Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-02-12

MISS SPRAGvE-s BILL
ut 10 Prevented Co Mr. douglas, Who
Writes q sharp letter.
HE prcraRrs rHr AMOUNT crAxxp rxcnsrfArf,
But SANS NJ II WILLING TO SUBMIT 10 rAfR An
sIrSATIoS-HE SAYS IRE WHOLLY AryAn Has An
AFFEAKsScE OF BIACENlII. TAXING ADVANTAGE
OF rHE svfroskD rsrorvLAsrrr OF HIS hsnT
MARRIAGE
Yesterday afternoon the bin OF Miss Helen Louisa
sprague against Mr.. Frederick Douglass for scr-
vices, was presented and IN r-ply thereto Mr.
Douglass has sent TIE following
Madam Sprd01te.
II young man. unknown 10 me. ana with no
e 81 ms respoas:Gty or authority. except
hands bill for payment as follows:
r,,,,,,.,,- 49,, WASHINGTON, ,. &, Feb. s, 1884
To Helen Louisa sprae,,e Or,
To services rendered a. hogsekeeper, seam
STRESS, COX ana house servant from Octo-
Der 2iSt, ls.2 10 January slst. Isss. being
eleven III Years and three months, az sS
per month .......... 60 exo
cre1it ger clothing furnished. az the rate OF go
Ba,ance ,ue '''''''' ''''..-i =; "a. 90
Retrieved payment.
In response 70 tbs oil have state: First that
i 40 not know nv whose authority it has been
drawn, aud Il were disposed ~ nay so large an
amount as Is here charged, which am not could
not % pruarntlv "a auy or- e.rer,f Helen louisa
Spragge. or ler legally authorized attorney Sec
oId mat never ~ any price or at any time hired
i heioa Louisa Sp.ague as my housekeeperr,
that The sum charged for these services
Is ars'r thAn should have paid her
had offered 70 hire her. had she offered to hire
herse H. "a perform ihes' services and, may add,
larger In nv Judgment than they were worth.
Fourth until the itst two or three years my late
wife was sole housekeepcr, and needed none other
Fifth, know nothing OF Louisa as a seamstrces
except IN making and nlending her own clothes
ana ana the TIE cloths Q, your children while she
and sheltered under my roof. NV own
and Mrs Douglass clothing being made by
professional people. tailo,s and seamsr.sses sixth
Miss Sprague. as I understood when she came to
live with me, was a member OF your family ia Ro-
chester, y. Y, and was doing Homework IN your
family. not as servant. but as a sister, and she
came 70 me In like capacity, and lived IN INV fam
lily not as hireilg but as an equal member of H.
and no one would have resented sooner than abe
think, the allegation that that she WIS but hired
servant IN the house. From FIRST 10 last she WA
simply an honored member OF the family, and was
PROVIDED Tor as my own daughter would have been
had she remained under my roof seventh do
not deny that the Offices discharged by Louisa IN
my family were worth more than she reviewed. for
i have many times asked her II She wanted money,
and she often said no when thought she ought 10
say Yes Louisa never, In the whole course OF
the eleven years She Was with me- asked me for
money without receiving IT. Eighth, the foregoing
OH Il erroneous In regard Ia the period during
which Louisa was employed in my household She
was absent FOR some tine attending your sick child
In Rochester. going and returning at my expense
and was also absent at Saratoga springs and else
= II.
deny that there NAV he an equitable claim for
more compensation Ia Miss Sprague than she has
received. and what that should be claim no tight
10 absolutely determine and hold that IL should be
lelt 20 the decision or impartial persons having no
personal interest IN the matter II Louisa Spracue
is willing 10 abide such decision All matters he
tween Us can toe easily adjusted. In conclusion.
