, 1879-01-03
THE "TIM ES.''
Rumor OF Its Sale to Long John
...His Ambiguous Remark.
Mr. Storey Would No More Go With
ont His Breakfast than Sell
His Paper.

A chilly little ruaor, shveFtng and trembling
ia the west wind, crcpt nut upon the streets
yesterday mornings ruu,or TO the effect that
the Hon. JOHN Wentworth had purchased the
Ch!ca9n Timer from it, proprietor, Mr.. Storey.
The Fumor found Its way Out Of the cold into
the saloons and "Rtlded palaces Of sin" on
Clark street between Madiaon and the river. and
there thawcd out. e1psuicd, and grew rapidly
in size and stfcuRth. Il began TO bo stated au-
thodtAtive!y that lit. Wentworth bud out tho
Savings Of q lifetime, or about $s1D, 700 Ia cash.
into the Chicago T..nes, sud was going
IL enter again the Held Of tournal-
Ism. which be cultivated *tth such sur-
erss = few decades ago; that hth voica Itad
becume weak Of late, and be was no: gultc zbJu
to express l,ls sentiments u his feilow-cittxrna
Al thb public halls add troHI the Guurt-l House
steps, ~ had been bis fsshiun VI old, uuA that
he was therefore seeking. to get m or1An
large audente w'ttu,ut difficulty, whether tho
weather was hot or cold, anu wtleit,er be fIn,-
sell were III cood or tut! vUtcs. It vas further
stated, ID The most authoritative was. that
Wentworth h1d aspirations. .--tflnt he wantctl 10
le nesln :isyof, or 20 tu Tic Senate IN plnru OF
Gov. 0g'csfy, uod tI,At hc tcs the neces-
sity Of having att urGan Though whtc! he might
ndrAnce his clatna. BY AFTERNOON thi:
MATTER WAS DEFINITELY sETTLED.
IL wAs well known oil over town that Mr..
Wentworth Ind purchased tie chtcaxn Times
for fn!t'ion dollars, more or tess; that the in
tsrumen& had been regularly drawn up sud WIS
IN the Rccorlcr'n utllce. A few, to whom It was
alleged tfIat the Recorder had shown It. gave
mysterious fntitnatious OF IT. coHsenta, nlteg,n.
thas It bouutl Mr. Wentworth, for certain lime
a. least. to pursue the old EoliGy ot The papes,.
providing. Of course, that Mr. Wentworth could
nnd tut what that p0llcv wins.
There were evidently two pessons nione Il,
wilosa breasts thu truth Ut the msftdr wos
lodgvd,-air. Wentworth, the alleged purchaser,
and Nj. Storey. tho alleged Keller. To The tirat
OF these thu reporter ilrst went. lie inquired
for him at l,is hotel, the sherman House, and
MR.. WENTWORTH WAS SICK Angp.
and had been ~ for some DAYS. It WAS at once
evident to the reporter that slr. Wentworth
must ltayc been bending his intelligence to the
was, and hnw he was to livu np to ltt contruet,
and that tint had thrown him into feyer. lls
went to the iloor u his room and 1tstauctl
tay to ~ tnass9st t,a ,na 'E
through tnc kcy.ho!c. At Inst he sent In 4 card
to acc II he could interview Mr.. Wentworth.
The gentleman teclloeu-unitss It rwau some.
What particular subject OF national politics
the reporter dcasretl to direct hts
attention. The hcekcr after news stated. In
reply, that he wanted to ,nd ont q, about thu
when the idea first dawneu upon his iuEpd;
; when 1t tlrAt took forn: how hc wooed tho
reluctant paper: how much he Ind to pay:
AuN "ASu tuF AlDEGTntn pApfF NOuiH hl1K C0Vly
and bashfuliy Into l!ts etnbracrs. 70 this nj.
Wentworth replied. larollically: ~ dun't
publish my private affairs u tnr public" THIS
eonhF'ned the ,reportrr's belief IN tho story.
tnR to buy the 1'snts, Il wouldn't hare been
hta priyata affair; and, ii he hadn't beeu IN.
tending to purchase tho paper, he would have
lad no hesltancy IN speaking out u The public.
upon
usS psONA4t
and, without going throux! any unnecessary
phLIandcting, he simply stated to lin, tlr
aud had been published In An evening pares, tu
the effect that tr Ind sold uut to Mi. Wen,-
worta. Mr. storev's reply was III striking cou-
distinguished that Ut Sir. Wentworth. Said the
proprietor OF tho T.,nex: "Thcre IL no tuulua-
uon for the report. would nd more think Ut
s.,nx r. a<' than would Of going wi'nout
rhr reporter did not nsk Mr.. Storey to what
extent he was devoted to Ills hrcakfast, MD
w!!sther tteec were not contingencies under
that, like the generality Of ,oanklna, he Is r3.
cecdfn1ly devoted TO that meal, which LAYS tho
lnsts aud foundation for the duy. aud to bu de-
priyetl OF which is to ou subjected to headschcs,
uuuttcrablu cn,plincss whirh make one rexrInblB
the ctcrual va.uutu, he Is d thu impression that
~. Storey has no earthly intcntion or lcslrs to
dispose OF his pajer.-
VINO srARrxp rua AuaoA,
no inan kl'oweth. Il Is harely possible, Il Is
tlmld'y suggested, TINT Long john may hayu
written some ambiguous stutencc ahout II on
und committed It To the custody of the winds:
that It HIny have reached tho sidewalks, hays
bcrn picked up by como one. wllU read It's tus,-
tents. aud Illus have been ths starttn0.polnt Of
The story which created such sensation iu news
10 tlluse who lear Mr.. Wentworth, mav hcaye
I aigh Of relief. lie has not sharp stick yet.