The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-09-27
NED BLUNT'S HUMBLE APOLOGY.
He Gets Down in the Dirt to MIR.
Daingerfield.
The Asbury Park Episode Explained as
Dlunt's Deep Notwithstanding Prose-
cution of Blunt Will Probably be
Abandoned.

ALEXANDRIA, Sept. 26.-'The scandal
at Asbury Park last month, in which
Edmund Blunt. of Washington, and
Mrs. Revcrdy Daingcrfield, of this city,
| figured, and which created such a social
sensation at the time, has been explain
cd by Mr.. Blunt, who has addressed the
following letter to Mr.. Reverdy j. Dain-
gerfield, dated Sheepshead Bay, Septem-
Der 90, 1890:
without knowing how to address
you. or what l shall say, only know
that | can keep silent no longer with
regard to my terrible conduct with Mrs.
Daingerfield. l have not the faintest
idea of what happened. 1 only know
what have seen i'll the newspapers,
but | know that most of what has been
written must be grossly exaggerated
and false. | cannot conceive what
caused me to act in any way that might
offend Mrs. Daingerfield. How | could
have acted so as to insult her or that
should have done SO is impossible for
me to comprehend. have received ONLY
courtesy, Kindness and considera ton mt
= i
have made such Il return for them can
not conceive. | know that have always
felt the most respectful esteem and re-
gard for her and for your family and |
am entirely unable TO account for my
conduct, except that it was the I'M
reasoning act of drunken mad
man. That / was very drunk Is
certainly true. / do not remember any
thing of what occurred. nor can / think
Of any cause for my conduct. As re-
member it. this is what happened:
Hearing for the first time that evening
that Mrs. Daingerfield was STAYING at
Asbury Park. determined to call upon
her. although | was then quite drunk. |
did call but was told that she was out.
but would shortly return. went off and
alter taking several more drinks called
again. have only q confused recollec-
ton OF the servant saying that | was too
drunk to see Mrs. Daingerfield. and nv
insisting upon doing so. What else hap
pened between that time and my finding
myself locked up in the station house. is
as entirely blank to me as though it had
never happened. God only knows what
did. God only knows what would
give to undo it. do not write this with
any hope of ever being able to relieve
myself of the disgrace and degradation in
which I have placed myself know
that nothing that can ever do can lift
me out of it. do not write it with any
idea of relieving myself of any personal
responsibility for such conduct. | only
write for the purpose of saying that if
any way can be devised, any plan sug-
gestcd that will relieve you and yours
of the pain and modification that my
outrageous conduct has inflicted upon
you, it will only be necessary for me
to know it in order to comply with
it, whatever it may be. Much as I
feel the odium and disgrace that must
attach to me i'll consequence of what
have done, by far the most horrible
feature of the whole outrageous affair.
is the consequence to Mrs. Danger
field and to you. 1t sicllens me to
think of it. | am Mortified that those
who had right to expect only the most
grateful courtesy and considera ton
from me in return for so many acts of
kindness received at their hands, should
have such cause for regretting that
the acquaintance was ever made 1t
has been your misfortune ever to have
known such Il wretch as have proven
myself to be. 1t has been dire calam-
ity to Mrs. Daingerfeld ever to have
numbered me among her acuuaintances
and to be compelled, innocently. and
the pain and modification of having her
name mentioned in connection with such
an affair. If there is any apology, any ex-
PLANTATION. any form of words, any act
of mine that could in any way make
atoncment for what have done, gladly
will make it. do not know what more
to write. Perhaps should not write at
all. do not know what to do; l only
know that | would give my life to right
the wrong that have done innocent
people. There is nothing that could be
demanded of me that l would not do in
order to make amends in some degree.
if such a thing is possible
(Slgned) EDMUND BLUNT.
TO Mr.. Reyerdy j. Daingerficld, Alex
dria
1t is understood that all prosecution
of the case against Blunt for assault
! will now no drowned