Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-12-27
The spraxue Divorce SuI,.

fALh WITH GOV. SPkAGUkS REFRESkHT ATI| Y.
The New York Star puonshed saturday A
nVe-Coiumn article on the Spray,IeA NonEllnS
scansa- The statement was authorized Dy
DrN SpfaSgc ana impaired bT his cOnuianril
Lrithd ana adviser, Dr. J. Il. Greene. OF Pcogi-
o'n'H Ia The forthcoming divorce sutr ins-i-
inted by Mrs Sprague he Will ule "A counter ra-
lluoh aud defend the suit endeavariuy II ~
,' i't.r as chtdren from any stain they Inay rc-
telNe by an expose or the shortcomings @. Mr.
II lragre- III Will set forth that she Is toe sic-
lin or senator Conkhng, the man who ffa-
suoyed the peace and happiness OF MIS- house
Eold: LhAI AT present She Is merely the fnstru-
meIt aBd tool OF Senator Ccnkliny Har rxtray-
agaDce ana iniidelity Viii De charged also
- ecific Instances wherein she has c5mmift-f
adultery with Senator Conklng Washington
aud senator Conkling Is charged with breaking
up oOcc happy home. After detailiaE the,
loDg-continued intimacy or senator Conklinr
ana MIS- >prague, the following Ia reference To
the Threatened duel vas eliclted:
nid not Mr. Sprague and senator CoBklinE
hold conference IN Washington. wherein thr.
latter promised 10 avoid Mrs. S2rIgu = society
and not again give Mr.. SpragUe cause Tor cOn-
plainte'
A. understand 50. Yes. that is generally un-
dersIood 10 De so"
Conhiing have easily been cons rued by a cOar-
ageouS man into a Challenge
it was challenge. and after some delay was
accepted by Conkling. ana the SeSOnl Is wee
named An awful commotlon WAS raised. aud
mutual friends were called into interceSsion
Before the day appointed for the meeting Gov
challenge the conditions being a conrT1te apol-
oss lrIln Senator Conkling, coupled with
promise thar he would cease 10 be a d.siurper
OF The governors domestic peace"
THE reporter has accidentally learned since
corning o Canohchet tha; Mrs Sprague drove
her son from her Washington home at the re-
quest OF Senator Conkling; is lAst Jrue?"
There can be n0 doubt or II: about two years
ago she and Senator Conkling arrived AZ the
conclusion that the presence OF her lttle sou.
Willie: was obnoxious and distasteful 10 them.
Conkling urging that the boy too closely rrsem-
bled his father and was cursed with spirit OF
inquiStiveness. and prevailed upon Mrs
SpragUe TO send him away. She, In her binf
and helpless infatuatlon, com oiled. giving tue
Toy $40 and turning him out or doors telling
him TO make his own way In the word"
WHAT MRS. M'CUE SAYS.
Every charge set forth Ia Ms. Spragacs peu-
tion Tor divorce Is denied "a .D'O. The charges
OF adultery are with women whose whereabouts
are unknown. except ia ore instance. Mrs.
Elizabeth McCue, OF lkersld, X. l., Tor many
years hOuSeheeper Ia the SpTSgue family. rhe
reporter called on Mis-. McCue. Oh learning
the Object OF the call she wept in 81 nee for n
few moments. and then SAID: Poor Mrs.
Spragu"-wt ak. wicked, vain. dcluded woman.
Though She has treated Inc 50 harsAly. slill
love her. Does his look as though MF D.. SpFague
always regarded the a. an enemy:"
As She spoke she pr01Ucel A package OF let
Il rs from Mrs. Sprague, some lfty IN all. rney
Were written In We'll defined womanly hand.
and Invariably concluded with Always your
fi1end. Mrs. SpT3gue."
ON last Tuesday, when IL came 10 the 6n0wl-
edge oT Mrs. McCue that she was charged by
MIS- Sprague with having been guilty al afll-
terry with Governor SpraGue. she Immediately
wrote 10 Mrs. Sprague at Washington the fol-
lowing indignant denial or the charges. Among
other things Mis-. MCCue Says: Il never saw
you and the Governor quarrel but once. ana
that was the evening you came 10 ms ro)n aud
asked NE 10 come up stairs and witness your
quanel That same evening burned mat gen
tleman'S picture for you. and Won burned the
bag OF letters received from him.
The reporter said -" In your letter you refer
10 amen whose picture you burned on tne ni..ht
OF the quarrel between Mr.. and Mrs. Sprague:
who was thai maD?''
Answer.-"Of no importance TO the negspa-
peTS: he was IN Europe tnea. and n WAS on
MS account that the quarrel took pia"a. aud
when burned his picture Mrs SpragUe burned
his letters.
Was not that man Senator ConSling ="
The question startled Mrs. McCue, and She
answered, confusedls:
Goodness sakes. did not say that it was
Senator Conkling'S picture burned. ~
- But was IL not the picture OF senator COnk-
ling and when Mrs Sprague saw it feeding
The nameS, did she not make an attempt 10 re-
cover it,"
You ask too many questions. and the news
papers never do get anything right; you want
10 make second Bessie Turner out OF me- WAS
the diplomatic reply OF the woman