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had left the papers with Chief KelsO,
| was invited into a private office,
Taking three packages Of papers from
his safe Kelso said,
These were left in my care by
former Judge Cardozo and Mr. Far
rell attorneys for a client whose idon-
tity they do not care TO make public
nor to inform you Of at this time.
They have requested me to BE- present
when you examine them"
with this he handed me the pack.
ages and began the examination.
Cardozo and Farrell, to whom ! had
been introduced, were in the room.
The first two packages contained little
but Miss Shotwelrs private CORE.
spondence, and found nothing in
them that ! thought would be Of any
service to me in the case In hand.
Among the papers composing the third
package | found a legal envelope,
empty bearing the inscription From
p. D. Roddy TO G, f. ShOtwell; Selma
and Gulf Railroad bonds, $4,000" I
quietly put this envelope into my
pocket Another envelope which had
evidently contained some sort Of an
agreement between Gen Roddy and
Miss Shotwell, was in the package
and / pocketed that Finishing the
search ! returned the packages to
Kelso
was mystihod by che presentation
OF the three packages Of papers be,
longing TO Miss Shotwell, There was
little doubt that Brooks was the mys.
terlous client Attorneys Cardozo and
Farrell declined TO name could un.
derstand why the papers were present.
ed, as the men who had conspired to
get possession Of the Shotwell bonds
and other private papers, argued, had
learned of the work done In Detroit
and Of the closing Of the net around
Everett and Brooks, Realizing this.
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a pass for both himself and for me, l
asked him why he was buying a
ticket. He said his arrangement with
the railroad forced him to buy a ticket
but that the amount was rebated to
him afterward He then checked the
trunk and gave me the check"
At the fremont house Miss Shot
well paid her bill had her baggage
loaded on the carriage, and told the
hotel employees she was going to Mo
bile. Instead We drove to the Briggs
house, where she secured rooms. She
was to remain at the hotel in order to
be within call when needed
The case seemed to call for quick
action. | did not believe, as did my
fair client, that the trunk had been
broken open at the fremont house.
From what Miss Shotwell had told
me, J. Stiles Armour and Frank w.
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the clerk. Then from the baggage
master | learned that on the day in
question the baggage checks from No
1900 to No. 20O0 were used between
Detroit and Chicago, and that any
piece Of baggage bearing any Of the
intermediate numbers could not have
been checked east Of Detroit The
check given by Everett to Miss Shot.
we'll at Chicago in exchange for what
he said was the wrong one was No.
1902.
From Detroit the trail plainly led
to New York and lost no time in
reaching that city From the first the
case had not appeared to me in the
light Of ordinary larceny although
that was the technical charge was
endeavorng to establish. Everett was
an Englishman Of education and good
address and cool under circumstances
which would arouse to indignation or
breakdown many men, but / did not
believe him to be a professional
thief.
There was no doubt Of his business
connections with Frank w Brooks,
J. Stiles Armour and Gen. Roddy, the
latter president OF the railroad the
securities Of which had been stolen
He had been general in the confed.
crate army from Alabama and was a
man Of high standing In Washing
ton he was something Of a lobbyist
and was interested I'm government
contracts, At the time of which /
am writing he was abroad, Gen. Rod.
dy and Frank w, Brooks were intl
mate business associates and personal
friends
Brooks New York Offices were at
744 Broadway, where he was in the
real estate, insurance and loan bust.
ness. He was known in New York
as a man about town" and a promo
ter It was to his New York address
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the following narrative without excite.
meat or the use Of unnecessary
words:
81 am Carlotta Frances Shotwell,
am 2S years old and native Of New
Jersey | spend most Of my time in
New York and Washington, but travel
a good deal as my business affairs
require. | arrived in Chicago this
morning from New York, and was on
my way to Mobile, Ala, where | had
business in connection with some
bonds of the Selma and Gulf Railroad
which | own. On my arrival here ]
registered at the fremont house and
had my luggage sent to that hotel
A few hours after | reached the city
| had occasion to open my trunk, and
found that the lock had been broken,
On examination Of the contents
found a package containing bonds Of
the Selma and Gulf Railroad to the
amount of $4,000, together with 9TH
er valuable private papers and CORE
spondence, had been stolen"
Did you travel from New York
alone?" | asked.
mo-" she answered. q was ac-
companied by a gentleman named
George A. Everett
What do you know of this man."
VERY little While living at the
Grand Central hotel in New York,
was introduced to him by J. Stiles Ar
mour a gentleman who is interested
with me in a business venture, This
was about two weeks ago, Mr. Ever
EFT was stopping at the same hotel
and one day Mr., Armour mentioned to
him in my presence that ! was going
south on business. Mr.. Everett said
that he was going to Chicago about
the same time to see his wife and chill
dren, who lived there, and that If |
cared to go south by way of Chicago
he would get me passes covering my
entire trip. His offer seemed to me
not so extraordinary in view Of the
fact that he was a close personal
friend of one of my business associ-
ates, and seemed to be able to secure
railroad passes for the asking, | ac.
cepted his offer, and we reached Chi
caEo together
was he in your company all the
time en- route?'
"He had a berth in the same Pull.
man and was in my sight most Of the
time. At Niagara Falls he informed
me that Frank w, Brooks, who is al.
so a member of the company ! spoke
of, had asked him TO call on Il busi-
ness acquaintance at Detroit, We
reached Detroit too late to make the
Chicago train connection, and we were
forced to wait there from 1880 to $3.50
In the afternoon, These four hours
Mr.. Everett spent in the city, while
| remained in the train
Did you check your own baggage
I'm New York;
No; Mr.. Everett checked my trunk
for me. At the station | saw him buy
a ticket, and, as he claimed to have
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that the package sent by &C. A. Hay
ward was forwarded from Detroit.
| had been in New York but day
when | received the following mes
sage from General Superintendent
Washburn in Chicago:
"Kelso will give you papers; see
him at once"
Kelso was the chief of the New
York police department. and about the
same time | received the message
from Washburn | received personal
note from Superintendent Kelso at my
hotel In it he said there had been
left at his Office some papers for me
to look over, and if ! would call there
| might find something bearing on the
Shotwell bond robbery In answer to
these messages | called at police
headquarters. After some delays, due
to the absence Of the lawyers who
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Nv AllN W lblS lIIllk
check, if he had done SO. should call
for any particular confusion on his
part when he made the exchange.
Eyeretts actions at least called for
some explanation.
That night asked for the services
Of two policemen, one Of whom | sta.
toned at the rear of the Twenty-sec-
ond street house, which Miss Shot.
we'll said was Everetts home. and the
other in front, with orders to hold
anyone seen leaving the place At
one o'clock in the morning | climbed
the stairs to the fiat over the store.
My knock was answered by man Of
whom | inquired If Everett were at
home
you are frlend?" he asked
"An acquaintance, | answered.
He admitted me, and, pointing to
another door, said Everett was asleep
in the room designated, ! knocked
and Everett responded, asking what
was wanted Pushing my way into
the room, | told him who | was and
that he must consider himself under
arrest.
After the arrest went TO the
Briggs house and asked to see Miss
Shotwell, Owing to the hour, about
three in the morning, there was some
parleying on the part Of the clerk,
but at last | succeeded in having
word sent to her and she met me in
the parlor
II have arrested George A. Everett"
| informed her "and 1t will be neces-
sary for you to appear in police court
this morning at nine o'clock"
What she exclaimed. you have
arrested Mr. Eyerett?'
Proceeding at once TO the Detroit
baggageroom Of the Michigan Central
road and to the baggagerooms of 9th
er roads from New York, found that
on the day Everett and Miss Shotwell
passed through Detroit no trunk had
been opened at the railroad stations
Then ! began search Of the hotel
registers After failing to find what
| was looking for at several ! at last
found the name, George A. Everett,
on the register Of the Cass house on
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zen. hOUNN WIS Cull'u W A'o'liJr
He related the alleged facts concern
ing thej appropriation by the defend
ant Of the valuables in question,
"Is this woman your wife," asked
the lawyer.
she is not" answered the general,
finally
During the recital there was deep
silence in the courtroom, and when
Miss Shotwel was called to testify
in her own behalf the interest grew
intense.
81 took the opera glasses and SOY
crelgns," she said in a voice strained
but well under control because ]
was his legal wife and considered /
had a right to them"
AS Gen Roddy said, FIRST met him
in 1867 lie apparently fell In love
with me at first sight and began 10
pay me ardent attention He told me
he had been married and had chill
dren, but that he was divorced from
his wife, who was living In Havana,
In confirmation Of the assertion con-
corning the divorce he showed mo
what purported to be an order OF
court granting a decree Of divorce, /
believed him free TO marry again,
"A year after our first meeting he
persuaded me to come TO New YORK
and marry him, He drew up an
agreement which we both signed and
which, he said, constituted q legal
civil marriage under the laws of New
York He proposed that the religious
ceremony be delayed a while untl
certain matters then pending were
adjusted. We lived Ia 0rstelass ho'
tolls, and he always introduced me, re-
ferred to me and treated rue as his
wife. lie supported me In comfort
but not oxtrayagantly ! had con
siderable money which / had inherit
cd from my father, aud | assisted him
in business enterprises which made
him a great deal of money"
Thus after years Of mystery the
Roddy.Shotwell case simmeres down
to question OF yeracity between the
principals
Copyright, 1906, by Marion q soAs'tsnS
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that she was to tell her story
to me and that would have
charge Of the matter from that
time. Left to ourselves and in an
swer to look Of inquiry from me, the
young woman Immediately plunged
into her story in an unusually intelli-
gent and businesslike way, relating
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Brooks, both Of New York,
and she were three Of five
partners who owned and
operated the Ship Venti-
lation and Bilge Water
Pumping Company which
had contracts 10 cleanse
ships in dock. Everett
was an intimate friend of
both Brooks and Armour,
and there seemed to be
nothing unreasonable in
Eyeretts offer Of trans.
portation. While this was
true, | could not under.
stand why Everett should
have bought a ticket for
Miss Shotwoll after tell
ing her he had a pass for
her Neither could ! un.
dorstand why his giving
her the wrong trunk
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Y THE day after Christ
mas, 1872, l received a
summons from General
Superintendent of Police
Washburn Of Chicago, re-
questing me to report to
him in his private office.
When | entered the super
intendent was in conversa-
tiOn with a handsomely
gowned young woman, to
whom he introduced me,
CpNiup &c bo ala Go
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tain criminal cases under his iur-
isdictlon had not been pushed.
The prosecution Of the men
charged 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 smothercd and soon
passed from public interest
Some time later a warrant was
issued at the instance Of Gen,
Roddy charging Carlotta f Shot
well with larceny and on this
charge the woman was arrested
and locked mp in the Tombs
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they probably deemed Z
better to admit the posses.
sion of the papers and
make a bluff" at assisting
the authorities In solving
the mystery than TO deny
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ing u fur cap ana a
hight suit this unusu
al saTtorial combina
tion having marked
Everett at several
places, The package
was a small one, said
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-30
POLO SEASON
OPENS NOV. 2
There will be Twenty-Five
Weeks OF Playing,
LATHAM TO REFEREE
Arlie and Gilligan will be
Judges of the Play.
Important Meeting at Mansfield
Sunday--Taylor will Captsin and
Manage the Marion Team.

The Ohio State Polo league will
commence playing November 9 and
the season will last twenty-five
weeks. This was the announcement
made this morning by directors Of
the Marion team which will make
quite bid for the pennant this wint-
er.
There will be a meeting of the
schedule committee in M7nsfield Oc-
tober and on the following day the
league magnatcs will meet at the
Vonhof hotel there to adopt the
schedule and to make other plans for
the season.
Arlie Latham and Ed Gilligan have
been selected as the referees by the
magnates. Both have had enough
experience in the game to make it
certain that they will give satisfac-
tion. Latham was not success as an
umpire in the Ohio-Pennsylvania
league but baseball Is harder for an
indicator man than polo. Gilligan
formerly played baseball here under
Ferd Drumm.
Every city in the league is taking
great interest in polo and II Is
expected that the season will he a
prosperous one. The salary limit
will be $3.50 per week.
Several of the players OF last years
team vii be back this year. Lee Tay.
lor Is certain to come it is said, and
the directors guarantee that Marion
will be Represented by fine aggre-
cation. Each team, will carry six
players, Lee Taylor will act as both
captain and manager.
within the next few days there will
be meeting of the Marion direct
Ors held and arrangements will be
made for enlarging the Seating ca
pacity at the skating rink II Is also
the plan Of the promoters OF the
game to have several exit. placed at
convenient places so that after the
pame IL will renuro less than a min
ute to empty the building even when
tire place IS packed with spectators.
---- ------------
Trv an an 10 The Mirror Was'
Column.
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do mean TO say that the American
people have n right TO know what
contributions are being made, that
they may judge for themselves the
motive of the givers and the obliga-
tlon imposed upon those who re-
celve.
"Hhe reelection upon Che people in
volved in your charge that they
would misuse the knowledge which
publicity would give is unworthy Of
one VINO has been elevated TO 50 high
an office by the votes of the people,
and | venture the assertion that you
cannot procure from Mr.. Taft an
Endorsement of your defense. He is
now before the people; he is Offering
himself as candidate for the presi-
dency; he does not tell the people to
whom he appeals that they have not
sense enough to form a just and cor
rect opinion as to the purpose which
leads parties interested in special leg
islatlon to make big contributions.
you fear that we would misrepre-
sent the motives OF those who are
contributing to the Republican cam
paign fund, and cast an unjust sus-
piclon upon Republican candidates
II the names and amounts We're
made known before the election.
Your argument If SOUND, would pre-
vent publication after the election.
for why should an unjust suspicion
be cast upon officials after the cleo
ton any more than before? Does not
the secrecy before the election in
crease this suspicion?
"Wc are going to give TO you an
opportunity to misrepresent the mo-
tiyes Of those who give to our cam
paign fund and to arouse all the sus-
picion you can; we are going 70
prove TO the people that we are maxi
ing fight for the whole people and
not for those who have been enjoying
privileges and fayor- at the hands OF
the government, and We expect that
the hopest sentiment OF the country
will rebuke the party whose conyen-
tion refused to indorse any kind of
publicity and whose candidates are
not willing that the people should
know until after the polls are closed
what predatory interests have been
active in support of the Republican
party. With great respect, etc.
yours truly,
EiWHLIIAAI j. BRYAN. >"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-30
MANAGER O'DAY
SIGNS FOR 1909
Little Leader will Have Many
New Men.
TRADES ARE PLANNED
New Blood Expected to BrlDg
Improvement.
"Dry" Town will Have no Effect
on Baseball Here-Manager Is 10
Have Full Central Next Year.

