Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-08-15

From the New York Evening Post, Aug. 9Th.
The Boston JOuIuu which has had II
great deal to say about what is called "thc
cleveland scandal" asks Us to investigate
the matter for ourselves. and says ii
"knuws il can lead only to one result
Ii is admitted by Governor ClcYcllnds
friends that twelve Years ago he formed
an irregular connection with II widow,
with two children, the eldest fourteen
years old that She was II person of in
temperate habits. and that the paternity
of child born subsequently was doubt
FIJI. but he accepted it, and made provi-
sion for the child that after suffering
much annoyance from heroine of the ma
tural and common penalties of such errors
and after satisfying her brother-in law.
who appeared ON the scene as her protcc-
tor. that he had behaved fairly toward her,
he laid the whole matter before Mr.. Bur
roughes. Il lawyer of high standing in
Buffalo that Mr. BurrOughCS advised
him to leave it to him, and thereafter took
charge of it that he Mr.. l3urrOughcsl,
concerning the mother, furthc reason given
above. unit to have the custody of the
child, placed il in an orphan asylum, the
mother Cuuscnting thereto, and making,
a. we understand ii, IL legal surrender of
the child for that purpose. and occasional
IL visiting it at the asylum afterWard
that She subsequently stole and carried it
OIL from the asylum : that Mr.. Bur
rOuphcs was notified of the facts by the
authorities of the asylum. WhcreupOn. act
ing on his own responsibility and without
Mr. Cleveland : knowledge, he employed il
detective to discover and look after the
child that in one of the detectives visits
he found the mother suffering from delr-
um trempnS and threatening to Kill the
child. which lay on the floor that he car
ried her oil then to the inebrate asylum
for treatment, and she stayed there until
She was cured and no longer, and that the
child was restored to its previous guar
dians. The lawyer who acted for the wo-
man in one stage of the affair has formal
~ and in writing repud!at ed any charge of
seduction or breach of promise of amy
b kind. The family acknowledge that Mr.
Cleveland treated her generously.
80 much for the charge of seduction and
kidnapping which many newspapers have
been spreading. II was produced origin
ally by Il cheap and nasty paper in Buffalo
rs salvation from impending death. and
, has little other evidence to rest on except
, the bare assertion of the Rev. Mr.. Ball, Il
, Baptist minister in Buffalo. who appears
to dabble a good deal in politics Mr. Ball
has repeated his story several times, but
he does not supply fresh reasons for be
lrVing it.
He also is the chief if not the only all-
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