Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-06-29
The AckIen-Godirey 4 flair.
Congressman Acllleu publishes in this MOI;


ing's Post tho following card -
"7o Whom Il may concern:
the Infamous attack upnn 10Y character
lately published in several papers | denonnce
al on urn,ilieatcd and wlfnl liza fabrication
from beginning to end-hHvng not ono sclntilla
of truth for it's foundation Ii has now been pub
lcly denied by all who could have had any knowl-
edge of it--by General Rosser, who, in st. Paul,
distinctly stated that ho had made no mention
Of the affair to anyone, and to me, by telegraph
from Minneapolis, in answer to my telegram,
stating, When you know that no such iucl'
dent ever transpired,' says that he had made
no such statement and referring to the article
in the National Republican. says. Am not re.
sponsible for what it has published. and that
the SANDERS referred TO therein must surely
be false After such depials l cannot
further lock to Gen. Rosser as the author OF
tho vilo attack. Further denials have been
made by tho lady through her brother and
friends, in published statements. and by the
employees of the restaurant 10 their sworn at1l'
davits, to which attention IS called. J. knew
nothing of this SANDER until | reached Louis
lana, but on seeing il returDed at once to Wash
iogton, and though as yet unable to trace Its
source, have proven and shown it to be vile
oaumDy, without any foundation 10 tact.
}. II. AcKLEN.
The Post also publishes the following sum;
mary Of the facts 10 the case, as substantIsted
bv the afidavits above mentioned and by o
certificate of Congressman Gilbert c.. Walk
er, A. G.. Buell. and j. Is. Trainer, that
the said statement of facts has, in theirpresence,
been read aud certified upon honor to be
correct, by Mr. Acklep and by the lady, through
her brother, New York city Congressman,
who also 10 their presence denounced as utterly
false apy statement that Mr.. Acklen acted n
| an improper manner toward The lady In ques.
ton, The gentlemen subscribing to this cert.
6cate assume the responsibility of emitting the
| namo of the lady's brother and her own name,
on her account The following is the statement
| thus certified:
o. Tuesday evening, Juoe IL, about ten
O'Clock, Hon. j. II. Acklen and lady drove
up to Welcker's in carriage, which was dis
missed as they resided but block or two
away. They entered the middle room, which
is separated from the two adjoining ones only
by folding doors. 10 the first room there was
noisy party of gentlemen. The last was oc.
cupcd BY General Rosser and lady. Acklen
ordered bottle of champagne frarpe; in live
or ten minutea it was brought 10. The seats
occupied were those OF the end 81 tho table
pext tho room in which tho gentlemen were
dining. There is no lounge ror a,ia 10 the
room, Dor has the door any bolt. When the
waiter Quilted the room the door was lett partly
open. About ten minutes later Ack!en rang
the bell and ordered some crackers and cheese.
These tho waiter brought and retired. still Icav.
ing the door rarity open. Acklen and the lady
remained DOT longer than twenty i've minutes.
] ust before leaving Ackleu spoke With koss5r,
who bad como out Of his room to ascertain
about tho noise in The other room, and about
| which be had spoken to the waiter. There was
| 10 alteration or any uDpleassntnesa whatever.
! Acklen then rang tho bel! for the waiter, order
ed aud paid bis bill! aud Left, accompanied by
tho lady, with whom he walked home, they
chatting together pleasantly az they went out.
There was no assault or difficulty OF any kind,
as sll The parties state, both in statements sworn
to and otherwise, and the waiter. le: it be re-.
| membered was in the room no less IMAM n7e
| times during the twenty five minutes 1t WAS &C.
cuped By Acklen. The next day Acklen call
ed On the lady in question, was joined Whl!a
| who had also called Acilen cslled again the
next afternoon. and srent como time. aud when
! he left On Thursday evening tor Loulsisns, the
lady and friend accompanied him to the depot
! in tie same carriage. They are, and always
| have been, OF the very best Of terms. Laying
aside all ether questions, The story a5 was pub
| lished is preposterous On its 1ace Ihere was
neither time nor place for such an occurrence to
| have trans PRED, and an assault by Rosser upon
Acklen would certainly have been iesrd NJ eV'
| cry man in the al dining room.
| fully corroboTated by tina sfidavits Of two
walters.
Tho following additional statement by Mr..
| Acklen is slso publisheds
In view Of the fact thateome fast impressions
| have been crosted by certain newspaper articles
| racnontjoo otfantiO0e IA thn la0V incident
ally affected by tho late ISLANDERS 30 widely pup
lshed, feel it my duty to state that my inten-
! tons were strictly honorable. and that previous
| to and after the pretended occurrence, had the
| she declined, aad that my attentions were con.
| tinued st my request u Il. AchLEN'
| The Washington correspondent of the ~ I.
| Herald gives the following account OF tina inter-
view with MIR. Trainor, Mr.. Acklon's private
secretary, before Mr.. Acklen reached Wash.
"Why," said Mr. Trsinor when l started
out MI Acklen hadn't a-rriend in town, so gen.
eral was ths impression created against him by
tho Islander Of Rosser and Rosser's friends. But
people are beginning 10 see tho thing in differ
ont light now"
How do you account for the misrepresenta.
ton of the affair at Welcker's whatever it Sas?'
1T was due to Jealousy"
Jealousy Jealousy of What?'
"Oh, Jealousy on the part of the society ladies
of Washington of the two ladies, one Of whom
was Mr.. Acklen's companion at the restaurant
that night. The papers have been full of the
beauty of these two ladies. newcomers from the
North, and the resident beauties here couldn't
stand it. Then, again, Mr.. Acken incurred the
displeasure Of the whole 'secesh element Of
society in Washington because he took the iron
clad oath of allegiance when he was sworn in as
Congressman. You know he was only boy
when the war was going on, and he could take
the iron clad OATH"
The Presidential Fraud.
After the Gazette report Of the proceedings
of the Potter Committee yesterday closed, Min
lister Noyes was reminded that he had while in
Florida telegraphed to Mr., HAYES. After his