New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-12-02

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ACTIVITY AMONG THE COPARCEyEke
| THEIR PRESENCE AND RUMoRED c)ssrLt ,r.,,,,,
IN THIS CITY To DEVISE A DEFENCE ROW.
MISUNDERSTANDING SEARCH FOR coIo.,rt
PELTON.
Several of the men prominent as leader !,
the cipher conspiracy now in this city, They aovo
been holding secret consultations it Is SAID with vi W
Of arrang ing defence with which TO appt .r before In
Potter Committee. e. W. wooliey, OF Cincinnati Ia.
been IN the cts for several days Colonel PeIton an
rived from Montreal Friday, ana Senator Barnum q,
Connecticut came to the city on the same Day smits
NJ Weed. of Plsttsburgn, arrived yesterday morHln,
MantOn Marble and Samuel J. Tiiden also In the
city.
They all decline to talk the subject disclose m,
nature Of their proposed defence but intimate friend
and business Of OF them said las; night
Mr.. Tlden will ask to before the Potter Commit
tee, and he will declare his ignorance OF anything re-
gardiDg the socaled conspiracy. The other persous
implicated viii also relieve Mr. Tilden OF any blame IN
order TO allow him be the next Presidential candp,ta
on the Democratic ticket They will deny tia, thu
TRANSACTIONS made by The TRIBUNE correct aud win
produce key that has been ingeniousy contryed To
give different meaning from that furnished by The
TRIBUNE. In this way they hope to relieve Mr.. TIden
and escape themselves"
consultation was reported to have been held last
night by the "coparcenes" at private residence I'D
town.
That Colonel William T. PeltOn. the nephew OF his
uncle has returned to this city from his Canadian re-
treat is subsanated by the evidence OF the eyes one
the highest officials Of the General Government who
was on the Friday morning train that brought Mr.. Pei
ton hvme Several Democrats, IN the Manhattan Club
and out of it, say they bseye ne came back on Friday
dsclaiD all knowledge mis- present residence.
he stopping at the Gey House, the clerks have been
instructed u keep the Iact "a secret
At Mr. Tllden's law office in Wast, on Saturday, no
information could be obtained which amounted TO
ccw. Mr.. Tden's ant said that Colonel PetOn was
not stopping ut Gramercy Park"
" can't tell you anything about Mr. Peltons return.
mittee. &" The LAST I heard from MN be at the
Windsor Hotel, in Montreal. His daughter aud lady
relative with him. They had been passing two
three weeks making tour Of Canada"
do you know whether Smith NJ. Weed visited Colonel
PeltOn in Montreal !"
don't know tnat he did. When heard that Colonel
PeIton had < To Canada like Others perhaps
dered II he had left the country u place himself beyond
the reach Of any committee. He cOu afford 10 DO
that. It would be construed as a Confession OF guilt"
At Manton Marbles residence. No. 532 EiftB-ave in
however that Colonel PeOn has taken refuge In Mr..
Marbles Ark" ana that the hatchways have been
closed and Dattened down. IL is thought TO be the plan
OF tue members of the cipher pot TO Keep away from
Mr. Tilden's rsOn. while arranging for their defence,
"a said popular falacy among item that such
a course would place Mr.. Tden little higher above s1s
piclon than his letter lett him.