The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-08-30

'tCum OF tuAceoaBtabIo Prosecutions
Commonweslth-AttorneJ Wits Charges I;
Bigamy and Fersery-Msrvin Wants Cole
mel John Il. YsaRR to Defend Him-AIl the
Witnesses fer Prosecution Net Here, and
the Case Therefore Continued untiI septem-
Der Tth, and Accused Committed 20 Jail un-
ill that Dats-bfOre Wives Appsaring-Per-
sonal, Ae.
MsrvIn Is N our midst, but he says he
isn't Marvin, and Mr.. Browuell says he IL.
Under ordiHsry circumstances nan ought
TO know something about bis own iden-
tity, but In this case it may be otherwise.
Marvin claims that he Ia General Morton,
OF New Haven, Conn, On engineer by pro-
fession, man greatly abused by the press
snd the detectives, and charged with crimes
OF which be Is wholly iBnecent, and among
them the swindlisg OF the First HstionIl
Bank to the amount OF S765, and the mar.
rying Of an estimsble young lady OF this
city after, oy forged letters, inducing her
10 believe bin . real good old soul OF q
widower, and wealthy to boot. On the other
hauNg Ais Ah4uAuNi - DION Dtiig W w W -
also deceived by Maryin-as bupdrsds have
been-ssys that Morton and Marvin are
one and the same that be knows the Mar
vim with whom he went TO get the mar
IIisge-license, Marvin whom he introduced
at the First National Bank, aud Marvin
whom be saw married on the 20ih OF July,
is the same man arrested at Lynn, and row
| living in Richmond iail.
THE LAST GRASP.
The public already know how the Pin
kertons and MIR. Brownel searched the
coUpIy over for him how be was found
at Lynn and there identified by Mr.. Brown
ell; how be wriggled and sQuirmed and
protested that Brownell bad the advantage
OF him (as he hss) and how he sought 10 be
discharged suG applied for hdbe0S cor
puS-sll to no end, save to be placed 10 the
hands OF Mr.. r. A. PiBkenonto be brought
TO Richmond for Trial. Friday hsrvin's
last grasp was loosed-tbe Judge refused
10 release him upon hobedS corpus, and
that evening, under charge OF PInkertoa
and Brownell, be was taken from Lynn 10
Boston.
UYPETTERED But NOT FREE.
From Boston to New York ito save any
] UDeulUit lHktIitl CuCG nun uic koHnNNNiSbN
friends, IL be has any in that Slate,) they
went by the Fail River (or Sound) Line.
90 The old man" was not manacled after
leaving Boston. Some people, perhaps,
expected 10 see bim come on TO Richmond
loaded down with vs. many chsins az Johu
Robinson has (or adyertises TO hsYe) on bis
bad eephspt Chief. But these gentlemen
didn't think II necessary to fetter him at all.
Saturday they spent in New York. Mar
vim was kept at PiOkerton's office. There
the newspaper reporters very nearly talked
him to death. He talked, too, and told them
everything except the thing they most
desired TO heaT-viZ., about bis multitude
nous marriages and forgeries.
BACK At RICHMOND.
Sunday morning Marvin arrived at Rich
mond. On the way he had more than once
expressed the fear that the people would
lynch bin, which supposed project he did
not seem 10 relish. 1t is true (scoording TO
his view that they would pot nave lynched
Marvin at al, but innoceEt Morton, but
that would have been q typographical error
which could not have been corrected.
They arrived at Elbi (beid Of Broad street)
Sunday morning at ll:l5. There was no
great crowd there 10 meet him, for the rsR-
snu that this paper bad jUdiciously omitted
Ito state exactly when he would reach here
| He was taken from the train and put 10
carriage, accompanied by hr. Pinkerton,
Sergeant Angle, and Policeman Allen. 10
another csrfigge were Mayor Carringion,
| Common Uealth's-Altorney " Witt, and Mr..
| BTOUnel.
Marvin was at oncs taken to the First
statiou.hous where he gave bis name as
General Budloug A. Morton and said be
was sn engineer by profession, and was born
| in New York. When be got his marriage
license be said be was born in Culpeper
county, Virginia.
Marvin was called upon by large num-
Der Of reporters and correspondents, who
seemed willing to talk with him about bis
Richmond history, but on that point be was
reticent. OF course, not being Marvin, it
would not be consistent for him TO converse
I'm that subject, and no wonder be was
silent.
Is he HAHDs0NEl
"Now, do you think be is handsome " !!
We'll. not much. He was dressed yester-
day and he was dressed Sunday In suit OF
blue cbeYiot "a suit identified as worn by
him on his second visit TO Richmond, pre-
yieus TO msrriage1 IL was good deal rum
pied land no doubt he had slept in it more
Than onee), and bis linen was not faultiess.
He wore an expansive black soft felt bat.
He is about five feet ten inches high, but
stoops, and is not now (wba,ever he may
have been five or six weeks agO) either
/" fine looking" or "portly"; on the con-
trsry, be is "slOuchy." The back OF his
head is nearly bald and the hair gray thin
on top. His eyes are dull gray, and they
are ever on the move. lie wears pair OF
common spectscles. He has now short
noustsebe and short chin-whiskers-gray,
too. When he talks his werds come slowly
and be stsmmers. When he walks he fmps-
the effect OF rheumatism, be declares; out
the movement is as il one leg Is shorter than
the other. II you had never seen him be-
fore, or heard bis history, you would say
that be uas about sixty years Of age, that
he was rather feeble in health, and that be
was not long for this sinful world.
PLAYING 'PossUH.
The detectives, however, say that be Is
an srtful dodger, and that be is now "play'
inc the old man." II so, be plays well.
Rut IL REQUIRES q great stretch Of imsgina-
tion 10 suppose that, even with the help OF
BARRIERS and iaIloTs, be ever could have been
:. made upo 10 look the handsome, spry
vIdower Of fifty, as described.
Rut when be was here before, be 1t re-
membered, he had long Dundreary whis-
kers, he wore good clothes, and neither
IImped nor stammered. While in Salem
jsiI he was shaved Of his side-whiskers, and
this altered his facial appearance. The re-
suit is that he may not be readily and posi-
lively identified by those who saw him here
only for a few minutes; but Mr.. Brownsll
has no doubts whatever Of bis Identity, and
recognized him In Lynn by seeing bis back
6onra arross the street and then followed