The Cairo evening bulletin., 1869-04-20
'KyTg.E .E11-I9G.

Az che request OF Mr. Albright wa
publish the annexed A61dAvit Of oue. ri
the parties in the late il1Igitimate child
scandal 4 10 fArsass .thls suaattes y cpn-
cerned, It has no public Importance, ex-
cept that y = . dainty BIT Of scandal
which tiie fdohgsss Of tiss sftiole seem
10 seEy rnachg snjeN 10 qnw ssths.s-
Sss sSssS tss psfs clus hart IT.
less wretch, at whom the finger Of con-
demnatIon should be stsadfastly pointa@.
Having, ftalhed, ny ylctim,s y hs cody
abandoRS lbbsr oAspvipg! 20 the tender
mercies Of cold and even cruel world,
and pursues the even tenor Of his way
with the nonchsIancs Of q shamelsss
man. The connection Of BfeNts, Bones
aud Albright with this affair, is 10 say
tie ieast of it, unfortunate, and they no
doubt, regret and depioreS II. n tkek
simply desired to hide, the shame oftfe
girl, and to cover the shortcoming OF their
personal friend, the 'betfayef, and did
this, as they say they did, at the request
ofboth the principal parties In the scan
dal, and with the Intention Of Having
the child cared for BY IT'S tfather, they
may palate their conduct; and no, talk
would have grown out Of the affair hid
not the infant been shamefuliy aban-
doned and leff upon the steps of a wealthy
gentleman, whose kindness Of heart and
great liberality have become proverbial
in this community, apparently for the
purpose of working upon his sympathy,
30 that he might be induced to take In
the little waif and care for IT, This
abandonment was q crying shame--an
outrage; and, in the absence of affirma.
tive proof to the contrary, we are COM
pelled to accept Mr.. AS protestation
that he, as we'll as the mother OF the
child, was deceived by the other parties
I'm the questionable transaction. To re-
fuse to accept these.prot estations as truth
Is to place Mr.. A. in an embarrassing
position. In order, therefore, that the
tanned. We are willing to publish the
statements of interested parties, and lay
before our readers the affidavit which
follows: "'h ~ hi'i"i"E
Jane Smith being first duly sworn, de-
poses aud says, that she was present at
the house on Second street aud Com.
mercisl avenue when Miss Mary Cum
mings was brought there by Mr.. Jones,
Of JOnesboro, and was engaged by him
to wait upon her; that she heard Miss
Cummings request Mr.. Jones to tell Mr..
Albright that she wanted to see him
that Mr.. A. visited there at her request
several times during her Illness; that
a.; n ascx Ia
ing poisoning either the mother or the
child but that both Of them received the
kindest possible treatment ever since
Miss Cum mipgs first came To Cairo; tkat
the young lady never went to Colum-
bus or any other place; nor did she leave
her room from the time she first came
there, until after the birth of the chill,
one week ago last Saturday. She further
states that p stranger to her Whom she
has since learned was Mr.. Berry, Of
Union county, came to the house on last
Tuesday evening, and stated that he had
been sent by Mr. Jones to take the child
to Jonesboro; that Miss Cummings, not
knowing him, refused to give the child
up, that Afterwards Mr.. Albright was
sent for, and showed her letter which
Berry had brought him from Mr.. Jones.
Witness states that she does not know
what the letter contained, but that after
herself satisfied toilet Mr.. Berry take the
child. She further states that she heard
Mr.. Berry ask Mr.. Albright to accompa-
ny him part Of the way to the train,
(which was about starting); that nothing
was ever said about leaving the child IN
Gallo, but that II was understood that it
was TO be taken to Jonesboro. That Mf.
Albright stated that morning that Mr..
Jones had written him q letter assuring
him that arrangements had been made
by which . gentleman and his wife In
Union county would take the child, and
that IL would be kindly cared for. And
furthermore saith not.
hf'tit JANE Smith, (her mark.)
Subscribed and sworn to before mo
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