Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-11-06

Charges Against Senator COnk-
ling, and His Immediate Pros
ecutiOn Observation-Disclosures
DevelO pments Anticipated.
Providence Or. t. Special to the Cincinnati
Enquirer.
The Gov. Sprague, Kate Chase
Sprague and Roscoe COnkIing inn
brOgliO has become such a topic
here as almost to leave Tuesdays
elections in the shade. At a late
hour yesterday the following was
dispatched to Deputy Sheriff Tuck
er:
LIVINGSTON HILL, r. lone
Manchester Britton, a lawyer of
Brooklyn, n. Y, one of the gang
seeking to interfere with my do
mestic affairs, represents one Corbin
from New York. Britton sneaks on
to my premises from the back way.
He may be found at Kingston de
pot on his way to Providence. Ar
rest him, You have the writ. The
man is about sixty years old, white
beard, medium height, retreating
forehead, Welleappareled, bad char
acter in Brooklyn scandal. Prom
ising to interfere with my domestic
affairs and trespassing upon the
premises Of Canonchet justffies this
proceeding.
WILLIAM SPRAGUE."
Gov. Sprague, relative to his
troubles, writes:
GAS the thing stands, it is not the
strength Of our title we stand on at
CanOnchet as much as on the entire
absence of title in the trustees. AS
you will find, the more you exam
inc the matter, possessing title to
the whole estate is in the Spragues'
name, which can only be changed
by the same being relieved of the
suits and the sheriff's sales attend
ing the same. It appears that
COnkling has been on recently and
fee, and their whole plan was de-
vel0ped and smashed yesterday.
Mrs. Sprague was ready to step in
to Canonchet, thinking that by DO
ing so she would clear both Conk-
ling and herself of the stain that is
eating into them. They adroitly
got woman into my house who |
was to let them in in my absence,
but I hustled them off on the morn
ing of the demonstration. Mrs. |
Sprague's-.
VIM. SPRAGUE."
Friends of Gov. Sprague do not |
give out the closing sentence for |
publication, but it is understood, |
upon undoubted authority, that it |
accuses Senator Conkling and Mrs. |
Sprague of sustaining intimate re-
latiOns during a recent visit of both |
to Buffalo, where, it is alleged, the |
senator and Mrs. Sprague were at
the same time inmates of Pierce's |
Palace Hotel in that city. Gov. |
Sprague has placed Writs, prepared |
by reputable firm of attorneys, in
the hands Of Deputy Sheriff Tucker,
him to arrest Conkling, |
Mr.. Austin Corbin, Trustee Chaffee,
MIR. Thompson, Deputy Guild and
lawyer Parkhurst, in case either or
all these parties trespassed upon
CanOnchet.
A dispatch dated Buffalo yester-
day, and published in Boston to-
day, says: "AmOng the guests at
Pierce's Hotel in this city yesterday
were senator Roscoe Conkling and
Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague. Senator
addressed a republican
at Lockport, Niagara coun-
ty, to-day, and returned to this city
and to the Palace Hotel this even
ing.
The feeling here against Conkling,
irrespective of politics, is very Sc
we're, as he is looked upon as hav-
ing caused the breaking up of Gov.
Sprague's family by his relations
with the latter's wife. 1t is limited
that the fact of Senator Conkling's
wife being a sister of ex-Gov. Sey-
mour, of New York, saved him
from prosecution up to this time;
that it is now understood that Gov.
Sprague will not allow this to in
terfere any longer in carrying out
his cherished purposes toward Lord
Roscoe. The sequel to the present
condition of affairs will be inter
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