allow me 10 say, sir. that am not favorahy I'M
pressed with the extraordinary manner In which
YOU have sought 10 Recover from me the dollars
and cents which you allcge TO b. due TO Helen
Louisa sprague. The publication from New YORK
possibly 20 hide the tracks OF the writer, OF q
Lightly sensational representation OF my meanness
and dishonesty IN defraGding Miss Sprague Of her
hard earnings: the alleged violation OF a written
contract binding Inc 10 pay Miss Sprasue twenty
five s25l dollars per month for her services which
contract has no existence. and never had: the
statement that Miss Sprague only received from
forty $40 dollars a year, which Is utterly
false; the further statement that this sum was
Only wrung from me with difficulty, which is also
shdmefullY false; The story that Miss Sprague was
hired 10y lie twelve years ago. on account OF the
ill-healtn or Mrs Douglass, which is equally false;
the line or argument marked out for T. j. Nachey
10y which was 70 be shown tIp in n most unfavor.
able light, and my probable retaining Col Ingersol
To defend Inc; the monstrous story that am worth
s2DhOo0. and much other stun and nonsense pub
liSled In the Philadelphia Press, 10 my prejudice,
and u raise a breeze Ia advance OF a threatened
OF being an honest and proper mode OF securing the
payment OF just debt gives 10 the whole proceed
Ing the appearance OF an attempt 10 take n mean
and cowdrdly advantage or the supposed unpopu.
larity OF my recent marriage 10 malign and black.
mall me, 10 eXtort money, not for Miss LOUISE
sprague. but for those who are managing the bust
hess iI her name. pronounce the sum charged as
eNorbtant. and defy you TO ind single Instance
or any house servant who. IN the space OF eleven
years, has laid up above her clothing and other ex
penses, 81 1868, nineteen hundred and sixty-fiye
dollars, In fairly-earned wages
Cedar HILL Anacostia, D. c. Febrasry pI Is Isss
AN INDECENT ASSAULT hApR IN THE Carroll
Last Saturday afternoon a well-dressed man en-
tered the rotunda OF the CAPITOL and after lettering
about for some time, persuaded small white boy
TO go TO the dome, telling him that he would show
ing the man, It is charged. made an Indecent as
Sault upon the boy. When he came down the boy
and taken 70 the seventh precinct station house,
where he gave his name as Charles II. Fritz, and
said that he was a merchant from Philadelphia
lie LEFT $40 collateral for his appearance In the Po-
lice Court. charge OK assault was preferred
against him, but lie failed TO answer Prosecuting
Attorney Thomas was not satisfied with only $40
and an attachment was issued for him. II Is said
that several acts OF this kind have been committed
about the Capitol building during the last few
weeks, both boys and girls being the victims
News Briefs.
The Virginia assembly mas passed bill giving
OF Virginia. $50 each.
The warden and his deputies OF the county prison
at WilkesbarIe, Pa. and the three county commits
sioners. have been arrested for gross negligence in
allowing three prisoners 10 escape.
Mike Mcdonald and Ed Cary, two prisoners.
Sau. Wis.
Thomas Kinsella, editor OF the Brooklyn Cy. w
Eagle. died yesterday, after illness OF three
months.
In Chicago last night 8. w. Felker, a hookkeeper.
shot MIS- Josie A. Aiken, wife OF local ticket
agent and then shot himself falling dead upon the
womans lifeless body.
.'black valise said To contain So, ooo was sto-
len from the New York Transfer company, In New
\ ork last night, as IL was being taken 10 the
Destroeses street Jerry from the Grand Central
depot.
There is talk in Brooklyn over the disappearance
on Joseph ii. Townsend, a well-known builder,
leaving Liabilities aggregating $4,000.
AL a meeting OF the Maryland Historical Society,
IN Baltimore yesterday. program WAS adopted for
the celebration OF the 2Oth anniversary OF the land
Ing OF the Maryland Pilgrims on March 9Th.
Fatner lliaa, canon of the Evora cathedral LIS
bon, Portugal, and a peer Of the realm committed
suicide with revolver yesterday In q cemetery
He WAS victim or monomania-
Although Minister Hunt Is seriously I'll al St
Petersburg his condition Is not thought TO be dan
gerous.
John Hutton Balfour, the distinguished English
b0talliSt and physician. l. dead.
DIED.
BALDERSTON. At 1915 o'cl ,ck pm, on 10Th
inst, after short illness. til residence of her
ll4gl md tfot1 fsn-sl A.1