, 1876-08-10
AFemaie. .suffragist Taking Easily
to Masculine Tricks.
Mrs. Van SYinkio's Lnbprs In Be.
half Of Miss Curtis.
Mrs. Fernando Jones Dragged
into the Affair.
What She Thinks Of Mrs. Van Wlnkie
and Ilor Performances.


case has been developed, and the stangcrt part Of
1t is that It has connection with The lhn!ord MUIR
| dor, II Alexander Sullivan hnd not Killed Ffan-
cts tianford It ID not likely that this 1atef scandal
would have been brought To the hHrfacc. l1ose IL
| why. The charges made by Hanforsl against tho
board Of Education would never harc rccaaved
| general attention wcre It not for that trngedy.
Tint WAS what thoroughly aroused the public from
theff apathy, and made men inquire X, after all,
there was ANY truth In Iianford's statements, aud
! call for An Inquiry into tho whole matter.
| The n,enboes Of the hoard were assduonsly In.
tcEvfcwed bJ reporters ~ 10 whether there had
existed 1tings IN tho Doarl such Is 1lanforl had
alleged. Yesterday morning the fnter-octan pub.
lIshed In mutated form, with changes in spell
lng and with An entire omission OF nasncs, several
letters said to have passed between lady teacher
and another lady, In which the latter Uttered 10
secure her election to tho Assistant 9upcrintcnd-
dency Of the Public Schools in confederation OF the
sum Of 81, 600, to ba Divided among members Of
tho Doanl Of Education. Tho insinuation against
tho Board Us thesc expressed was Of the gravest
nature, aud calculated 10 create a most painful
dstrnst Of that body In Tho minds OF citIzcns gen
orally. And yet there wna something mysterious
about the manner In which the Inter. 0etan pub
atshcd the letters, withholding tho names CT the
parties concerned, while at tho same time giving
substance To them by i1dorsing them cditortally.
Twas o'clock yesterday afternoon before
Mn. jouN G. RtCitnEMG,
President Of tho Board Of Education. reachcl bis
ollcc. On entering ho treated a Tribune reporter
with less cordially than Is s wont. lie appeared
troubled In sprlrlt-fR fact he, with tho other
mcmbcrs OF the Board, has been touched vcsy
closely by the Hanford murder. The reporter In
qulrcd II be had certain article IN tho inter
Ocean alleging Irregularities in tho Board, and cor
roborattd by tho lcttnrs bcfors referred to.
mo-" said BIZ. nichberg; ';}et nc seo IT,"
The paper wss shown him, aud hs erampcd him
self into dangerous attitude while trying to read
the 1ne print,
~ don's know az can tell you anything about
It," he said musipgly, after finishing The porusal ;
"this Is n,attcr that refers 10 the past, md an
not exactly at liberty to tell what know nbont 1t.
Bat I'll tall you what to do Go and afr. Covert
"A member Of the Board Of Educaton-and be will
place you In posscasion Of all the facts"
"Perhsps you con give Iuc tho names Of the par
ties implicated In tho Inter. Ocean article"
mo; repeat Tint am bound by promise.
Iwil say this mich, howovcr, that all thia letter
business Ia nothing nloro nor leas than attempt
al blscknail. I'll 60 with you down 10 Covcrt's
Office. and will talk It over with him."
So saying M,. 1slchberg descended from lla
oilce, and, hotatng bis umbrella, walked mcdIta-
lively down Randolph street, accompanied by the
Meanwhile, BY one Of those freaks OF fortune
that sometimes happen. o! poHssbfy through tho
81 .st'a pneumatic tns Tho
EXACT COPIES or TIE LETTERS IN QUESTION,
and others mol published. with nasncs attachcd,
had found their way Into tho pncket Of tho ncwH-
papcF Investigator. And III order that tho reader
may understand tAe!r Import anl the nature Of
the charges therein contained, and know thu namcs
Of tho parties concer1cd They nro here inserted a.
follows:
CntGAHo. Aug. Q, 1875. :Ji1ss Curts- -I,EAn iEDrAM
sm yery an1o e hsa5 fIom y9a md reaasst rrr!y
FRY sSS p e S r.
of E e sss s ess H. II saSs ay
23 yesr M ~ poty sxPsets e 81 = by paytng ~
austae what tho reason Curl, iost nsr pos
fon @ and @ thcse , 4 70 .,sa IN tryng e. coretc WITH
viii ths tt,1a" y i VIII iaave ya attssa hundfca Iii
Ss ~ III sSss a' reiy @
sionEs Ed al ths lily S pnSrts iss az
r. isnd IL u sss
~. fickaTd snl 10 il delighted With the plan Of roar
yoss @ aeaaasion < ae.ps Riss 1sD
esnaSd Is Ct ss
;SsS oss fs'i's% en-
froln Il hut i a'i The apo1ntnenta one Thousand
vi. ad ss r. e nv
shall tco that no harm eo.acs g yoa ripst have
and you must Instruct how much OF your TaIlary
y1a can sparn nontl they VIII expect QUE hundred
s. 9s. sfssss Sf n;
name only ~ ~ to protect Jout sclf
fonrs fur tho cai!ac
ALMA W g. NtES1s XIII ~
cuycAqo Aug ath.-aitts Curtis your election Will