Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-09-23
F. From the Rochester Union, septenber II. +
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a ReaGirmation - The story about Or.
..r .Hesr l-tfE Kane. = .als- ef asr's .s...
The 'fsmly and I'll nd," of the Iste DR.
Kane, he A erie explorer, aud the enemies
of hi. widow. ,ha wing put forth 3, sweep ne
6eBinl of our STATE mehts nB,tle a few fday s
ago.rwe take occasion, To rel crate hose
sta emen's with additional facts aud cir.
cnnns,aucss Of q tcoh6 rmatory character.
hich have -heen furni-bed us from tue
most respectable authority.
First, We desire IN correct an inadvertent
though uniWportant error Of the first re
riial, w. il was the brother, Robert p.
Kane, not the brothers aud executor, who
signei the bond. copy Of which Is in pos
session Of on nforman', in 1862 To thu,
bro'htr Dr. Kane infrns'ed ihe payment
of the $5 900 which he left as legacy 10
his wife Mr.. Rober' P. Kaue has admit
'ed. as our irfn tion runs, that such q
sam was left 10 Der !; hat be said be. would
not pay il unless. she gave he letters above.
This she refused 10 do ,, When c.mpellrd
70 psy something for fear of suit aud the
publication of the letters, Robert twice
persusded her to take the case out Of the
lnwye,'s hands by cajolery--professiou of
hrMheily inferesf-bis pnrse was hers. Be
never paging her more than one or Two
monthly ins,allmenrs Of The interest prom
'Sed, and then falling off When The suit
was e'mmeuced aid the book IN prepare
'ion all kinds Of tricks were resor'ed 10 To
terrify her. At,sirange wnmsn called on
her with message ihst che wond he PM
n the State prison IL she even thought OF
publishing the letters" Threats were con
'pyed 10 her in varions ways; strs,agrms
Employed 10 get possession Of the letters !;
aud .he had 10 reSortto srraingems TO save
them A lady. rela ed 10 he K 4nrs. called
IN and showed her attention, inviting her
TO dinner, and Introducing her as - Miss
Fox"-to mahufpc'nre evidence that She
went ny her maiden nam" and TINS could
moi have heep married. - The tricks were
rumherless. Al The compromise. R,hnr,
greed % paw $4,000 down aud $3.50 y
year to her. H. paid 81 600, bnt refused
suv- more, though il was in his honj H.
demanded from her a written release from
he bond, hich she would not give. as she
o'ed the money 10 he- rosnsel TIE lawyers
sueh Mr.. Kane on his bond for il, bu' he
| hrongh' all kinds of legal lodges TO Avadt
payment. ill Mr. B ew.ter, Mrs Kane.
Pnlpdelphia counsel, give it up in disgust.
y" May last Robert refused to pay any
more interest nnIrss Mr.. Kane would re
lease him { om his horid She took adyan.
age Of the dtfan't, reclaimed her Iertcrs
and re'urred the bond Her counsel are
t" he paid ont Of he book proceeds. There
appears 10 have been four witnesses to the
r'iage which took place in New Yok,
Oc' oher,. l853-,wo of them being Mrs
aud Miss FIX When it ia remembered
'ka' D.. Kape's .wo'k on his explm ATOMS
rea zpd one hundred thousand dollars and
hat The amount was paid 20 his heirs. the
m-anness Of keeping hack S. 900 be
queaihed 10 his widow will readily he ad
mi,red by all fair minded people. Not only
that, hut the "fnmily aud friends" Of The
teceused DavigstarZ have loaded, her name
with calumny, denying the engagement
everywhere, and will he rightly published
ny ,he convincing exposures made IN The
forthcoming hook And not. only have they
mshgned her. hut also those, male aud
female. Who befrirpdrd her We may state
in cuucln>ion 'ba; The MS. of the forth.
roming work. with new preface. was To
have heen placed in he hands Of Mr..
ChsIle'on. The eDinrn' publisher. q This
morning. September - h. and that the
volume will he presented to ,he pubic as
,'9n as IA Can be ,,pp,in print And Ne may
a IL that portion Of our Information comes
f om party who saw the suppressed me
Boir in Ms and Ia proof, and who Was
peseut At The sealpg of the box OF letters.
Se in 1862. When ',he book makes it,
,,ppra, anre, aihe public will be epahleJ 10
d.rade whether" the material portions Of
our original statement. so ftly denied by
The family and fr ends" Of Dr.. K.nr, are
a "cauard" or Bo'. ,aolniJ