The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-07
TIE CHARGE AGAINST TILTOHS COUNSEL.


BLAME?
A HERALD reporter visited Edward W. Common
IN his cell IN Raymond street Jail yesterday. Tor
the purpose I asce.taining what he had 10 say
regarding the charges ne Is alleged TO have made
10 his counsel against Mr.. TItonis counsel IN con-
nectlon with the loader Price affair. Common Is a
rather good-looking young man OF ABOUT thirty
years OF age, aud IS by no means lacking IN intei-
gence.
When the reporter stated his business Common
at once began to complain bitterly OF The way the
press had been treating him. charging him win
burglary, '.skipplngr ms bail &c. He denied
these charges IN the most energetic ana emphatic
terms, and sad they ali originated from a lawyer
who holds property and VINO wants to keep MIN
out OF IT, at Is the same man." said he, "wh0
has rumped up this charge OF bigamy against me,
for the purpose of getting me out OF The way; and
there's not word OF truth In It,"
"have you ever charged Mr.. Titonis counsel or
any OF Mr.. Tilton's friends with getting you ar
rested this charge or with instigatng others to
do itS" asked the reporter.
mo. | have never made any charge against
Mr.. nlton's counsel or any OF his friends. They
had nothing to do with my arrest. Why should
they wish 10 get me out OF the wayH have never
said or done anything against them"
"Have you seen the statement OF Mr.. over field
published IN the HERALD about you to- dayf'
al have and It is he'' tusing two rather
iorcible but not very elegant adjecuves). 81
never told Mir. Overhead any sucn thing. ana he Ia
responsible for that himself told him wnat oc-
CURED, he and walking up and down that pas
sage outside there, and did not implicate any or
Mr.. uton's cOunseln
Uonnor here took the HERALD and read the
statement through, stopping now and then TO
say, That's lie, too never said that" and APP
pearlng 10 be very angry.
"Dd YOU say TO Mr. Overhead that you saw
Theodore Tlton show diagram OF his house TO
/ nri.n .infa In I'M
~ did not: told aim Loader had diagram,
when believe he drew himself, ana IL was laid
on the table and the whole them looked at 1t,
Loader pointing out the parts he alluded TO IN
his aaidavIt: | said MIR. TIiton only came In
whlle /! was going ON, stayed whie and went out
again.r
'Dd YOU say Mr.. Beach was there"
II sad he was there Tor a few minutes in the
morning before the aihdavits were made up and
then skipped out;' we were there pretty mucn
the whole day, You See"
Nothing, only that he was there with the party
that were taking the afiday1ts. made no charge
analnst any one, and want that statement con-
trauIcted. was going 10 write TO the papers my
sell, only you came, and | want those stories
against my character contradicted. They are all
odd you say you saw Mr. Morris give Price any
moneyY'
lupch as we mad To wait. did say that Mr.. Nor
ris, VINO knows me, asked me 10 keep my eye ON
Price. rs he seemed slippery fellow. MIR. Morris
had promised Inc before 10 take up my case, and
there was nothing in us making IA remark ABOUT
tuat. IHdb luuR dUOuI dcucTdl ITyOT saying
'rnese are just our men, ana on, the biggest
lie IN the whole thing. IL Is all lies. with little
truth at the bottom OF It, MIR Overhead wrote
down whatever he liked about what SAID, and he
did not read IL for me, ana didn't care. | oon't
want to be put In 4 wrong light, and want that
taing cOnJradicteu."
''have you oeen summoned as a witness in the
LOader ana Price caseY"
mo, but tney may oring me up. don't know
what the lawy ers VIII make out OF me when they
get me on tue stand, but have made no charge
against any ono"
GENERAL PRYOR
was seen at his residence, In Willow street, Brook
Ign. yesterday evening, ana said he did not
think he should be expected 10 pay any
attention TO such q charge. coming from
sucn source. WHAT he had to say on the
matter was SIMPLY that the whole thing from
first 70 last was an absolute ana sneer fabrication,
without any foundation Whatever Lawyers were
liable to be deceived by persons coming and orer-
Ing to give evidence. aud they could not always
detect whether IL was true or false.
Mr. MORRIS
mad but just returned from the country and had
not yet read the statement, but did not think
anything OF IL. lie attached no importance to
Charges Of that kind coming rom sucn people.