The new North-west., 1883-06-01
A RAcY REPLY.
The Answer OF w III. Bush to Senator Ta-
bor's Complaint.

DENVER, May 24.-Bush's six-thousand-
word answer TO ex Senator Tabor's complaint
by which he seeks TO recover claim of s20,-
600. Is certainly, In point Of legal phraseolo-
gy, unique, and no doubt will acceptably
fulfill the purposes of its being. The coun-
ter-charge and claim Of $1,000 are thus ex-
planned:
defendant further states that In 1882, the
plaintiff, Tabor, was, and for twenty. two
had been, married man, the husband Of one
wife and the father of family. Said wife
was then living at Denver, Colorado; was Of
sound mind, In good health, and honestly
and faithfully devoted to the plaintiff; thai
for some time prior thereto said plaintiff be.
came eDamored Of another woman, not his
wife, commonly called Baby Doe,' on whom
he had set his heart, with all The ardor and
glowing passion which characterizes an old
mans infdeIity and yearning after green
fields and pastures new in matrimonial ven-
lures.
Thereupon said plaintiff applied to de-
fendaut, beseeching him by the love the
plaintiff bore said Doe, by his earnest desire
to possess her as his and bis alone, by his
desire to break from the bonds which for
twenty long years had bound him to his
wife; that be should exert himself in his be-
half, for, as plaintiff informed defendant,
said Doe only partially reciprocated the af
fection and endearments bestowed on her by
plaintiff; that thereupon, on TIE eighth day
of March last, said plaintiff proposed to de
fendant to enlist the services of defendant to
aid him in all legal and proper means, both
In procuring said wife of plaintiff to sue for
and obtain a divorce from plaintiff, or, in
case that could not be effected, to and plain
tiff in all lawful ways TO obtain proof suffi-
cient to enable plaintiff to procure divorce
from his wife, asd also to aid him in effect
ing a marriage with said Doe; that Defend
ant, to that end, should look up aud secure
the testimony Of parties who would testify
to acts committed or omitted within the
twenty years last past by the wife Of plain
tiff which would be actionable and which
would enable plaintiff TO procure a divorce
from bis wife; that then and there the said
plaintiff promised to pay defendant, in case
the result of his effort in that behalf should
result IN a divorce from ssid wife and mar
riage with said above-named Doe, for such
services the full sum of 100000" Defend
ant here claims to have paid out of his own
funds, at plaintiffs request, large sums of
money for services rendered in that behalf,
among which is mentioned $3.50 TO one
Goodrich, which your correspondent Is cred
itably informed is the celebrated expert di
vorce lawyer of Chicago, aud $1,000 to one
Dudley for services unspecified. Defendant
claims to have faithfully and successfully
performed all these services, for which he
still remains unpaid.
Defendant further says that ain the month
of March, 1882, plaintiff became impressed
with the idea that he was at that time an in
cipient statesman in embryo and that it
needed only the vivfying influence of popu-
larity to bring him out; that in the fullness
of time, by the liberal expenditure of push,
pluck, pelf, and puff, he might be able, by
hook or crook, to obtain the requisite num-
Der of votes in the Legislature of the State
of Colorado at the next session thereof 10
enable h.'l To AXE sea, by the side of the
great aud good r"u IN The halls of the Uni
ted States S"nttt and so Im;rNftalize the
name of Tah"T hal com;'ar"l - !! him The
great trinity of Clay, CaihrG", a:,A Webster
would be forgotten and all irsser living men
lost In the brllliancy of his Senatorial career.
Thereupon said plaintiff proposed to de-
fendant II he would, at ali proper times and
places, to the best of bis ability, help plain
titfto emerge from the obscurity of Califor-
mia gulch and the embryonic state aforesaid
into the realms of craftsmanship and the
status of a statesman, he would, In case be
was successful, pay defendant 5000"
Defendant claims TO have faithfully and
successfully performed all these services, for
which he still remains unpaid, and that In
the month Of January last he paid, at the re
quest of plaintiff, to members Of the Legis
lature and others various sums of money to
about sixty different people, in sums of from
81 to $475, aggregating about $1,000. De-
fendant's attorney intimated to your reporter
that all the large sums used for election pur
poses were paid by Tabor himself. The case
will probably result In the political, social
and financial ruin of one or both parties.