, 1880-12-28

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tRoE1DEScE, II. ~ ncc' ...-Not 4oilg heo
tho ffielus anu auVlsers ot Ants. hate Ctasu
SpraElo concluded TINT TIC Hing Of hef plll
for divorce sl,0nltl be supplemented bS soi1e
kind Of n story coming from an apparently
authoritative source that should relieve S0n-
ntor Gambling froru tho ot1lnn, tint Inns rested
,,non lin cycr s,ncc tho shotgun cn,so,lc at
f,a,n,e,"+ T., ,r1,;oi, In ,,,ovc1 such r,,tfcr-
Inns mi humifottrr rnrt, A il we'll
tro,r t,o n,not .t ro,,,,o,a rfrorts ,rere ,nn,1a
o 49, 49, ~ s,,o ,oo,,rro,,no
~ oos, ~. t's' ~ to .s, .,,t:I ,-,, raen,,t
" AuaA u'o Ht"tt"i W. "l.t ss ~, 49, s..t.
ny authofi*eu hs.''el'ete INV teSt, ,'ssto
ny citi,er party. Il5u 1'lofe u thas hlslu "ts
made by Austin Cor''I',, .-.-.
WHO SUDDENLY M.ossostED FORTH
In 4 New York Hcnsil interview, thu nppar-
mt object of w|,tr|, WIS to clear ConklIng Of
tho STIGMA of having lcun run oil tho
rroru,is NJ cnnnnrhnt hy Inv. Snrnutn With
e4ouas., ' ~ ~ ti,n cari,, ~ ;,tor,,nS i'm ri.
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'"m.aIs NIL "ppo".a' 49,. c....
4nem "" w Ao' oe''o'e III 'No ea"on'uo'
sea1% an H., o,.u,.,. .,,n, N, .,.o,o s,or,. =.
,,,,n,,taa.,roa rs f,o,. s,roo,,o ~ ho on;,rcIs,
fo1.o-n nmrc' nno,t,,,tcrntct1 folsif,cation.-nnd
tho warn TINT bo followed Mr. Conktfnx viii, a
shotgun Il 30 rlt,lcu]o,lsly untr,lthfn and known
to be 50 by number nf people, nil at Canon
chet Mt tho time, TINT havo no patience TO dis
cuss 1t. There was not shotH1ln on tho place.
Thoro was absolutely nothing whatoscr In that
story-n downright falsehood maae up OUT OF
Wno}o o1osn.
u, 'au s,s .s .uu a ,u,at n,ae.to,, ,% H.
"ns, oaa Whit ,st;., a .'s WIN WIZ "''
".Tho f."nnnchot n,Fn,r.' nj yo,1 chi, I'll ca,l
II ao.-ns n srHnt,ai Involving Mrs. spraguc,
1s411r orr mr. WHOLE ctor,t.
bnyo eaIil that nlrcady, Sir, coukllne, nm
to,l, was IL. cat Of thc house, Invited thero hy
unv. sprayuo on business. Gov. spraEuo was
Intsbchaving In characteristic n'nnncr Mrs.
spraguos lIfo was threatened, ns said, ant
tho house was hy no mctti's cheerful place for
any hody., Mr, eonklinE T., aao 1ne otnof saeets
el,, , ona @ .sy 'u ~ wv ssa
M, ~ .ftnr,.n- so,,,, 4n ,mo,,
ayct -" .reinoI storv has ] novcr T bccu denied.
hoa ~,
!" Dcn,co rcpcatcdly by everybody who know
nnytttug ato,,e II; but somo OF tho newspapers
woulh continue tho tnlk about it II 1t woro dc.
nicd duly In tlloir own columns" .
This Is a very strong statement, but, rs
Mr. C0nkling does not claim to hnyo been Mt
Can0nchet when the ntfair occurred, his EVIL
deMce is only lcarsay.
rl1E Truth Is
that the bottom fncts were never told until
this morning, when they wore retai'cd To
your corfcspoiltlcnthy person wi'0se tcsti-
! lnony cailnot bo consrodtctcd. Gov. SnraE!le
refuses to tnlis OIL the matter, nut tho gontle'
lna,l who gnve tho following facss has his
entire condolences:
/ 1t Is untrue that Conkltng went TO Can
oncl'et at Gov. SpraRltas request, that gell-
tloman hnving but short time previous al-
solutely refused to have anything to TO with
the Senator. On Tuesday Of The week
In which tito episode acquired, Mr.. y. G.
| ChAte q merchant OF THIS city, nflti frlelhl
of Tho SpFagltes, went 10 tnnonchet nc t'lo
rcQucst OF butl' parties. 10 Try anu ehcct n
settlement Of como business matters On
Thursday llo went there Agall. Neither OF
theso times WIS ConkltnE present. Thurs
day night Gov. Sprngno returned to Cano'l-
chet from Albany. anu went to bed without
seeing his wife. EARLY In tile morning tlle
children came to him and
sA1n THAT stIs. coSKLlSa WAS THERE.
This made him mad. a1d tho more lie
thought nbout tho 1natter the ntaltlcr he got
Flinlly VIII 10 Spraguo cAnno nnd said tphl
breakfast was ready, mud TINT hero was nnly
ono place left Mt tho table: also mentioned
Conkllng.a presence. lle refused to gt
down. but sent tho boy. Ftnally ) ho got Sc
Mnd Tint llo started downstairs aud saw
C0nkllng on the veranda. The 6cnator Of
fered to allake lIands, but was repnlsct
Sprague then said: ....
"Tou have got to get out OF here; arc yor
armeu?"
mo" said Conkling.