Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-10-15
The "COnfessiOn' Denied

LYSCuDURG. o. IT w. Leigh Wilson, OF
blair letters notorioty, arrived in L7nchburg
this morning from Washington, where be is
said TO havo gone to deliver w q Package OF
letters to Gsn. Malone. Ho was sough. oai
by me. nud ia brief intor0iow, bold at the
NorVeil House. itrIatGd and r:iteratcd tho &C
uin' ness Of tho Blair letters, and dt6od any
man to isc, him aai dsny their gu acuiuity.
Ills attuollon WAS at,rac Cd to gu srco 10
tho lass ISSUE Of the Eiuolsllo Herald. ia wnch
he wss cc,used OF having been bribed TO pro.
0iuac, the Blair oters forgcries. Ills reply
was SIMPLY that no publication. he supposed,
gtcs tut of u private onnr, rencs held by him +.
soIt With CAptsin IL. fl. R!ddIcbtrger aud
other re- justers Of last B,etourt Court. He
failed to say whnt tIanspired O: that conference,
uot did no mska sDy danisI CT thn inpesoh-
ment.
Later il tho DIV M Associated Press tclo.
gfaln was reccived Ct tho ucwsnaner offices
here stating that tho RoAmobd Wig IF this
moruiog c0ntsi1s what puIpCris 10 DO au da-
vi! ro;D Wilson o1ntctsing the Brr letters to
DO torgtrns Hsriog btoo Informed by Will
500 that he purpose Leaving The city 90 the
afternoon train for tho Southwest, | iomsd-
ateIy repaired with tho telegram to tho Uaion
depot, aud, finding Wilson. read him the con
fonts, Whcreupon TO then and there, 10 the
prcselcl of s. Baxter Harvey, high con-
stable OF Lpnchhurg, aud Hon. Thomas White
head. editor oflho Ad4sno, newspaper, potitive
~ resiltMt Il tho geDuincness ofthe Blair letiers
and chsrgcd that a1y puhiioaton IN tho Wing
nurporicg 10 b. denial by him Of tho aurhep-
iouy Of SAID letters was liz end forgerg, snd
he wiS 10 1oWisn responsible, fn any such
statement or publication. He further stated
that Rddloberger did not dars deny tho gen
uincuess OF thts, letters at FiuoAstlr, kuo sing
that no (Wi'soD) Wss then prepared to denounoe
him as liar.
10 my c,Lv.r,a!ion with Wilson at tho Nor.
veil llorso tc criticised the lack OF strosdnees
Oh the Part Inc democrats 10 90: ea!!iar ua.
I'll laitr ~ inn o:mraign before making The cxs
p3Furo OF Blair. sod said, further, II a. tho
readlusttr candidate for httGsney General
should bsvo Owned up 10 the gsnaueness of his
letters a0d plead infancy" like CO., Came.
ron. CARTER GLASS.
Ci:y Eiitcr News.
Tu-dag ateHaed out Of the northcrn ,rsiu
srd So flr. Garter Glass. Guy editor of tho
News. in conversation w.h s. BsXter Harvey
sod person Hhom did not know Mir GIns.
bad ID hls haud what | took to BIZ prsts
telegram. L went up to him aid asked BIN if
he had hesrd that "Wi!son he'd gone bsck % tho
Blair l:ttcrs.' tie sell. "ftis.s MIR Wilson"
nolntlog to The stranger; and then said "Mr.
Wilson. arc The Letters genuine or forged ?"
snd hs sad ths7 wcro genuine. and that the
etetelotnt s'id to %. /: Tho Wig ses a lie. AID
lad b,ea added to Saa. no wrats. Said he.
u uOn't deny HriiinG a l.ticr.' He ghoeIsd
ssouad Sod said. In tsks ;ho train ADD fix
this at oEc,. ltfG aud saw 10 rlore Of him,
n "A =, M r, n 20 L..
lore. THOMAS WHITEHEAD
Wa hcr0b2 certify TO thu cl.reoi,n.s or Mr.,
Hlass = repart oil tho conversation tad to jay
at the urioN depot between tinl and w. L.,
Wilson / rresrd 10 tho Blair letter, aud tho
pubhu,iioa ia !hu Wig.
8. B. HARVEY.
THOMAS WuITEmEAD.
CiIElsrfANsEUnG. Va. Oot. If --Wo have
la4t seen Wilson's card 10 the Whiz.
Oa August 25lh-iouneon days bsIore Dan
lel's speech ct Big Lick-wo woro OF Mooteo-
mely Springs TO sell that property ns commits.
sl6ncrs. That night 90 tho porch Leigh vii
aon stated to ul that no was with u5 10 this
light; thu. he had Iotters from Msbonr, Blair
aud other reacJuiter leaders TINT wGu Il koook
the bottom OUT OF the o9nccrc; that no wanted
10 maot Blair and expose him; that Mahono
hsd prtmistd him craa plsoe, AID bad
gono back 90 lin.
Wilson's brother, readju,ter, said to ono Of |
"a Septem5cT On. Ia tho presence Of others.
hat tho letters wero gouuiue, spd that he had |
read ono Of them org time before, bat that |
his brothsr htd acted badly in exposing them. |
GE0Rus Il. JUNKIN,
L. 4. SULLIVAN.