The Arizona sentinel., 1884-11-22
A FAMOUS INTRIGUE.

l WU IlOUSco UClOW tlIo ID th'
 old clubhouse, in Washington
 city, which is now used for of
 fees, in which Payne tried to as
 sassinate Seward, and where Bar ton Key was taken after he Wa shot by General Sickles. It is ;
 big double brick house of three
 stories, with two old fashioned brick chimneys rising like senti
 nels from it's either end. From
 its secOnd-st0ry window Bartof Key used to wave his handker' chief lu Mrs. Sickles, who lived
 in a great palace on the other i side of the square. She would reply with her handkerchief
 whather the coast was clear, and
 the two thus carried on one Ol tic mos. famous infrigueS in our
 history. Lafayette Squ Ire Is now
 so fu.l of iuXuriantiy, Ieaved trees
 hat such signals could not be
 seen if they were made to day i But iu 1851 the trees were small,
 and ih lime this open signaling
 attrdcied attention. Gen. SickelS
 had married his wife ih New York. She was the daughter of au Italian music master in that city, and at the time of Sickles'
 marriage 10 her, insiduous re
 marks were made about her in
 the papers. She was very beau tiful, and was, when she married Gen. Sickles, only sixteen years old. The advent of the couple 10 Washington inaugurated wild and fashionable life for this Itali- an girl, and no money was spared in her husbands entertainments. The house in which they lived was elegantly furnished, and is still a fine mansion. At present inc Spanish Embsssy are using it, and ifs rent must be, 1 should sny, $3000 a year. Barton Key, though he had q lovely wife at Baltimore, fell in love Mrs. Sickles, aud the intrigue was car ried on for months before Gen. Sickles suspected anything was wrong.
 At last he discovered the in- trigue, and found that Key and | his wife. were in the habit Of fre- 1 quenting a little house on 18th l street, in negro neighb0rhOod, 1 and that Key had rented the house for the purpose. On Fri day February 22d, Mrs. Sickies and Balton Key, by pre-atraaged signals, went 10 their house and staid there two hours. That night Sickles charged his wife with her guilt, and she broke down and confessed the whole crime. was terribly broken, but he made her write out her con fession and sign it in the presence 0f witnesses. These things lrhns> Dired between Saturday and MOn> lay. On Monday Barton Key, knowing nothing of this expose, again signaied Mrs. SicklPs from his house. Geu Sickies saW the signal. AS Key star ed % come ,Ver to Iii, hou-e Gsn. ; -hl . Heni in nI%r' t:itm. .a ; x. .,l ( he c"r"":0F n'r qa :, jas se- w tj,i- i'3a-e. x pn; .." | '.aH ..':! :.:: ,.r
 'af. .3>h =? a. e.;s~iag ;o ;::A- |, r~.,e.: "Y ,u lave disi.n:cd ny i.onre aud ]: ami!y .ind you must die'' i6
 He then drew a reVuiYer. {
 Key threw up his arms, and { 'eggod him not 10 shoot. l
 Sicltieo sn0I .nd the baii lodged il K-S's groin. {
 Aey e,sgSefed tu d tree. which .a5 been sia.o cut down for relics, i'd ieil opJn one knee. Sicklea foo .him again aad again, aud Key feii crying "marderr'
 S!ckies then walked tiff, saying was reported, "I think the coundrel Is dead" He was ar- ested that night and fri ad, some f the most notorious lawyers in he country taking part in the s ase. He was freed, and lived to il o brave service in the late war, II