New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-04-01
LURING A GIRL TO SUICIDE.

road al the Fifieth-st. station, the morning of
| May p. 1881. and escaped death by what might
almost he called a miracle, the of her act
| not known except TO herself and another person,
| and it could not be learned by subsequent nvost-
| cations. The other person was Norman
! ID. Sampson, an expert examiner IN the
Office of J. G. Howard, the Appraiser of the Port
and at one time acting chief clerk to the Appraiser
The facts in the have been developed through
the presentation and investigation of charges
against Mr. Sampson, which have been of so serious
a nature and have been supported by such evidence
that they have been forwarded to Secretary Folger
by Appraiser Howard, with a request that Mr..
Sampson be dishonorably discharged from the Gus
| toms service. Pending a reply from the
Treasury Department. which has been expected for
| some time, the case and evidence were sub
mi1ted to Mr.. Folgor more than a week ago, Mr..
| Sampson was suspended from duty yesterday. The
offences charged against Mr. Sampson are breach OF
trust violation of the regulations of the customs
service, gross misconduct III improperly furnishing
Office information to several importers OF goods and
drawing money from Them conduct unbecomng an
officer and a gentleman. attempted bigamy and Sc
! dnction and the crime of melting a young woman
who is no other than Miss Hull to self-destruciion
The evidence on which these charges are based ii
was learned Yesterday is furnished by Miss Hull,
letters written by Sampson to her with supporting
aflidavitS For some time he sustained to her the
relations of a lover engaging her affect Ons as Is
ALLEGED before she knew that he married
man.
Mr.. Sampson was appointed expert examiner by
Appraiser Darling in 1874 at a salary of $500
year. InIS77 his salary increased to 5000
and subsequently to the present amount
| 80. 800. Previously ne had been Tor
many years hardware importer IN
| this city, first with the firm of Sampson & Bald
win and afterward with Sampson Brothers lie
retired from business about So and, entering poll
| itics became an active member Of that faction OF
| the Republican party which was led hy senator
ConAnq. Being friend of Silas Is, Butcher and
| Stephen b. French especially. it is sad, NE is
| tbonght from political irHurnces 20 have Jared more
| successfully. when charges were brought against
him in ISIS than he otherwise wouit nave
done. Mr.. Sampson is over fifty years old. His
hair is white and his beard. originally sandy, now
is well strealcd with gray. In manner and person
lac is agreeable and attractive.
II was with reluctance that Miss Hull last
evening. consented 10 furnish a TRIBUNE reporter
viii the complete details Of the story that was
brought ont through MIR. SIMPSONS suspension.
She is a slightly built young woman Of twenty
two. with dark hair, large deep blue ewes
and = face that WHOM animated is rs pleasing rs 10
is intelligent. She told her story III an earnest ana
straiohtfor,yar1 STYLE She lives with her family.
her father, Asa Hull, being professor of music,
M To,rtI ave- Ms INN sid tiat .lr first became
acquainted with Mr.. Sampson in 1875. when she
was eighteen year, old. She had Just cft q board
Ing-scLool at potf.town Penn. and was stten,ing
school i'm this city PREVIOUS TO her proposed en-
trance into society. She and her family tempo
rarilv boarded in Broad wav near Forty-sixth-sf |
and NJ Samo, wh" f ta,, a o sa M n PEE
IN her taste for Literature and art. When |
the 1Iuu family went Ia their own home in !
West Nmctccnth-sf., Mr.. Sampon OWanet the |
privilege Of calling on Miss Hull His |
visits were somewhat objected 10 by her parents on
account of their difference in ago. but having
other reason their objection wa, not insisted upon.
IN he summer Of 1850 Mrs. Hall compelled II
frayel on account of illness and then Mr SIMPSONS
visits became more frequent. lie proposed marriage,
Miss Hull says, about tins umc. but enJolned |
secrecy upon her Later he urged her 10 consent TO
a claudesine marriage. hut this she refused to do.
Ii was about December. 1850 Miss fiu said,
that she first heard that Mr. Sampson was married.
His wife and several children live al Charloiies-
VILE Va, but he has been separated from her Tor
several years. Mr. Sampson told Miss Hull that he
was legally and Justly entitled To Oh oice ana was
seeking TO get one. lie furnished her Letters from
lawyers and relatives supporting his story, but
some of these. she now says. were foreerlrs. From
this time on Mr. Sampson was less devoted TO Al-s
Hull and he succeeded in getting her TO give him
back the numerous letters he had written 10 her.
DE ground, she says that her taiheI. who
lovers. might fnd them, and that, if 1t
became known that he was seeking a divorce from
his wife. it woud iniurc him in his work to get
appraisership Office" After obtaining ms let
tera Miss Hull says that Mr.. Sampson acted cruelty
toward her and declared that ne ha- abandoned all
efforts to be divorced. Having to tell her
trouble TO- and fearing that he might misuse hi
letters to her Gotriment Miss Hull became exceed
iugly nervous and almost SEX Meantime,
she swears III her affidavit. Mr. Sampson be-
gan to suggest means 10y which she might COM
init suicide. speaking of p0ls0nS telling her what
kinds were quickest and most fatal, and what could
bc used without showing their effects aitgr"art,
and finally mentioning that he might throw himself
in front oi elevate railroad tram Is If by ac-
oicut.' On the morning OF Tuesday May -, 1881,
driven to despair by his conduct, the young woman
says, she went to his boarding houSe and pleaded
for yo hours in vain for the return of her letters
gave il Mr.. Sampson 10 deliver after her death.
lie then accompanied her to The elevated railway
station, and while buying the tickets she turned
10 him and said: 81 ask you again and for the
Last time for those letters" lie made no reply, bat
you viii be too late" Miss Hull asserts that his
manner and tone of voice cold and cruel 10 the
extreme. Immediately afterWard she threw herself
on the track in front Of the approaching rain.
After her Miss Hull sent to the country
to recover Der health which had become seriously
impaired. Immediately after her attempt nj Sclf-de-
truciOn she sent for Mr. Sampson and induced him
inc her family of her hlameIes;ess i'm her relainrs
To the man. He then forbidden to enter her !
house, but after ne returned t. this city in Septem
ber 1851 ne began 20 write to her and to accost |
where she was employed 'S cashier, ana Wlen she |
won't 70 places oi amusement she says that be
pleaded Iol htI 20 resume iHclI IealrS ana 10 de-
sirOy his letters 10 her which SIZE preserved for self
protection. After repeated warnings from her aud d
her father to cease his annOyances Mr.. Hull and
Miss Hull about ten days ago, submitted all the
facts to Appraiser Howard. {
Mr. Sampson had given Miss IInl large por- a
celain painted plaque, Chinese umbrella. large J.
umbcIs OF paper fans, and samples 0f silk ribbons,
passementerIl etc, which had passed through the
ppraiscrs Department. He Also when Miss HUI
was established IN business by her father in Decei-
Der last offered 10 obtain for her he manu- pr;ur-
rs prices of imported good, iron, !
he invoices passing through the Appraisers !
)iiCe, which Is contrary 10 tile rule, j