The Evening critic., 1881-10-07

A telegram from Richmond TO THE
CRITIC on Wednesday, announced that
Marvin. the bigamist and forger, had been
sentenced to ten years in the penitentary.
The Richmond papers give the following
account of the scene in court:
Marvin, the bigamist and forger, after
pleading guilty to the charges for which he
was to be tried at Richmond Va, effected
quite transformation of himself when he
was allowed to address the court. He actu-
ally Strengthened himself up from the
round shouldcred position he had assumed
during the frequent hearings, to hide his
identity, forgot his limp, and soon discarded
the stuttcr in his talk. lie spoke with re-
markablo case, and occasionally gesturcd
gracefully us he poured out his invcctives
against the authorities, who, in their treat
ment of him. had cxemplified the saying
that it might be true that there is II law for
the rich, there Is Il law for the poor aud
there is u law for the stranger who comes
within your borders, but no justice He said
the Golfers of the State had been depleted in
suborning evidence that might be pro-
duced on the trial. lie wound up his
speech by dcnouncing, with oratorcal
flourish and gusto, all the sleutl hounds of
SANDER that followed their fellow-mcn day
after day, and that inhabit every city, every
town, and every village where the heart of
humanity throbs or the dust of humanity
repOseS in silence. Give me the bold bri-
gand whose scimetar flashes in the broad
light of day, cutting the clear sunshine Us
well as the cloud ; give me the bold pirate,
who unfurls the flag of his dark deeds and
points to you the plank upon which your feet
must walk, but in Gods name protect
humanity from tho poisonous tongue of the
slandcrcr.
A Pm n.1., ..rt l..,.. 4
was sentenced to tho pentcntiary for ten
years Mr.. S. NJ. Page, who had acted as the
prisoners counsel, stated to the judge that
u package had come by express to his care
directed to A. Tracy, which was evidently
| intended for Morton, rs his legal wife, Jen-
| ME Morton, had written to Mr.. Page about
it. The package was opened by Judge
| Christian, who found it to contain a bur
glars saw and handle and two dozen very
small and fincly-tempercd steel saws, made
to be used with tho handle. There were
also two twcnty-dollar notes. The latter
were turned over to Mr.. Page, being the
| first fee he has received in the case. After
this episode no time was lost in removing
the prisoner to the pcnitcntiary, and before
dark he found himself invested in prison
garb and the tenant of n cell
Had Judge Christian allowed him to re.
main in Jail n week longer Marvin intended
to write his autobiography. If he could
have confined himself to the truth it would
have been an interesting contribution to
the criminal annals. As it is there is an
uncertainty about his real name. 1t is
probably A. Il. Merritt, as A. II. NJ. are the
initials tattooed on his arm. There is no
certainty about the number of his mar
riages, but he has certainly beguiled not
less than a dozen crcdulous females.
| M In, tnl Nl,o. 1,
has living in his house an Swear old daugh-
ter of his, and this is the result of marriage
to which no reference has hitherto been
| madpn