New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-12
uADLEY TO WRITE A BOOK,
Unwilling TO TELL ALL HE KNOWS NOW.
HIS MEMORY DEFICIENT on MANY roINTs-How
DOES lie MAKE A LlVINGY

DOES lie MAKE A LlVINGf
Horny II. Hadley was again placed In the
hillary Yesterday in the Superior Court. Lawyer he''y
,as reinforced by Lawyer spooner, and they comoned
,he,r forces in determined endeavor 20 ascertain haey
financial relations Chairman Barnum. the Democrauo
Na,,onal committee generally and the Lynn mission MI
erooner fret In hand the memory OF Hadiey whch
had shown wonderful cleaness when called on 10 as
sert that chairman Bsrpum was an honorable man. ana
wonderful state OF fog when tested on the precise ME-
,on which Chairman B,rnum had inrustcd to his care
Uadleys lawyer objected TO his telling when he made ms
rort 20 the National Committee and then this counsel
won't 10 Judge Van Worst complaining Of two counsel
AGAINST one evident fear that Hadlcy might he leu 10
make damaging confession the lawyer asserted That ms
client was being pumped FOR political capital AZ tms
was only u case 10 Judgment debtor Mr. spooh'r WIZ
,n.truotcd TO conduct tho examination for the prosecn
ton.
uadoy then confessed hat he made his report at'r
the election Then he fell back tho records OF tho
National Democratic Committee, offering to ptouu'"
thom lie promised 10 produce the records atlor ms N
animation had boon concludsd lie said that IN 1881 or
somo other timc-his memory was cloudy -J"hn J..
pavenport or his agcnt-sOmcbody, anyway conhorWd
IN some manner with Mr. Dayenport-had asked hm Tor
a statement regarding the Morcy letter transacuohs'
Hadley theronpon had gathered up AL MS
memoranda and gone before the National Democratic
Committee That body gave him instantaneous consent
10 give all the nformation-n the memoranda lheSo
documents had refreshed Ills memory
IN spooner next asked Hadley If he was tho same
Uadcy who had been publicly charged win beng inc
an hor " the Morcy letter 81 don't KNOW lepAeu INC
witness mildly looking toward the ceiling with PECK
eni0au air.
MIR spooner-was the production of the notice of tho
socanel Morcy letter to the Democratic National Com
mittoc part of your servcesi
Hadley-No, sir
Mr. spooner-Have You not stated that II was through
Your services to tn committee that the Democrats
,f Not.a1 10 and llf
uadc answered that il he hal done so IT was smpy
",,ore" Mr spooncr then used the probe as follows
"t true or false that since your report to the commit
tee YOU were paid by them. exclusive OF expenses lhe
sum OF 81 900 for services rendered the comm Tee
uady got around this by saying that he had not been
,.,.d 81 900 by the committee since 1850 HIS lawyer
4,ne to lie rescue by insisting that 1t was sufficient
answer 10 say that Uadlcy Ia atosetner received from
the committee from S15o0 10 2,'o0 for camp1i ID cN
ycnscs Mr. -pooner again went 10 J"d-e Van worst anu
cot ar order that Hadley be compelled 10 answer IN
oouic. and orderly manner and the result was that
II cv repeated The $500 $500 answer regarding
so oches etc. Ire last payment he cot from the com
ri.fcc was 800 in DECEMBER, 1850 he declared The
witnesses evasions again led Mr. Spooner 10 seek an order
from thc Court. but the Judge had gone and SO
~ WAS nll,ci 10 do The best he could. iadiey then
mad. the chsige Of "bul " against lis htefI aloi'
S Mr. -poouer pu HE question:; e Were your dlaouIsc-
NE t~ 1ly paif your
Nad.,y-I presume tl'y were; "a, 900, .+,,o
On icy Were iGly ~, P a5 c %ng @'l 79o Tc
sIol'd bt returncli Al then thought nat o'e cA-
I,u.cs fh nature II which forget should ne paid by
H. ronimt,c. though D. OF actually horned by them
Ipue,uu. part of tni, Wlsfo ne mes mac ,,
and SCOTT Al think not, nave looked TO see QUO
@ Won I'm that liter say you could fur'-h vonch
ersfor the 500 of disagreement Al CON lcnrno,E
Ilyo any vouchers the, must D." ui-ad or lost for
nav. s.',r,scl for them a q cannot GBj % n.
ualrvs coIuse. called his at emf on TO- Oh. lacI Ul
lr mad et had been collecting al hls Mory lneluoi
aIda order t0 write book Ia answer 10 ~, D"N-
pot bad pu1 HIM $1,000 for such informal on ~ We
tHii ll.A rc i've % the Morey ll,r. iir n wa,
l,t.I 5000 d luo In, in advance, " Tor my services
iayu- llu- ,.uvn his 81 uin-ue.- o. ro. M, "7'
lorr.y money, w.otn,r On one ,lI, 'T tl' '' -
n wt..,l should s,v th,t Hadcy received $1,000, of
vl'r, beoI.i tr townsend $500 and an of IN. bal
au,, say $50 to MEG. steele ms would be false iiai,
~ ia a or comb,n Mr. Townsend. wishing to avoid
comics, m that direction What the $1,000 "c' I9G
1 a5 a ,n "9 asked Mr. townsend S for SIS md
on', .t =. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS." Mr. townsend had never
SLtOuo reward the discovery of the author OF the
Rlcy letter Hadley admitted that he had made IT,
MI epoon.r-Dd You discover the author oil 'h' No'''
Vr stcphc.s Uadlcv's counsel, protested vigorously
nIu. d I.i- question. dee aiilL IN IT lia''N w + - ~
iuH Fl book and everybody should MT ave ns l4'I'
cau matt, would suffer tcrIidcy n the auth lsup ol
-. .tter AZ ne known while the Democrat, Noud he de-
o. BON, Won know A.~No, sir.
az io ,ni mo ,u a. slv hat If you hal discovered tho
Nrtor ot 'nat letter. you would not know it noWi a.
think do know, but my Investigations are NOT 'hr"u-h
90 tave ven received from any committee ar orfanl-
taou any nou,y this toward your paper on nor any
iudocud,ut Vo, ~ association or pio'onaol 10 o' ''
Una eucmp to discover the s'urc Of llad'cl'e l,ol
~ tcccc aud Juisc Van Worst viii be appealed I" TO-DAY
81 dycdc vh,hc the quc'lou shall he answered.