The New York herald., 1877-01-20
THE STARTLING STORY"

THE sEQuEL-FuRrHER INTERVIEW WITH RAD
CLyFFE-raE RING OF THE BoEGIAs-THE
OTHER sIDE-EMPHATIC DENIAL BY THE
YOUNG LADY IN THE cAsE--JfALoUsY THE
IMpELLIxG MOTIVE.
Mr. r. W. Radcliffe, the young tradcsman who ap-
pcarcd In ycseriays article the hero OF the article
entitled "A Startling Story" visited yesterday by
HERALD reporter. He corroborated the story as pub
lished stating that completely aud entirely true
lie also SAID that Bales was Black. and that
he claimed 10 be lawyer Mr. Radcliffe had prepared
e,scr to the HERALD, In which he warned Delaroche
and Bale that their dcsgus discovered aud tncr
persons recogn zsd. THIS letter read os follows:-
The parties who threatened poison murder nni
asanr the young lady from her home h. noccd
N .ae Is Their assumed names in ..s constitute ,n,o
She will he Friday but II ncco,,cd the street
TO" Ss ss % ,ks% sss' as"
ss"'"as"'S ss"'e nsa h. 70 ''' 'e"'' " napcLiff
Yesterday being tho day upon which, according 10
Mr. Radcliffe, the answer from Miss fiauson was to
come and in of her refusal she bc compelled
TO 60 with him ana Radcliffe was TO be poisoned,
strict watch kept by Endclinc aud his friends but
nothing occurred TO give to any such suspicious
Indeed 4 would have been Impossible for Miss Gauson
TO have. given the answer required OF her. as she is
lying III her residence OF brain lever. Miss Gauson
being carefully nurscd py hcr mother and under
the medical care OF Dr. r II. Allen, Of East Twenty
niih street.
A reference was made yesterday to an advertise
asking Bale TO meet "Gars'onc', which was IN;
serted Uy Radcliffe This appeared In the HERALD
OF sunday last and was As ioliows-
.s74 Dieccker F.J. uAK,fOSE.
day afternoon Mr. Radcliffe called on superintendent
Waiting. nt Police Headquarters. and related
ns crcunsancss to nn as published S IN o ,"s
enl tnat had received yesterday morning
an anonymous letter, IN which tho following
language uscd''Be on the lookout Tor yourself.
viii DEFY al! hell 10 Illustrate me IN my plans VIII
keep my word and am determined 10 have The gir'. ("
ON being asked 10 show this letter order that the
handwrituy might be used guido to trnce tho
sender he aid that his anger and excitement he
had torn nur rhs was thought curious as such
letters usually torn MP, but Oh the contrary,
carefully preserved SIR Radcliffe also stated 10 he
enucnt that he was hcing constantly watched,
having informed by severa OF his friends, amt
that ne hnd yesterday morning u close carriage,
with two gentlemen :nsiie answering the description
OF Dclar0chc aud Balc pass his place OF business IN
' r,ig RING or THE poRGIAs.
Mr. Radcliffe also stated that he had been Informed
that DcarOche had on his finger ring made IN the
form OF u snake With movable iapgs the inside OF
winch snake hollow ana ncd with poison, so
that when man was hit Ia Tho face by 1st upon
winch this ring was the fancs OF the snake would
puncturc the skin and the poison would immediately
pcne rate the vcins anu shortly after result death.
He also stated that he had reason bol,cve that
Ecaroche aud Bale would bc IN Blceckcr street IN tue
vicn,.y OF the young l,sys residence last evening,
Charles Street Police station, which no did anu Ser
geant Wilson, who Is in charge OF tho Ninth precinct
during the absence Of Captain Kennedy, detailed two
detectives 10 watch FOR the appearance OF the two men.
DIFFERENT VERSION OF THx STONY.
son a, her residence 10. s;4 BcccSer street, and
found her still lying very ILL., hut considerably better
than tho day before. One story s good only until AT.
other Is told, aud Miss Guus0n version OF The ALTAR
diners very materially from tnat g,vcn 1y Mr. Rad.
cide She h,d read the article III the HERALD, and
wsned enpnatcay 10 state that while the article mad
"A In
Interpretation OF those facts She stated first that II
was true that her father America last fall,
alter having been absent IRON II tor twelve years, ana
that sho had seen him and recognized him; that ho
hai left this country again on December ast, and
he had ict she had seen Leo Dcarochc VINO
had asked hcr 10 marry HIM, which, she had then de-
cldcd do but tlat 1t not IN any degree true that
had been threat OF compusion abduction,
nor had there been any threat OF poisoning Mr.
Radcliffe. Mr. Gauson, her fsthcr, was wealthy
Portuguese aud owned large estates 10 his native
country. Mr. Loo Denroche was Spnninrd, also
thy and possessed large estates ana IL was her
iathcr's wsh his dauRntcr was willing. not other
vice. tnut inurriage should bc made between them
aud the cs,a.cs united. hale wns ncr fathers
lawyer while he was here. HIS true name Is Black
and hc ca,ne 10 be called Bale through Mr. Gauson
imperfect knowledge OF tho English language Mss
Gauson keeniy cIt regret ,ha. her name had been
brought so prominently before the puoc, and astrib
utcd Inc fact that Ra1clinc had told tho reporter what
he did 20 his own jealous car Shc Ind been engaged
quite sumo t,nc past, and he had frequently
asked her to marry MIN, but she, being but seventeen
years old, mad wished to Wait Shc now declared her
intention of breaking the engagement
Mr. DclHruchc had told her That her miner was lying
worry III IN hotel In London and that wis hrs wish that
she should marry him, which shc had also learned
IRON him whc he was In America Dcarocho had
told her wished to return to Europe soon as
pussiblc taking her with him NE ha wc " she would
Co. and asked TO consldcr II seriously and givo him
answer Friday that was yesterday as IN case oi
her consent would require time 10 obtain Tor
her suitable wardrobe tho daughter OF ono wealthy
gentleman and the bride OF another. Miss Gauson
sald thai Dearochc was handsome man. and paid tho
reporter The compliment OF saying that he rescmbicd
him. Miss Ganson entirely aeniea a about the poison,
saying that DcIarocho gold ring tashtonod in
tue form Of n snake, but mtrcly such ring Of
tcu seen other gentlcmcns fingers. she also de-
that her illness duo to tnis cause, and attrtb
uted II to mental worry ana exctcmcns occasioned bY
quite another cause.
During the reporters interview with Radcliffe he
asked 10 be inkcn Miss GHuson, but was told
that she still too III 70 be seem The reporter then
asked to &c. tho physician, Dr. Allen but was told by
Radcliffe that he too. could not he seen, being called
away distance by nh inporsnt case. IL attcrward
transpircd during the reporters intcrv,cw with Miss
Gauson that at tho very limo that tho physician
supposed to DO away NJ distance he was, IN fact.
visiting Miss Ganson herself Mr.. Radcllnc's anxiety
keep the reporter from seeing any ono hut himself
strongly confirmed MISS Ga0sons story, and showed
that worthy and highly cst,msbic young lndy's namo
had bccn unnecessarily drngccd into publicity 10