The daily gazette., 1879-05-26
|oI1RTH EDITION
s11cnrR's NEW DEAL

RETURN. ~ " a. sOIn---Iney .,,n tO "A
Jadse ,s""s Of Innoce"eo
'S"i'' ~. heeu said and published
Nar'' .la,niug the Dutcher-Wa' a'so,, sredence to-
ID While 'n' G.w have been content W
! rPoI'ss,, s,,ure re- course of Mr.. Dutcher, l'i
Iat the illa,' o,n The nature of this
a.s' ,'a.s was indicated IN a way vnssc,ed' . last
PuIss I'a,sI s as it was unexpecaea, 'sS' W
decidea areniug, AZ when George M'
lHrday, y,nseIf e. and Mrs. Mary q. Wat vat
u.cher hll,iIe''W 'a Wilmington on the 6:25
n, ard,''p ,rnm Philadelphia. il The first thing
aln from lrO,,, their h arrival was to go to tiie
bne upo,' S,.l@s ,,s Hotel, where Mrs. Wat
p r,,s registered and was asslshed gdsS q 70 n the
!. ..lor pr' home where he was met anec-
ulc,el s,eIy M by his wife and children. AT.
onalely .y,s9inr. y! no. a iel r, sem alive OF this
,aar nS' learning that Mr. and Mrs; I,,sc,, Dascn-
arl, se,p M At the hotel with Mrs. w a'so., ),
wsl. We .od |I .ent up his card with that an
lea ..iiam a"I he granted. Word was brought
leN'e" ', roTy short time that the party
h phl !" he = pleased to see the inqilsiiive
oa.a .;hs and and he was ushered ililo Mrs.
lloe' 49,. ro,,n. Here he was met al
a'1v" S"or hy Mr.Dutchcr who welcomed
~ in his usual hearty manner, anu
aaon,ed =, m him to the ladies'. Mrs: Judge
t,so'' s,snu Il a large, but finely formed
.m." as'vn with a pleasant demeanor'
oiia" ,,n' No, handsome, there is nothing
.n", i"' h"r ar TO strike apclson unfavorably,
y VI, No al Indications Of the desperate and
''olute y Inf life she is represented to have
Ell ! al the time OF her travels IN
.r + England. Mrs. butcher was dress
:" as A iGoIah she had dropped i'll for a
Ios stay as she had not removed her
'nnei, @ There was pleasant smile on
!, face As though she was much pleas
al seeing her husband back again.
tnip there during the hour OF con-
~,tion which followed, the reporter
:, unable to detect anything which led
In 10 entertain any thought that the
ary was anything else than earnest III
Isir declarations Of innocence.
The conversation opened by the re-
nler asking Mr.. Dulcher whether the
mart, circulated about him were true,
which he replied that they were false
om beginning to end. lie then went
4 TO sa, that the charges had been
puehi on by parties in Philadelphia,
Eho disirpd 10 drive him from the tenn
,nuce field, because he had become
,e protector of Mrs. Watson. 1t was
Ot actuatcd by jealousy of his populari-
but simply by a mans pure devlish'
es to agaln degrade a reformed wo-
ban.
Mrs. Watson, at this point said thai
be leading prosecutor was a man NAMED
'aviorl Spear, Of Philadelphia, who
las a trustee in a Presbyterian churcl
n Arch street above Tenth and wa:
bo Sunday school teacher and
pember Of the Young Mems Christian
ISociaion. "In addition to this" sait
IS. Watson, ''hc is declaimer of tenn
eiance without taking the pledge an,
the same time has drunk several bot
e Of wine with me before my reforma
Jon al his expense. He has left sore
carts in my family and has nearly kill
NE. When reformed and entered OF
BY labor to love with Mr.. butcher, h,
Undertook to get me back again as hi
distress, and since April lst has resort
to every possible means Of persecu
on. Threatening letters were writer
plB and lying letters to our friend, an,
ts printed in the newspapers. Th'
Philadelphia Times was bought by thi
bah and published columns Of lies iron
eglnning to end. 4 reporter for TIN
mes called IN Mrs. Dutche
nd wrote a false report of an interview
She will tell you. Mrs. Dutche
fIe admitted that the Times report
Fere wholly false.)
his same reporter, according to di
edloS, wrote To me in Hartford not {
elTn home at this time. This wa
loAt bccatIsc they were fearful that W
OlIld expose them Mrs. Watson her
moved the letter alluded to. 1t is date
tile Times office, May LIST. The write
AS that he has seen Mrs. butcher, VIII
very bitter against her as also al
many others, and She would be arreste
uncut doubt if She should return {
iia Time. He says he is friend of hel
na ol temperance and advises her to +,
Aain away.
MIS- Watson then spoke of the othel
sasllS III the persecution. The lea,
one OF these was Mrs. Mary Child
yssnlulhS at No. 2l34 Brainbridge stree
llla who hunted her persistently vii
~ acad husbands letters and was a d
guy always on her track. She an
". VT Ducher had written letters to Il
'wS' M' which were suppressed.
M Dulcher was Lere asked if Nj
Vmh um cullen Brlart, of WilmiI gton la
yum! slid against him, and he +
E Rneu irankly that lie had; and MI
uh,I alded that he was III serab
rSuu,'uiei r.miei and was employed by the ms
, .iaS'ord ,n'rd Spear. Mrs. butcher told
h. ",er W sen to her and Samuel 5. Hs
!, H.. MI' bryant IN Which he invites NJ
-, Du.cler through them to come with hi
HnS.u a.' and says that he is going up u
up'V,, anu y !, on old ,'sneaking Spears" mon,
soa sau Il lhey could get together and ma
Ipoal I's lhlnk that Mrs. Watson had l.
TSa TS%''iler' i'' they could have a "good time
tIa, A., iuea w held out to the reporter W
ir"in rpa air' Bryant was both serving al
waa s"s s,,i TO hood@mk Spear. This of
MI Sa.'wn Su,'hlown to Mr.. butcher, he sa,
M.n' "'a',iruay, G Nhcn Harry Roberts, Pr,
I1iI,Sa,.lln.r nj. d. lnr butcher Reform Club
thSn n'a%uelphla, showed it to him, and
WiM Wiup'louhc d ii in no measured tern
the nar. %n regard to proof that Spear W
irslnns lmnlseeltor, Mrs. Watson quotes O
ago "s' = @hen' on Monday, two wee
lyno l newspaper clipping containi
Dans, i,eP"r's aIout her was sent I,
pI, t1e h, IN Watertown, n. Y, with a M
sgear ear@','a~rltlns OF which she can aim
ceiyrJ u n as 1eihg Spears. They ha
Mr. rn.uli''chan N.Y., oyince f ON this son
10 a svIer ,ow,l says, They ha, never %
and c"h nut what this has bean do