The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-12
PARTED AT JAIL GATE
JOHN MCCULLOUGH PLACED BEHIND
PRISON BARS.
HIS BRIDE LEFT HIM THERE.
BOTH MADE THE TRIP IN APPAR-
ENT INDIFFERENCE TO ITS END.

He Has Consistently Done Since
bye Mt Jail Entrance-Her Brother
Showed His Dislike for McCuI-
Tough.
John Mccullough, formerly stenographer
for Lester & Ravenel whose arrest in
New York on a charge of forgery, follow
ing on the heels of a romantic marriage
and while he and his bride were on their
wedding trip created a considerable SEN
sation in Savannah, was lodged in Chat
ham county Jail shortly before ? o'clock
yesterday.
He came back from New York in Gus
tody of Deputy Sheriff Thomas j.
Sweeny and made the trip on the ITALIA
hassee in the company of his bride. There
was little in attitudes or conduct of the
couple. so passengers on the vessel say,
to indicate that the man was under ar
rest on a virtually admitted charge of
felony and was returning to the scene
Of his alleged crime to endure imprison-
ment and stand trial.
Deputy Sheriff Sweeny said that all dur
ing the voyage they were as merry and
seemingly as carefree as a pair of larks.
Occasionally Mrs. Mccullough seemed OPP
pressed by a realization of how unfortu-
nate was the plight into which her hus-
band had fallen and on these occasions
gave way to her grief.
There never seemed to be anything the
matter with John. There was nowhere
for him to go. had he meditated escape,
except overheard, and the officer did not
feel there was any necessity of keeping
any particular espionage on him. To do
Mccullough justice he had never mani
tested any desire nor made any attempt
to escape or prevent his being brought
back to Savannah. For this reason he
was allowed the freedom of the ship and
he and his wife walked about as did any
other of the passengers.
McCuloughs air of indifference was
kept up, the officer said, until Tybee light
was first sighted; then the close observ-
er could see that the young forger was
beginning to lose something Of his nerve
dis face lost its nonchalent expression,
his hands began to twitch almost con-
vulsively. he asked everybody about him
for cigarettes and smoked almost inces-
sanity until the Tallahassee was tied up
to her dock. BY the time the docking of
the vessel had been completed however,
he had recovered his self-possesson and
walked down the gangplank, with his
" life on his arm and followed by Deputy
Sweeny, with as jaunty a stride
though his honeymoon had never suffered
an interruption
A carriage, with white horses, ordered
by Mccullough by wire from New York,
was in waiting and i'm this he and his
wife and the officer were driven rapidly
to the county Jail At the Jail entrance
occurred the first break in the otherwise
mild and pleasant monotony of the pro-
ceedings. Clarence Bell a young brother
of Mrs. Mccullough had met his. sister
at the wharf and rode up to the Jail on
the box seat of the carriage This young
man Mccullough asked to give him Gig
arrette
TN give you a punch in the jaw" re-
sponded the individual addressed with
somewhat brutal directness; that's the
sort of cigarette I'll be giving you"
John was not phased. He babe his wife
adieu with an absence of formality that
might have indicated he was just leaving
home to go down town to his business
and, sSill escorted by Deputy Sweeny,
made his way into the office of the jail
Thence he was transferred to a cell
A Morning News reporter followed Nc
Cullough into the cage and one of the at
tehdants stopped the prisoner.
ooh. john" said the attendant, here's
a newspaper man who wants to see you
'Well, l don't want 10 see him." said
John, and continued his progress up the
stairs. He was assigned to cell on the
third floor, from which he would not
emerge to discuss his situation or inten-
tions
Deputy Sweeny said he had been the
same way all the time. When the officer
had asked him why he forged the name
of Congressman Lester to the $500 check,
John had said time would show he was
not as much to blame ID would Mt
first appear. When he was asked what
on earth he had done with the money.
he said he preferred not to discuss the
matter at all. When the proper time
came, he had added, he would speak.
This is as much as the officer was
ever able to get out of his prisoner. He,
never seemed to be much worried about
the matter, and always expressed a
blithe confidence that he would get out
of the scrape all right and emerge with
flying colors.
The disappearance of the money is one
OF the things that have worried every
body who has had any connection with
the case. Mccullough had the check
cashed but few days before he left Sa-
vannah and within a few weeks of mis-
departure he had come into possession,
in various ways, Of what to him were
quite large sums of money-several hum
dred dollars, at least in addition TO the
amount of the check. Yet when he was
arrested in New York, before the vessel
had been tied up al her dock, he had only
a few dollars on his person and his wife
persisted In the assertion she was abso-
lutely penniess.
What became of the money? II Is a
question that everybody is asking When
Mrs. Mccullough left the vessel I'm which
she and her husband made the voyage
to New York, at the end of which he was
arrested, she was taken in charge by Mr..
and Mrs. ]. b. Whitehead. and as long
as they stayed in New York she lived
with them at the Hoffman House After
wards she lived with Mrs Mcneil. In
Brooklyn. She was the guest during her
entire stay. first OF Mr.. and Mrs White
head and then OF Mrs. Mcneil. and her
living expenses. therefore. must have
been very small.
Mr. Whitehead gave or loaned her $50
and several other persons made smaller
advances. Yet coming down on the steam
or she and John borrowed 81 from Dep
uty Sheriff sweeny. 1t impressed him.
as 1t has impressed others, that the PEN
niless racket was being worked too hard
The complete disappearance OF the $500
rather worries people.
Mrs. Mccullough says she intends to