The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-03-27


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c.errn OF ErGExE FAIRFAX WILLIAMSON.
pons N BALTIMORE. EDUCATED IN vihoas,a'
SECRETARY TO sLiDELI, AND A s"s'"
ABROAD. y.u
Williamson. who was arrested II banl-
moro charged with prosecuting Rev, MoIea"
NV nj Trini,y church, by threatening pose
a 'csrds and advertisements OF an snnoytns
when taken TO the city prson,
Now Work. trcmbled like one IN sts'e "
MIN nervous excitement. He Is sma','
ar nervous man, and wears fuu Dearu.
4 i,hon0h hts head was completely pai" ne
s.id he WIS only thirty-nine years OF age
To has the language and manners OF gen
t,emsn. and was apparent'y IN 'Il-neaitn.
Tie sc~n,ed 10 feel the disgrace nc
had hroupbt upon hiuseh acuts'y,
and s,ught to escape notice rs muc!
~ .oss,ble. He talked freely ana
srantiv about bis trouble, ana as
cuss,od the punishment that wou'd propa'
blv he given him without any emoarrass.
meut. al didn't mean any wrong,v Ne sil9
70 n renorier OF the Herald. land u nao
eyer. or for once, suspected this ;ermina,
Non T am sure | would not have embarked
in this foolish business. looked upon u
az n practical joke, aud meant no haru
whatever. cannot tell you shat possesseu
me 70 do IL. or why ! singled out Dr. DiX
from among the many gentlemen IN new
York: but have done II, and 1t Is all over
now. Blu, Cannot explain anything more
about il. Many Of The accounts publisned
have been exaggerated. wish had never
written one; but altogether / wrote nfty
letters and cards. | was at one time, years
400. attached TO the. Sunday school OF
Trinity chapel, and in that way l De-
came acquainted with the affairs OF toe
church. For long period | have known
nothing about them. however, and what
ever charges these letters contained against
DR.. Dix were untrue and without founca-
ton. | know OF no girl that has any story
or complaint against that gentleman, and
don't want any money frop bin. THIS
persecution OF him was not done for money.
was arcs ed in London in 1873 fora SINH
lar offence. served out year for it. The
victim on that occasion was jew named
Lowentha. had lodged with him. and be
treated ne badly. That was the only Of
fence / committed there. L had never
been arrested before that"
"Did you not have some trouble in &C.
neva ?"
Eyes; but that was for debt. There was
no criminal charge against me there. liz
there had been they might easily have come
over to London and found me. Where
they got that Geneva story from don't
know. but they seem to have got the whole
Of it,"
"Is ii trueS"
MONTE CHRISTIE LUXURIEs.
"Tbat lived there for year, certainly.
And / lived IN just as good style as they
say. | had the best apartments could find.
and had musical boxes put into The seats Of
the chaiis. This was done Tor me by Berg
hold. had glasses that play ed tunes when
wine was poured into them, and bottles, and
decanters. | am not musician. | left
Geneva owing $4,000. | had given my
notes for some OF the money l owed. and
took them up afterward. That was in
1871. have travelled over Europe, aud
have lived a good deal in Eogland. am
native of Virginia, but have nv home in
Eugene Fairfax williamson Is
nv real name. never went by any other.
| have been in the iron business, aud in
tended going into some other branch OF
when | reached the West"
"You were going west when you left
New York;"
Yes. / thought OF moving to Chicago.
came to New York in February. Almost
IN my arrival here | commenced writing
he letters TO Or. DIX. | did not 90 away
because | feared arrest. Nothing OF the
kind; l never thought of arrest"
You must have known the authorities
we're looking for your"
"a "a Il fl,a
pers. | took the papers every day and
laughed over the stories they were printing
about me and all the fun was making.
mixed in the crowd that assemble in front
of DR.. Dix's bou.e, and enjoyed the joke
ike the rest OF them. The one thing in
nay conduct that | regret most OF all was
sending the workmen there and dlsappoint-
ing them"
Then ! suppose YOU wrote that letter to
he Herald That was signed by the resiau-
BuckIeyi"
eyes. did that. | was passing there one
lay. and thought some restaurant ought to
give the receipts OF day to the Irish Re-
lief Fund. Looking up, saw the name OF
Buckley over restaurant door, and wrote
70 your paper stating that Mr.. Buckley
would give the receipts OF 4 certain dJy To
he fund. then wrote to Mr. Buckley and
lsked him 10 make his word good. signed |
bar letter 'Genlioman Jo,' and that was the |
ir,t time the name came 10 be used. / |
wrote everything myself, and Eever tried |
o disguise my hand. | was staying with |
friend in Baltimore when the de'ec- |
ives came there. ] saw them approach me |
n the glass, and / could have run away by |
he back door and escaped, but | did not |
want to. They were smiable aud kind TO
ne. and came on here with them without
making any trouble. / saw DR.. Dix this
morning. He was very polite to me. lie
sked me a few questions and then dis
missed me. He was reserved and polite.
lie Is cold, very cold, like his father and
'rothers."
alt is said that you are charged with
aking diamond ring from gentleman lv-
NJ on the Shrewsbury river."
at is not true. | lived down that way
myself some years ago. ! bad cottage
here, hut nothing Of that kind ever occur
cd. / don't know who the clergyman j.
hat first Indicated might be the guilty
,arty. Mr.. Peters afterward came with
he story. My friends will be here to-mor-
ow, and then they will advise me about
ounsel. AT present i have no one, and |
IN so III | am afraid | shall have to send
or doctor"
Williamson is now in Jail in New York.
Upon being asked TO give the real reasons
or his proceedings, be stated that he WIS
Unable to do so. He did not know by what
he was actuared or what possessed bin TO act
II such a foolish manner. DR.. Dix says,
urther, that he never knew n case where
here was more entire absence Of motive,
nd he thinks that he was selected a. vic.
i'm by chance only. After seeing The
nan, he Iecoleced that he had been
connected with Trinity chapel as a