The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-21
RATCLIFFEI I'M HIs oLDCELL
II ne CITES BAH ON THE PERJURY
OHlRGEs THERE'S lN0THER.

Alice ne Lacy swe.ru out . warrant In view
Jersey rsr MS Arrest fer B~,Eany-Apother
RsGlish won.nn Besides Caroiise Ravcnhim
who Declares That she's Surs. Ratciino.
The trials and fluctuations of Edward J. Rat
cliHe, 1t appears. are far from being over. Rat
cliffe was arraigned yesterday in ho~CentreStroet
Police Court on tho complaint for perjury made
by Assistant District Attorney Lloyd, who al
leges that Radcliffe swore falsely when he testi-
fed at his trial for wifo-beating that he had
never had any wife except Peter De Lacy's
daughter.
Lawyer Mirabcau L. Towns, counsel for tho
actor, told Magistrate Deuel. that Ratcliffe had
been treated shamefully.
"Mr. Radcliffe was convicted of assaulting his
wife, said Mr.. Towns, land 1 obtained a stay
for him from Supreme Court Justice Dickey.
Then when he was released from tho Tombs on
bail yesterday he was Immediately roarrcsted
on this trumped-up charge OF perjury. On my
advice my client will refuse to sign any formal
examination papers In this court. We refuse to
enter q plea to this perjury charge, but i de-
mand for Mr.. Radcliffe an immediate xamina
tion."
Mr.. Lloyd asked that tho examination BIO put
Oft to Saturday. BY that time, he said, Caro-
line Ravcnhill, who says she married Radcliffe
in England, viii have arrived by steamer.
IT demand that / DO allowed the privilege OF
Immediately examining the complaining wit
ness said Mr.. Towns. although Mr.. Lloyd
is the complaining witness he is also the prose;
cutting attorney. He has had q warrant issued
/ do not think it fair to hold my client in Gus.
tody until he scrapes up witnesses and accumu-
The case was put down for Saturday at 1880
A. NJ. and bail was fixed at $1,000. Then Rat
cliffo was led over to the, Tombs, where he was
put In tho cell from which he had been released
on tho previous day.
In case Ratcli!re escapes punishment on the
SGS sh ,TSr charge Go he b ,S Mii be e. a 5,es@a. and y so tnssn to
having been lodged In Hoboken by Alice De
Lacy Ratelitie. who ayers that Ratelife was
Ratcliffe declared yesterday that he would
THE public has only heard ono side of the
case, but oven now they arc beginning TO see
snnt he ! an "9 Sfins .B ReTs seas nv n sfdclp as sSsy Win
sented man. But / wish that / had in my pocket
far In trying to send me to ~prison-to say. moth
ing Of the money that he is yet to spend
this letter from England:
REFREsHMENr Rooms. CRoMFoRp, Jan. IL, 1893.
DEAR SIR; Having seen in the Manchester paper
months hard labor for %brutally beating his American
wife. and l., that he swore on oath tina, he was nsy eve
% %s daughter IN E Pniig on ! The, SSs a * ' az M Mara, NJ ss sf,t an%
f because ns s SS5ss snnm ltaasd' hia h and 'R he G Ola 's not t appear.
Tut the Magistrate sentenced him to six
months hard labor, and he went away.
we did not know where he went away
My daughter Is quite willing to come over and give
evidence providing he is safe from doing her any
harm and you to pay all expenses both going and
coming back. And while she Is there please to write
and give description OF the man Radcliffe. so that
may be sure II Is the SAINT Radcliffe II II 10 him. His
mother died Nov. 8, 1896, and left him 1000e
and he was in America when she died and they wired
for him and he was scarcely ever sober till he was
obliged TO go SO must conclude wishing you A Happy
New Year. MARIA STATHAM.
Please write by return Post. Mrs. Statham. Refresh.
ment Rooms, Cromford. Matlock, Bath, Derbyshire.
England.
II do not put much faith in that woman's
story" said Mr.. Gardiner, although it may be
true. But the dates do not agree with certain
facts which are in my possession. This makes
It seem like n letter from some English woman
who wants her passage paid to this country.
However. her story will be investigated"
State Senator William d. DAILY of Hoboken
said last night that he had been retained BY
Mrs. Alice De Lacy Radcliffe to prosecute her
husband, Edward J. Radcliffe. for bigamy in
Hudson county. Mrs. Radcliffe states In the
complaint that she was married to Radcliffe by
Justice of the Peace Mollcr In Hoboken on
Aug. %, 1894. and that therefore she charges
tho said Edward j. Radcliffe with the crime of
Recorder McDonough Issued the warrant for
Ratcliffc's arrest. Steps will now be takon to
have Radcliffe indicted by the Hudson county
Grand Jury for bigamy. arrested in this city,
and extradited.