Show A HEARTLESS SCOUNDREL A Fortune Hooter Marries nd Bobs Miss Phillip Tuesday mornings Denver JVeir contains the account of an occurrence occur-rence seriously affecting FlCncw the daughter of Mr M C Phillip a well known cigar dealer of this city I Is the story of a hasty manlage to nn unscrupulous fortune bunt and the lady his the sympathy sym-pathy of a hOt of friends Following Follow-ing i a synopsis of the A5ir artldr Two month ago a Mrs M C Phillips and daughter France ot Salt Lake entered a sleeping car on the Pennsylvania road they fount that all the lower birth ho4 been secured and nothing but an upper remained While they were talking talk-ing Thomas LIthgow appeared Ho npp Is 1 tall man fully Mr fet portly Wears gloves and has about him a classical air and genteel appearance appear-ance that won him a gratifying Thank you sir and a smile irons both ladies as he politely gate up j his lower bcrUi to Uicnii Tbs foUb t morning te die ocred that they were from Salt Lake City and were of a Wealthy and Influential family Lllbgow saw a point nnd told them that he was going to Salt Lake He owned a sugar plantation In San Domingo West Indies and liod come to 2tcw York to halo a settlement with one of his brokbre He was making a tour of the United States lie became well acquainted vith them and whfcn they reached Salt Lake accompanied them to their home where ho was introduced to Mr M C Phillips LIthgow was such a plausible looking look-ing fellow that he inspired the coa fiJencc of Phillip and was Invited ro olIh to If He cultivated tIv gen Ucmana acquaintance and at the samcUme made love to daughter on every possible occasion He proved himselfcupli a brilliant com loulou that Phillips gretir proUd of him and with pleasure Introduced him to all 1 his friends wined and dined him at time Alt club and did what he could to makeeverylhtnga pleasant cs possible for him Llthgou prepoecd to go Into the cloUtlng bu Inctf > He would I furnIsh all the money necessary and bil lr would make Mr Phillips a partner A contract wasdrawn up and LIth gow InsMeil and it I was expressly i stipulated that Phillip was not to put a dollar in the firm LIthgow wanted him to go Into the firm b cause he was 5 well known He hiuiMjf would put a million dollars in It to make It a success Then he proposed to Miss Frances Phillip a charming lady and was accepted The day of Uie redding he called on Jo lln A lark of Salt Lake and on the strength of his acquaintance ssiut I Phillips jMircliaicu an Ira mtnsc amount of Jewelry An hour or two later he borrowed 500 from one of PliillV most Intimate friend abel before night talked 1000 out of still another man I was the night of time wedding and two hours before tho ceremony took place he called Phillips aside nnd said Extremely sorry my dear friend I assure you I am deep ly I moved but for some reason my broker in Xew York h failed t forward my draft and to tell the truth 1 have but my letters of credit This will necessitate the dcLiyof the wedding until tomorrow 31 toi row How stupid of them Beg pardon but I jou could loan me 10001 will remit as eoon a I arrive rive in New York Phillips consulted with his Eon Tlieu he did what any man who loves his daughter would do under similar circumstance He loaned the money After the ceremony LIthgow borrowed anoUicr 1000 and departed for Denver He engaged en-gaged a suite of four rooms at the Windsor Hotel and his expenses fur four days sCore 10 He lived like a prince and pavu the boy who carried Ins valise upfctairso He gave Ute Matters at time table s He tipped everybody in the home wilh 5 bills They thought he was related to the Jloth chllds In the meantime Phillips was uneasy un-easy He did not like time action of his new on in law and came to Denver When they left for Jvew York ho accompanied them At Xcw York LIUigow checked all the luggage to the St James but registered at the Fifth avenue He explained to his wife Uiat the exprcronan had mode n mistake but he would personally attend to It Uj the waj he remarked to Phillip 1 Mr Vauderuitz my broker who stops here will dine with us to night and we must make pleasant for him In the meantime mean-time I will look after the baggage LUIigow lift the hotel and going to the t James opened his w ifea trunks and rifled them He took ail her jewels worth about 31000 and left Syracuse from which haunt he telegraphed that he had e leave suddenly and would explain In Chicago Pniiiips inquired at the hotel and found that no such man a Yander nilz ever roomed atlnehouce nor could his name b found lu the directory About lids time Phil lira began to smell a large sized mouse and determined to capture Lithgow at all hazard He came to Denver when Lltbgow telegraphed tele-graphed to a man named HalhMcr to find out if Phillips was in Chief Farley sent a dispatch and told him to come on When he reached Denver yesterday morning he was rrompUy arrested by Detec IheClX I Clark In time meantime Phillips I and his daughter departed for bait Lake and Fancy was com pelleil to release his prIsoner but he tent Detective Leyden out on his trail to follow him all day Phillips 1a telegraphed to and returned on the next train whilu his daughter kept on her way to Salt Lake City During the night Detective icy den hal a race up Seventeenth street to the Albany with a hack and was thrown off his trade by an unscrupulous driver who stated that LIUigow had walked rapidly down Stout Street When Informed of title Chief Parley had the depot covered and all ouUylng rtatoa mAking it impossible for Ute man W escape Detectives Loar Leyden and Clark ran across Lltbgow again at the Alimony late in time evening and placed him under arrest lei was positively identified at police headquarters by Phillipswho would have strangled him bad the officers left the room for ono moment LHligon has obtained about 5000 from various Dourer besides a great deal jewelry and all on the strength of an imaginary g plantation lIe owned In the West Indies His wife Is butt years of ae and was considered a belle of Salt Lake City a decided brunette and a very pretty young lady anll Lllhgowls 32 years of age He was born and raised In the West Indies and when conversing about San Domingo dM so intelligenUy I He was for a number of years salesman W F 1 M KThur b of 3 > cn York the largest coffee Importers in the world where lie received a salary of o per year Well educated and gentlemanly gentle-manly he wins friends easily Within the last year since his eyesight eye-sight failed him he concluded he could make money r easy a Phillips 1 known was his first chance ° o far |