, 1879-04-25

"Ypu said lnAt naht TINT Booth had done !
aolno Injury TO friend OF yours number OF
sea.rxS ss.xn: asnf" {,
"And yon nre reported to },avc denlsd to-day |
abatement tint tic friend was 1hd5, and to
ha.o atntcd tlat There MIS- no woman mixed up
In the rasc1n
"Then who wA4 the mnlo friend1a
It I'll my trial comes otl.''
tenes "S % y ys s fs tstres trs se 0a ehinsg% ye9 % s
subject suddenly md ptFoo.e'y.
TRAY pulled back his hair, md t'o scar l!s-
ii was drinking rrotty hard nbout four years
ago u1nl triul to atop anl thought II was no
,sc | got quite discouraged alnl tried to shnot
,nyaeli, by ihs ba!i took SIDE glance and laid
tlan't 1t possible that that little experiment
With firearms may have tended to upset you
"Wcll, not TINT know Of" WAS tho cool re.
u You ny booth lint your father. Ara you
related 10 film II nnY way1n
"Notn tc said, Just n little sulkily, for ho
was evidently Cutting tired Of thIs gnizzng;
~. put an't going to be interviewed my moro
~" "And f., then +, you'll mako your statement to
."Yse.. don't want to talk any more. about
! tNGoN AsAHEbs 1fu llakEu wv lAuEA HIISu43s
and here sllcse papers ~ mud print ali sorts ct
! lies about me.'
What do YOU mcan.''
! "Itnt stun from st. Louis" .
| "Wcll, then, Wfiy don't you tell the whole
story, and contradict tt,cm, with statements
aud explanations and not mere dcnials}t
Mo; I've talked enough, and amt going
to be interviewed again."
And from thls position Ao wouldn't be
bndRel.
ANOTHER BATCH OF LETTERS.
| Mr. b. Il. ingalls,, the landlord Of tho ingalls,
House, on State street, Just north Of the bridge,
says tllat Gray appeared sane enough while at
Ills house Tuesday nvl Wednesday. So says
bis wifc. Tic son, however, noticed something
funny in his talk, bis looks, md bis ac-
ttonB aud rather camc to tho conclusion
that ho was out OF his head. Gray
loft n yal!so ut tho house, together
With lot Of old clothes, all Of which worc gonc
through with yesterday by lSto& reporter, and
inspected for whatever they would yield. Tho
valise turned out muct-used copy Of Dicks
edition Of Shakespeare. photograph of Barrett
as Liche'iea, AMI one OF tho vest pockets con.
taIned iotter from Ills aftecttonate cousin Mol
lie Farrare, dated Dec. II, 1870. from which
tic following is MI extract:
Manic tells mo tho last tins she heard from you,
you had stopped drinking, uh hope. my dcar
boy that snch e TIC ca.e End that yon WI Keep It
ont M to Denver. / think can gsI son pass from
r aauf fs o bo cadeG d oS e bs,. n
you. my oTn boy.
Then came another, which the boy had no
doubt read md rc-rcad for It was bcthumbcd
md dirty IN the extreme:
KEoKuK Ia, Nor. 20. 1815.-Ar. Adrk Gray
--DEAn SfH: Your n,ot.er wah In tho stora yes
tcrsay to sec US about yonr account. Int VIC have
bocn ~ bnsy since yon LEFT hers that wo have l.a
VII es e i s
Santsd 10 knew i ws xeatd iake y yea ,eaek i an IN
seif 10 keep straight.
II yon want 10 como back, write ns by return Of
mall, or rot can como at once, and will try you
Trade Ia very good. In greet aasts: n,a Tours
Another, addressed s'Marls Gray, care scruggs,
vanslcrvoort s. Barney, St. Louis, No." With
tho marginal note ttat, II not delivered in i've
days, It Is to oo returned to the writer, care Of
Younkcr Bros. Kcokuk, H., is MS follows:
KroKyk 5sn gITEsp F. ,Ss M4MT Ill ;upp0ses
F's Ths Ses:oa I'D d. pot writ. hototo i. seeauss
sH sick for several days after got back fr0H st.
Louis. and hare besn very busy IN tue store 'at9.
ng consuo @ 10 Of lectures from sun treo Of Charge
Sam asked mo II seen yon when was IN
I told him aid, and that you had good iob.
lIe aakedtf I thought you gould b IL IN,
IN to 51s hss ssr asts
tsik with hes. toil hcs yea Va doing weIi, sns
hat yoa neyes touched ',tsop" shish s,,s va
aa K' @g to com, hack 81 VIE bs
A1s''"' ~ 'o'' @''''" '' DEx TucxHAs.
Then there was o curious assortment Of scraps
caFds newspnper elinpinss, and pl,otograph :. 2
a young man,-n0t tho shootor,-takcn by 4 "
eal ' natars, one f1sm ,Ee Philadelphla 7i,ae
! actors fondness for spiritual rcfrcshmcnt. An
other was from the Dramatic Ntas, IN which NJ
= mention was made OF the name OF Booth, NIX
another was from tic st. Luuls Globe Democrat
tile gontlemcn present nt q pleasant blrthtla3j
+ PARTY to Miss Lille Corwin, at Mrs. Corwnf
] residence, No. 1ol4 North. FftY..nIuta street
! 'lhe last was chipping frou, the s,. NV ~, Yorl
Q Pauldlng's Iia,nles as contrastcd with Dooth's
Tic hoy had ovidensly set great store on It, a',t
!, it had 10 doubt contributed to mako him ey1!
. mora stuge-struck tEan ho ever was before II
I was to hare appeared before the footltGhts mex
fall, as lc atatcd yesterday to reporter for Al
8 evening paper, but his programme, no says, !la
rather bcon lnicrfercd with. Aud yet be make
$ ITO doubt that that promised statement to tli
c Court "at the proper ttno" will "got hin
it out" us he says. A programme of "hfory In
/; stttu.c Lectures, evidently carried IN the pock
Q ct for some time, Judging from rs epllt ail
u the following cxtract trom Father trout'e pncI
On It's revcrss In peue:
On this ponder,
It Where wander,
&c And Thus grow f0ndnf,
Il Sweet Cork, Of thee.
And last Of nil, tho heap Of stuff yielded up
cory of the Chicago Police aa1ettt Of July Il
1878, with au illustrated aceouut Of the Steven
=, tragedy.
= MORE ACQUAfNTANCE9.
~ Asa matter Of cuursc. people ato turning u
- MI over town WHO know something nbout Gra.
~ g, c, Cox, tho fruit-ica1cr, says ho knew Gru
r, in Keokuls, md that lle has been stage'strue
- for years, mud has hsard him say ho would con-
,o out somo day ns star and aston!sh oyeryhod
r. Gray is reported to have said to Capt. dFo'nm'
that booth could not play Rfeheslta any NOR
r. than Tue devil could bu m angel-a sentime'
- somcwhat similar that ha EXPRESSED In hta 10
i, ter published In yestesday's TRIBUNE: JOSEF s
IN cat,sn to his abop about huli.paas Wcdnosdu