The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-03-07
The Restcll Abortion Case-Mr. Busteod's
Statement.

THE GRANT AND REsTELL MATTER-TO THE PUBLIC.
am as unwilling any be to be pressed into
the necessity Of making statements concerning myself in
the public prints denying statements made about me
by others through this medium and ordinarily prefer to
suffer the inconvenience or wrong of being misrepre
sented and sandered than upon every occasion
challenge the proofs give the lie to my assaants and
sustained purely private relation to society would
seek Other WHY 70 svens any wrong that was done me
much feel the necessity and propriety Of acknowledging
reputation for at least conduct will not merit de-
served censure II IL does not elicit gratuitous praise
BE- es M
phsncy ON the one hand from recklessness ON the
other with these opinions, and in View Of the very
respect 10 the judicial proceedings pending before of
the police msgisrates OF city IN the matter Of the
accused o. crime and the unwarrancd and Indecent in
ferences that drawn from the fact of my absence
.. her counsel from the court room upon the day TO
which the hearing stood adjourned constrained TO
be heard upon my own behalf
First LET say that until after Miss Grant had been
and until after .Se had signed the aiadsyi. drawn up
for her 1T the police court, and that andAvt In
print she ..s an entire stranger to me had never TO
changed word with her. do not hesitate to say that
under my advice such narration that andavit con
unnecessary for the ends Of justice and whitening in
it's effects upon the unfortunate herself would
never have been maze or Allowed
Thus much for my connection with this complaint In
its oreinaton After the adsvt had been given from
the archives q the court to the pnhfter the moral
Of the city and country had been shocked BY ts
perusA-and after Mis- Grant In degree In the
custody Of the law she brought to and the story
Of her wrongs repeated 10 BY herself yet more In de-
tail The public need not be informed that 20 far a.
the criminal charge was concerned, my duties to
Ms. Granswere Of exceedingly limited character To
that she not intimdated that she nothing
tenuatcd set down aught In acc - TO give her the
best advice could in respect TO her conduct and de-
mesnor was ell that remansd for The people being
the prosecutor the conduct Of the case In s criminal
aspect would have belonged TO tho very abe gentleman
who fs the ONCE Of District Attorney, when II had
passed from the consideration Of the police magistrate
On the day Of February, 1884 the day assigned for
the hearing appeared In court a. did NIss Grant and
the persons accused Owing the sefevident indsps-
stion Of the prosecutrix her complaint could mot be
taken, and adjournment was ageed upon until the
f2d day OF February, 1854 Upon this day. and Ut the
the appointed hour Miss Grant and myself and the ac-
cpeed With their counsel all present. the exa-
mpation was proceeded with and continued until about
six O'clock p. NJ, when by general consent It
PENDED When the time for the adjourned hearing was
being nxed stated the readiness Of Miss Grant and
myself to the day and the Saturday and
Monday then preceding, and the counsel opposed
also ready but the magistrate said no had to 80 70
Albany and could not attend to this until the then next
week then stated that had engagement IN an Inn
porant criminal 81 Richmond Staten Island, which
would come Tuesday tbs 18th Of February and 90
cupy at least two days. and the Vas nxec
for Thursday, the I'd day Of March, ct o'clock Oh
the a2d Of February, them the police magstr tnev n