Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-11-03
John VI mncki.y-s T.o,i,I..


HF CHAECFs Has WIFE WITH ISFGnFr,
~, CIIAI LErGEs 4 YoUSs DoCroR =
MORTAL COMEAT, ETC.
About two weeAs ago the Chicago paner
published "a Milwaukee dispatch In an : -
/ mat John Nj. Buckley, who was Assist Il
Attorney General un0er President . oa. sor
/ who had we'd IN this city for some Years
but who had resided in NJ .lwaukee for traIr
months or 30, had mysteriously disappears
that II was unknown where he hal gone
and that il was feared that he had commits
ted SUICIDE under the influence o! n,anta
| excitement or alteration. This was fpl
| lowed In couple OF days 10y another dis
Blnckiey had not committed suicide. an,
was ali right. The explanation of these dis
patches came out yesterday In this city be
lor Justice Pollak 1t is an explanation ex
cessIvely
| PAINFUL IN ITS NATURE.
IN view .! the standing of all the partie,
| conceinei and ii * impossible to believe III
| tiu'h OF me story regarding the alleged OF
l tense of two OF them. l. f..r mo-. r,.,,sona
/ bic 10 Imagine that Mc. Buckley, who IA.
| fone trough very much wCrrIm snt an dis
| feks, ana nas met with many misfor .une,
! uVflns lbe last el2ht years, IS laboring under
s"sle singular delasiCn, tl =, 20 believe ina
/ the saty - whom be has been married seven,
Yen h.i. vars me-, ms been guilty. OF The crim5
During 1874 ent $50 Nr. Buckley live
ITO his family at Irving Park. Daring
ia air residence there they got a. 49,
with
DR.. J. W. roPE.
SCID& OoStDr, VINO had been appo, a,a I
piiE sci 81 OF the poor house anl Insane as
ium by Dr l. n. NItler IN 'fla sG.rfr.r al -,
soon al or II Her WAS elected coun , ~,,r, p
ihtendest OF public charities. Tfs Doctor
aid u r binchley's family were on terms OF
TeGsoL able iutimsCy, but no one Iad e,-,sr
heard or dTeau8E tf any Sh4 Iyyy of ir,,,r,N
priety until three Weeks ago. Ahcrt man
Time IL IS alleged, Nj. Bin- kley dlscova~.t
IN some CukD0wn manner In gt Dis vie had
been gUill ) "a 100 utuch intimacy vrith -
TOpe. He charged her with the IA -. All !;
- FI,.a,-r loo = I,
wrOIe confession of mi 81 -t,ts-cotfa ~, !,
nothing cri mln2l, however. SubSeayp,.rv
however, size repldiatcd this JOufeS Si,u riIf
asserted that it " - ~ fie under threats A.
lleved the truth OF The alleged intimacy. IN =
not unlikely That he, a man OF strong End
tu'ch passions, I'D tehaye ia such a n laer
Ill&t MS Wlte JhOugtf the be>t thing 60 70 10
escspe immediate danger wa 10 sign any
document that he m ght present u h-r T1en
she let aid went 10 her fOiRS IN Virginia
Her father Harvey Mitchell, Slo ~, for
many years drafts man in tn,s Land OH a,
i desd. Her mother ~es a dauEaia- of GOV
Johnston, of Virginia, aud a sister of Gen
Joseph johnston; ard it is underStori thai
she has gone with her children to STAY with
her uncle until tuis melancholy b1S,aasS IL
settled. About the day aiter this explosion
at Milwaukee
THE FOLLOWING DISPATCH WA, Rs
CEIVED
at police headquarters iu this city:
MILWAUKEE, Oct. I'M @ FFar,ey EJ
General SuDerin'cTd M OF Police CilcJyJ III
John NJ. Buckley. of this city, former resi-
dent of your city, left here this morning for
your city with murderous designs GA DR.
John Tope, of Oak Park. JeaIorSy tie
cause. Notify Tope at once. Private.
WA. BECK, Chief of Police.
