Canton herald. (Canton, Miss.) 1837-1839, 1838-12-12

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Ne State, snd NY acquaintance willi
him extended no iiflhef than . formal
introduction and five minutes conysf.
satiob. IN fact The entefpri. sas
looked upon with dislrust IN account
of the repeated failures of democrat.
ic presses M Natche1.
II IL not true that | ever met Cook
at Brandon. IL Is not true that led
his repuied wife upon my arm in gay
aud fashionable circIesf ~ far from il
never saw her bot once in the State,
and then but for few minutes and
IN The presence Of other company.
The following are the fdctsi
Mr.. Starkweathcr wrote me, in
the spring Of 81, that two men nam.
ed Baker, rnd Cook, iugitiyes from
justice, had left New York, the lat
ter accompanied by a young woman
who travelled as bis wife. lie ex-
pressed great solicitude, and desired
TO be informed if they came TO Mis-.
,issippl, so that the men could be de-
livered up to Justice and the woman
returned TO her friends; requesting
me at the same time, to furnish her
with money for that purpose and he
would reimburse me. replied, and
thanked him for hisattentlon. Some
months afterwards Cook arrived at
Natchez. He is a man of fine appear
ance plausible manners, talented and
eloquent. He proved TO be a man
whom ] had once met in hotel in
New York, when he wa, a partner
: OF Samuel Bear dsey in the practice
of the Jaw. He requested letters OF
introduction. took him to my of.
fice and showed him the letter | had
received from Starkweather, which
charged him with having defrauded
his clients, &c. He then exhibited
to me receipt from the sheriff tina
: such money had never been collec
ted, also a letter from Samuel Boards
: ley to Hon. Thomas III. Benton, en-
: dorslng his character andlegal attain
: ments; and he further most solemn,
protested that the women was his
wife, that she was then in the interi
or OF the State where he had resolv
ed to settle. and as he and his wife
had both referred to me asan acquain
lance, unless did give some demon
. stration of acknowledgment they
would be seriously injured in the es
tlmatlon of those with whom they
mad already become associated.
knew some points in the history Of
the woman whom Cook averred tc
: be his wife: knew her when play.
mate OF the daughters of Starkweath,
er. had heard that Starkweather
though his wife was and still is living
. had seduced this woman when she
: was a g'rl, but knew not all the acts
: of infamy which both Starkweather
and the reputcd wife Of Cook had
been guilty Of, and it WAS reasonable
to suppose the information | had re.
ceived was incorrect, from the fac,
that he was solicitous that | should
furnish her money 'to retura to he,
/, friends ltmay be asked why | cor.
} responded with S'arkweather, know.
ing him to have been guilty of such
an acte He had flattered and petted
! me when boy at academic exhibi.
tons, and had kindly feelings for
HIM when left my home at the age
OF sixteen, since which time | had
little positive knowledge of what
transpired until after 1887. Cook had
.. the endorsement Of man who had
Tor series Of years been an influcn-
tlal member Of Congress from New
York, was then Attorney General OF
The State and is now upon the Su.
preme Bench. Cook, with all the elo.
quence which he is known to possess.
appealed to my sympatbies. Notwi,h.
standing the errors Of The past, he
satisfied me he wa.married to the wo.
man,-and WIFE is holy and sacred
name. For years had been in diff.
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