The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-11-03
LOUIS ENGEL's BUSINESS.
What tie Say. In Relation 10 the Charge OF At
tempt to EinckmAi

| charge Of attempting to blackmal Miss Emma
! Abbott. the singer. lie said: The accusation
/ IS aterrbc one. "A fully appreciate. and it is
totally untrue The story. IA told by Miss Abb
] boitand her friends in The sun. IL that | de-
! manird $50 as pay for publishing n favorable
! article in the ircatdn and supprossing an un-
/ favorable one. There il no truth in it. 1t IL
/ true. however. that advised her TO pay several
! Of the musical critics OF the newspapers"
"Will you give mo their nnmcs1 = tho writer
asked.
! Ny dcnrs sir. suppose did wouldnttb be OK
| trcmcy ungcntlcmuny in me to dcnouncc mon
/ who had dono services for me. or for others
| through mo ? Certainly ought not. because
some inferior singer with influential friends
throws suspicion II backmail upon me. TO pub
lcly compromise people who. IN fact. have donc
simply what have asked them 10 do"
"ENuctly what were your relations with Miss
| Abbott. her husband. and Mr.. Lake"
Mr. wcihcrcll. her husband. said to mo that
tho Arcadian had Systematically prosecuted his
wife. then had no connection with the paper.
which was edited by Mr.. Julian Magnus / was
| not even Il regular reader OF II. | advised Mr..
| Wcthcrell to buy the favor Of the paper with
money. If he could
"IIo says YOU tried to induce him TO buy the
Arcddiau establishment for sl 900 and make
an Abbott organ of it. with YOU MS the editor.
and that he laughed ut the idea"
He laugh Mt it, indeed. II Is true that spoke
to him about buying the Arcadidn. The price
was s2 800. not 81 900. He said that he would
show me how to buy IT, and form II stock COM
pany for that purpose; and told me how he had
done 20 with Mr.. Tilton's Goid7, Age and had
given kid gloves IA premiums to subscribcrs.'
He savs YOU seemed tOnct rs 70 between
for the irc1ii1n before YOU became the editor
" it. and that you said YOU had nNcd t.
meaning that You had arranged To huve
defnmatory criticism OF Miss Abbott deferred.
How about that 49,
poy,f s'.id onything about fixing it, W.
t'lkrd about hrihlng The editor. and said that
| knew him. hui that did not know whether Lea
would take moi. v. THIS pretended INDIGNATION
ists !. a simple comedy MIR Inkr. in whose
house she liv =, told me Of a critic whom h. was
gpin.; 70 hrilr. nut inr cert I'm rccsons bad not
surUc,l.l n 'oli mo of another to whom he
had given a fine hreastpin. To give you an
id"n 81 how. hollow are their pretensions' Just
Mr.. Ensol bowed q letter hecaring, n London
ro-imark. and dated Doc %, ls5. Mss Abbott
London journalist MIR. Ensel snid hui h,wquld
not consent i.ai ni- nhme shvuld h' published.
\ la. -a-c 90 th' letter w,-u- follows;
lhc la.t m 'ri from The ig't W iaer, VA. in ihe
aii,'aa M, 90 T., .@ N... ioiop. ro',int 'oa
iiat j., st N.-,.m.l u,aa-ni ny q suo.c. b, y
Hll r'.,n'.d ii'. lro'.f, on.e as go insult AZ
l,n. 10 n, t,aer w,thcfeu ina1,nc,i no nix ali The
in'r',n ert' aye. ''d what be Vas pi,a.4 % caii
ci t..,rr .. q insult O., be- tln',hcd t1 n,..cct
toai,,rii.e Inc iid, b, mentioning hrr name at all
" v NJ You give your arcoun, of your visit 70
Mr. Luke, houSo-thr OCCASION when YOU de-
uhndri money Of him. IL ho says - was the
'' IL i not true"hn replied. " that asked to
, soc Mss Abbott. On the contrary, she had
n-kol 90 see me-. | went To MIR. LsSr's house.
and waited for her IN the parIor. Mr.. Lake
81 HNa s. DO IA .HH d al
"ufrr side H. remarked that Miss Abbott
wa- Tine gr' nt'-l SINGER # her n-'. or one oi
naf nv opinion. n. sud thnt be- and all oi his
IT,. uis Thought So. To- which, rrplisi. You
.nrae.i him. u- thou'.h am Insult had boon
. offered and me- screamed that he represented
~ M 't9 r. wa i rar vi. Iiooii IN G i
went away. mover SAW MIR. LIKE again A. to
his t"lnn; m. 10 go. or making any threat oi
violence. / Will fflso solemn oath THAT hIs story
| IT, uutrun-gs untrue n- that there was any lnlk
L. @, MONEY h-iw..n him and me- i is Mr.
= Well. ~ mat r''-" inr money was Tor somebody
= else. and not for mo-"
o 49, M.;hor. snys that You subsequently
4 az t.erl Hiss Abbott in the ircGidn"
ID A. is confused and inaccurate on tho' point,
= singer. nrd thH' WIS said IN ihe ircG hui. per-
hal- rather Shartay, boat | had nothing on
= earth o. do with ihn paper then. AT as
sumci the edi r-hip. ia March last wrote
about send ing III, T." t,Gropg, r. musical ,'in'
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