The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-08-31
ready. He was afraid he wouldn't have a
fair trial, and said would 20 out myself.
sHAMNrNo yILNFes.

ready. He was afraid he wouldn't have a
fair trial, and said would 20 out myself.
sHlxrIEG ILLsFss.
"Shortly after bis last visit here in the
spring received letter from his adopted
daughter, informing me that the General
was at the point of death and desired 10 see
me very much. Accordingly, on the 7th Of
June, l went 10 New Haven TO see him,
finding him In bis bed, apparently In belp-
lsss condition, ara, a. / thought, having
but short time to live. He then informed
me that the two Dr.. Ives, father and son,
had hsld a consultation over him on the day
previous and had pronounced him to be IN
a very precarlous condition, suffering with
chronic rheumatism, periconditis, and Sc
we're effusion; that they had made athdsvits
to that effect, which he then showed me and
which he was going to send to Missouri
thst DAY for his non attendance at the trial
the following week. left satisfied that he
would never recover.
"Nueh to my astonishment, on the Goth
OF June be walked into my Office, apparent
~ quite strong. BE told me that the Mis-
souri, authorities had refused to continue bis
tIiaJ, but had forfeited bis bonds with an
understanding with his counsel that II be
WAS there In September TO be tried the for
feiture should be annulled. The General
told me that he intended TO keep out OF the
State OF Connecticut lest the Missouri au-
tboriiies might break faith and send re.
Quisllon for him. He promised TO call and
see me occasionally and to keep me posted
at aIl times OF bis whereabouts. ! neither
saw nor heard from him again until the 2lst
OF July last.
ANOTHER ALIBI.
81 had begun to feel somewh bat suspicious
that everything was not right on the MORN
ing he came into my Office. He said he'd
been very busy looking up his witnesses
aud getting ready. and that be had not been
able to get to New York before, but had ar
rived the preceding day and had called on
me and found me out OF town. j now have
no doubt be was laying the foundation OF
another abb, by which he Intended TO use
me as a witness in proving bis whereabouts,
because 1t was on the very day after this
that he married the Richmond lady. On
August 5ih my attention was called TO
some articles in the New Haven Register
claiming that Morton was the Thomas
A. Marvin concerned In the bigamy and
forgery ease at Richmond. l went no
10 New Haven on the 9Th, called at the Beg
ister Office and talked with the editor about
II. stating TO him that General Morton was Ia
nv Office on the 2lst, and as | believed on
the 20th, and / thought he was doing the
General au Injustice. found they bad no
definite information on the subiest, but be-
fore leaving New Haven / learned that
Morton had obtained two drafts in Albany
from Spencer. TTask Il Co., one to the or
der Of Mrs. Kennedy, with whom his fam
lily boarded, for $l76, and the other to the
order OF a gentleman in New Haven, OF
whom be bad borrowed $3.50. 1t was also
Intimaled that, while those drafts were per-
fectIy good and paid, they were given upon
the strength Of fraudulent paper.
"Iinvestigsted the matter, saw the draft
for which the two smaller ones were given,
and was convinced that the names Thomas
A. Marvin, Fred. w. Marvin. aud b. A.
Morton, endorsed on II, were all in the same
handwriting, and that General Morton was
none ether than Marvin, the bigamist and
.forasr. At that time believed that Gene
raj Morton's wife, in New Haven, was one
OF his victims. | have since changed my
mind. The day after this discovery, Au-
gust 13, went TO see her and told her OF
nv discoveries. She seemed very much
distressed and said that 1t couldn't be; that
her husband was engaged in railroad work
In Kentucky, and that she had Just received
letter from him, which she showed me.
II was dated Cincinnati, and in 1t he said be
didn't know where be would be, but that
friend OF his named Benjamin +. Adams
would be at the Sycamore Hotel, Lynn,
Mass, on the 1S.b. and would convey TO
him any information from her.
HOW HE WAS CAUGHT.
"I said nothing and left. | had pre-
yiousIy sent to Missouri for bail requsi-
ton, intending to have Morton arrested
upon II. | came to the conclusion, from
reading this letter, that Benjamin +. Adams
was but another one OF Morton's aliases,
and that be would be in Lynn on the 18th.
| hoped that my requisition would arrive in
time for me to arrest him upon il. looked
suxiousy for II every mail until the alter
noon OF August 17tb, when, fearing that be
might escape, and learning that PinkeriOn's
detectives were looking for bim for the
Richmond authorities, | went to their office
that afternoon, aud after requesting them
to secure bis arrest, gave them means OF
identifying him. They found that Adams
was Morton himself, and arrested him; and
am very glad 10 know that. while bis
sureties In Missouri did not furnish me
with proper authority TO have him arrested
on their undertaking, he is likely to receive
punisbment now for at least one OF his
many crimes"
Had he changed his personal appearance
as a means OF disguise since you last saw
him?"
al have not seen him since bis arrest, but
from the description in the Herald be bas
eyidentlyE changed his beard. The STAN
mering or hesitation jn speech referred to
never discovered in him. In his eonVersa'
ton with me be spoke very easily and freely
Neither wss he lame, as | understand he Is
now, or pretonds to be.'
Marvin I'm Richmond Jail.
Maryin's vaise arrived here yesterday.
and, after having been searched by the po
lice authorities, was delivered TO him ID
iail. The suit he wore on the occasion OF
the marriage here, found at Lynn, was mol
sent along. Thus one little link in TIE
chain is out, but it is claimed that it still
remains strong enough TO hold him th'
law officers, in fact, expect to have half
dozen witnesses to swear TO his identity.
With the clothes now In his possession
Marvin will be able to make more pre-
sentsbe appearance when be next appears
lu public here. Those who have seen bin
in fail, while they have not been struck by
bi. alleged comeliness, have been very muct
IMPRESSED by his abilities as a converse
,ionalist, and with such gifts as he has II
that direction they say they do not wonder
he was able to deceive so many people
Yet with all OF his smartness be has made
some slips which will appear, no doubt tC
his great discomfort on trial.
TIE FORGED CHECK.
The bogus check upon which Marvin got
the money from the First National Bank !: