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New-York tribune., 1908-03-27

Detroit. Mich. March I'D. 1905.
ONE o. PER CENT. VIII be paid 10 the registered
holders y The outstanding Land Grant Bonds Of the
Detroit Mschinac & Marquette Railroad Company on
april Iaus being the Of interest
the six months ending March 31st. 1905.
TRANSFER books viii close the Office Of the Central
Trust Company, - Wall Street, New York, 50th
and reopen 9Th pToNimo-
Blank orders may be procured from the Trust Com
pan1.
F z briggs.
Nm y. GEATOS.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-27
GOVERNMENT BONDS.

The following shows yesterdays closing quota
tiors for government bonds. compared with
Wednesdays.
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Hon. George w. Honey, National
Chaplain y. V. o., ex-Chaplain Fourth
Wisconsin Cavalry, ex-Treasurer State
of Wisconsin, and ex-Quartermaster
General State of Texas G. A. R., writes
from 1700 First St., N. E., Washington,
d. c., as follows:
II cannot too highly recommend your
preparation for the relief of catarrhal
troubles i'm their various forms. Some
members of my own family have useG
it with most gratifying results. When
other remedies failed, Peruna proved
most effcaCiOuS and cheerfully certi-
fly to It's curative excellence
Mr.. Fred L. Hebard, for nine years a
leading photographer of Kansas City,
Mo-, located at the northeast corner of
18th and Grand AYES, cheerfully gives
the following testimony: "Itis proven
fact that Peruna will cure cafarrh and
la grippe, and as tonic it has no equal
Druggists have tried to make me take
something else Just as good but Peru
ma is good enough for me-"
Pe-ra-na in Tablet Form.
For two years DIR. Hartman and his
assistants have necessarily labored to
create Peruna in tablet form, and their
strenuous labors have just been crowned
with success. People who object to
liquid medicines can now secure Peru
ma tablets, which represent the solid
medicinal, ingredients of Peruna
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had lett 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 client whose iden-
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 l began the examination.
Cardozo and Farrell, to whom I had
been introduced, were in the room.
The first two packages contained little
but Miss Shotwell's 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 l found legal envelope,
empty, bearing the inscription: From
P. D. Roddy to G. F. Shotwell; Selma
and Gulf Railroad bonds, $4,000" l
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 I pocketed that. Finishing the
search I returned the packages to
Kelso.
was mystified by the presentation
of the three packages of papers be-
longing to Miss Shotwell. There was
little doubt that Brooks was the mys-
terious 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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all knowledge or to have it proved on
them later. But why had they al
lowed the empty bond envelope to re-
main in one of the packages? To
this day I cannot explain why this
was done except on the theory that II
was an oversight. If it were not 1t
was decidedly stupid piece of bust
ness on their part.
The Brooks case came up before
Justice Bowling, who was a promi-
nent member of the Tammany organl-
cation. Bowling and BOSS" Tweed
were close personal and polltlcai
friends. Kelso and bowling were
closely associated as members OF the
same political organization, ana
Brooks attorneys were influential IN
court and police circles. 1t was for
these reasons that I had taken the
case to the grand jury, so that II IL
were allowed to die natural deatn
in the city court-as many cases IN
which defendants are influential are
allowed to do in all cities-the state
courts would still have jurisdiction.
During all this time Miss Shotwell
had maintained consistently proper
attitude for a person who had been
robbed and who wished to see the
thief punished.
In 1875 received letter from New
York, written in behalf OF John ID.
Townsend, a prominent attorney of
that city. The New York state assem-
bly, had some time before appointed
a committee, known as the committee
on crime and the management of the
district attorneys office, for the pur-
pose of investigating certain alleged
irregularities in the administration
of the office Of district attorney under
Benjamin X. Phelps. 1 am not IA
miliar with the details of the charges
made against Mr.. Phelps, but among
them was the general one that GER
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pass for both himself and for me,
asked him why he was buying a
ticket. He said his arrangement with
the railroad forced him to buy 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
we'll 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, ]. Stiles Armour and Frank w.
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THEY AClcvAE REzy>4NCEO ."DEHHNOs<
LClOGE CHPDoZ q

the following narrative without excite
ment or the use of unnecessary
words:
Il am Carlotta Frances Shotwell.
am % years old and native of New
Jersey. | spend most of my time in
New York and Washington, but travel
good deal, as my business affairs
require. l arrived in Chicago this
morning from New York, and was on
my way to Mobile, Ala, where l 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
l had occasion to open my trunk, and
found that the lock had been broken.
On examination of the contents |
found 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?" l. asked.
No" she answered. 81 was &C
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 ]. Stiles Ar
mour, 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 1 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 l ac-
cepted his offer, and We reached Chi
cago 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 bust
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
i'll the afternoon. These four hours
Mr.. Everett spent in the city, while
/ remained in the train"
did you check your own baggage
in 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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the day the couple were delayed in
Detroit. From the head porter !
learned that on that day, in the after
noon, tall man wearing a light suit
and fur cap had summoned him to
aid in opening trunk, explaining he
wanted to change clothes, and had
lost the key to the trunk. Pendleton,
the porter, had given him a hammer
and a cold chisel, which were returned
a little later. Everett, however, has
not changed clothes, and this fact
was remarked by the porter. After
disappearing from the hotel short
time, Everett had returned and Or
dered the trunk sent to Chicago
At the Office of the United States
Express Company 1 found a clerk who
had received the package sent by &C.
A. Hayward" He remembered the
man who left it as tall man, wear
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blanche to get up the best dinner he
knew how to cook.
And champagne. Champagne didn't
flow; it came in cloudburst. The
host rade brief speech, telling how
the min.ag industry of the west was
1ourishing, and limiting delicately ut
his own tremendous success. Then
other speakers got up and talked
along the same line, closing by brief
congratulations to the host upon his
fortune. When every one was fairly
well picked the host rose again and
made spread-eagle speech. Finally,
as though overcome by the good fel.
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LICE IN POULTRY
Borax Spray a Safe Preventive
Simple, Cheap, Harmless
TO Fowls.

900 Mule Team" Borax was a good
thing to rid poultry of lice. 1 had used
so much infammable Lice killers that
my Poultry Houses were regular fire
traps. 1 gave my S. G. w. Leghorn
house good spraying just two months
ago. Since have caught several hens
and I found no lice. / am rid of lice
and shall continue to use 100 Mule
Team" Borax as a spray, also as a
wash.
(Signed) MRS. B. r. BUFFHAM,
Roswell, New Mexico.
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1T WAS NEW TO GOTHAMITES

same thing had never been worked
before.
The host of the occasion, we'll
known promoter, issued invitations to
about 60 of his friends ito celebrate
his recent good fortune" They were
permitted to understand that the pro-
moter had recently made a barrel of
money and wasn't averse to loosening
a few hoops. The principal dining
room of the club was engaged for the
occasion and the chef was given carte
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was a small one, said
the clerk. Then from the baggage
master l learned that on the day in
question the baggage checks from No.
1900 to No. 1000 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
wen 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 l 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 1 was
endeavoring 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 l did not
believe him to be professional
| thief.
There was no doubt of his business
| connections with Frank w. Brooks,
j. Stiles Armour and GSn Roddy, the
latter president of the railroad the
securities of which had been stolen.
He had been general il the confed-
| crate army from Alabam1 and was a
| man of high standing. in Washing
ton he was something OF lobbyist
and was interested in government
contracts. At the time OF which /
am writing he was abroad. Gen. Rod
| dy and Frank w. Brooks wep.s i.lti-
mate business associates and personal
| friends.
Brooks New York offices were ut
744 Broadway, where he was in the
real estate, insurance and loan bust.
ness. He was known in New York
as "man about town" and a promo.
ter. 1t was to his New York address
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lowship of the occasion, he declared
that he couldn't see so many of the
proper sort outside the breastworks.
I'm going to take you boys in, every
one of you, right on the ground floor!"
he shouted. you shall have what
shares you want at the figure they
cost me, and before a single share is
offered to the public" He had previ-
ously told of the surprising richness
of his mine. The subscription list
was passed, and practically every one
present subscribed. Thousands of
shares in the aggregate were disposed
Of. The proposition certainly did look
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white, spongy metal in the midst of
the copper. When the latter is dis
solved out the dried residue is bril-
liant, spongy mass of nearly pure
chromium in the form of interlaced FL
aments or crystalites grouped like
snowflakes or moss leaves. The small
amount of boron present may be driv-
en- off by heating. The spongy chro-
MUM is attacked more easily than
the ordinary metal, does not oxidize
in air, but in flame burns like finder,
CLOVIS very brightly in oxygen and is
attacked by .hydrochloric and sulphur
ic acid, but not by nitric acid.
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check, II he had done so, should call
for any particular confusion on his
part when he made the exchange
Everetts actions at least called for
some explanation.
That night l asked for the services
OF two policemen, one of whom I sta
toned at the rear of the Twenty-sec-
ond street house, which Miss Shot
well said was Everett's home, and the
other in front, with orders to hold
anyone seen leaving the place. At
one o'clock in the morning l climbed
the stairs to the fiat over the store.
My knock was answered by a man of
whom 1 inquired if Everett were at
home.
"You are friend?" 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, l told him who I was and
that he must consider himself under
arrest.
After the arrest l 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.
81 have arrested George A. Everett"
l informed her, land it will be neces-
sary for you to appear in police court
this morning at nine o'clock"
What" she exclaimed. "You have
arrested Mr.. Everett?'
Proceeding at once to the Detroit
baggage-room of the Michigan Central
road and to the baggage-rooms of 9TH
er roads from New York, l found that
on the day Everett and Miss Shotwell
passed through Detroit no trunk had
been opened at the railroad stations.
Then l began search of the hotel
registers. After failing to find what
l was looking for at several l at last
found the name, George A. Everett,
on the register of the Cass house on
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Promoters Champagne Dinner
Western Style Made Stir.

The champagne dinner is an old de-
vice of the stock salesman in the
west, but it seems to have been some
what overlooked hereabouts, says a
New York dispatch to the Cincinnati
Times-Star. At any rate, one dinner
given in one of the exclusive clubs
up town has made so much stir In
brokerage circles that you'd think the
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Good English.

A French lady living in America en-
gagged a carpenter to do some work
for her at a stipulated price. She was
surprised later to find that he charged
more than the price agreed upon.
When she attempted to demonstrate
with him, however, her English failed
her and she said: You are dearer TO
me now than when we were first en-
gagsd."-Success.
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that she was to tell her story
to me and that l 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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guests are well pleased with the stu
alton, but it is an odd fact that not
one of them can tell anything CO.
herent of the mine. And you annoy
any of them frGhtfully by indiscreet
uuQrieS
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Sponqy Chromium.

Chromium in remarkably new
spongy form has been produced by BIZ
net de Jassoniex by heating cast chro-
MUM containing Is per cent of boron
in an electric furnace with large
mass Of copper. The ingot shows the
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m THE day after Christ

\ THE day after Christ
mas, 1872, / received a
summons from General
Superintendent of Police
Washburn of Chicago, re-
questing me to report to
him in his private office.
When l entered the super
intendent was in converse
ton with a handsomely
gowned young woman, to
whom he introduced me,
saving as he did On
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Nine years of this ran me down to a
state of continual weakness and I
thought never would be better until
/ began using Doan's Kidney Pills.
The improvement was rapid, and since
using four boxes 1 am cured and have
never had any return of the trouble"
Sold by all dealers. SO cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
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If you would not cease to love man.
kind, you must not cease to do them
good.-Maclaren
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Important 70 Motners.
Bears the -
In Eden DAYS,

Eve-Abel, for goodness sake, what
is your father fussing about now?
Abel-Oh, he says you've taken his
best Sunday suit to make the salad
Bohemian.
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WE SELL GUNS AND TRAPS CHEAP
& buy Furs & Hides. Write for catalog los
N. w. Hide & Fur Co., Minneapolis, MINI.
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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 to cleanse
ships in dock. Everett
was an intimate friend of
both Brooks and Armour,
and there seemed to be
nothing unreasonable in
Everett's offer of trans
portation. While this was
true, l could not under
stand why Everett should
have bought a ticket for
Miss Shotwell after tell
ing her he had a pass for
her. Neither could | I'M
derstand why his giving
her the wrong trunk
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Gen. Roddy was called 10 TESTIFY.
He related the alleged facts concern
ing the 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 de0p
silence in the courtroom, and when
Miss Shotwell was called to testify
in her own behalf the interest grew
intense.
81 took the opera glasses and sou
ereigns," she said in a voice strained
but we'll under control, because l
was his legal wife and considered l
had right to them"
CAS- Gen. Roddy said, first met him
in 1867. He apparently fell in love
with me at first sight and began to
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 me
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 legal
civil marriage under the laws of New
York. He proposed that the religious
ceremony be delayed a while until
certain matters then pending were
adjusted. We lived in first-class no.
tells, and he always introduced me, re-
ferred to me and treated me as his
wife. He supported me in comfort
but not extravagantly. l had con-
siderable money which I had inherit
ed from my father, and assisted MIN
in business enterprises which MADE
him a great deal of money"
Thus after years of mystery the
Roddy-Shotwell case simmered down
to a question of veracity between the
principals.
Copyright 1905, by Marion G. Scheitlin0
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Talk not of good life, but let thy
good life talk-Schiller.
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Those Tired, Aching Feet of Yours
need Aliens Z ot-Ease. 25c at your Druggists
Write A. S. Olmsted. LIE Roy, N. Y, Tor sample.
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If Your Eyes Bother You

get box of PETTIT'S EYE SALVE, old
reliable, most successful eye remedy made.
All druggists or Howard Bros, Buffalo, W.
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If you don't get the best Of it, MAKE
.ue best of it.
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they probably deemed 1t
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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ney disease attacked
me. The pain in my
back was so agoniz-
ing l finally had to
give up work. Then
came terrible attacks
of gravel with acute
pain and passages of
blood. In all ! passed
25 stones, some as
large HC a hnon
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ing a fur cap and a
light suit, this unusu,
al sartorial combina-
ton having marked
Everett at veral
places. The package
was a small one. said
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AWFUL GRAVEL ATTACKS.
Cured by Doan's Kidney Pills After
Years of Suffering.

F. A. Rippy, Depot Ave., Gallatin,
Tenn saws. "Eifteen wears 400 L;d
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that the package sent by &C. A. Hay
ward" was forwarded from Detroit.
l had been in New York but day
when l 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
-s@Aa .ysse ! received the message
from WasnDarn I received a 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
l might find something bearing on the
Shotwell bond robbery. In answer to
these messages l called at police
headquarters. After some delays, due
to the absence of the lawyers who
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TOLo HLH he MR. q
CCNJZOES -NLI1lEZP UfAER HRRET'

tain criminal cases under his jur-
isdiction 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 l 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 Gen.
Roddy charging Carlotta F. Shot
we'll with larceny, and on This
charge the woman was arrested
and locked up in the Tombs.