New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-13

EDITOR OF THE woRLD-A NIGHT IN THE
sTATI0H-HoUsE--A LETTER FROM MR.. COOKE
HE ADMITS GUILT, BUT DENIES MANY
CHARGES.
The mysterious elopement Of the Rev. Hor-
ace Coos, Of which, yesterday gave the facts and
the circumstances attending tho same very nearly terYn
mated in o tragedy last evening The report which WINS
published yesterdays World is totally contradoted 10y
the parishioneFs OF Mr. Cooke IN Flushing and Mamaro
neck. Each one might be refuted particularly,
| for tho facts denying them vero furnished 10
| reporter By representatives, Of those oongrcga-
| tions Not word OF scandal, not intmatiOn OF
| a dishouo-able nature, has been attached to
| Mr. Cookies until this sad occurrence. The
attack 90 yicously mace calculated TO aggravato
the grief Of failies already sufficiently great and
to blacken the character Of man who has already IN
ured himself beyond repair. II tho credullty OF the
people equal to tho inventions Of those who contryed
the scandals no doubt all tins has been effected
Miss johnson returned TO her home yesterday evening"
about O'clock and about the time Mr. Cooke gis
tered his name as Mr. DAILY at Frenchs Hotel At about
O'Clock in the evening Mr.. Brown, son OF Paul r
Brown and On intimate friend Of Mr.. Cooke. met tho
latter opposite the Aston House, and walked with him
up Broadway far as Bond-st Mr. Cooke was fercey
| agitated in manner, and drew his pistol four
| times, and suddenly returned 1t TO his pocket.
His movements were very nervous, and no exhibited
q strange exeabilty OF temper Mr. Brown sought to
calm him, and asked him to up to restaurant, and
invitation saying he had eaten nothing and did not de-
sire to partake OF anything He asked Mr. Brown TO
with him TO The World Office, and he would tear the
Editor TO pieces" Finally Brown appointed meeting
with Cooke at later hour in the evening and they sepa
rated Mr.. Cooke proceeded TO his house, and, enter
! ing the room, his wife saw tho revolver, and
! frightened lest he might do desperate injury to
himself, sent into the church adjoining for
| some to come IN to tho parsonage. Mr. Carter
trustee Of the church. went in. and, engaging Ar Cooke
in conversation, quietly distracted the revolver from
his oyercoat, which he had left the sofa. Suddenly
Mr. Cooke left the house. and ran swiftly down Third
| ave. and escaped Mr. Carter who pursued him. IL
seems he went to The World office and remained outside
the building time, when he entered the counting
and assailed Editor Of that paper Cooke was
so weak at the that he hardly able to stand and
! did little more than shake him roughly.
Before proceeding TO violence, no introduced hmsefto
the editor by announcing that his was Cooke An
officer was called in who conducted him to the Second
Ward Station House. The editor Of The World lodged
complaint against him for assault his name was booked
and he locked up in cell The Captain left orders
that should him. The clipping party have been
adjoining city and have seen the papers each day
Mr. Cooke said last evening oil reports Of indiscre
tons heretofore published in The World yesterday
morning. are lies and under these scandals that have
been imposed guVon the public, Cooke seems most to
smart CoOko also says that he returns Miss Johnson as
pure. so far as be is concerned, as babe
Mrs Cooke told our reporter last evening that her
husband the night before he left took dese OF laudanum
and chloroiorm which enough to kill, and he
awakened his wife and told her he thought he had
poisoned himself fatally. She resuscitated him. and
begged him to touch II again. but he said he would
| 90 crazy If he did not indulge in those opiates
He has been partakng OF these drugs for long time
past and betrayed OF manner quito an
tagonsc to his So marked has change IN
his demeauor that many referred to it, and inquired
| Of him what so troubled him. His answer was that
neuralgia was causing him great pain Last evening he
said to his wife, Oh every one has deserted me- haVe
not q single friend left" This belief seemed most to
| perplex him.
On Tuesday evening Mr. Cooke was seen on Broadway,
entering cigar store, and after purchasing ard Lighting
cigar he walked out and stood on the curbstone Few
moments when he flung the cigar away and walked
| hastily away He has moved boldly through the city,
| and has taken extraordinary measures to conceal
himself speech disonted and his thoughts wan
! dering.
Miss johnson has been entirely secluded her
turn and the parents say that it Is proven that she
as Mr. Cooke says pure as ever efforts Will DC put
| forth to have the matter speedily Quoted
| Reports which showed that Miss johnson was more
| than imprudent IN her relations with Mr. Cooke are
strengthened by further information from his wife.
| When Mr.. Cooke first entered his pastorate in
seventst before his wife had become acquainted
| with the parishlOners, Miss johnson used TO
| enter the parsonage through tho basement OF the
church and the entrance OF tho house, aud go into
the parlor and play the piano. with view OF attract
ing her pastor the At first Mrs. Cooke asked her
husband what It meant and he said he did not know
She went down the parOr, but the young lady es-
caped by the rear entrance. For time Mrs. Cooke
did not know who she She pretended great love
for Baldwin the son. and the week before the eopement
I'm coming out Of the church. she threw her arms about
the boys neck and said she very glad to sec him. The
day before she left passed the parsonage and bowed
very gracouy Mrs Cooke this was the last that she
| saw of her Mr. johnson told Mrs Cooke that lie had
| noticed a little Irritation between her husband and his
daughter but he thought very little OF it, and fanced that
she would soon cease to engage It, Mrs Cooke told him
that he did her great wrong in falling to tell her that
She feels confident that sho could have crushed all in
| the beginning.
We have received the following letter. which tells it's
own story and which we print precisely it reached US
| To the Editor Of The Trt6uRe.
| SIR: viii You give the words of criminal
pace in your columnsi DO not ask to excuse myself
oh no! only wish the TRUTH to be known. If could
only write would "a plain unvarnlshed talo' deliver,
but my head and my heart hurt me so that cannot.
On this day the young lady will be returned to her
home as pure and good as when first saw her. she
has been with me as my SISTER. OF we did not
;n,na hat but my wretched heart stung at the be-
ginning and NY only desire is to repair las far as cam
the injury have done TO all my frendsso good to me
and TO the church-but the damned blot VIII nerer OUT
Bxcuse the bots they were caused by the swapping Vi
'nG Dish that could write Int cannot Let make
lat nd mol hire not seduced Miss Johnston. II
had why should bring her backi If was Villain
enongh to run her. would not have been villain enough
90 keen herr IL ia no fear personal injury that
promped me, because could have euded erergoody II
chose and am back now, and ready to pay ypena ny
ba family NAV require only don't let any body else come
near me; for inasmuch AZ the papers say ALI "o9
il must be remembered that wolves BITE. ,..
did not correspond with her Wnen IN EUROPE