The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-11-02
MAYOR HALL HOME AGAIN.
s,, MONTHS or REST LITER TWENTY
xr,H, or CONTINUOUS WORK.
.,,. u,a. Of Departure from New York Tn
.novu Except 60 uin'.eif-Win Resist
r,cr, Attempt to Make u Appear that he
r,,,,,d "a Conspiracy and Pro0ted by IL.


,,..n.d "A ton.piracy and Pro0ted by II.
All speculation concerning ex- Mayor nan,
,.oheroahouts and purposes. has been nnaliy
-, a, r,4t by his sudden and unexpected re-
a,,earntec. Always fond OF sensation no
s .o,n rroper to shroud his return in mys-
,.ry rr..i-aly NJ he did his departure
stn,o NJ nl,v evening II has been rumorcd
4, IN, rliy that Oakcy Hall had come home. ana
,,o, he WIS with his family in West Forty
s,,,uI street. Investigation showed that Mrs.
u,u and the young ladies' had given up their
o,,ntry residence in New Jersey. and were
d,,ni.lled In the homestead up town. Unusual
oI,.n.,- If lfo were noticed in ai-i about the
t,rmor r., -ilcncc Of the cx-Mayor 10y the police.
AMI ,u tN, occasions il appeared that rccep-
,nn had been held. a. numerous carriages
ir,,.o mn io the door and subsequently, carried
partl'- away.
Tho d1nlt wac removed yesterday when re-
,,r,,r met the gront lookcd-for ON Broadway
rnrly in the morning, cnrpct bag in hand ana
oyor oni uton his arm. That II was Oakley Hall
tin,-,f wu- beyond pcradycntnrc. He Wore
round top hat eyeglasses, moustaehe. ana
mixed Sic g also q ruddy glow and a look of case
and ront nimont TO which his face has for years
bs,nu .i.u.rr. Tn" reporter hailed him, ana
h.. a. i r,poc,ing the sauiation. readily re-
turn.i t.
condition Mr. Hall returned courteous ana
prop.i answers. bu, skilfully evadcd every at
tcmpi To- draw him ont on the subject in which
the luhli. are more greatly interested.
I'm the. course ot q long and interesting gen
eral talk the following. in substance. was ob-
ulnod.
Do you care to say ANYTHING as TO your mode
oflrnyins the city,
"No. All that there can be to say ol that Is.
that no person whatever knew of IT, directly or
indirectly"
some of your friends thought and feared you
were nui oi your head y
Well as to that as know myself had
not fora long time been thoroughly myself -
"Did YOU fear any further com plications with
the Ring troubles p
"Notnt all The Ring troubles had nothing
proximutcly to do with what may call my
slinngr "a sencc.'
" nut remotelyY
well. Of course there had been great strain
on my brain and will power durinsthe siN years
In which those Ring troubles were uppermost in
the public mind
"Dp you regret that stepF
what principally regret is. that II wa-
d~.med necessary to invent 80 much romance.
especially that which was to the disparagement
OF innocent individuals"
"Y u look we'll
"Ye-. and feel well. have had now six
months rrst-I may say. really the first rest |
have had in twenty years Of continuous pro-
fes,.unul and political conflicts"
some II your apoogists laid your sudden
departure To your cccentricity.'
"P.rhHp- am eccentric. / certainly have no
right tn ii-put. with old constituents as to
whether | am eccentric or not nor whether l
was an Indifferent or careless official. but So
long a- my brain and will hold out. | shall re-
sist very attempt to make it appear that for
mar Mavor Of this great city deliberately
planned and carefully executed and prohted
paruniarily by n criminal conspiracy
Mr. Halls manner il absolutely unchanged
H. retains his peculiar habit Of gesture. has
lost none of his puuning faculty. and as h'
walked ON w town. bore himself as lnuntiy ~
eygr. hi step being iriie heavier as lie seems
The news that Oakley Hall was not only in th'
c npI haI oTe En sn n on Wbo ,ne wore eT9k known
invo rnl lions with him were buttonhOl"d. his
old mi were visited. his iormrr puriners
werr iii ryiewcd, and even the clerks who IN
Oak ty'- luny days laughed NJ his jokes hn'
moo. -ily re- 'ciyrd th"lr pay al hi- bands. wer,
be-m-ht tptcil what they knew Of their former
-Y,lalply Mr. yandcrpoel, who was Oak,
Hall aF,- .yo while here. his representative
afr rhel T. ind always his friend and apollo
ga. wa- 30" of the first upon whom the irodi
ga Srn i'fi his ard Reporter followed haro
een.i ly Mr. Vandcrpocl, who Is always
ready to tell what he wishes e. have known
Thr l.rall- = wheat in the bushel Ol chaillns
wer. i.w and tar between.
IS ~ laNc sr.n Mr.. liallV
ron. Yes liz rllied on me among the nrst
aftcr 'ad been home to see his friends"
"ni f.u se" him any length OF time
-. H. remained WIN me several hours.
"You N, known where he was all the time
H. i,i 'v. for several months past"
" NIrf. tlil ynu know Of his coming back -
i.l % lnttnr from him about we"l