The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-15
and the more see Of her the more am dissustsd.'
this letter written after the trouble began"

and the more see Of her the more am dissusssd.'
ms letter was written after the trouble began"
eh wnEx HI PRAYED. ~
"Gsorgc was not IN tho hasit OF having amiIs pray
ers: he never haa any regularity about praying.
eept blessing at the table / mover him
pray at night only lev times The princi-
He never accused OF malpractice anu he never
spoke 70 about this barksspeE He told spadone
IN maiprscties He told thom that Used to keep
company With barksepsr and had received a ring
FROM him; but he never spoke 70 me about II t TINS
morning. He afraid, knowing what he said about
10 deny all .hl. he asked me very csldly n denied
il and 1 sand, yes He said, 'Why?' and 1 an
swsred, because Is Ne he said, DO you deny
expressing Il to me- aud SAID, Il do, for IL 10
le.' or course ne had a motive in telling thcse
stories, because they would affect my reputation, and
people would think susA low things Of ms.'
With this statement IN his possession M Neon
said he ist confident OF securing conviction. espe-
cialiy as Mrs vosburgh SAID aiierwsrd there were
vosDurKh naa won her over again he induced her to
away, ana she made her escape 10 Now York.
ana root ~As shsr assy S .S;a's sss Sa
The Shorin kept her away rom her husband
vilie's house, where he was then living. TO his
house, whore ms wife was aud deputy sheriff caught
influence 10 any way. but IL Is charged that be
took letter there addressed to District Attorney
Mca, and induced her to copy IT. rls following is u
verbatim copy OF the letter:
Ar Hoxx Monday Morning
DIR. McGLLL:-
You ought not to force the witness stand and
will never there unless forced do
any good aud must shnxs dear 70 hs words dear
10 me" here partially erased which will hurt those
dear to all sides believe my husband entirely
s: upon s. h% "s s i'
ss s:ss. not al
s ., ~ s.a ysI a. that m ny aasS1I s has
Mrs. vosBURGlI.
This letter MIRA vosDurgh says her husband wrote.
and 1t bears internal evidence OF the truth oi her
statement The first thing that attracts attention Ia
original letter the beginning line below that
on when she was writing and show that she was
copying and her eye caught the wrong line
STATEMENT OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
When Inc foregoing story OF Mrs. V0sburgh had
been written reporter called upon Mr.. AcGh the
District Attorney. The statement was mentioned and
Mr. Mccall hastily intern uptsd the reporter by saying
deIicacy requires that should say nothing
less further criminal prosecution shall become sd-
vIsable.
"Will you be kind enough 70 state whsshsr Mr.
Sickles mad ~ any time copy OF the statementf,'
"Mr James Sickies was present when Mrs vos-
QusntIy, when the statement had been written
Length by the s,enoRrapnsr. requested IT, and
allowed nim 70 examine II 10 the same room with
me. - iit-ts '4At f-
'sDo you recognize this % the statement made by
Mrs. vosburgh al that umsY"
''rhe statement which you have read believe 10
be- in Its essentials, verbatim extracts paper
be, and doubtless are, trl1ing which
always result 10 such u mass OF matter from nasty
copying. think, however, that It 10 iairy given,
from whatever source you have obtained IT,"