New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-21
TIE NEw-yOPK HOTEL SCANDAL.
A STATEMENT FROM Dir. GARDNER ruR-


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~. hav. betpp ouulgs il to oe ao-cal,d
New bCTk Hotel SCANDAL" W. a'qusinta1ce VIII
HIs. Woocman begen in Psfis, in OCTOBER 1914 ny
Constant wins and attentions 70 her prior % tee ioto
Ut AUgus last hs1 sssys been LDt aane counter Aacei
by, but AZ eniptly agreeable b. Mr., W. After an ~
,. nee about year, Mr. W returned 10 Pans on the
I'D Of Jay 1855 atd during bis st-y VS. a'F'ys .
selcone cues: si biz Apartments, and was consan,3
VII. Dy him join hi- fsmy 10 the gi.s excursions
= useGaen,s which maze up the oroiaary HE of
-rsI ger T. st gay capita. They LEI; Pat ior tae
I mt, States On The % b VI Au2u I. asd ron
Dhsu p'oD D return 10 America on tle I'm CT
tie ioj ~. uopfh const oueb;ly oDnd not possibly
have lDsf ag-d as stated III The IrlJHhe OCTOBER 4
TO IN rap Mr- W. in'o oorrrsponiencs which
pu. into ny baDos q serise OF lei era eJupromi'lrg
her" Danny retain to New.1oTk, IN Octjo-r, 1919,
lie relations between Mr. and Ms ". aci myself
fontirUed there -scfesy so9ut them FOR ore
WIS required. IL November ls55 the Hoodnsn.
left e;,iors for ihe South. 10 January lsj6,
went 10 New-OilesIS and remained ud'il Nay while
iters lodged in The sane notel, Pat ne1. tnen a.
table, ,nststt v-ltof in t1er apartments, With
be fujl tpowl de ard c9nseut Of M W., aud so far
fem havirg 'he lgh 81 ca1se u imagine my re-
atioDs 10 bis family obe tOusbe 20 him, mad evsry
Ivasou % sappose quite the contrary. Ia sust Me-
~ Mrs. W. North; yisi'ed them, as before,
al accompanied them by invitation TO Newport
TIA. year Mr. AID Ms. WOodman went Soash Ia
October jo0ed them il New-Otear: io February,
1861 ard renamed Until April, usual q. the same
hoie. On The 3lst Of May last. b.viog occ.sion -
visit Nsfbng'Ot on La, woy ttere, seepPeo, "a
Phl11etpnlA al tle tLdEu Ii)usc, niA'
| sLd MS WoOoman bad bsen staying lcaiied npoa
Mrs.. " OOonau tben as VIII IS upon ny Tsy baak
irtnl Washington to NewYork. On l5t, August last
visi'ed Mrs. w. at the NewYork Hotel, aud was
,sc'ivtd most kindly There wers two other persons
il Mrs. : rooms at the hme-Mr. We nepoe aod
Ar Other, b tn Of ~bom left la about al hcut
sud ha after III .ir depatnre, some oue knocked at
Mfs. WIS Ia'lVr door aud, upon 1t! beng opened,
Mr. W. rusted in, har died Ms. Woodnsn very
roughly much so that she screamed-apd, with
boSiek ife AID revolver in haud, that h, would
sill either Mrs. w. or myself. Anxious - AVOID
soeIe and the talk which might ensue If Mrs VS.
outcres continued showed Mc W. aside, as he says,
aod tft without being ehot or shot az As soon
o. practicable Mr. W. followed me but as there we're
set 10 rpecisors, be bas only to blame himself a1a
b s foo,b publications. for t1e scande which ensued
leaving The hotel | returned 10 my hone, from
which by Il way In twi,bsiaodiug all That has been
said 10 the ceDtrsry have rot been absent ga entire
d,y since. | expected, Cf course to hear hom Mr..
W, bur disappointed.
On TIE 1850 Of August Mr.. Woodmsp, accompanied
By Mr.. &. L. 1homs. Mrs. WIS brother), LETT town
ior Phsdelphie, the former to ransaos Mr'. WIS
pnrks and appropriate their contents! even 10 hef
cloiblDg, which had been left 10 Pbis1elphiai tue
lat or 2. DemsD to escort some adles on 10 VHginis
Upcn Mr.. WOodmsns return 10 this city, he requested
a Q. Ltleu Sd in whom he thJnght proper 10 conhde.
blm to coll Oh snd eLd5svor - persuade me TO
give NJ MIs. WIS letters. DIR. NJodman stated 10
inis gentleman that SIR. .. l.. Thomas suspected
SOU ching wrong before yOiIg away, but tns: d
I'll
without Informing i'm Of what had occurred. Ia the
course OF the day, the gent enian with who Nc W.
