regular place of business. Upou
being informed by the officers of the nature of
their mi sion. the bogus Mr.. Waite appeared
at oLcs 10 reailz, and appr, cate the iuIl orc,
OF the situation, and after r ,nsfelrng the COO.
tents OF tho cash drawer to his pocket, left toe
store in charge of his clets aud quietly accom-
panied tb, III to the Mayors Cfioe, where pre-
llmlnsry examination into the case was b. gun
MIR. John Waite, the sSerieved husband, no.,
10 the interval biw.en mis- arrival 10 the city
and the arrest OF Burgess, had recovered pos
session of bis child, appeared AMI made de.
tailed statement OF the elopement of Burgess
with bis vile. the account 10 trlet being about
as follows: He aud Burgess were both residents
OF E:s. XVie, hlloh., the latter btiug bookkeep-
er for Carrier u 90, lumber and salt merchants
OF which firm he IVES also an employee; Burgess
| also conducted grt C ry establishment and was
regarded as we'll to do from 6narcial point OF
view. He also enjoyed high social standing 10
the community, being Leading brother 10 the
Congregational Church snd Sunday school, of
which be vas treasurer He lived 10 the height
of style, having handsome residence elegantly
furnished ADD being the owSer OF Ii 10 horses aud
carriage. He End Burgess were ultimately 40
| 1usin.ed, The latter beiag regarded by him as
warm. pcr onal iteLd from whom he had fire.,
Guenlv rec lived fsvots aud as often resiproc,
ted. III had no suspicion Of improper iptims-
~ between bis, Wsite'S, wife aud Blu gees, bu!
lntlmated that 1t was an open secret that Bur.
CESS relations With bis own better half were
ANYTHING rather than cordial or agreeable.
The elopemont occurred on the is b OF July,
1879. under elrcu mstspces 10 no wise calculated
TO arouse suspicion unIii he truth of the mat.
| ter was fully established. Waite had d ter.
mined to take bis wife to Bay City for her
heal tn whic1 for some time had b en- 10 very
feeble condition; and learning of This fact, Bur
Resf, stating that he had special bu ,incss 10 the
city, volunteered to relieve Waite OF the trou-
BILE by acting a, bis wife's escort-to all OF
which Waite readily aslented, being closely co
gsg,d at the time. The pair .f1 EssexvilIe
accompanied by the child and Of their subse-
queDt movements little is known outside of the
scaDy Information pumped out of the mao
with tho alias. Mr.. Waite said he had been
two years 10 search of his child, but could gain
90 reIlabd information as to her whereabouts
| The fepOit'r, however. has reason to doubt
| this Statement, as it is losrned from tluslwor
| thy souc, ihst Waite positively knew of the
whereabouts of the child at least sever al % % hs
back. and thst he hid also been commuoic .ted
with by bis wife during visit to her mother 10
Kansas one yosr ago last April. He .,o re-
eelved frequent communications from his moth
er 10 law as 10 her place of residence; bu. he did
| not, it appears, choose to quincy 10 this direo,
lion nnil Intelligence res,hed him of her i'll
ness and death. which would seem to indicate
hat he was po.s sssd OF 90 very stror desire for
her r.turu. Waite claims to have spent
grest deal OF time and % inc nAderable
smount OF money 10 the search sitter bis little
girl. ard the mots:er who so rutblessy destroy
-