National Republican., 1882-07-01

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VIZ WERE MARRIED ny THE REV. W. A. BARrLtTr,
OF the Plymouth Cong egational Church in Chi
snmo evening We went to Evanston OH our we'd
ding tour. We spent the Fourth OF July at Evans |
ton, and returned in day or two TO Chicago. and
nue. We lived there about six months. i was
very active in business, aud / did very we'll in
in practice there. i had no bad habits. aud
settled down to business and was there in
tive practice until the fire Of 1871; Iwas in New
York at the time Of the fire. In June, 1871, con-
ceiyed the idea OF going to California. was dis.
satisfied with my domestic relations. left my
wife In Chicago. When / got to San Francisco
things did not look as anticipated / went 20
see several lawyers and they concluded that II
was not a very de irable time just then to open a
law Office, SO, after staying there two or three
weeks,
DECIDED TO RETURN TO CHICAGO.
did so and / remained there uutil about the
first week in October 1871, day or two before the
great fire, loft Chicago for New York, intending
70 make that my permanent home. My wife, dur;
| ing all this time remained in Chicago. reached
New York, and opened law office. l was about
% years old at the time. pushed right out; got
some cards and references, and worked right
around among somo first. class business men
there was very successful, and made about
ya ySS in fse New Yors from
1871, until January, 1875. In the fall Of 1872 my
wilo went 10 visit some friends near Saratoga, in
| New York. She spent several weeks with them.
In the following winter she returned to New York,
aud was with me for several weeks. In June,
|
and remained there until about the LIST of October,
1873 She then went to Philadelphia, to visit her
| friends In that city.
WE DID NOT LIVE TOGETHER
| for about year prior to the procuring of the DIX:
vorce. The dissatisfaction with my matrimonial
| relations had been growing upon me for year or
two, md determined 1t was best for both parties
that we should separate. In April 1874, decree
Of divorce was entered in the supreme court of
the Judges Of said court the charge being ad Htery
! allowed the divorce to 20 by default. and gave
her attorney (Which she procured through the as
sisanco Of her friends IN Philadelphial the facts
| upon which the decree was entered. did not see
the lady for two three years prior to my leaving
her IN the summer Of 1878, near Saratoga met her
in Chicago in the winter of 1877 for the first time
after left her in 1873 did not see her for three
Or four years. When | met her in Chicago she she
| said that she had been Lying In Philadelphia and
in Washington; that she held government posi-
| ton In The Treasury Department here for about q
year; that she got 1t upon
| THE RECOMMENDATION OF GENERAL LOGAN,
as she still claimed to be a resident of Chicago
She also told me that General Logan gave her O.
| letter of introduction after she was discharged
from the Treasury Department (pecause they did
not require her services any longeD to Peter
Palmer, at the Palmer House; that she was in Mr..
Palmer's employ for some time, and that she OBJ
tanned situation in the family of The Hon. Judge
Beckwith, of Chicago. MS his huusokeeper. 1t was
at his house that met her in the winter of 1877,
| She seemed to be very glad to see me and seemed
TO feel just as she used to feel. The TACT Of the
| matter was that she loved me, but that did not
reciprocate the feeling. have none but the best
offcelings for her, and wish her every possible hap
piness and success in life. Through The influence
| Of some of her friends she in the spring of 1877
went out West Il think she went 10 Denver Col.)
and obtained a situation as school teacher, aud
| / understand that she soon met and married q
| gentleman worth about $40, ,000 and that she is
now happily married and has one or two children
IHc Sues the New York Herald for Libel.
| ] was doing very well in New York, and had
| every prospect of success and q competency
until l unfortunately got into trouble with the
New York Herdld. During my practice in Chi
cago obtained lot of o.calied worthless"
claims against certain parties, aud after spending
great deal of time and following the cases for "a
year or two) succeeded in collecting portion Of
the claim; There was one or two claims that,
after stiIl greater trouble and effort, !
