Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-27
THE SPRAGUE SCANDAL.
What a Reporter Learned WhO Visited CAM
Onchet.- The 4ccmsatiOns of Irs. SprdgMe.

IHC NCW 1OIh CtdI puullohOo hFO-
column article on the Sprague- COnkling :
being the. facts ascertained by a
reporter during recent visit to Canon
Chef. Gov Sprague refused to be seen,
but Dr. Green, the custodian of the place,
talked freely. From all that could be
it seems that Gov. Sprague will
defend the suit for divorce begun by his
wife vigorously, and there is little doubt
of adultery in reply to hers of the same
nature, and drag to the surface all the
facts-most of them, presumably, of a
spicy nature, connected with the extra
ordinary friendship of Mrs. Sprague and
Senator Conkling. According to
THE STORY TOLD BY GOV. sPRAGUEs
FRIENDS,
it appears that Mrs Spraguc drove her
son from her Washington home, at the
request of Senator Conkling, about two
years ago. She and Senator COnkling ar
rived at the conclusion that the presence
of her little son Willie was obnoxious and
distasteful to them, Conkling urging that
the boy too closely resembled his father,
tiveness, land prevailed upon Mrs Sprague
to send him away. She, in her blind and
helpless infatuation, complied, giving tie
boy $40 and turning him out of doors,
telling him to make his own way in the
world. He, plucky little fellow as he is,
went down to the Holmes House, near
the depot, and secured board at 81 week,
paying one weeks board in advance. The
4, fol hxr 1o1
and Willie there learned to chew tobacco.
His identity became known at the close
of the week, and he was rescued by
friends Since then his lot has been cast
with his father
THE ALLEGATIONS IN MRS. sPRAGUE'S BILL
that Mr.. Sprague has been guilty of adul-
terry with divers women, at divers times
and places, has raised storm of indigna-
ton in Rhode Island The first woman
implicated is Mary Eliza Anderson, nee
Wall. She is now confined in the Butler
Asylum for the Insane, and cannot re-
flute the charges in person. Her history,
as gathered link by link, has been an
eventful one. She is as highly connect
ed as any woman in New En- gland, and
was wont to move in the circles of the
first families. Her sister is the wife of
the Rev. DR.. Harris, of the Congregations
al Church, of Providence, who is looked
upon as the leading divine of the State.
MISS WALL ALWAYS woRsHIPED MIR.
sPRAGUE,
and her infatuatiOn was the subiect-mat-
ter of conversation for all gossips, and
she was derided for loving man who
never cared a straw for her. Her mind
became deranged, and she went to Paris,
There she established herself as leading
member of the demi- monde, and num-
bered her admirers by the score. Some
thing like seven years ago she returned
to her home, and married man by the
name of Anderson, a sea-captain. With
him she remained, presumably a true
wife, until her Incarceration in the asy.
lum.
HARRIET BROWN,
whose present whereabouts are unknown
was for quite period amanuensis te
Loyal Thurston, Chaffee's attorney. Mag
gle English is thought to be dead. She
was at one time nurse girl in the family
of Mr.. Sprague, about twelve years ago
Fannie Adams was said to be an inmate
of one of the temples of shame in Provi
dence, presided over by Ann M. Ballou
The latter woman swears like a pirate
that Gov. Sprague was too high tC
ever step within her doors. Minnie Viii
son has either gone to st. Louis or is dead
At all events, her present whereabouts
cannot be ascertained She was also
| light-Woman of Providence, r. /.
The woman most affected by TIL,
charges in Mrs. Sprague's bill is Mrs. Nc
Cue, a married woman of Wakefield, II
l., who is well connected in New York
She was, four years previous to her mar
rage, hOusekeeper in the Sprague fam
lily, and claims to have been Mrs
Sprague's confidential adviser She ha
written the following letter.
| WAKEFIELD, r. l., Dec. 81, 1SS0.-MRs
| SPRAGUE; l see by the newspapers this morn
ing that you have made use of my name as be
ing guilty of criminal intimacy with Gov
Sprague from the year 1879. l can't believ
that you made such statement, and desir
you to contradict it. The intelligence in thu
| newspapers has made me so nervous that
| cannot dictate or write decent letter. YOl
know, Mrs. Sprague, that l am none of tina
| kind. There is nothing in me but the truth
| and the truth will speak until death. ! an
innocent, and God knows it. l have faith il
| GOd, and believe that he will defend the right
| God is a just ruler, and he pays debts without
money. You must have given my name, or i
could not have been used in the petition ant
| printed in the newspaper
| WHY DID YOU SAY SUCH THING
about me? never saw you and the Governor
quarrel but once, and that was the evening
you came to my room and asked me to come
up stairs and witness your quarrel. That
same evening burned that gentleman's pic
ture for you, and you burned the bag of letters
received from him. Mrs. Sprague, l would
have been the last person to injurc you and
your family. Please contradict that infamous
lie, or shall be compelled to defend my char
| acter ELIZABETH MCCUE.
| ?. Slave you any conscience left that YOU
belle me in such manner? Retract what you
| have said at once, or [ will make you regret
having meddled with my character.
| e .-- MRS. MCCUE.
! The picture referred to is supposed to
be that of Mr.. Conkling, although when
questioned on this point Mrs McCue
declined to answer
"Shiref Scrrice Reform"
Worthington Advanced
c. J. Morris, late mail agent on the
Sioux CITY s. Pacific railroad. writes q