Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-31
LOCATED IN CHICAG O
Dyott and Miss Clipper Both Ordered tt
Be Arrested.
The Former VIII BE Prosecuted 10,
Embezzlement-HeA Asks Forgive
ness in . Letter.

Inspector Hollinberger of the local de.
tective force today received dispatch from
inspector John d. Shea, chief of the Chica.
go detective corps. stating that he had To-
Gated Samuel Herbert Dyott who Is alleged
to have embezZed 500 or more from the
Crawford Shoe Company while a clerk in
one of their stores here, and who is said tc
have eloped with Miss May Clipper of this
city on Saturday last. Inspector Shea in.
quired If Dyott and the girl were wanted
and upon what charge.
In reply Inspector Hollinberger this after.
noon wired as follows: Arrest Dyott
Charge, embezzlement Of 900 Complain.
ants, Bovee, Crawford 6 Co. Requisition
papers will arrive Wednesday. Arrest May
Clipper. Charge, fugitive from parents
Wire when arrested and her father will
leave Immediately"
While Inspector Shea did not say so, it Is
understood that he located the fugitives in
be received from him during the day that he
has them under arrest.
Alleged Marriage in Rockville.
Last evening information reached Mr..
Clipper that Samuel H. Dyott and one
Margaret o. Ricketts, were welded about
the middle of last week at Rockville by
Rev. c. o. Rosensteel One of the brothers
Of Miss Clipper went to Rockville today to
determine by description II Miss Ricketts,
was his sister. That question is not new
settled. Perhaps he has led another girl
astray. A letter was received this morn
ing by Mr.. George +. Bouve, general man
aeer Of the Crawford Shoe Company, from
Dyott. 1t was written out of town, but
mailed at the Washington post office. In
1t Mr.. Dyott pleads for forgiveness in the
most babyish and abject manner. He says
IN a hfC Sh 90 h
is allowed to return; he will never do SO
any more, II the firm will give him Its
blessing; he will work hard and let the girls
alone. He says that he recognizes what a
fool he is, and that he should like to come
back to Washington. He says nothing
about Miss Clipper. Mr.. Bouve says Dyott
Will be arrested and prosecuted Tor eInbez-
element. Mr.. Bouve says that the money
concerned is not an item, 1t is the ferer-
ally contemplate conduct Of the defaulter.
sympathy for Mrs. Dyott.
He left this morning for Baltimore, where
he will have a conference with Mrs. Dyott
and render her such aid as he can. Great
sympathy is felt for this lady. 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 earnings over each Satur-
day night to him. When they came to
Washington, she went with local dry
goods house and aided Dyott in this way
Dyott was not the manager of the Wash
ington branch Of the shoe firm which he
defrauded. MIR. Robert w. Moore is the
manager and Dyott was a small-salaried
clerk.
1t is said that Dyott told Miss Clipper
that he was not married to Mrs. Dyott.
but that she was a Welsh girl with whom
he was living. He went to an attorney
and drew up a paper to this effect He
handed this instrument to Mrs Dyott. and
by Misrepresentation induced her to sign
1t without reading 1t. He then gave the
paper to Miss Clipper.