Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-01-08

An Ex.ConErossmAa's Troubles.
HON hILT. sAYLBR AND HIS TWO FKMALI AD-
NIKsks
The Cincinra att Enquirer OF yesterday con-
TINS full account Of the affair between ex-
tongrts sman Sayler. of that city and Mrs.
Alexander, which furnished a partially sup
pressed scandal here In Washington once. Dur
Ing his Gov gres ional career here Mr. Sayler had
room al one OF the City hotel and there he met
Kentucky. The wife, In particular, had the
vivaclty and ambition OF q society lady, and
Wss welcome In her frequent rounds to call at
tie houses OF distinguished families Her hus-
baud Was hing OF a society man. and was
| lawyer or agent about one of the departments.
Whether the lady disdained to be merely the
| thing higher. or whether she fell in love with
| the bachelor Congressman, or whether she had
| lost faith In her husband, as she declares. for
having been the first to break the marriage
| vow, sne became o partial 10 the Congressman
that every body knew of It; and finally the hus-
band observed it, and after repeated Quarrels
| With his wife, he upbraided the Congressman.
1hereupon the woman taking the side OF her
| lover against her husband, prepared for d.
" rec on the ground OF tDcompatloilty. neglect,
! &c. She says she might have prosecuted for
M0ny, sufficient to make her cOmforLaDle; but
| as he Congressman advised her not to create q
| scandal by pushing the hu band too hard she
obtained paltry $50 a wees, which has not
| been paid to ner for several mOnJhs past She
Claim that prior to the divorce she was In love
W Tn The Congressman but not criminal with
| b 10. Af,erward. sue says. she had a promise
| or marriage from him, and does not make it
Gear What her relations were. theoretically,
however. they were those OF a mistress. She
also declares that the Congressman separated
| her II ON her husband. He and his friends say
| that the woman was badly struck on him. and
threw ,,a, herself into his arms by going to the
his company. The lady gave away her charac-
| ter several years ago.
She maintains that she could have managed
MI. Sayler very easily and made him her hus-
Dand, but for the interpOsitiOn OF another
Woman-an Ohio woman, tOo-who had been
divorced from her husband The Ohio woman
new flame, got along smoothly until Mrs.
Alsxander-the woman first referred to-found
out that she had rival Mrs. Alexander so
the story goes, obtained access to the room of
the Ohio lady (whose name Is suppre Ssed In the
EhQuHer) and got possession OF some letters
compromising the Ohio female with the Con.
| come between her and her future
husband, (Sayler) This so enraged the OHIO
vi IL anG as Mrs thai she
the hotel, and threatened to shoot her GA sight
II she did not let the Congressman slide and
| Mrs. Alexander SAYS Mrs. r. made an organ.
zed effort to drive her out Of society, and wrote
letters to whatever circles She visited calling
her r "nlack mailer dangerous creature"
ted by Mrs. Alexander, who Was the more madly
In love with him because she mad rival, and
who probably had no other prospect In the
world at her age than to marry this man. who
Is still unmarried, that he ran away to the far
west, and disappeared for months, and returned
all the letters she sent him. But Mrs.
A., relying on his past kindness. thought
the letters had merely come back to her
because they had not found him. Her
private affairs, too, were getting desperate, be-
Ing put now out of this hotel and now out OF
that, and her baggage seized and held. She
began to estimate the fact that it is better to
i've under the protection OF poor husband
written by the Congressman TO Mrs. A. had
been kept by her, and after she began to be-
come Wild aud dangerous the Congressman seat
his lawyer in New York to see if She would not
give up or sell those letters; out they were her
last strength, and she believed that t he client
negotiating for them was Mrs. X.
turned to New York, where Mrs Alexander
discovered him. He made an appointment to
meet her at his business Office" giving the
number. She was much reduced-indeed very
poor. Her clothes mad been seized for debt, bat
she still managed to maintain quasi social
position. She met Mr.. Sayle at the Office, and
Of hs found smith %ee Of Tdsns p
was present as Sayler's lawyer Sayler asked
Mrs. Alexander ''how much do you want for
these letters?" She replied that she never sold
them up. He then accused her Of prosecuting
had maliciously circulated SANDERS and writ
ten ANONYMOUS letters, and that he had his
lawyer present, and proposed to get rid of her
once and for all. Smith Weed stoutly sup
ported sayler, perhaps, from political or other
sympathy.
Arter having warned the woman-who was
stu lady In appearance, neatly dressed, and
with fine plucky manner-the ex-Congres:-
lot leave me in that way" she REPLIED ''come
up town with me In my carriage and let me
explain these accusations. ! VIII not leave you
seized with fit OF Mysteries. He says that she
was threatening, and that he got her to the
door, got her outside, and then sprung the
quick latch between them. He then says that
she sat down or fell down On the floor of the
hail. kicked up her heels and screamed like
cypr1an, and that the clerks OF neighDorng
her. A policeman was sent for, and he took
this Woman-who had been but a few years ago
received In good society. and had driven ner
coupe, and was regarded as bright happy
little woman-to the police station just OF
broadway, and there she was put into cell,
Ike common drao or cut-purse
Mrs A. after being kept In the police station
all hight was brought before Police Justice
Murray, who, influenced In behalf of Sayler by
Weed, told her that If she appeared before him
again on charge connected with that affair he
would send heE to Blackwelrs Island for a year.
Mrs. Alexander says she did show some of
Sayler's letters, but only to establish the right
black mail him and wanted him to set her up in
fine house, etc. In one of Sayler's letters to
her he writes: "Be very careful that you do not
irritate your husband and make public scan
dial, which could do YOU no good, and would do
me at this time an important injury. lam
candidate for Speaker of Congress. have every
scandal, even If there was no basis for 1t, would
ruin all nay prospects. Rely upon it that you
snail never come to want Avoid all scandal In
your settlement with your husband. will see
that you are always taken care Of"
Mrs. Alexander declared to the Eaquirer cor
respondent, In New York, that she meant to
push her claims; that she is going to sue both
the ex-COngressman and the Ohio woman for
having marked down her character, which she
Insists Is still good except with this man.
West Washington, nee Georgetown.
BURGLARY.-Mary Warner and Lewis john
son, alias Flip Brown-both colored-were al
rested yestel day norAtAg for burglary at the
residence of Mrs GOrmley, on Jefferson street,
on the night OF the 4th inst Some of the arti.
Giles and eatables stolen therefrom were found
IN their possession, as also several chickens,
thp owner Of which has