The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-05-11
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TO THE spsrog or THE HERALD,
wuIARos, wAsHnScros, May 8, 1857.
sR-Nr MoIe.pd Murphy having published two
o,.r hin owp sigusture ~ hts imaginary exploits In my
room ON Wednesday morning laone 10 your Journal and
another In the Washington Sar-1t becomes proper To
show thai his bulletins fslsc as his assault
co xardly.
Without entering into a minute comparison OF the two
letters In which Mr. Murphy describes hs With
me- will be sufficient call the fact, apps
rent u every reader that they contradict each other
~ IN elscred,t both.
Il only remains 70 notice the few points which they
agree 10 the stigma cast upon hi by hi. clan
destne mode OF entering bedroom before had risen
the day. he nvents the that he card 10
me by servant, aid that altar receiving iaved him
In my This assertion Ia disposed OF by the ait
er, Michael OBrien, will he by the following
ext &c, om the statement made by him and published
Ia the Star OF thi, evening
Mr.. Murphy called and asked to show him Mr.
sctr:, room, wh.1o arriving, fnocsed loudly
asked me who at the door" replied "a gen lemsn
closed d,nrsy arnr isn Mr. M-rp4y he oard %
MI ~ H. NJ SsS ''' ~ n arSaAs ny osIEs
Mkt, Mr.. Murphy alleges, Tho the sGrav hsA
ended Mr. sokes despatched mcsseugers In all Direct
for the Marshai Of the Act, the District Attorney and
bort Of other officials and reportersthe former 70 stem
my arreI" Your reporters who transmitted an account
OF the affair." know that this statement la untrue 30 far IS
they are concerned while the following notes from tho
MArh and the District Attorney prove II to be false a. to
them -
sIR-ln resp your inquiry have To state that the
I'M 10 a s %oSo Mr.
nccc did call to see you, but not for the purpose
j. D. HOOVER. U. s. Msr,hsL
WASHINGTON, May g. 1857
n sSS
Very respectfully, KEY, u Attorney.
These are the only two sta,emen made by Mr. Murphy
about the affair OF which body besides the parties has
any knowledge xad upon both he s convicted Of false
hood Thus tmpeached, his assertions as to what took
place within the become worhl, 49, to say nothing
VI their ntrinsic i'm probability.
Although hostile correspondence was pending between
Mr. Murphy and myself, there had been in,mstion
given that ho medta,ed personal assault still less
had any ~ imugine thai person rho WAS en-
ring the claim Of gentleman by demand
ing meeting would suddenly betrsy his real nature
by ciandes inc and cowsrdly assault. But he came,
EARNED, }" a. be- says, "with small cowhide" The mo
he raj ed this weapon seized and before he had
struck . blow with 1t, wreeted IL from him. then
proceeded to cowhide It's owner, and while vas On
gagged he struck me single blow in the face with sharp
nftument hich he held In his hand then seized him
by the throat and choked him into submission.
iuE " tno rnoft vi al euoounter WufOH hsvou -
the minutes, but which Mr.. MurPhy-apparen'y
anxoua make himself the hero of desperate fight
says lasted minutes and which, according to hs Bonn
bastes Fur0s0 bulletins, marked with such bloody and
fearful vicstu dee On the previous day. in his report
written for the Washington press, the combat occupied
mputes increasing III the rate OF three minutes
day II viii soon become second "Thirty Years War"
II will be likely 10 discourage the most patriotic
gentleman, hereafter from accepting tho position Of
representative In Congress II he "a 70 be attacked With
budeonns before be e. "a up In the morning because he
thinks bis duty 10 advise tho removal Of unfit iucun
bent of oloe. The prompt dismissal Of Mr. Murphy tn
day proves the experiment 70 DO Improbable that
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