The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-07-29

reminded him Of Yrance.- Both we're shocked i'm.
measurably - the alleged imputasions. ana were
seeking the statement pure and simple. without
interruptions on HIS part. the reporter listened 70
the stan o. 1ccielan and Grant ~Ss cns H 81 cr
nance to General Fremont. and built the fortincs-
tons Of cairo on the xi.ssspP and nov holding
s snGnsns might ,a Ss asd y The sns
i " ep sa . e sasdSc.. xdza J, rrscv
Mr. shediosa sya slsef AZ ve ocloes one morning
Mrs sVv w.g sad Mrs saedoes was eonaned-wouId
while AF's. ssP y, Sss;s ,i g a.% i g,
m... Ske Save Fog slx weeks, with 90 ass.s =.
ss5~ ieS the entire house hold. fhe same moIr .nv
fatner canny introduced himself ana 1891 or
starved him he had been driven out 81 M sisters
MRS CrotiysD. and threatened with PolF e Cor an
sicanea a wi,s she snealesss until ns
offered 81 week for ~, The shsaloess
M fIe owned a ne house ms s and se
furniture, and the greater par Of the urnture me
spoken OF by sis relatives as cha; drunken old
Catholic priest, he was unhappy. ami sought 20
rsse money s SS ~. Sna esaps ns ~
70 have nothing 80 90 with u. The houss worth
$4,000 ami mortsased Tor $1,000. with some aim
raised III twenty per cent The pgoeeehS, less pay.
mcnt Of interest on both mortgage Tor tour
years aud IRE insurance for two Years. was
handed to him undminished by any commits
sion whatever charged by Colonel Wagner
for his trouble, the sum- after these several dcsiuc
ti0ns- amounting 10 sl,22i. The 0nh reward ~
ever gave either OF them was handsomely bound
copy OF Tom Moore's Poems.n With his autograph,
quite large, aud left his unkind relatives with his
friends. the WagneTs. Colonel wagner produced
the power of attorney They moved directly 10 ihsr
present abode and were never anywhere else. The
relatives sought IN the Court OF Common Pleas 10
restrain Father Canny's liberty as an ancRed IA
matte, but were forced rom that line by tounselior
whtmore. Father Canny sought the aid OF sheriff
Perry OF Brooklyn. To recover IBIS per sonal haRgage
from the rapacious relatives who detained ~: hut
with Christian forgiveness he would not disturb
them In the use OF his house and furniture. Colonel
Wagner fed clothed aud loved Father Csnny; ami
did his wife, He had every attention and kind
ness and the services OF all the physicians IN The
neichborhood. lie was very incorporate, aud had
been suspended In Boston by the BISHOP. lie eat
nothing and reshed eggnog. lie hurt himself
falling about, and broke the bed while the room VIE
FIJI oil doctors and visitors. Colonel ana Mrs. Nag
court investigation. and have put their case N
the hands OF their lawyer, who Will bring the oh
noxious relatives TO reason very soon.
Colonel wagner IL Hungarian elderly, sioons,
has iron gray beard all over his face, ana talks
| exceedingly broken English
Mrs. Wagner Is tall, robust and good-lOoking
DR.. FAIRIES was found ~ home az 10 Fast
Seventy eighth street and stated that the cause OF
death In his belief was as he stated. apopeNy.
superinduced by the abnormal hea: VI the ID July,
on which day, IL may he remembered. more people
were smitten by the sun than on any other day nus
temperature of the skin was 10j5, De.
grces and Or. wooley had just prevl
Ously to his first visit noted i05 degrees, q
heat no patient could long endure and live. The
alleged bruises were ecchymose spots, ana could,
lie believed, he accounted for only on the theory OF
the falling down stairs, mentioned by the WaRncrs
! Their treatment OF Father Canny was, 10 ms OBJ
! servatiOn OF the kindest. and he did not believe
that they ill-used him, and he was present when
the bed broken by his struggles. lie was
speeches. when he saw him. The treatment was
the administration OF sedatves and the application
Of ice
REroRrKR-It is said you are intimate with The
Wagncrs DoctOrr
DR.. FARRlEs.-I am not. ] never spoke 10 any
OF them before the sad occurrence, and only once
saw any OF them, and that was Father Canpy last
| April; and did not know who he was.
REPORTER.-COuld any poisoning present symp
toms similar TO your diagnosis OF this cascf
! DIR. FARRIEs.-Yes; alcoholic or narcotic poison
! ing mght-precisely similar; but do not think
either was the cause here. In my mind natural
causes sufficiently accounted for II.
| Dr. FAIRIES is Scotchman by birth. AMI was
educated in America He is tall about thirty and
appears to conide in his own opinion.
This case, like most has two sides. As must he
observed, the two stories are widely different, and
what will be the upshot can only be conjectured.