, 1874-11-15

sacrifice, which was mudo wholly without ex-
pectation Of rccompense IN any form. ~.
johnson, at the end Of nine months. found hlg
health. never very robuH:, in 4 lair way to fail
him altogether. His friends wero alarmed at
his condition, and endeavorcd to raise sum Of
money to euabe him to go abroad t"f hls healt3.
After considerable eulu had becn subscribed,
Mr. Fairbnnk went to Mr.. W. r. Coolbaugh, of
the Union National Bank, to obtain subscrip--
tions from the BANKERS. ifr. CoolbauBh was tho
Treasurer Of 4 fund sent hero from TUG National
Banks OF New York to relieve the nccessltles OF
bnnk-clerks who bad suffered by the lire. When
the applicants Of this class had all been relieved,
there was still considerable fund remaining in
the Tfcasure1's hands. 1t Was Impossible to re-
turn this remainder to the subscribers
pro rata, hence it was held subject to tha
order OF the National Bank Presidents OF thus
city for such charitable purposes as they might
consider worthy. At BIZ. Coolbaugh's sugGos-
ton, an oldos was drawn upon himself, as
Treasurer Of the fuud. which order was zigned
by tic President OF every bank III tue city e1,
cape two, whose Presidents, nessrs. Nut1er and
Blair, we're out of town. Tho amount OF S2,5oo
wns thus subscrlbed to nsstst DR.. Johnson to 60
abroad for his health. It was regarded as only
& slight means Of reraying him Tor the time he
had devoted to the service OF the city: The
health lost and the an1ietics occasioned By the
responsibilities forced upon sa.m were more than
money could pay for. ...-.
The points to bo noticed here particularly are
that the money 20 subscribed WAS part OF
Of Mr. Fairbank nor of the Relief and Aid So
cety. It was the remnant Of an Eastern sub
scriptiou which had been properly and th1.-
oughly distributed, but which it had not
been possible to wholly use up. in
the exact way originally intended. Tho bankers
took tue responsibility al giving the money to
DR.. johnson. and Mr.. Fairl1ank iu no wise inter-
fered with the gifs nnt,l it was drawn from tho
Treasurer and placed in his hands for pressnta-
ton to Dr.. johnson.
On presenting it to tho latter it was given
him as subscription from tho National Banks
Of Chicago. and he accepted it aa such, without
any knowledge OF its previous history. He went
abroad and, in great measure, recovered his
lost health, The public Is familiar with Mr.
Stozey's onslaught upon DR.. johnson, tho bitter
ness Of which extended oven to the latterB
friends. knowing that Mr.. Fairbank was
warm personal friend OF DR.. johnson, Mr. Sto-
rey las not scruplea to dlsto1t the truth as far
as po=sible and. when necessary, to invent
things. lie has 20 frequently charged Dr.
johnson and Sir. Faifbenk with having deliber-
ately stolen relief funds that many worthy
people might bo led to believe it. THE facts in
the case, however, may DO briefly summed up as
follows Mother DR.. Johnson nor Mr. Fairtank
ever used penny Of the Relief md Aid soclety's
money tho bankers of the city made gtft OF
So 500 to DR.. Johnson out Of tl1a remains OF
special fund, the intended recipients Of which
bad all hcch relieved long before; Mr.. Fair
bauk, personally, had nothing to do with this
fund Ur. johnson was informed that tue Chi
caso banks had made the gift to him. and, on
the first information that such was not the case.
he returned it to Mr. Coolbaush, tho Fund
Treasurer.
The public will thus readily see that Mr.. sto-
roy's solo anim11s has been tho qualification Of
al unrcaso,lug and bitter hate of DR.. johnson
and his friend, Mt Fairoank. Mr.. Storey will
probably bo arrested tomorrow.