, 1874-08-09
when Mr.. Matthews changed his tone, and
al01.a 10 ma h4fa at,fialfp fQllQNE.

when Mr.. Matthews changed his tone, m
spoke to me substantially Is follows:
I" Mr. Heang, / .oaN satisfy you;
! YOU CAN MARE 1 THOUSAND DOLLARS
out Of this mater. u you ny drop your oppos
ton to the purchase Of my tot. .....
t Then lost patience. In tone and name
| tie declsrcness OF which could not be mlsundel
| stood, told him that nc had mistaken his man
| that / did not do any of that kind of dirty bus
| ness, and that I had no further desire to
| spoken to by Mm. .
! Acting upon that broad hint, Mr.. Matthew
| departed. and this is the first and last I hay
| seen Of linn.
AZ TO MR.. pEnIoLAT,
have nerer at any tl1no tGen approached 0
spoken to by him, nor have at any time spoke1
to linn upon this subject. If ho should har'
usedmy name, lie las done SO without my knowl
edge or assent, aud committed a. LeinouS ofIaDEs
against MY character. nerer rcceiced, nece1
had in my possession chetk or its cq't1 rdlenf
such as the Times mentions mover heard O
any such check or money II auy one eve
should have obtained any such check OF noue,
under tho preteuse that it WIS 10 bo turned oyel
10 me or to be used for my benefit, lie has actet
us Ecoundral who, for PURPOSES oi his OWN, Las
abused my nano.
oF THE PURCHASE or COL. D!Lpw1S's LOT,
l know absolutely nothing. Though Col. Baldwin
is m old friend OF mine, I have ncuer bad any
conversation with him or llis agent, nor with any
County Commissioner, nor with Mr.. periolat,
any other place upon the West or South Side,
proposed as tho site for County Hospital. I DO
not mention the North Side, because haze be-
lieyed and DO believe, that site in tho neishbor-
hood OF the Marine Hospital would be tho tittest
for County Hospital do not know Alr. Cush-
MAI. have beycr Eeca kim, never had any con-
versation with him.
Possibly, to lawyers who have studied Tallcy-
rand's art TO h1du ones thoughts uudor ones
words, and who, therefoie, are apt to see in evety
plain and square assertion merely cloak for
mental reservations, even the foregoing deniais
of any part OF participation in tho hospita!-Iot
purchase may net Yet be explicit enough. Ve4y
well then hnye to add this: that not only do
not shan. but cortyt inrcstiJGticn Of the atdir
btJt:c any grand or Vrtn jury; that JON III tao
call upon Tie District Attorney to
HAVE THE MA-"rER slETED
down to the bottom, knowing, as do. that no
impartial and unbiased Investigation can, BY
any possible contingency, have any other result
but to coufourd all those lying aud slanderous
who l1vo been trying, for e7or 80
nlauy yoa1s, to drag ms c!laracss. down into tls
slough OF thcir own rotteuuess aud moral pu-
tcidity.
Once being at it, may IS we'll add that. in
order to slleEce uy elandolegs, wish for nothing
better than thorough investigation Of
THE so-cALLED COURTHOUSE STEAL.
Considering the fIct tua1 the Illinois Stats
Zt4fung, laEt full, was the irst paper in Chicago
considering tho Other fact
hat. while tho property Of the .Ina{s-Z -Zeitun}
would be E4catly bencntedby the speedy rs-erec-
ion Of tho Courthouse, yet dur7Hg al tie tine
he CouTt-Houscjob scaS pending The Stdats-Zeit-
tRg up to the present day has insisted upon its
say,ce, not to 6aild at al for tho present,
IL investigation Of tho subjcc would Prove that
lot only are those who have charged me With
hayl4,s s my hands in that job )" Infamous IT.
rs scouuurcls, but at the same time stupid
,luckheads.
For period Of twenty-five years nave been
n public life i'll Cincinnati and Chicago. au
o.d thas have often dealt cut pretty strong
blows to political adyersaries, but l am uot
ware Of ever having dealt out foul ones. New
'zthelesH, I have been tue target for
lies aud ISLANDERS. l have
,een charged ever 80 often, but
Mostly by men whose own charactexasas Of tie
owess, whose garments tie tirticst, with having
Dused whatever political influence may have
,een conceded to me- by my lellow-citizens for
he purpose Of enrichiug myself st tue expense
i the public good. Now, herewith suy. SOL
nuiy aud deliberately, that, during my whole
areer, have neger knowingly, uor ever from
orrupi motives, done anything against tie in-
arests Of tie city, county, Stats. or nation, ara
there ID ally luall assertis & otherwise. mn |
llIihg to give him every clauce to prove it, OF,
lillng TO do 80, stand aa { soif-conscted liar.
As To the mau-1I tuch moral mouster NAV |
c called man-
r. F. STOREY, |
no is trying to stamp tho brand of infamy upon |
~ brow, let the community decide as between |
i'm anu me. That man is the san4e one who, but |
few months ago, called upon society to call h,n, |
dog it he did not get his revenge upon Dr.. |
oLuson- Society has called him and DOES call |
I'M 9 dog By upholdiug DR.. Johnson, whose |
actice, as physician, has been alnlos. doubled |
: the attacks Of the Times upon his character
hat very man who hns dcbased the press OF
.ls country by using it as the club or st!etto OF
10 highwayman against every decent man or
oman in the community; WHO is, day by day, out
ging pubic decoucv aud morality by language
'ch rs may be spoken in the yllest dens of
:ostltution7 to whom every other mans, ma
on's. OF girls honor aud good name is no more
an tho bulls eye OF target which, with his in-
1nai weapon, ho expects to hit some day or
her; that man may trJ his best, but will
'rer succeed in destroying mo befo:o this COM
unity. he will not While that sense of JUS
e and fairness prevails, in which about one
al ago Air. Writ Dexter spoke to me thus:
g Though an ". F. Storey s attorney, l do not
Low the ines 70 enter my house, because I don't
miles would ac1 al.-.e, there would soon be M
d Of bis paper. And this / will say, that if
er man should shoot uowu w. F. Storey in |
9 open street like 8 mad dog, there would
yer, in this community. be found jury Of
elye men to con>E:t that man Of mutdcr''
A G. HEs1Sa.
G. E. PEz1OLAT,
4 reporter called on Mr. Pcrlolat yesterday
orning. be having jest returned to the city.
d interviewed him with Eelation to the alleged
Eruption Of the County Commissioners in the
cmptcd purchase Of tho Matthews lot. The
is subjoincd:
do you know about the mat
!?