The police, after notifying FOpa that q GEN
tleman With blood ia his eye was coming
down from Milwaukee in search OF him,
started out themselves 10 see If they could
nod Binckjey: This, singularly enodgh, they
reached the city about the 18Th aud been here
ever since-Over two weeks. Tope heari
nothing about him, and was beginning 10 in
dulse In hopes that IL was a horrid dream
when he got
THE FOLLOWING LETTER:
Nut Care, T'ook C0,sa'y-SIR: Last Suniav
a week past called at your lodgings about
sunset and was invited 10 await you in yoIr
room: ! chOse not 10 stain d bianelesS -
freSide with your blood, and left word for
you 20 meet me at the depot, where tknowing
you always carried arms intended TO ~ AXE
you fight. the police protected you. Since
then have been logged night and day. o.
The I'D l wrote you Offering to meet YOU al
the house of one of your Masonic brethren
unarmed, for private personal interview.
knew my object. / reveal il tn you. IL was
to make an unlawful proposal. Ifyoua,e
cOwardly you viii now have M liberty in
your power, for, finding no o1her way |
avow hereby my proposal, which is for y
n ortal combat. As / can invite 10 friend ID
expose himself in Illinois, 1t must necessar.-
not prescribing terms. This d. prescribe,
aud nothing else, viz: the fight must 60 on
III | one is deal. Now, all the rest is with
you. AMI as You know yourself To be uncom-
monty deft and ski!l'ul, you perceive your
Immense advaat lge over bungling strength
Make everything TO please yourself: but
unit me time 20 ten days after notice. Ii you
evade This, viii, If | must, adopt another
way. No person as yet has ever heard IRON
me The reason Of my hostility. An answer
TO this will reach me, directei 20 the c tre OF
~ atl
street, Chicago, VINO will not I'm agIua the
contents.
Respectfully; JOHN N. BINcKLsY.
He received this Friday or Saturday a. his
place at MOunS Glare, and, af.er thinking il
over to make up his mind as to what was
best TO be done, he went TO Justics Poilak
yesterday morning and
SWoRE OCT WARRANT
FOR Blnckley's arrest on charge OF having
threatened to take his life. The warrant was
handed TO Constable George Ha imau. 1t
was TOPICS impression that Binckley nj ght
be found at the house OF Mrs. Il gelow, dolyn
on wabash avenue, and there the officer
wen, Dut was unsuccessful. Then SON eboiy
suggested that Buckley was on IN Innate
terms with Chapman, the architect, WAC mas
an Office in room 10, Lakeside Building. SO
Tope and Hartman went there, aud were
fortunate enough to find Buckley in ChSp-
mans room. Tope identified him. and II arr
man served the warrant. Tope, being a
rather cautious and nervous man, immeIi-
ately insisted tnat Hartman should search
B.nckley for the purpose of taking any W Az
OBS which he nj ght have about him. he fea--
ing somewhat lest Buckley might shoot hi N
or Otherwise kill MIN while on the way To
the Justices office. hartman searched the
priS but found nothing. Then they went
To PoilakS, where Binckley's letter to Tone
was produced, and Buckley admitted ia 1t
he wrote it, and said that he didn'C regret
having sent il, il being the only thing That
could be done under the circumstances. So
Justice Pollak ordered M. Buckley TO give
bail I'm the sum of $500, to app ssr, &c,
which was given, Mr.. Chapman going on his
bond.
PERSONAL.
In ls60, Mr.. Buckley was a CLERK in the
Interior department at Washington, AMI il
was during Tat time that he became engaged
TO and married his wife. After the election
of Mr.. Lincoln, and the appointment of
Caleb Smith as Secretary of the Interior,
Mr.. Buckley resigned. He remained arc mi
Washington, earning his living as lawyer,
claim agent, heavy writer for the Ll.sgi-
geftceT, etc, until 1865, when Mr.. Johnson
JOhnsonized, aud he was appointed first
clerk In the Office OF the Attorney General,
and afterwards an Assistant Attorney q an
elal, which place lie held until toward the
close of Mr.. Johnson's administration. Teen
he came here and hung out a shingie, cat for
Some reason or other he was unable to make
any headwIy. Although possessed Of con-
siderable natural ability, his ways were a