The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-06
CHARGE AGAINST TILTON'S COUNSEL

AN ALLEGED B1aAA1sr THE AocUsER-rHE
LoADER-PRIoE AFFAIR AGAIN.
The imbrog.to brought about by the an.
davis OF Loader and Price ana the charges
OF conspiracy made by one party TO the
great scandal suit against the other seems
to be getting worse from day TO day and
drawing greater number OF people w1tAtn its
messes than was at first anticipated. some OF
the parties connected VITA IL seem determined to
impicate rhe counsel for the plaintiff and boast OF
having damning proofs in their possession oftheir
participation In the afSir. The character OF
the parties on whose evidence these grave charges
said to rest Is at least Questionable, and as
there appears TO DO no more respectable testimony
in support or them II is hard to see how they can
be proved. The --latest phase OF the a1aIr rs state
ment made by one e. w. Connor, friend OF Price,
Directly duplicating the plaintiffs counsel Mr..
Moulton and pfainnn himself In the alleged con-
splracy.
Connor was arrested In Justice Rney's court
last Thursday, while Loader and Price were being
examined, on a charge Of Digamy, and is now In
jail. Mr.. Overneld, Q lawyer who Is conducting
suit for the recovery OF some property for Connor,
asserts that the arrest melted by Mr.. Tllron's
friends in order to destroy his credibility as a
witness against those who are to be charged with
conspiracy and subornaion OF perjury. This is a
grave charge, bat 1t Is made boldly and unhesi-
tatingly, though 1t seems 10 rest ON the evidence
OF man ofsomewhat doubtful character. ConnOr
Is charged with robbertes In Philadelphia and in
Milford Conn. bus Mr.. Overneld disposes OF them
by saying that the Milford anair was simply q
number OF schoolboys (oonnOr being one OF them)
taxing shawl while on lark" A similar ex-
cuss Is found for the Philadelphia eseapade, Con-
nor being simply returning with some comrades
gaF nd orAff tin
inro row with Jew about something one OF the
party did, OF which he. OF course, knew nothing.
Excuses OF this kind are easily found. but Mr..
overheld does not deny that his client, whom he
claims to be heir to considerable property, has led
. Wild life ana has no regular means OF living
A HERALD reporter called yesterday on Mr..
overeld, at his residence in Macon street, Brook
lyn, for the purpose OF ascertaining the exact
truth Of this matter ana whether IL was true that
ConDor had given him a full statement OF
the alleged facts Mr.. Overneld said he mad
| got all the facts from Conner but that he had not
the written sta tement completed yet However,
ne SAID. he had no objection to give to the HERALD
the substance or the statement.
| ''Do You really believe thai Mr.. Tilton's friends
had anything 10 do witn getting this man Conner
Ss'a sa sSs MP Hy:rss ~ n.vs
doubt OF IT. There Is no foundation for the charge
| OF pigamy, and he was arrested In Court before
| he could give his evidence
'who brought the charge OF Digamy; was it any
OF Mr.. TutoR's friends2r
"Hs vile, or the woman ne was living with and
who has had child cy aim. II Is not certain he
| was married to her, but he Was married before
and inherited considerable property from the frat
wife. But tnis woman must navo been ins,iga ted
TO bring the charge OF pgamy. IL is strange that
Mr.. Tilton's friends should take such an interest
In seeing this man convicted OF bigamy."
way %
against them IN relation to this Loader and Price
arair."
Mr.. overneld tnen proceeded to give the follow.
ing
SUMMARY OF coSNoR's STATEMENT
last I'VE years, Prices father living in the Same
house with Connor's brother-in-law. Conner
states that ne was present when Price received
sail, and seeing II was in connection with the
Beecher case, and wondering why man should
II he knew anything about the case Price SAID
he did not, ana Conner then ADVISED him not 20
vita It. Price then went. according to Conner,
to alawyer named Thornton, against whom oon-
60 @ o. .nd
TO Mr.. Sherman, ana the latter advised Price
to go and tell the truth, Finally, Goa
Pearsall, and as soon as they entered Mr. Morris
said ''Mr. Price, you are just the man We want"
companying him. In the inner once, Conner
states, were Mr.. Titon, Mr.. Mouton, Messrs.
the latter busily engaged at q desk In corner Ok
the room, some distance away from The group.
he states thab ne noard dlsttnCuy Gil that passed.
was looking at Mr.. Tlton showing Price the
diagram OF his house and pointing the positions
| OF the rooms, 30. After talking the matter over
| Price, Loader and Conner then went out TO lunch
| together, Mr.. Morris giving Price some MONEY,
| ABOUT $T0 as he went out. They talked the matter
! over at lunch, came back and the afndavits were
then got ready. The CLERK commenced to write
them nrst. and then Conner asserM that M Moul-
ton took up the pen, saying be DID not write rasy
| enough, ana wrote some OF the am
davits He also alleges that General Pryor
and Mr. Morris wrote some OF them the
swearing being done before Mr.. Pearsau. When
all was over Conner says that Mr.. Morris told
Price TO stand BY what he had done ana advised
him to go to the country for o while and have
good time till he was wanted, and that ne said to
| Conner himself "You stand by rs in this thing
ana will do what promised" This allusion
| Conner says was TO promise TO take up his
| (Connor'sl suit for his property and help him
through He represents General Pryor as saying
TO Aoulton, These are just our men; they will
give the evidence we want"
| However incredible this statement may appear
Mr.. 0verfeld seems TO pin his faith TO ana SAYS
! he viii place tine evidences In the hands OF Mr.
| Beecheris counsel so that action may be taken on
It at once, and he Is OF the opinion that this viii
] be the most startling week we have had yet Ance
| the scandal was nrst spoken OF The plots seem
! to be tbickening AL around and every one who
thinks he can "make stake" or who wishes 30
''get his name up,n seems to be determined 10
make the most out OF the debris Of the great trial