Manager Charles NJ. O'Day who
gave Marion a team last season tnat
nuiEhed IN the INST division ana on.
which put up q good night ior the
pcnnant has signed his contract for
1909. The document is now pigeon
holed in the desk Of President VOL
lcnwcber.
Before the manager left here It was
decided that he should return next
year and with a team almost entire
ly of his own making he Is expected
to put up hotter fight than ever
for the pennant. There were too many
factions on the Marion team LIST
Year. O'Day did the best he could
to control the men, but some OF them
were of the kind that no one IS able
10 control. Many of the men told
tales about the manager and tine un-
reasonable things he required Z Of
thcm. But those on the inside know
that as long as they behaved them
selves properly and played good base
hall the players were not in trouble
ODay was severe on a player WHO
pulled off a bonehead and called him
in no uncertain terms. A player who
made a misplay through careles.ness
was also given a calling. The man
ager also went after bad actors rough
shOd.
What the Diggcrs needed last year
rs much as anything was big stick
They had it on any team IN the
league aud had they listened TO O'Dly
they would have won the pennant
When fined for being drunk, or for
not keeping in condition, they sulkcd
and sought to give the manager tho
worst Of IL.
But it will be different next year,
O'pay will have full charge of the
team. In fact he VIII have a team
OF his own making for the directors
have given him full power to sell
and trade the majority Of the players
now under reserve. There will be
many new faces on the team next
year, and it is to be hoped that gen
eral harmony win be in existence al
all times.
At the present time MANAGER
O'Day is in CHICAGO plaving with
Jimmy Collahans Lcfan Squares. He
will rrmain there until after the
close OF tho season when he will 20
into business for the winter at De-
catur. Ills.
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If WOMEN ONLY KNEW
What o Heap Of Happiness it Would
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Hard to do housework with an
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KILLS HIS FATHER WHEN
DEFENDING HIS MOTHER

