New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-10-09
AN INCIDENT IN ENGLIsH'S LIFE.
TRYING TO EvADE PAYISG WIDOW FOR 1HE RENT
OF COMMITTEE ROOMs-FORCED AT LAST TO
SETTLE THE CLsGM.

TRYING TO EvADE PAYISG WIDOW FOR lHE RENT
OF COMMITTEE RoOMs-rORCED AT LAST 10
SETTLE THE CLNIM.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE
CINCiNNATI Oct. S.-The GGzette Will publish to-
morrow morning the following rom ITS Washington
correspondent, General II. V. Boynton:
WAsnINGroN, Oct. s.-The records of the Su-
preme Court Of the District of Columbia, contain
a case against William II. English as an individual
and III his car acIty member Of the National DEM
ocrltc Resident Committee, which EXHIBITS HIM IN
the role Of falling to pay a widow a sum Of mt
Amounting TO 1874 tor rooms of the committee
named He was then member Of Congress. lie was
snci with tho other members of the committee
and after the latter had been Withdrawn from
suit as not responsible Euzlsh, who responsible
to use he lu.ds of tn" committee for this purpose
was rrococ led against and finally Obliged to pay
over 81 900. ths beng the sum due with interest
aud costs.
The case was begun in the Circuit Court
of this District September q, 1861, under these
ci~cuIust. nccs The National Democratic Commit
tee. appointed al the Convention IN Cincinnati IN
1888. met NJ Wizards Hotel December 3, 1879,
and elected a resident committee, whose names ap-
par in the papers below. They rented rooms, and
for a time the rent was paid. When English be-
came responsible the payments closed. sui was
then begun bv attachment
Tie GGz,Hc correspondent then gives copies OF the
legal papers upon which che attaoh ohment was issued.
From these it appears that the rooms were rented
from Mrs ". A. Kught OF No. Four-and a-hali-st.,
who was 10 receive ter their use $l20 month.
The upshot Of the suit was that an attachment was
issued against several members OF the committee,
English being among tncm. The correspondent
then continues. as follows:
Upon thi, the marshal attached Englishs interest
in certain real estat, thus city appraised at ABOUT
g. 600 bur as nothing more Is heard oI this prop
erty during these proceedings, 1t was probably
found that English had transferred 1t. NJ
any rate, wnen judgment was finally recovered It
mad o be collected m Indiana.
This SUIT continued on the docket for several years
and was dismissed by the piain,if against every
body but English, showing that he regarded as
primarily responsible It being understood here that
he was the treasurer OF the committee. One
of these contlnuauces was based upon
an affidavit made by English May 10. 1862, which
stated that tue testimony of MCCiusky was really
wanted, ana thar McClUsky was then mt Memphis,
Tenl; but owing to the disturbed con-
dition of the country aud the consequent
interruption OF its mail facilities, he Eng
ssh had been unable to communicate with or
hear from NJ, Clu>kcy for months past but that he
had a reasonable expectation and belief that he
would be- able to procure McCluskeys testimony by
the October term Of the Court McClusley was at
that time y staff officer IN the rebel army
and English seems by his statement to
have been in communication with him. trial was
not reached uutl aucr the old circuit bad been
abolished AM he ncw supreme CourT instituted IN
us pace, wncn, on Septcmb "a. 1864 the case
was trIca bcIrr, Chiri Justice cartier and jury,
anu a Judgment rendered against English Tor
1874 1G with stS.
II Bong mpo,slDie 10 collect iudglr cnt here, "A
snit was lusi Ited on tho jddgncut-rOl at Indiana
pol q. aud ju.Gm"ut was tanned against Eng
iIsh october II, 1863, winch judgment was not
paid Ly EngIsh un.l March %, 1870.