Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-10-21

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Rof9or. October 1s.--if any further
uyoA were needed Of the ahjcct terror
S1Sk xhjcb Mr.. James q. Blaine contem-
$500 the possible production Of the
sI15Scusl kih~ Of his In the hands OF
Vsfrep Fisher and James Mulllgan, IT Il
s16r6ed IN those obtained by the DAILY
Tr,rx,s correspondent to-dsy. That these
1pfurs remained in Nulligan's possession
10 haunt Mr.. Blaine II directly trsceable
70 sbe act ty which be seized the batch
which Nalligap .ook 10 Washington In
Nay, 1876. When Mr.. Blaine refused to
return those letters. be incurred the bitter
vt>entmsnt Of hard-headed irlshnsn,
whose face should have warned him OF hij
dsnger.
ait wss an outrage" said Mr.. Warren
FISHER TO your correspondent to-day, THAT
Mr.. Blaine should have taken those letters
In The way be did. Mr.. Mulligan has never
forsiytn him. aud he reyer viii. ARR
Mr., Blaine refused 10 return those letters
Nulli2an had lent him 10 look at, nothing
within Mr., Blaine's power 10 give or prom
Ne cculd have bribed or induced him 10
rive I'M the remaining documents, which
e. held on 10 with the tonseity OF q terrier.
Mr.. Elaine's denial that he ever offered TO
nav Hulligsn for those letters Il absolutely
jalse, When, in 1880. just before the con
veption, he sent for me through Elisha At
k:ns 10 come and see him in New
York, went, and we had a long
conference at the Fifth-Avenue Hotel.
He then asked me what i thong d
uulligan would take, and give mp the 1T.
tiers he SIN held. told him that did not
believe there was enough money In tne
country TO buy them. He told me that he
was willing TO pay any price, but that ne
must have them. j asked bow much ne
would pay. He said, Anything, but ger
sScm.' / kaid, We'll. there must lie some
limit, and this was what prompted him TO
name $4,000 as the sum that would be
forthcoming in the hands OF Mr. Cum
ming. Elisha Atkins's partner. for the re-
rurn Of the letters then in Mulligan's pos
sessjon. came back TO Boston and laid
Mr.. BIaipe's offer before Mr.. Mulligan;
INT he was mmovable. He spurned the
proposition. and seemed - be more settled
than ever in his determination to hold on TO
the letters"
This view OF the great importance Mr..
Blame attached 10 the possession oil Inc
proofs against him held by Fisher and
Nulhgan Is reinforced and emphasized by
the letters obtained by your correspondent
to-day. written by Mr.. Blaine from his
"sick bed - IN Augusta 10 Fisher.
In order 10 inform the reader ne 10 the
true relevancy OF these letters, IL Is neceS-
sary TO recall the incidents immediately
connected with their contents. On June
s. 1876, MIR. Blaine made his dramatic ex.
plapaiion 20 for.y-i0ur millions OF his
eouptrymsn, and read the letters he
had practically stolen from Mulligan.
At the request OF Dir. Blaine, the
committee Investigating his case ad-
jourBed from saturday, June 10th.
10 the following Monday, in consequence
Of the absence Of his colleagues. Messrs.
Hale and Frye. On Sunday, June 18th,
Mr.. Blaine sank down on the church steps,
complaining Of a pain IN his head, and say
Ipg be was afraid he had sunstroke. On
Nondsy, June 18th, the committee met and
dismissed the witnesses for two weeks on
account of Mr. Blaine's illness. On Tues
day, June 18th, Mr.. Blaine sent the follow
ing dispatch:
kuQene Hale, Cincinnati, ohio:
am entirely convalescent, suffering only
from physical weakness. Impress upon my
friends the debt OF gratitude j feel for the
UNPARALLELED sieadfastposs with which they
have adhered TO me in my hour OF trial.
j. g. BLAINE.
Mr. HAYES was nominated by the Ma
tjonal Republican Convention June 10th,
and on the Monday following June 10TH
Mir, Blame made q ratification speech in
As the date for the re-
Of the Committee OF Investiga-
ton approached, Mr.. BIaine's health failed
rapidiy, and al 1880 y. NJ. Tuesday, June
a7tb. he left Washington by special ear
for his home, in Augusta. On the same
day MessrS. Fisher and Mulligan ar
rived In Washington 10 continue their
testimony. A dispatch TO the Boston
Herald OF that date says: "They were
greatly annoyed at being detained until
Friday, to which date the committee had
adjourned" The special car IN which Mr..
Blaine travelled went direct TO Augusta,
20 that he was not seen at New York or
Boston en- route. He reached home We'd
nesday, June 2sth, and that very night
wrote the following urgent letter to Mr..
Fisher, which IL here published for the first
time, the italics being Mr.. Blaine's:
WEDNESDAY, 12Sth,) Eye'g.
Nv Dear Mr.. Fisher: want 10 see you
lust AZ much as before you went TO Wash
sneton. You can leave Boston at 1890 and
return same night il you desire, though /
would prefer TO have you stay over. Come
directly 10 my house.
IL II, think, as important fOryou TO see
me a. for me TO see You. Come this lceek.
Don't fail. Come tomorrow, II possible.
Yours, J. &. BLAINE.
Tbi. letter clearly indicates the mllady
q which Mr.. Blaine was victim. A dis
paieh 10 The Boston Herald, dated Au-
pusta, Thursday, June 30, says that Mr..
blaine suffered no serious setback by his
tourney, and was then enjoying the rest
aud freedom from the excitement he so
much needed. Ii continued: "br. Hill, his
family physician, says that there Is no or
gsnIc trouble, bet that the nervous pros.
{raticn, complicated with malarIal effects, is
mere severe than he had calculated from
what he had read Of the case. lie has
adopted careful line OF treatment, pre-
seribing absolute rest, even forbidding
Mr.. Blaine's tcrifing letter. He gives
him no assurance that he will be able 70
take any part in the pending campaign"
This was on Thursday, and yet the fol.
lowing letter, written two days later,
shows that Mr.. Blame knew better what
medicine he wanted than his family physi-
clsn. Here, too, the italics are Mr.. Blaine's
own:
IPrIvate.I
Augusta, Saturday Eve'g, LIST July, &c.
My dear MI. Fisher: l write from my
sick bed. want very mich to see you.
am very sorry you did no. come TO Wash.
ingion when requested. Can't you come
TO Augusta by train hondayg EXPIRES.
train leaves Eastern station at . o'clock
rtlchiul here at 4 L. n. You can return
same eve'g.
Or II you can't come by o O'Clock trair
there Is train that leaves at ~ or i2;3I
noon, aud pets here about s i. NJ. Yoi
can return same night. DO come quickly
say nothing TO any one. But do come.
Yours sincerely, J. q. BLAINE.
tSee over.)
Important 10 you as cell as myself TIA
vou coms. VERY.
ION other side OF Sheet Don't let On,
huInpn being except your wife know tina
you are coming down. But do not fal Il
comc--whatever you do, do not fall.
You will regret It II you don't come.
Could anything be more abiect Ia II
pleading than this But II was not the las
Of this remarkable series Of letters. On tn
following day he wrote again as follows;
SUNDAY EVENING, July p. 1876.
Ny Dear MIR. Fisher II you have no
started when this reaches you, pray yo
have for Augusta al once.