Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-12-24

Chief Justice Chase's Daughter De.
tended from Her Husband.s As.
persiOns-fhe CAnOnchef Sc andaI
Denied-MF. Austin C0rban for the
First Time Tells the Other side.


tended from Her Husbands As.
PersiOns-Fhe CanOnchef Scanda,
Denied-Mr. Austin C0rban for the
First Time Tells the Other side.
Mr.. Austin Corbin, whose name has been fire.
| quently used ia connection with the difficulty
| between ex Governor Sprague OF Rhode island
ana MIS- Sprague, now before the courts was
| asked yesterday II he was willing "a Mrs
I Spragues representative TO make statement
I OF the facts In the case. These facts, it will be
( remembered, have been heretofore known ia
t the PUBIC only through ex parte or unauthor-
Eed statements. ana the petition for divorce
recently hled ia Rhode Island contains the first
| expression that has been elected from the
lady s side.
81 have heretofore positively refused ,, said
MI. Corbln, 10 be interviewed by anybody on
this subject, and should prefer on some az
counts 10 say nothing now, but as Mrs.
Sprague,s counsel has filed her bill for (li.
Vofce and it will be prosecuted TO conclu-
SOD, there seems 10 be no good reason why the
puollc shonld hot be furnished with correct IN
Ia what capacity or TO what exteDt do YOU
represent Mrs. Sprague?' asked the Hefaid re
That is not an easy question to answer. !
am relation OF Mrs Sprague as we'll as her
! friend and business adviser. ! have known for
many years what she has suffered In her do
meStN Teldtf0nS, and when it eliminated In
. this most Infamous attack upon her at Canon
cnet. and | became convinced that her own
NE, II not the lives OF her children, was in dan
/ ger. sent her word 10 leave az soon az she
! she did,
Then Mrs. Sprague, after leaving Canonchet
| ana during the time when she could not be
FOUND was with you and under your protec-
/ uon ?"
''she was at my place, near Babylon, L. l.
she spent two weeks there With ner three
! daughters"
In hiding?"
Not bit OF IL. They came openly there bv
public conveyance, and were daily driving about
! The country in the vicinity OF my place. But
| they were under the eye and protection OF half
| a dozen men employed On the property who
Knew who they were; and who would have made
| 10 moleSt them
1T seems then, that your servants were not
Only pretty falt hrul, bur reticent as we'll as no
abouts?0 -- " i0io
i have had the good fortune generally to be
served by that class OF people,
house, did she not?''
Yes, she went to Edgewood. the former
nome OF her father, the late Chief Justice
And has not lived with her husband since?"
Certainly not. Indeed. she has not since
cary Ia the year 1871. His treatment or her
during that winter was such that she could
not longer endure her lille with him. and they
Were practically separated thereafter"
But she was at Cauonchet in 1s19?'
Is. out at his earnest solicitation that she
WOULD come With the children. because az he
represented TO her, such movement would
STeatly aud him TO get into possession OF a por-
tlon OF bis Old business and thereby enable him
TO do something for their Children It was NOT
deemed IudcfouS for her TO do this and her
friends strongly advised against It: but she
desiring 10 DO everything in her power to i'm,
prove the condition OF her family went nof-
WHhstanotng this advice
DID she gain nothing by IT."
NCInllg Whatever, except added insult and
wrong TO the great load that had already been
heaped upon her. This last great outrage AT
C6noncnet was the browning infamy OF all
AN INDIGNANT DENIAL.
Then you do not believe IN the Canonchet
scandal?T
On the contrary. / know the whole story "a
manufactured by Governor Sprague to be en-
tirely IalSe-a pure, unadulJerdted fabrication
and the yarn that he followed Mr.. Conkling
With shotgun is so ridiculously untruLhfui.
and known 10 be so by number OF people, ali
at Cal9QcbeJ at the time. that l have no
patience to tiscgss IL. There was not a shot
sun q The place There Vas a6sogtsly 9oSh
hood: made up OF whole cloth"
What, then. is the true story OF the so-called
Canonchet affair, and what connection did Mr..
CoDkling have with it?7
''The Canonchet affair, as you call it, so far
as IL IS scandal involving Mrs Sprague Is a
lie out OF whole cloth. have said that already.
MI Conkllng, am told, was guest In the
house. invited there by GOV. Sprague on bust
ness. GOV. Sprague was misbe1avfng in char
acteristfH manner. Mrs. Sprague's tie was
threatened, as said, and the house was by no
means cheerful place for anybody. MI,
Conkling and the ether guests, therefore, lett,
out they dlQ 80 without particle trouble with
GOV. Sprsgue. and Mrs. Spra que, as | have
saH, aNerWard came 10 me-"
net The original story has never been de.
aied, has IT,"
Denied? Repeatedly, by everybody who
Knew anything about iJ. Buc some OF the news
papers would continue to tails about IL II &c
were denied daily in their own columns
III This be So Mrs. Sprague must be a
greatly wronged woman."
''InCeed she Is This lady Is as Innocent o
pJ6 aS a ID hirrhI u
cultured, the daughter OF one OF the most emf
1enC statesmen OF the nineteenth century a
man TO whom The country is this day as much
lnOt Dted Tor It's prosperity as TO any one That
ever lyed-that this daughter OF this great
mana quiet, sensitive, refined woman-should
have been made the target OF such barbarous
attacks as those appearing in some OF the
papers In this country is almost beyond belief
and all these attacks. too. are based upon an
absolutely false story. It is, speaking very
mildly, most infamous outrage VIM this
lady and her children In any couutry but this
Ia view OF her fathers great services and her
own unblemlshed reputation, woulo almost be
considered the wards OF the nation and vet
Well, i0oh at IL a moment-She has been treated
most Shamefuily y
TIE CHA Argos AGAINST GOVERNOR sPRAGCE
HoW about this suit Tor divorce? The bill
T pn some pretty severe things. Do you ex
~ gu mad better see Mrs. Sprag1le's counsel
M. bIltlon, ID relation 10 this part OF the case
ne teiis lie mat the material he had Tor a btj
-cHeNl vi tAdt ht tOUuU IL Dill III IN
| ceclde where to begin 10 make mis- state}rert
ahu says that all he has alleged a nd Inpch more
Isl, II 1iue: l think the gentleman has the fepufa.
dioh oI knowing how 10 prepare ard nv his
case' Bnt with regard TO this y3ortion OF the
case you must talk TO hiJa VI 'i0
,tc2 IL , true that you tried to prevent pub
~ is true that, tn view o: the great mir -,
tnat might come ia future years 10 the inno a,s
usus hterS OF This marriage we did make eryor1,
e en 70 nave peaceable separation So ~
traI Slu 4ld cal upon several OF the GfimaT.
$500 4l1 leiaeves OF the Spragu and en-
e, through them 10 b1g aa, a rIis co r
mi 49,, ot oecause had anything tesr rom
iIlt investigation or The case - -, a,o ,I
spIague was concerned, but 10 80 tsf as N Is.
~ pt upon the record aDyth' o1 t't ~ 9ss.Ie
meet upon the character or ~; ,ts IiaI MOdla re-
Idiy II We could prOcn r. fra eara u Inc
frier DIS were apxioms IfaSues relatives aud
their earnest solicit @dsd en- Ned long ago but Tor
promises from lime - LIONS ana their repeated
bic arrangenen f' eeSid bring ,-ooqt an AMIGA.
ihn $500 ns m9' ealy reportsi buI fhe wnS we
sci Vas at h fon'ed, ana MI. Spragrey ccun-
Had