The Washington times., 1894-04-01
.DYOTT CAUGHT In CHICAGO
He Will Be Returned and Prosecuted
on Three Charges.
MOST INCREDIBLE RAsHNEss
Boldness Of His Bogus Marriage in Rock
ville-His Bungling Embezzlement-De-
ception Practiced Upon Mrs. Dyott, for
Whom Great Sympathy il Felt.

| Samuel Fl. Dyott, the bigamistic young em-
bezzler, accounts Of whose deeds have ap-
peared in THE TIMES during the past week,
gram from Chicago to The TINES last night
stated that he had been apprehended in that
city and was being held subject to tho action
Of the Washington authorities.
| Dyotts actions have all along been Of Q
| most reckless character. First he wrote q
| gushing epistle to Miss Mae Clipper, which
came near resulting in his being thrashed.
| Then he held desperate Irritation with her
and made liaisons by means Of code of sig
nails at the distance Of block.
He went over to Rockville and married
Mae Clipper under his own name, when he
| already had a wife not twenty miles distant.
| He embezzled from his employers, and did
| it so openly that ten minutes examination Of
| the books of the concern convicted him.
He left the city for New York with the de-
luded girl, and both OF them, as if suprenely
unconscious of their guilt or danger, wrote
letters to Washington telling Of their where
abouts.
Then Dyott showed what high-class,
against him, either of which will
send him to the penetentiary, he
walked into shoe store in Chicago, asked
for situation, and gave as his reference the
Washington firm from whom he had en-
bezzled. The Chicago house wrote to the
Crawford Shoe Company as follows:
GENTLEMEN: Mr. Samuel II. Dyott, who was
formerly in your employ, has applied to for
position shoe salesman and gives your house
as reference Kindly give us any information
ship, habits reliability, etc. Same will be COM
sidered q great favor and strictly confidential
Yours, respectfully, STREETER BROS.
And to cap the climax, Mr.. Dyott himself
takes his pen in hand and indites the following
letter to the members of the Crawford shoe
house. 1t is pathetic in its tenor, and an ac-
count of the guileless diplomacy of its author:
MARCH &c, 1894
Mr.. George F Bouye, care Messrs- Bouve, Craw-
ford & Co
DEAR SIR: With my heart broken, write to
ask your forgiveness and request you that you
overlook the fact Qt my having left you SO alb
ruptly. think you will find my accounts cor
rect, and in case anything you find not o. X.
will make right as am in position to
call / am sincerely sorry was such an Internal
fool, but fortune msled me. think that you will
find that have put % in position to be one OF
the best stores, and am tonight thinking what
an opportunity let slip. Kindly think the best
you can for me for not having remained you
would have me be-
With my heartfelt good wishes and success
remain yours, respectfully, s. IL. DY0TT.
Universal sympathy is felt for the deserted
wife. Mrs Dyott She is of good family and
has been the partner of Dyott in poverty.
When he was clerk in New York she went
into a millinery store and turned her earn
ings over each Saturday night to him. When
they came to Washington she went with a
local dry goods house and aided Dyott in this
way
1t is said that Dyott told Miss Clipper that
he was not married to Mrs. Dyott, but that
she was Welsh girl with whom he was Iiv-
ing. He went TO an attorney and drew up a
paper to this effect. He handed this instru-
ment to Mrs. Dyott, and by Misrepresentation
induced her to sign it without reading it. He
then gave the paper to Miss Clipper.