New-York tribune., 1873-01-28

o,. and another OF 900. the iattcr dnc
tcnooss s,nnlsir' who was supposed 70 DO man OF
TESTIMONY OF ALVIN J. JOHNSON
.,, johnson before beginning his testimony re-
that he was there In most unpleasant poSi'on'
-. na had loved Mr. Greeley and oeheVed MI "'oo'.'
j" ,o,d him and thought that he ought not 10 20
hso 80 hopt matters which It would be dsagreeable
es, .hor, ana ne could not testify in regard 10
,,,bout the greatest reluctance. He continued IN
W. haa Known Mr.. Greeley since iSs''
y, xerv intimately since 1860; we uneo To-
,hsr frequently, and he became guest AZ my
e. IN November 1870 and remained as such until ne
vent 10 III ,D I-o 1sT and Is72-mostly in 1872; Mrs
pess ~ as at my house during the last days OF her
NE Nov p the DAY asy a,Itt Me- Greeley his daughters
ISen1 70 %psen Mr Greeley told me that had said
ht he must go-which had not; on toe mprnS tnd :"
scins strange state of mind; he had
ne trunks and valises about ,1s tne room pmI couId
ssa m m ~ and asked to assist him; began TO put ms
oing and other Things 10 the nps n1 and aid
mA NOT understand what he wantedi ne said ne mas
Sns away because did not want ny, nun n Reyard
sneMnd VI Md not expect or wish TO so away until ne
,s carried to Greenwood got t9e ,iS tSe
", De was not in his right mind nom tnat tllhe tne
tnss ,h,g that surprised me In his conduct however
n % nTor 10 the october elections in SeptemoeI pu.
We ladder against hemlock tree on the ShaPPaqua
up sDS Mr Greeley went up TO chop OIL limb i
fsrn; nm cTy ont as III he was hurt thought he was
lsoOrhs ae down he appeared in great trouble
hs hns VI. ssid he wanted to talk with me that he
s..n,ed snG d. to get nd of the crowd there; we
vent ventSmwucS as mother" (frs. Greeley would GER
lv Sie he wanted know whether had sny oh)ec,
; @ y her coming 10 my house; told him that should
% N consult my wife first he then seized hold OF me
and trembled most violently all the time d9rlag @ mrs
ons dsy he went TO the BARRIERS, and when ne came
M
thss were so wet that he could not go TO church,
erward noticed that his hands and face were covered
..n rrspirstOn the day before Mrs Greeley died,
Mss Ida hired apartments for their accommodation
IN the city Mr. Greeley told me TO see the landlord ana
~ that ne (Mr Greeley was ruined, bankrupt, ana
"a dollar wherewith TO pay the rent, and there
tors should not occupy the rooms; when my wife IN
~, Greeley; he came, rushed up 20 me, put his
s-ms around me- and said, "a j., we are All ruined
Nv s ont of her trouble, aud he Immediately safd; Il
Ami care about that but we are utterly, utterly utterly
m T.s. went up 70 Chappaqua with Mr. Greeley, Miss
IA. and Aunty LampSon; Mr. Greeley insisted that
Sd not get carriage, he had no money 20 pay Tor
~ but express wagon Wnen we gOt 70 ChaPPaQea'
Mr Greeley insisted that should take all ms property,
and collect All the money could OUT OF IL; ne wnnveu
ne 10 take all his TRIBUNE stock als0-ln fact every hlng
ted 10 get him 10 work for the purpose OF dlyertlng
bis mind from that st0ect but al 10 no pprpose @ lS
mind appeared 10 be entirely occupied with ms imagined
bankruptcy He kept up continual string OF ex-
pressions about IL all the time lie wanted me 10 make up
pool OF the whole concern On saturday, NOV " went
M TO ChappaQua with my son. We reached theIe ABOUT
Iio'olOCk He begged TO be excused while ne wrote
tte 70 Mr. Reid He said he wanted $4,000 TO get him
gt OF trOube that he had broken open Mrs. Greeeys
viii and that he would sent 10 the Pententary Tor
,be oArnse He subsequently said that he must have
on within ten minutes which let him have. Mr.. Taft
vs. employed 70 draw mp assignment of his sX shares
ofTHB TRIBUNE 5000 per share. After getting the
an ne said he must have stipulated in the assign
nt that he should the balance Of $4,000 at three
dsv, notice / said was willing TO DO anything To re-
leYe Mr. Greeley but Mr. Tart observing the particular
manner O IN Greeley, said that he was not IN mt
ss 10 ms he such assignment and thus the matter
stood.
Toe case was finally adjourned TO Feb. 3.