Chicago sept. 30-Because he tried
to whip his wife, Charles Hauck, aged
40, was fatally injured today by his
son, Walter, aged 30 who struck the
elder man over the head with piece
of gas pipe. Hunck is dying.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-30

PRESIDENT
Mr.. Bryan Continues His
Attacks upon King Teddy,
in Iowa.

Muscatine, Iowa, Sept. 30-W J.,
Bryan is touring Mississippi river
towns in Iowa today. His speeches
IRE largely devoted to- attacks on
Roosevelt. along the lines of his open
letter last night to the president.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-30
CUBS LEAD THE NATIONAL.
Every Western Club in the American
League Won Twice on Tuesday
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
NLnmI Inn mL i.N Elmn.

Following are Tuesdays scores:
At Clcveland-P Philadelphia I. Cleveland
=. Flator Egun; Berger, Bemlg.
Second game Philadelphia o. Cleveland
O. Kellogg. Egan: Rhoades, Benils
At Detroit Washington l, Detroit 4
Withgup. Johnson street Kahoc, VIII
lott Schmidt
second game Washington 3. Detroit :.
Johnson. Gates, street; Sunwor3,
Schmidt.
Al Chicago-rOstca I. Chicago -
Buyrhcl. Wood. Bonohuc: Walsh
SclrCok.
second al1e-B1ston o. Chicago g
Steele, DoUohun; walsh. Gchrcck.
At ST. Lcuis-rN New York o. St Louis g.
Lake. sweeney; lowell Spencer.
Second eamc-Ncw Ntrs !, -. Louis Q
Manning Blair; Diucnn, Saith.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-30
FOR
ANARCHISTS
Buda Pest Believed to Con.
tain Plotters Against Spain's
King and Queen.

Buda Pest, Hungary, Sept. 90
Police authorities are securing the
city today in an effort TO arrest
we'll known anarchists who are sus-
pected of being behind plot to
assassinPee King Alfonso and Queen
Victoria of Spain, on their visit to
the Hungarian capital
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-30
Crash poiIics

Ordinary white crash with drawn
work corners appears among new
articles for the dining room table
These pieces are Is inches square
and, while rough looking, the work
manship is dainlily fashioned and
the pieces are very durable and SER
viceable.
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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-30

In New York the theaters have
seating capacity OF l23795. Then
comes London, with l2U,950, and
Paris takes third place with s3,2Sl
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-30
The new law becomes effec-
tive tomorrow. All Marion
voters must register before
October II. Tomorrow is the
first day. Do not postpone this
duty
Always Waste.

Always Waste.
did Won say that your cook was
going into decliner
"No. said from the way things
were disappearing concluded that
she was wasting away."-Baltimor
American.