The Leavenworth weekly times., 1876-08-17
DOE JUAN PHELPS.
a Democratic Papers Version Of His Peccs'
CiIloes.
[From the Chicago Times.

dilloes.
From the Chicago Times
The State campaign of Missouri open
under very peculiar circumstances. oit
! Gen. John s. Phelps, the Democratic nomi
I nee for Governor, finds himself confronted
at the outset OF the canvass with no asper
sions upon his honesty or abilities, bu
with an ugly scandal which grows worse
with the stirring up. The circumstances
only antedats the nomination by few
days, and all the details are so fresh as to
give the affair the worst possible coloring
The scandal is known to the Radical mana.
| gers. but has not been made public save
through mysterious fling. in the newspa'
PERI, the purpose being to
DELAY sPRINGING 1T
until later in the canvass. The story il
also known to Democratic leaders who are
endeavoring to ferret out the truth. Some
Of them do not hesitate to say that If the
first statement made is established the
question of withdrawal from the ticket OF
, L DSSouVs a NCi rSiious N'Ch.
Phelps was in the city on yesterday in at
tendance upon the session of the State Cen
trail Committee, and his friends are offering
an explanation Of the charge. The scene
ia located on the steamer Andy johnson, of
the Northern Line, plying on the Upper
Mississippi. The statement is made by the
officers OF the boat. About the Sth of last
July Gen. Phelps came on board the Andy
at Hannibal and took
PASSAGE FOR ST. LOUIS.
He had been canvassing for the vote of
Northerm Missouri in the convention soon
TO meet, and was accompanied only by his
stenographer, Mr.. Massie. The Hatches,
prominent Hannibal men, introduced Gen.
vid Ash ury and the chief clerk, Mr.. Ed
Morehouse, bespeaking for him every cour-
tesy The General was given stateroom 40,
close by the ladies' cabin. The night was
very sultry and there were few passengers.
Gen. Phelps, with Sandy Burrell, conduc-
tor ON the Quincy and Louisiana Railroad,
and CAPT. Fies 5. Lee, for many years a
steamboat captain on the Upper river, sat
at the table in the fore part Of the cabin
PLAYING CARDS
and talking quietly until about / o'clock,
when the officers had all gone to bed. The
fore cabin was almost deserted save by this
party. Early in the evening, in accordance
with the usual custom, the curtains were
drawn, cutting off the ladies' cabin. The
night was so warm that several of the ladies,
in preference to going to their stareroous 3,
had laid down
WITH ALL THEIR CLOTHES ON
upon the divans and sofas. About o'clock
the Phelps party broke up. Burrell and
Lee sought their staterooms, and Phelps
went to No. 40. This left the cabin with
hardly any one in sight, the wa,chman be-
ing in the fore part of the boat. After
some minutes Gen. Phelps came out OF his
still dressed, and went back into
the ladies' cabin. He approached Mrs.
-, young, very respectable and high
" connected lady of Hannibal, and, stoop-
ing beside her, kissed her two or three times,
and
BEGAN FONDLING HER.
She screamed and struggled. and fell off on
The floor. The General then turned to Miss |
-, young lady of an sristocratic fami-
Iy of st. Louis. Mrs. 5 screams had |
alarmed Miss -, and Miss -, the lat
Ter daughter of Capt -, OF St. Louis,
formerly President of the Northern Line
Packet Company. Miss - Immediately |
-an forward to the state-room Of her brother |
md aroused him. At the same time the |
satchman came aft, having seen good |
part of the transaction. Gen. Phelps i'm |
nediately
LEFT THE LADIES' CABIS
.ntered his staie-room, locked the door, and |
emained there until the boat reached St |
.ouis, when he went ashore without offer
ng an explanation. Gen. Phelps has al
most accomplished the allotted three score
md ten, but is still a man of considerable
igor. He has patriarchal appearance
which hides impulses younger men are
imposed to have almost the monopoly Of |
The explanation which his friends make is
hat his conduct was only such as an aged
nan might show toward a blooming young
elative of the opposite sex. They say that
here was some conversation between
PHELPS AND THE LADY,
nd that the latter complaining of the heat,
helps advised her to seek the hurricane
eck in patronizing, caresslng manner,
Ehich action was followed by alarm and a
Gene wholly unauthorized by the circum-
tances.
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