New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-11
THELEEDOM ROMANCE.
SOME CHAPTERS WHICH THE Pubi'o
OUGHT TO KNOW.
MANY ooSeHEssMrN WHO ARE TROUBLED BY
IEEpoM's PECULIAR coNDUcr-A
RIG DEMOCRATIC STEAL
nv ,rrrcR.PH TO THE TRIBUSE1

rnY TELEGRAPH TO THE TBIBUSE1
,ry.,ncton Dec 1O.-If an opportunity is oherei'
N. House select Committee appointed 10 uNes.s'"
a. a,.,catIon in tho oficc of tho sergeantat-Arms
vii, submit partial report tomorrow TINS report
a. a, ,,rd.rstood will contain no RECOMMENDATIONS anu
IN No, undertake TO fix the responsibility for the loss
,,cb the Government has sustained through sergeant
y, ans Jeedom Now that the first furry is over
and Mr. Ieedom has received due amount OF sym
r,,bv members Of the House arc beginning 10 III
ouIre whether after ALL Silcott Is entitled TO SO DE
sh.r, ~ blame as has been imputed TO him. They have
hec,,n 10 analyze the different statements put iorh
a., ,oha of the Sergeant at Arms and they arc by no
MEANS satisfied either Of the consistency OF theso
statements or the supreme verdancy OF the onccr !"
whose behalf they have been put FORTH moreover
members OF the House have begun 10 reaile 'na' '
country cares whether the sergeanta-ArinS Is '
nrvate agent of individual members, nearly ohe-hah
M whom voted against him. or whether ne is us
turSinr officer of the Government, than 1t docs 70
.,ow who IS responsible for this last Democratic steal
Until week ago the Sergeant Arms Mr. Leeuoi"'
was regarded on all hands as man OF 'he "ori'
keen-sjghted business man, not easily deceNeu anu
vet now his friends are trying to make u appear '''
be know nothing about the habits of man III whom
he rcposed the utmost confidence and with whohl ne
has been intimate since bOyhood MI Le'oom uiu
NOT lnow that Mr. slcott bet on horse races! Diu
he and s.cott bet in conjunction as 1t were "crY
they equally afcctonate IN their dlsposuo"s "'N
habitsl In short. they or were ,heH NOT pai''
in the speculative and other enjoymen,s oil me- as heN
vcrc in the private banking business conduc'cu pS
,hcm hebind the counter of the Office OF the sereea
af-Arms7 These some of the questions asheu Wy
hsrlhcaded lawyers in the House. men OF ooth parties
who will not be satisfied without an answer
That the Office OF the Sergeantat-Arns was prVa'o
banking concern, bank Of deposit anu uis0ou'"
fact which not even the verdant eX-Sergean. at .io
viii deny and in his calmcSt moments, WIN all 'i0
Ia ha
par of his line Of discounts did not depeho "poi
ernment funds The committee as yet las not ehIe'eu
upon what will probably prove 10 be us most Hu'V
f, and interesting. If not agreeable held OF n'csus
tion the border of which rs the business ana o'nei %
,Ions between the exSergeant alarms ana inc caso
who is said to have fled the country IL Leeoom oiu o'
know what was going on he is " sweet snhphoiS J"
self and nothing less" as Mr.. Weller would say
MIR Ieedom appears TO have recovered from inc
,renidation which controlled him for day or t"o
after the exposure Of this last Democratic s'e1 ~
which he has deep personal interest hc Ioii
tauntily that he has two detectives, one IN Moea'
and one in Quebec watching for Siloott The huhnnS
Of a thief with brass band is nothing to this "l.t'
advertisement Where the detective is silcott VIII
NOT he even II he be in Canada, which man! uou""
Down to this hour attempt has been ma4e u 'ia'
or arrest Sicott. No effort has been maze 10 InuI0
him. although MIR. Leedom says that among INC s'uch
mercy was $4,000 which belonged 10 himself ana u
a, odm,,,ed that the fleeing cashier or somebody else
forged some $4,000 worth OF notes In inc names oi
moro than score Of Congressman, when "eiV pa"
hv siucott on the date of his alleged Hight.
Another part Of the Leedom romance Is that si'er
ccott had been absent from Washington for certain
Ioncth OF time he. Leedom, became applchehsNo
hat sicott had been sandbaggcd or had other"Se
como IN grief I'm New-York. And Yet Leedom' full as
Ia must have been of socitude. not Only on ACCOUNT
~ Ms love for the friend OF his boyhOod but on a
count of the pecnnaTy interests inVOlVed never HdtS
any appllcatiOn the police authorizes OF ,J
IN ascertain whether not his fears were Wen ~
an he DID was to telegraph 10 " Dave PaSc WIZ "
The wav Is one of Leedoms bondSmen, am , Who ~
,,nlcrsood 10 have expressed considerable soHcHur III
, regard TO the $4,000 worth Of notes heelnDei9t
mentioned How LeedOm became fixed with me lde5
b.t SUcot had run away instead of being sandbaGged
Sc one OF the my steies of this curious romance; Ivy
,oniiIar idea is that a who has been sandbagced
pnt il is hardly worth while 10 continue INC
.naysjS of this wonderful Leedom romance. ara II
is hardly worth while for the pubic 10 waste a h
more sympathy on the exScrgeantat Arms LOT the
4, present at least. - , o ,,,o,, 10
d,v that II would be better not TO press eedoh 700
closcIy: that hc nigh: disclose some uEiy iactS re
snecting the transactions of Re- ublicans win MN
eaIf That intimatiOn might be regaldrh by d
psychologist a pretty good proof OF me despesIJn
~ Mr. Ieedoms case, and Of the expectancy oI ms
making full confession Of his business ana otner
raIatons with silcott and Of all the facts pertaining
10 one of the biggest Democratic deiacauons Vi