The claim was against certain party H:O SOUTH;
think 1t was for about SS5OOOO. took the
This party was not willing to advance a single
cent in detraying expenses and considered the
claim tot totally My, worthless After great deal of
COLLECTING PORTION OF THE CLAIM,
and the balance directed my attorney South to
prosecute. kept the first insta! which re-
mens u fst e % ustiaed ed in doing this because the
parties that gave me the claim had not advanced
me cent on It, and considered 1t totally worthless
at the time took it, and had followed the mat
ter for two or three years, more or less SO that
when Obtained anything on the claim felt justi-
fed in keeping what received and letting them
wait for their share of the collection until the
balance was obtained. They did not take this
view Of the matter They insisted when they as,
that ought to pay 1t over TO them. i declined to
doit. Thcreupon they commenced proceedings
against me in the supreme court, before Judge
Dunohue. at chambers, TO compel me to disburse.
resisted the application successfully, thu, judge
York Herald law reporter pretended to I give sn an
account of the proceeding before Judge Donohue
to compel me to pay over the money. Ho wrote
up his article In a very sharp, witty style, and
headed 1t, among other things:
"a PROFITABLE coLLECrIM LAWYER"
! do not remember tho details o. the publication
and that it did me q great deal of harm. there
upon went to the Herald office and requested u
traction. saw the law editor and he put me off.
tried to see MI. Connery, with the same effect,
and finally commenced a suit against the Herald
for libel for 100000. Icommenced the action in
filed my complaint, setting forth the facts; Mr..
Townshend, Mr.. Bennetts attorney answered
it, / made an application to strike :, out
evant, and asking for other relief. The
motion was heard before Judge Lawrence In
the summer Of 1874. In this opinion he expressed
his sense of the injury which the Herald had done
sought He % decided to submit & The case to Jury
The matter has thus stood in court from that day
to this; The Herads libel was published in April,
1874. In December, 1874, / became
VERY MUCH REDUCED IN CIRCUMSTANCES;
/ was out of business and out of money and out OF
friends. had not been in New York sutficen,
Per he ReG
doing very well. had clients and every prospec.
, of success. had been in New York for some two
Of three years. Ai.s5 ,he Herald publication my
p'Rbtea ana seoa Hs HSs dsa
and, to make i brief got ali run down aud
, run out lived precarious existence there dur
ing the summer aud fall. tried to get on to my
, feet again in the law business got an Office bu,
: could not get enough business to pay my office
rent. could not pay my board bill, and go,
suffered good deal on account of the Herald
publication. 1t was certainly very unjust and
= injurious publication, and something that nc
/ lawyer could possibly endure unless he was well
4 established.
sEsT SEVERAL NOTES To MR.. BENNETT
Q during the fall of 1874 telling him Of my grea
distress and great trouble on account of having nc
business and no money, and kept pressing hiu
and pressing him and Mr.. Townshend to settle tht
! matter in some way 10 give me relief Mr. Towns.
Q see Mr.. Bennett about it, and they would let m,
!; know in day or two what they would decide Z
Mr. BeSSneit had decided % to oer & me- Few tbou a
sand dollars to settle and get rid of it. inmatet
that would settle it for an even 5000. Mr.
that he would see Mr.. Bennett and presumed that
they had made up their minds to offer me 2OO(
or 5000 andget nd OF me. was in great distress
could not get money enough 70 pay my boart
h during the summer, and owed several partie
for board and they were pressing me for it. auC
: finally got my name in the "black-lis there
o AS A BOARDING HOUSE BEAT,
$ and 1t was circulated among boarding hous
Q keepers That was in 1874 and one night in De
:, cember 1874, had not any money or any place t
Der, and went up TO the St. Nicholas Hotel desl
! like u man. registered my name, and told thu
d clerk would like room. He gave me room
: and was there week, and during this week
u was pressing Tho Herald to settle my claim.
Y needed the money, was in great distress OF mind
Z money. went around to the newspaper office
during the fall trying to get something to do AM
7, an office myself once or twice and tried to get bus
: iness, hut could not get enough 10 pay my oihc