Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-08-20
Latest Eastern Eew
Leete. tho Lpuisiu.A witness,
Crazy.

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Crazy.
NEW YORK, August 19.-About 9
o'clock last evening John A. Leete
registered at the Astor House anu
was assigned a room OH the third
floor. About half all hour after
going to the room the loud report
OF a pistol was heard from there
and the crashing Of a bullet through
the door, accompanied by loud
cries from the room. Several off .
GERS who were summoned burst in
the door aud Immediately u bullet
whizzed past them and the party
inside slammed the door i'm their
faces. Another attempt by the
officers to get in was met by an
other bullet, but both shots fortu-
nately missed. The officers then
made u combined rush and over
powered Leete before he could
again fire. Leete was q witness
before the Potter Committee last
week. He was terribly excited,
and said there was a conspiracy to
kill him, and he meant to kill the
first man who entered his room.
He fired, he said, in self defence.
Leete was taken to the City Hall
station and locked up. He swore
at every one and denounced all AS
part of a band of conspirators. In
conversation with a reporter he
said he was satisfied he had been
shadowed fer days past by
fellow who wanted TO put him out
OF the way on account OF the testi.
mony he gave before the Potter
Committee, as they fear he may
tell some more. He says he car
rled his private memorandum book
with him containing additional
startling testimony aud it was the
book they were after. He went in
search OF some one to protect him
and called yesterday morning at the
Sun office to see Mr.. Gibson, but he
was not in. He then got Colonel
Pelton's address and also Manton
Marbles. He took q street car.
but the conductor took him beyond
Gramercy Park, his destination.
which confirmed his suspicious.
A visit was paid to Gov. 1fiden but
he was absent. Leete then wrote
the following: II am pursued by
assassins or poisoners aud cannot
find my friencs."
Taruing an Homes, pe.ny.
NEW YORK, Aug. ia Times
Washington special says: The
Treasury Department has receiyed
a number OF communications from
large firms and others respecting
Linderman's circular OF July 25th.
relative to the value OF trade dol.
lars. The writer's, judging from
the tone of their letters, belong IN |
that class of thrifty persons who. |
before the Department Informed |
the public that the trade dollar was |
only worth its bullion value, which
at present rates IL worth but 0D
cents and fraction. Some per-
SONS have been In the habit af buy-
ing the coins in question at q dis
count varying from s to 8 per cent.
and them passing them off at par.
This was the case in some large
manufacturing establishments.
where the employees have been in
variable paid partly in trade dol
ars. Railroad companies also
large saving by using
.rade dollars at their ticket offices
snd palning them off on the pub
ic at their par value. 1t was to
'heck this swindle that the Direct
'r Of the Mint published his circu-
ar cautioning the public against
the trade dollar for any
hing more than it was worth and
low that the harvest is at an end
folders Of trade dollars are very
Indignant at the Government for
,aving interfered with their opera
IONS. Some want to know how It 4.