The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-30

me to appear before the committee.
suggesting that a written statement
would serve well enough. This 1 for
warded. setting forth the facts sub
stantlaliy as have just related them.
This communication revived my inter
est in the Shotwel case and this inter
est was deepened, a few days later by
the receipt OF a letter in the handWrit-
ing OF Miss Shotwell and signed &C. F
Roddy. The letter was from the loser
Of the bonds. and in it she urged me 10
go to Albany, If possible, and tell the
committee what I knew OF the case.
There was no aliusion made by the
writer to her change of name. If Miss
Shotwe1 had married General Roddy
I thought, why should she be 50 anx-
IouS to have me appear against Phelps
an official charged with leniency toward
him and his associates? If she had not
married him, how had she acquired the
name of Roddy? 1 had received several
letters from her before in connection
with the bond theft. but they had in all
instances been signed &C F. ShOtwelI"
Here was more mystery, and I deter
mined to inform myself Of the facts in
the case as they had been developed
after my official connection with il end
ed From various sources 7 Dieced to
gether the following sequel to the bond
robbery:
with the theft Of the bonds and other
papers had come to naught in New
York, as had partially anticipated
powerful influences had been brought
to bear from several quarters, and
BROOKS and Everett had never been
tried on indictments. The case of the
bond robbery had been gradually
smothered and soon passed from public
interest
Some time later a warrant was issued
at the instance OF General Roddy,
charging Carlotta f. Shotweu with lar.
ceny, and on this charge the woman
was arrested and locked uD in the
Tombs- The specific charge was that
she had stolen a pair of opera glasses
and seven British SOVereigns from the
complainant's apartments. The beauty
and apparent refinement of the defend
ant and the social and business prom
inence of the complainant made this
peut larceny case cause celebre in
New York 1t revived the celebrated
theft Of the Shotwell papers and prom
ised to furnish the public with a~solu-
ton OF the mysterious circumstances
surrounding that event. In this the
public was not disappointed.
After several delays the fair defend
ant was brought to trial for stealing
the glasses and British gold pieces. The
TombS court room was packed with
men bearing names of much renowne in
the commercial and political worlds.
ana with women occupying high places
IN New York society. The defendant
styhshly dressed, and with white, de-
termined face, faced her accuser As
soon as the preliminaries had been dis
posed Of and the charge formally made
the defendants attorney arose and
said:
we propose to show that this wo-
man is the lawful wife of the complain
ant in this case, and as such had as
good right to the opera glasses and
the gold pieces as the complainant HIM
SELF
The screen of mystery had been
partly drawn aside The defendant fixed
her steady gaze on the man who had
been but once defeated on the battle
field, and he shrank from it as he never
had been known to shrink from shell
or bullet. A murmur of interest ran
through the court room, and every eye
was fixed on the woman who had put
forth this unexpected defense Tt was
apparent that accused and accuser had
determined, to take the plunge which
meant the destruction, part at least.
of the good names. of both
General Roddy was called to testify
He related the alleged facts concerning
the appropriation by the defendant of
the Vaiua bieS in question
rs this woman your wife ," asked the
lawyer.
She is not" answered the general,
finally