National Republican., 1880-01-02

located, but kept there only temporarily, for
Bt;cr the crowd departed she was brought into
Lieutenant Kelly private room aud remained
there whore she was visited later by Colonel
William a, Cook, Of her counsel.
HER STATEMENT.
In conversation with representative of
THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN she made a
lengthy statement, Of which the following is
the purp0rt
Her father Mr.. Horton, and Senator Morgan
were both generals in the Southern army and
fast friends. At the termination Of the rebel.
lion they formed law partnership at Selma,
Ala, which was dissolved by the death Of her
father.
| In this manner John II. Morgln and she be.
came acquainted, she heiug then nearly seven.
teen years Of age, and in the year ls77 they
| were engaged to DE married, While occupying
| this relation to each other he took advantage
Of her confidence, betrayed her, and after that
| refused to keep the marriage compact. There
was no male member OF her family living Il
| whom she could 20 to compel him TO make
| restitution, aud he resisted all her appeals e
save aud protect her from shame and exposure
| Finding pclsuasion5 useless She took recourse
| to the law, and he WAS indicted for seduction
and the indictment is still pending against
him in Alabama. When Senator Morgan cam,
to the Senate bis son accompanied him as pri
vate secretary. She shortly followed, unC
later the suit was entered. She brought witl
her humorous letters aud other evidence ii
support Ol tho case, and it was the effort O
her enemies TO obtain these that has hrOugh
50 much additional trouble upon her. Sh,
claims that since the suit WAS commenced Mr.
Morgan and his friends have not LOST an oppor
tunity to iujure her. They are bent on get
ting the letters, and her refusal to deiye
them has been cause sufficient to entail upoi
her much suffering and annoyance.
she succeeded IN obtaining position
II THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
but had not been there long before she becam
satisfied that efforts were being made to sccur
her discharge, She was dismissed II few week
ago, and then found out that she owed it {
the efforts Of Senator Morgan and his friends
Not long afterwards she was approached b,
a man she did not know but who she wa
subsequently informed was Mr.. Calvin Sayrt
aud informed that ii she would doivor n
the letters written to her By tho youngo
Mr.. Morgan sho might go in peace and woul
not he disturbed, but if she did not, then the
would not let her alone until they were oil
tained. Since that time she says that the'
have persisted in every way to harm hel
Wherever she obtained II boarding. place the
would follow her aud by false stories to tn
! laudady, that she was not proper person
have about the house, compelled her to leav,
| htttNllN tNo luo uGth bOdlAlllE WIN MT,
Brown GU Nineteenth street northwest an
on last Wednesday night they came there an
reported the MlsehoOds against her.
Last Tuesday, while ut the Capitol, she say
that she was met by General Shelley, n Membe
of Congress from Alabama, who asked her 10
, the letters written by Mr. Morgan, aud sho d,
clmed 10 give them to him. lie then told ht
: that she would starve for want Of somethin
tO do or be driven out Of town If the letter
were not given up. These aud other circun
stances had worked her into a desperate stat
of mind, until she lost almost all control
herself. She had possessed the pistol for son
time, but CARRYING il with her yesterday an
meeting Morgan were both accidental. Still
when passing along the street and seeing hil
approach and knowing that to him she WI
indebted for all her sorrow, SHE made the SUI
den resO luton to do the shooting aud whC
, she got close she drew the pistol from h
pocket aud fired, aud was sorry that she hg
not killed him. She supposed now they wOul
send her to prison, but If they did she had ii
satisfaction VI knowing that she would n
Is sturvc, and neither would Mr.. Morgan q
back his letters.
She did not know what her counsel won
think Of her or what she had done as they hi
advised her to bear these insults with all Il
iOrbCarauCe possible but she had been ha
is Gssed 70 such a state that she could not q
dure It longer She hoped that tho su
against Mr. Morgan would be heard 500
Then tho letters would he shown, and the pu
s, lie could see how greatly she hud been iniurc
Il aud probably she would be less blamed f
trying to secure Justice through her person
caurts. She said that she had no friends he
N except her counsel, and she was sorry il th
4 had been compromised in any way by hor co
%. duct.
Going elsewhere further evidence was
taiuel about tine young lady. 1t seems IN
after Mr.. Morgan loft Selma aud came TO II
city, Miss Horton wrote TO Senator SpCnc
N rgcuuu,iug Inc wrongs done aud asking
nf intlrcession in her behalf but nothing car
nj oft. She therefore determined 10 come he
,r aud iu May last arrived IN this city. She h
n. been in The city but few days, aud hudi
GO out where the Office of Mr. Morgan WAS, visit
le IL aud on that occasion attempted 10 sh,
lo him. Interference prevented The consu
9I nation Of the act, but whom she left, tho v
,...u Y,.tul. TINT plIN tNpul1 kiIl him yat