New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-12
THE WITNESS PERSONAL HISTORY.

THE WITNESS PERSONAL HISTORY.
O. You mentioned think, Sir, TO Mr.. Evarts.
hat you candidate for the Office Of Attorney General %
Massachusetts,. A. have twice had that misfortune.
@ Well did you the greater misfortune OF
holding the office A. No. Sir; never expected to-
@ What, A. Never possibility Of it-running third
party
@ What third party was IT, A. That was the Reform party
Labor Reform party in Massachusetts,.
O. Yes, Labor Reform partys A. Yes Sir.
@ That is you led forlon hopc' A. Yes, Sir took IT,
pudiating the movement
@ What! A. Took it, partially repudsag It; accepted the
nomination. but expressed in my letter which published
doubts about the expcdency OF moving in that line but
CURED in the general objects which they sought all Of which
have been accomplished in legislation.
Q. Well. it is happy for Massachusetts,. A. Yes, Sir
@ Perhaps you OF you reccveds
A. Yes, Sir
Q. How maDy' A. Got than anybody else on the
ticket
O. Well, how many A. 1900.
@ How happened that you failed them A. Because there
two regular parties running opposition each OF which
poed about-wcll several tunes than ourthe smallest
several times than party.
@ Well what the law OF Massachusetts, in regard TO the.
question: A Thoy don't elect the lowest candidates there
lLaughterl
@ Well asst happens that you the highest candidate
why didn't they elect your A. say the highest 90
that ticket.
@ And that Is just the ticket that was nqalrng about A.
But there others that ahead Of for the Office
the other scattering OF about hundred housanA
@ Oh you the highest candidate upon the ticket
which you rum A. Yes, Sir.
O. But not the highest between the competitors for that
Office, A. No, Sir
O. Oh, misunderstood you and gave you occasion f9
happy joke; now you Officer
1859 and 1870
O. In both years, A. Yes Sir
O. You have been pacticing lawyer for about nineteea
years understand you A. Yes Sir.
O. And where has practice been conducedf A. Lowoa
chiefly: Lowell than anywhere ee have had Office
in Boston since came home from the navy the close
@ Did you have any personal legal difficulties A.
Yes Sir; several OF them
Q. Several Of them Well. they connected ssy
degree with charges OF criminal ocnse' A One what
purpoed to be charge OF criminal ocnse never could g
tried; accomplished its purpose when started and
appeared In the newspapers
O. Ahemi Are you the guardian OF lady who Is confined
insane asylum you ever, A. No. Sir Of
confined in insane asylum: guardian Of LADY
who Is living in Lowell, but who is not living any nssns
asylum.
Q. Never was, A. Never was; have been guardian Il
several persons there only that remember
Of that In any asylum during my guardian
ship
Q. You say that person whom you guardian
woman whom you guardian, confined in
insane asylumi A. No, Sir.
q you arrested for the charged ofense OF ernye
A. No. Sir charged with perjury by anybody
O. We're you charge OF false preences, connected
with woman, A. Never; l arrested upon any
charge except charge Of libel in accusing Of forgery
tho man who sent you those papers, presume.
O. Who was he, A. Lawrence Mclaughlin.
O. Sent me paper, You hold in your hand paper
which spread out before and IL read its title, 1t
paper understood by Mclaughlin heard
OF 1t weeks ago.
O. paperi A. copy Of the matter you refer to-A
charge OF fraud.
O. copy Of WHAT A. copy record OF acharge u
fr: I'D.
O copy OF that indictment! A. Yes Sir; the one refe<
TO- say could never get 1t tried.
O. Was charge Of false preences practced upoa
womani A No. Sir. You said an insane woman"
Mr. Morris-No
@. No. didn't A. You said where was guardian.
O. No. didn't. A. There charge OF false petencos
O. Practiced upon woman, l sads A There woman
and abortions and the OF OF his patients
the allegation, but it was false could not get 1t
tried 1t was found and published in the newspapers and ns
prosssd
O The Indictment foundi A. Yea Sir.
O. Is Harrington the name-Laura A. Farrington' A. Yea
Sir she Is the one she OF the patients Of Dr.
James Harmon and Isaac Morse who the moving par
ties in that don't she the nurse OF Morses
patients
You say 1t got into papers, A. Yes Sir and n1s
pressed had quarrel with Isasc Morse, the District At
torney he formed conspiracy with DR. James Harmon.
the aborions and Laura A harrington, the Of tho
abortionst's patients
O. Were you present when that formed' A No, Sir;
but / know IT,
O. How do you A. know by their confe ssons
and asking my forgiveness since.
@ Who. A. Laura A. Harrington, her husband Dr. Har
and his
O. Did you proceed against them FOR malicious prosecu
tlon' A. No. Sir; dropped 1t where they dropped it,
@ They confessed that they had falsely against you IN
obtaining the ndcmen' A. They spologzed to for hay
ing roped by this Morse into this conspiracy
O. That explanation involved the fact that they had
falsely before the jury A. Yes, Sir. It did
O. And you didn't proceed against them A. did not
O Nor against this District Attorney A. proceeded
against him in another way followed him up last year
@ How did you follow him up' A. followed him up In tho
newspapers exposing his PERJURY and had legislative nvcs
CATION and had him exposed.
@ Was this accusation OF keeping woman In an asylum,
in some insane institution discussed In the newspapers af
No. such accusation made against No sucr
accusation made BY anybody far ever knew
@ Did you have any difficulty In Washington at any ms'
A. Never.
@ connected with pension soldiers ciaims ~
Never had difficulty In getting where was co"n
eel.
don't want 10 20 than Is necessary into 's "a.'
your position In the nayy' was on inc 'A1 VI "0
| mril Dahlgren as Judge Advocate.
| Mr.. Beach, believe that Is all. Sir
REDIRECT tx AMIN ALTON OF MIX oh Ai'l.i'o oo"Lhi'
Mr. Eyarts-Who Is this Mclaughlin that you
steak Of, A. lie was who, ON the confession OF sn
| aocomnlice committed murder on one occasion.
Mr. Besch-Is that proper " DO stated
a WIS, /. nj, position A. lie now under indice
| mani IN four indictments for forgery.
O Now pending A Nov psallns