National Republican., 1882-08-12
THE oEoRoETowN SCANDAL.
Interviews with the Parties Implicated
DeutnIs and Assertions.

DeniaIs and Assertions.
REPUBLICAN reporter last night called on Mrs.
Mems at No i4l0 Twenty Ninth street north
west, to ascertain from her how much, If any,
truth there was in the sensational article with
which she is connected published in Thursdays
critic. Mrs. Mems is q preposscssing brunette,
slightly below the average height. and speaks in
an easy and graceful manner. When informed oil
tn reporters visit she laughed and said she did
not think the article was
WORTH WHILE NOTICING,
considering the source Z" but" she added " what
annoyed me most was that the article makes me
out TO be three years older than l am, and MIR.
pe5 To three ns rHen aSont
two years ago, his wife at that !ime being ont OF
the city. When she returned he brought her here,
and they both visited my house. II wns no secret
then, in fact it was generally known that Mr.. and
Mrs. Pelz did not get on well together, and
HAD NOT LIVED HAPPILY
for some years but Mr.. Pelz never told me word
are my late husbands relatives. have never
associated with them, and there is now law suit
pending between us TO recovery my husPands ,
Of l tell you this so that you may understand
how this attack arose. Mr.. and Mrs. Pez were
visiting at my house until about the 1lth or 18th
Of May, when Mrs. Pelz received an anonymous
letter stating that had said she was the only
obstacle TO my obtaining good husband. About
May 10, Mr.. Pelz lett his house ana TOOK rooms IN
the city, being unable to any longer live with his
wife. He paid her s75 q month for support, and an,
sull CONTINUES 10 90 SO. MIS-, felZ buOWSu tills
letter, nnd told her how foolish she was. About
June IL, Mrs. Pelz received another anonymous
letter, which was nothing but
AN ATTEMPT TO BLACKMAfL Me-
She went TO Mr.. Danenhower's who lives near by,
10 try and find out some information about me
but met with such q cool reception there that she
soon retired. Then she went TO a Mrs Grayves, a
dressmaker who works for me, but was told by
Mrs. Graves that she never interested herself III
other peoples affairs. A few days before receiv-
ing this letter MIS- Pelz had told her husband she
wanted to to Cfprmnuy. Her husband bought
her the tickets. She came to me and told me that
she would stay two years and then get divorce;
that she would get her husbands house, and have
possession of her two children. told her that she
could not get the house as 1t was not fully paid
up, and acted, as have always done, as the
MEDIATOR BETWEEN HUSBAND AND WIFE.
Mrs. Pelz then changed her mind, and said she
would not go to Germany She then went to my
husbands relatives, and this is the outcome Of
their joint machinntons. Mrs. Pelz has frequently
threatened her husband with such an exposure.
As for the various charges pronounce them all
ialse. have never, except on one OCCASION oeen
people present. Mr.. Pelz visits here like anybody
else, and that is all.
MIR. L. W. JEWELL,
whose Office is at 1870 Pennsylvania avenue. was
next seen, and said TO the reporter: T." come here
every night and hardly miss night month.
pronounce the reporter who wrote that article to
to be an infamous liar. Mr.. Pelz drops in here oc-
casionally. Sometimes he goes away with me,
sometimes before me- but never after do There
is no truth that he comes here for his dinner, or
tuul Hc uHu MIS-. MScuIS Culue hSpuShdy Nv
| 1880 and o'clock. In fact ! pronouncs the
whole story to be made out OF whole cloth. Mrs.
Mems has never, to my knowledge. gone out
with Mr.. Pelz alone" Mr. Jewell then
told the reporter about the differences existing
| between Mis-. Mems and her husbands relatives,
| as given above, and Inscribed the whole article TO
willful malice. Mr. Pelz declined to say anything
| about the matter, simply saying he was in the
| hands of his lawyers. Mrs. Pelz was seen at her
residence, $500 street northwest. She said she
could not talk to the reporter, but would simply
state that the Critics article was true in every sub
| santial fact but that there was not enough told.
Further she declined to say.