had conferred called upon me, conveyed Mr.. W.s
wiibes, and was su.hoIl1ed by me TO state
that DO letters from Ms w to me wer'
IN existence. My reson for saying 50 WIS.,
that MIR. W., "a wss ilfo:ned from tae sane source,
divorce. On tn 2lst and I'D OF August | received
two Ii, ties from Mrs Woojman stating that abe vas
c sci, cor fined and tn at 1t would be moossole to de-
soibe Nj W upkincr ess aud cruelty 20 her, aud TO-
fan thatM " " D
10 PIC ceer ings for divorce If would marry her.
q, swtIed both tn, 30 Totes immediately cferngto
o. everything asked. soon alter tbs ! wa tod, oy
the sepiIeuao already alluded TO, that Mr. w. knew
Il h two, asst notes berg ten 10 mo 5y Mrs W.,
ana thus perceivirg the obj ct he bad 10 vl-w Ia
fsv OIiDg the an suggested IN thsm resoiy ueaer
stood why my answers never reached Mrs. VS.
bands. The eioavit attributed to Mrs. NOodmsn,
| recently pubsheo was got en up on the ls SsP'em'
ber while Nj Woodu 40 was cobstattly with Mrs.
W.. at No. 10 Est Eighteenth street. dnviag out
with her etc. On the IT. OF September Mr. Woodnsn
caled on neal relative Ut nine, gave hun fil his
.oy If the Nsw Yo'B Hotel atr, and leh the "a nous
| .fioavt with him to read. Mr. Woodnsn called .gaia
II, the 9Th 10 procure IT, aud after long conversation,
il which the whole subject was talked over, left e1-
pressing himself very much gratiied with t1e 10
| iei view. He tffere0 to destroy the :" at1dsvn II
Mr., VS. letters given up to him. aud va again
given to understand that the letters logger IN
exis.rce Agreesb with bis 'equest he was then ten
dereo by LILY relative in,eivie~ with me, which Mr.
decline o. unless il could take placs in the presence
y,
| may as we'll state here tbs, Mr. Woodmsn aud my
,elf net frequently 10 the city subseq lent 10 tle
| rene nhe at the New-iOik Hotel, and thai he has
occasion "a member what passed at our last meeting
wbct took place at the entf.pce Of the s.. Nicholas
Hotel on the 9th of October, tho day he finally LETT Tor
| tee South. The following dsy tho "a false sad
| scsbdaous article, emaDatiDg from Woo mao, Ir-
heo from the flee of The Courier des EIats OHs
supesr.c in THE TRIBUNE, from which the following
10 al extract No Que will be astOnlshed 70 learn
that she who has been the victim hould be to-day
il bouse where h ath al afflicted reason are cared
for tcgetber." On the 23t of October received
Mrs Wooonans fret letter ilom the fiushicg mad
rouse IN plorng Ia her fro tbs t1s teoder
| sercies Of Sanford Hall. My answer appeared Ia
The Ueraid Of The 26ib-- 80
"M.prlIsE. / did answer your two letters. will
be In he min street, il carriage, on Monday, 2oh,
ana tuesday, 9th, from u until 9ocock. Meet me
pJspsitd."
verirg coluup. On the 27th communicated with
Mr.. W.lsgsiD through Iae Herad-
"MAbELisr: I was Prevented fton keep;og my
| appointment yesterday b. the weather. Meet mo TO
osy or the fret fair day, between the hours Ut III AID
2. Cheer up
-Acd at her request went 70 Flushirg bu. shs wss
unable 10 get out, owing presume, y the velpaid
vigilance Of the .pers. The th1d advertisement
| .pvssiso in The HeraA o. tn, 2Sth-
| 'MaDELisk: wss over yesterday, and Will be on
be s,.pue 90 ,E to day ,2Sto) rain shine from ii
ocIok uni g. after shi;h, If unsuc ,eeful, rely ion
pcitl, On me, era will take the oaly mssns leff TO
cary cut your . ish "
aid after " stig for Ms. ". from the tine ap-
| poi,t.d usiil 3 oclock-no other means being lsh
| Isqussteo Mr.. Edmund Henrpe 10 the wri, Of
baosas corpus OF her behalf Before going to Flush.
| 'bg, such airaDgs nj, sere made by Is would
have enabled Ms Woo Oman TO proceed o. her wsy
home to her parents t,st very day, WHO frmais
at DAFT and Csder circumstances pfec'Uting the
pV biity Of my beirg slte with her for IN ias.sof
| Ibave hs'e given Is b isfy possibly Q tuttfd
narrative Of tie eio, pr grsss snd t-rni so Of my
INT, rcoprte with the WoOdhsns That il was chvs,-