The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-11-02

OF his family. My own opinion is that. Mr..
Hall was SO overcome with the, pressure of ms
mind hscamc temporarily unbalanced. In fact
that he was for the time non conpos.
And you think he has fully recovered from
"Ycs. he has returned in good health, men-
tally and physically. think there was no oh.
lret whatcvcrin, his leaving-no' particle ot
Hays You you heard from him whether his re-
turn has anything to do with the Tweed matter
II think you will find him quite ready 10 talk
about that. He has nothing to fear. You know
the old man was very careful not tn testify that
Mr. Hall received the money personally. That
the ten per cent. subsequently ilye per cent.
was paid to some one may be true, but there Is
no evidence that 1t went to Mr.. Hail. besides,
he has been tried and acquitted on that charge
So you have no explanation t. on1r to the
public further thnn what you have already given
as 70 the causo of his als.nce. aud r"turnf'
No, You viii nnd Mr., Han willing TO be
interviewed. ] have no doubt He has had
good rest, and believe is entirely recovered.
His first alteration sec'ncd to be about the time
Of his theatre experience. often he has been
known to 20 with hut three hours sleep per
day. and that soon told upon his health. But
know Of no real reason why he should have
gone. and. OF course. We are glad to SEQ him
:" And you have no authority from him e
mnkr any further explanation oi MS absence
No: a. tell you. think he will do that him
self. and prefer to let him tell his own story;
| have the utmost regard for him. and should
le gricycd To- say a word 10 pain him or his
-" Ii is rnmorci that h.. has come back to tea
tiiy in the Tweed matter
" know nothing about that. Hc ncol have
no frnr ON that subject, H- he did not get the
stolen money. Why. he had no estate oi conse-
/ uuenen. and WIS obliged To practise his iruics-
| sion for Il livelihood. -,
And YOU don't know what shin he came in p
No; lie Just came back quietly
or course, this WAS satisfactory 50 lar rs II
! went: hut Il didn't 10 lar enough. H. Ing mere
ON the 10th ~ March. and being seen m Lon
| don on the 3uth of that month. II WAS tolcrably
| clear that h. rsd gone over III av.-sel of some
descriptions An again. having been seen in
| London ON the Isl oi october and being met in
S'm VII T." ~ w. ,b - 80 Mo-, ~ il ,cs,s email 9
| certain that he must bc the champion swimmer
| Of the century. or thut some vessel hud hai the
shorc
4 careful search in the list Of arrivals dis
! closed the fact that the American steamer In
diana of the State Line had rea'hcd fhiiahrl-
| phia on sunday last. Onlrer- and passengers
were questioned and ero~-,lu STONED. but It
| soon became evident that Oak"y had no. boon
| one OF the lndinnAs passengers, But the IN
| d ana wa- MT thr only steamer that sought the
| CLOS, in her wake followed the Ncd.rand of the
| Red star Line. u noble specimen oi naval archi-
| trotlrS which r,nchrd her dock on "Wednesday
morning cre the matulina rooster crownd Her
| Captains name il william Randall. and lillian
| Randall WIS very mu h a-tvni@hed yesterday
when he wns arcnstei hy the ubiquitous re-
| porter of THh SuN as follows:
Arr you Capt. William Hnndnlli"
Il am capt. William Randall"
Do you know Oakry Hallf
" Bless me-. no. sir.
You hnNe seen his pictures :"
Was there my person of his name on your
first cabin list
| No. and there wns no man among them VIII,
could have been he.
why noti
Bec,,usr they were all young German rc-i
| dents OF ChiaaEo. They were on their way
home from schools in Germany.'
How About the second cabin fellows ?"
Well. they were all Germans. too. exccp
one. 1T me see. rememDer him very VEL
wore full brown beard and eyeglasses
lie seemed about forty years OF age II,
was a hne-looking fellow, well formed and
should say. about five feet eight inches II
fii you speak to him much ?"
whom he was smoking his cigar"
Ithink Mr. Hall was not smoker
II, TINS man was. lie plSl smoked ineessantly
cabin passenger. When on deck he Wore a lign
o,crroal and soft brown hat. seldom spok'
| TO him. but knew hy his appearance and wha
he said To- me- that he was n man OF education
and a polished gentleman
| " Was b" very -oInble -
mo- He kept to himself great deal. an
talked more with the engineer and under OH
cers than with the passrnEers.
tain about that p
" on yes , he wore it until about two days be
fore We reached Phladelphia Then he cut
of and that made him look younger, He wa
hand-om" man with his brown slightly curl
in hair and dark brown eyes.
" ii. was dressed worry elegantly. and woi.
derei why lie had taken ii second cabin pas
sage
" | reckon your handsome passenger was tn
noted Hall. the former Mayor Of NV lorl
This sounds like him"
"Wcil. well. Just TO think oi that. So great
man right by my sid" ana | never knew i
Dear me-. how very queer.
! Although II really matters very little how VI
Hall got here. the subject was very general
| discussed last evening. and various theorio
were advanced about it. EN Mayor Wickhnr
WAS encountered midway between the open
ings Of tho Fourth avenue tunnel and i
that lime scented arrhway thus expresse
his mind; 81 think all this Broadwa
business. as told in tho papers. Is bosi
Oakley has probably been in the city scNcra
days. and having undc up his mind that it wa
| I'm" t. l,i tho l~nplc know Of his presence. hn
chosen this way ni doing II. The briei report
read wa- evidently written by himself. Oakley
style l. unm -tnkane. There's no doubt of /
I'm glad nc'- eumr back. There really wns II
occasion fur him 10 20 away. The publ fr
kindly toward him. H. Was doing well at tn
bar. and the General Torn hul lu-i nppointr
, him one of the cNumlner>, | mop" hril -"ttl
+ Il wn and do wen. Lut tuis broadway bus4A,-
IL hul 'NWhr.
Nj. Han VIII moot Nr vanl"ruool again thi
, morning. Corporation Counsel Whitney sHi
there were nu MY suits pending against VI
, Han, nor would any he brought. n for no 9TH,
! ren~nn. h"cau-e the Statute Of Limitation
would run against such suits The state Inn
] In ton yrur-. ana therefore SUITE suits would /
| brought 81 there were anything To- support tlru
b No compromises or Ovrrtur"s had been made