Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-05-29

New York Hotel by Isaac V. Fowler
The Leader is owned aud edited by John
Clancy. a personal and political friend of
the late postmaster. According to this
statement Mr.. Fowler learned on Thurs
day, the 10th instant, that the Postmaster
General, having returned from Florida,
had dropped on the trail of the deficiency
and the next day, Friday, MessFs. Butter
worth and Hall, (of the firm of Campbell,
Hall & Company started for the national
capital, their design being to solicit time
for an effort to be made by the friends of
Mr.. Fowler to raise the amount due to the
United States.
On Friday evening, says the writer, Mr..
Fowler's courage seems to have deserted
him, and he walked the steets until day
light without sleep or food. On Saturday
morning he went down to tue office and
found it in charge of the Chief Clerk of
the Auditors department, demand for
payment of the deficiency having been
made. Although failure to meet this de-
mand in itself constituted crime under
the law of the United Statesl he seems to
have entertained hopes that the efforts of
his friends in Washington would prove
successful, and was quite cheerful in con-
rersing with the friends who called on
him. He dined that evening with August
Belmont, and appeared to be in good spir-
its, although he left early, pleading prior
ain the meantime says the account,
"Marshal Isaiah Rynders called at the
New York Hotel rather early in the course
of the evening, and was there quite I'M
reserved in stating that he had with MIN a
warrant for Mr.. Fowler's arrest. The Mar
shal remained inside and around the Hotel.
but chiefly inside, until about IL o'clock
and it is to be supposed that some OF the
friends of Mr.. Fowler, knowing the Mar
shars official intentions, must have sta
tioaed themselves at the front door, so as
to caution Mr.. Fowler to enter through the
side door on Waverly Place, if he wished
to avoid arrest.
"This stratagem must have been sue
cessful; for at a quarter after eleven o'clock
on that Saturday night, Mr.. Fowler was in
his bedroom and had sent for gentleman
who had been dining that day in the New
u,
emotion and many tears the whole facts of
the case-announcing that his Office had
been taken from under his charge and that
he would be arrested, if alive on the next
Monday morning, by Rynders.
.:sBut do not intend to live he said,
pointing to a small revolver with an ivory
handle which lay upon his dreSsing-table.
i want to write some farewell notes in the
morning; but my nerves arc unsteady, and
if you can come and act as my amanuen-
sis you will do me the last earthly favor
that man can grant
The friend reasoned with Fowler, that
the reports from Washington might be ex-
uggerated, and exacted Il promise that he
would not injure himself at least until the
evening of the next day. Finally, at one
one o'clock, he left him sleeping.
For the remainder of the narrative we
quote the words of the writer:
"Scarce!y had he gone when a carriage
drove up to the door, and two true friends
of our late Postmaster, Messrs. b. and T.,
Jumped out. They were told by the clerk
TINT Mr.. FO Wler was not at home but they
were not. satisfied, and insisted on seeking
a party mir. C.) residing in the New York
Hotel, who is known at all times to have
shared Mr. Fowler's entire confidence
They woke up this third party, had hur-
ried consultation with him; and then all
three went down stairs and were about
| knocking at the door of Mr.. FOwler's he'd
| room, when the fear struck one of them
that he might think they were officers COM
| ing to arrest him, and thcreupon make way
with his life-as he had frequently spoke
of doing to one of the party.
1 ~ "a
a pass key to Mr.. Fowler's parlor, opened
the door very gently, and the tenant of
the rooms did not awake until all three of
his friends were standing around his bed
side. The ivory stock of pistol protrud-
ing from under his pillow showed that they
| probably had not been too cautious.
Z Fowler being aroused, terrible scene
ensued-the unhappy gentleman writing
and grooming with agony, and weeping
and shouting incoherent regrets, so that
his friends next began to fear that lie
would alarm the house-the nature OF
Marshal Rynders' visit having been buZzed
round among all the guests with the usual
swiftness and exaggerattons attending such
rumors.
"Messrs. B. and T. (this 'Mr. b. does
not mean Butterworth) had to use a per-
emtory tone to quiet Mr.. Fowler-Mr C..
being utterly overcome and unable to
speak. They exhibited kilograms from
| Washington of still later date than the
despatch received on his return to the ho-
tel that evening by himself; and these
kilograms were of such nature that they
knew Rynders-however we'll disposed he
might be, dare not delay arresting the man
named in his warrant, if said man should
be found in the hotel after daylight that
Sunday morning.
"Hurriedly, then, they packed up few
changes of linen, coats, &c, into valise,
Mr. Fowler meanwhile dressing himself
and rather beginning to show relief, as
fight instead of death became the pros
pect before him. Mr.. Cone of the trucst