The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-07-20


LETTER FROM MI. GEORGE, WHO GAVE HrN
rnE ICED TEA--uow HE ACCOUNTS FOR THE
oAi..MsS's ILLNESS
.he following letter has been received from nj.
Garrison w. George. the proprietor 0: the hots
Greonwooa lake where the alleged poison
ing Of Courtney, She oarsm1n. 10 said
to nave occurred. Courtney, q will b remembered
crediiea with he saemsn, that he believed no WA
druggcd while al ,ho hotel. and that the propriotos
had personally given him goblet OF icec
tea which he thought haze been ampsred
with 10 OF the statement 0; Dr.
olcot published In tho HkRAlp OF yesterday and ths
letter .; Nj. George Doth OF winch she idea OF
poisoning Courtney, who has SO tar had nothing 10
say. VIII doubtless feel called upon explain the IN
putalions made against him.
Mr. osoxox's LErrKH
Sr GEoaGE HorkL,
COOPER, GxsExwoop LAKE, July II. 1871.
Since Saturday lust Their. have various ruuiors
aloat regardus Tue reasons Tor tie non lulAent OF
The contrac. between Courtney and RIoy 10 row
race on Greenwood lake, and name has
v. aifd lei n Sss uS, Know an m as 81
the. relate to what has been termed IN ne news
papers "thc poisoning OF Mr. courtney" On Friday
evening, July 10 ! returned from New YORK ny tho
which reaches Cooper NJ quarter 10 scvcn, aud
then rst that Mr. courtuoy waste 10
asGes AZ my house; IN fact, lie was already moro. bag
and baggage He met The dlnius room dvof, on my
entrance. and said that he had come 10 my house ~
Thai he had selected room and had h's
baggage placed 10 Il SAID 70 him ina.
informed me OF his coming that would have bccp able
to have made II more comfortable for him, and per-
perfectly satisfied with The room and nothing more
could be done ada TO his iort
ON SATURDAY mornns nc was up al six O'Clock sno
wcat out 10 tne depot and three Of his ironds were
with hn between haifpa six AMI sevcn O'Clock
rs WIN. IN 70 breakfast III the public room
After breakfast he walked about The srvunis
with his friends About niuo clock saw him sitting
truck OF The Amsr.cnu Express Company.
"cu up TO him aud inquired ho had rowod over the
course that mornlng. 10 said NO; no did
not know where the courss WAS ! then ~
marked that supposed no had gore over
lr,m tho TACT OF his coming to my house 10 be
uursed. lie was alone u, this !lne and seemed 10 DO
deep study. do not think hc made any rcpiy to
my lei remark. About hail-past eleven wont
up 10 Mr. Courtncys room and found
I him aud SIX OF his friends there. | said 10
him that acsircd hin and hts friends TO dine betort
II time tor the general drner aud would have
Everything ready at haiEpnst twelve then named
the bill d ARE anc added n an thing more wua
w.ntcu to let me know. Mr. Courtney rcphed tna. ne
also said that the vill Of arc named all sCa
rus ALIKsxp POISONED TIA.
When the dinner was ready escorted the party
I to the dining room ana seated then. al Tue
table SAID 10 Mr.. Courtney tina. u hc had 40 oD
jcctions iixould have my father Mr. Phelps H. George,
4 who sitting .he paror, dne with him. Ny iatner
w4s then brought ~ anu Introduced hun 10 Ar.
The oinaer wcul lhe sisi IN waning brought ~
cup OF tea and put i before Mr. Courtney. dc SAID.
ice In ~ ~ Which, was procared by myself
rom the !ank there. II was small piece. passcd
.asoqsn ns0 ns osro9" s"nsns ~ Ss' ssss
into the dining room then poured The tea from Tho
regular .o'pe. on the ice in ths goblet aud
passed OF ana all parties lett the table my
ia,her beng tao ist Alter this we dinodAeout .
hundred people, which took antli Two O'Clock Aoout
TINS mo noticed Mr. Courtney going from The read
lns room up stairs VITA two scntlcmea did not soc
HIM again until between three aud four O'Clock when
some told me that he was alex. went directy
10 his soom aud found h'm lying on the bod asked
very aioS asked how he accounted Tor It. One Of
I his friends replied that he had been drugsed what
ms r s1a 'A'"a me has Ssoa vo@ins snsu
examined the vessels 10 INC room and saw no
indications there OF man having vomted and asked
whore he vomtcd, aud the reply was, in the water
closet" then went In scarch OF doctor. Learned
at Tho dock than Dc 0icotl WAY on the ground and
! went to lnd him. | sosn learned that he had
been found by some one else and was
already ,na ,,a ~eo p g Ola n ,Ss
,icei somehow satirusu about tue st<tsneat made
thai Mr. Courtney had vouted up his dinner and 70
satisfy myself examined The water closet carefully
Their. wero ihrco persons with me NJ the time, and
none OF us could discover Any Indications Of
n drg ears, plan, and 1t would have been
an mpossibAty Tor man 10 have voinited IN u ana
rance OF sickness about the man, aud when no LEFT
Tor Now York tnat evening by tho tram no WAS The
picture of health. All this might not have been no.
tccd BY had not been looking Tor something
winch Understood wus 70 occur .i..
COURTNEY NETTING OK RILEY.
will explain Mr.. j. r. Mcintosh, OF Ithaca, N Y,
? came TO and said he Was betting on Riley, and
wanted to hold tue stakes. declined 10 receive
tho money, but ho insisted that as was the pro-
prlcior the hotel The money. no iclt,
would bo safer IN my hands then re.
ceivcd tho money, und ~ The Same time
remarked you nro trend of Mr. C"ur,ncy's y
lie Replied that he was, Oul tnat iloy was going 10
This man not ony CLAIMED be friend VI Mr.. Court.
ncy. but lived within very lew miles Of HIM.
Again, | noticed that number OF Mr.. Courtney q
intimate rienis BET their money the Same
way that Mr. Mcintosh did II was reported
among certain professionals that 1t an
understood thing tDat Riley WAS 10 be allowed
TO race thus matters stood up TO tho arrival
OF Tie .wo las, IRON New YORK, when csrta,n
other friends OF Mr. Courtney, VINO not posted
10 what was aoiug on tto ground, and tho
act that thoy had made ncavy bcis Courtney and
he learning ihis iact got very nervous over H. aud
then that the story OF his being poisoned was
hatchcd up Courtney, N my opinion, got SOCK 10 hep
friends Out Tor Ia THIS wav all beta would be OK
GxoR6Es BErs on Riley
II has been currently reported that was interested
tcnt-l did bet a put bottle OF wine With Hon. H.
" wilson a guest OF my house, that Riley woglc
win The race. No other bet did | make,
aad J challenge any party to provo ,,o sny
Is TOO absurd receive any serious acntion yet
II there DO any who believe II lot me say that hereby
agree 70 pay the % f5.c 20 any prrson who VIII
produce proof that Mr.. Courtney Mss poisoned while
10 my pou, . or that he poisoned NJ ALL am
a PHI slcian, but yet icei tai nod that DO no
Offering IRON tno ELECTS OF po.son and ~hcn Dr
Ocoti, OF TIC leading pyslcuns OF i'fooIyn, ANT
)f. Ward eniIncnt physician oi Newark. festii;
tlat no not sick mau. am convinccd taa
Mr. Courtney was ouy acting very dishcnoraD
part. SAMSON W. 6kOhSh
LIT THEM R,w, AsyHow.
70 rug EDITOR on rnE HEaALD:--
In to-day's igAALp saw article signed "Jus'vu'