Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-02
mARvrN IN RICHmOND.
The Man oImany Wives Greeted
at the Railway Depot by an Adj
miring Crowd aud lodged safe
ly in a Cell.

miring Crowd aud lodged safe
" in a Cell.
By Telegraph to the New York Hsrald.l
RICHMOND, Va, August 28.-De-
tectiye Robert A. Pinkerton, accom-
panied by Mr.. A. NJ. Brownell, and
having in charge Thomas A. Marvin,
the forger and much married man, ar
rived here to-day by the noon south
bound train. A large crowd assembled
at the upper depot Of the Richmond
and Fredericksburg railroad to see
him. There was excitement and if
ever there were any apprehensionsthat
the prisoner would be subjected to
violence they were at once dispelled by
the thoroughly orderly demeanor of.
the five hundred and odd persons who
we're present. Not even an cpl
tibet nor an expression that could
be tortured into a threat escaped them.
The people were naturally curious to
see a maj who has been made so noto-
rious by his alleged crimes, and they
were gratifed that he was safely
brought here for trial by due course
of law. A hack and an escort of two
policemen were in waiting, and a mo-
ment after Marvin stepped from the
train he was being driven to the First
police station, where he was quietly
locked up until tomorrow, when he
will appear before the Police Court
for preliminary examination. AS soon
as he appeared on the platform he was
recognized by one if not Two citizens
to whom he had been introduced here
in July while engaged in his latest
financial and matrimonial project. and
thus, Notwithstanding his changed ap.
pearance, a Mr.. Burroughs approached
him and said:
"How do you do, Mr.. Marvin?"
He peered through his spectacles at
Burroughs and replied, "You have the
advantage Of me, sir, | don't know
you"
1t is said he VIII be identified to-
morrow by the clerk Of Ford's hotel,
where he stopped at different times in
July last; by the clergyman who mar
ried him, and the bank officers from
whom he obtained the money on the
forged draft. Nothing occurred on
the trip from New York worthy of
mention until this morning, when the
train reached Washington. A young
man from Lakefeld, N. j., who got
aboard, instantly recognized Marvin
as the man who married Miss Nellie
De Hart, of that city. The General
avowed that he did not know the
man, and declared that he knew
nothing of either the lady or the mar
riage at Lakefeld. He refused per
sistently to talk about the pending
matter which brought him to Rich
mond to-day, but conversed very free
ly and with great intelligence on
almost any other subject. As the train
neared Richmond be exhibited great
nervousness and uneasiness from the
fear that he would be roughly han
died, but upon being assured by De-
tective Pinkerton and Mr.. Brownel'
that no harm would be done him he
became composed and chatted pleas
antly all the way.
PENsIVE IN HIS PRISON.
4 At the police station he was locked
up in cell No. 4, whero he sat on a
stool, his head leaning on his hand,
looking tired, careworn and consider
ably detected. To the Herald cores
ponden. he stated that the only ap
prehensions Of violence he had we're
from newspaper reports published in
the North. But so much that is pub
lished is unreliable that his fears
were not very serious. The hesitancy
in his speech amounts to a stammer,
aud il that be assumed it is done to
perfection. He complained about his
lameness, which, he said, was the re-
suit Of ~apOplexy, and also Of heart dis
ease, from which he claims to suffer
greatly. He was very much dissatis.
fled with the scant furniture of his
and the hard bench he had to
IN after a week of persecution
and his hard travel of the last two
days. In this connection the Gen
eral' requested me specially to say
that Sheriff Merritt, of Lynn, and the
Pinkertons had entitled themselves
10 his gratitude for the courtesy and
kindness they had extended to him.
He has not yet engaged counsel, but
will do so, and said tnat Mr.. Hurlburt
OF Lynn, was in communication with
some legal gentleman here in refer.
ence to his case. Heasked me partic
if one of the lawyers here. whose
name was suggested, was a good Grim
inal lawyer. During the conversation
the General intimated that he was
the victim of vile persecution, and
he was particularly severe on some Of
the newspapers and law officers, char
acterizing the latter as "sleuth
Towards the latter part of
The conversation he became facetious
and promised an interview of some i'm
.portance tomorrow. 1t is understood
that two more wives-one in Lowell
and the other somewhere in Conneti-
cut-has turned up since the last
enumeration, and there are letters
lHd documents now here which will
make some important revelations in
relation to the Generals" numerous
ventures.