The Washington critic., 1890-02-06
nLA1Nn.s ILNLrrKY morsE.
Thirty Years of Eva Fate HOvers
About Its walls

lto''eTo"aeDce ~ !, S"".t
As1lNoroN, FEB. 3.-Ihe death OF
Mrs. Coppingcr, Secretary Blaine's
dauuhter. directs attention anew to the
uplucltv bouse in which tbe plaino's
i,,.a 1,ha ha,,sa l. a. ia 0o,,,a,J
NV "o "VS '1e ou ' No""'"
MANSION ana III II MT Blame mas met
his kecnest personal sorrows. There
were fears of calamity overtaking him
or his family when il was announced
that no had ioasod tho old bu,ld;n, and
gossin s',nors,;,ions and ,ra"ic woe
boord ar,spo oll ,yho pnc,v ihe Iis,or,,
nS ,bo "s ,laons "i' "0 w" "'''0''
VI und rhv "I I, hcor ho,n,od houso had
ohns,. hoo" COO, ,hara T., nonro,,;n,' n
,horo oo,,ld rot ha,,o i,ann ,,,1,ro III
Snno Soii,s ,i,oro yorc tho,0h ,ai~ ,,,ho
hoiio,od ,I,a, ,I,a III os nIo,sa ,ro,,iJ wi"
oSysc, ovor,tbing and whom "r ,ho sa,
and NodrysIar J or I loo, month bo fon,ii,,
oF ,ho So1rotnr,, nf &c, Sat- oa,,o ~. roan, "y
,;on 70 ,Scir hos,o of ''S rr;onJs 0 onS ,Io H.
roome ro,n aIiod Win NOV Co.," S',r,,,no 80.
favored throng, the protesiants against
s,lncrsti,ion dcclared that The smell If
over ,hcrc were any wae broIsen
Yot within a weel, The eldest son of
,bc Secrc,arv walker Rla;ne foIl s;cls
and died Thai made talk ohon, no
bouse and noonio so;d /, 'yas SV~' oo ~ ~
incL,, .,,n, Nv, nJ,.s Cnnn;no,a,.
Rlaine,s doucbier 10 dnad opf anno
more tho story of caIsmi,v ia told tojd
Tbnyo NAV Ic so,no,hinn ,horo . nnx
be no,binG IN ,ho iaio nf .,,nors,;,;n,;y ~
bn, cer,sin n ;s ,hoi if tho pomSo ,v, uos
in tbe rcai estate market IN .day II would
he long before 4, oot a tal;or Tho
house Stands on Iafsyetie SQUARE ~ 7,
wos bn;i, beforo The yyor ,'o and nd one of ;,s
carI;esi occ,nantS VOC &C., Soorotorr, v'
Snenccr
ITnon his family tbe OWL sn;rits of tbe
house fret vis;tod ,ha;r fata The
Sccretsrv'e son wos n lieutenant IN The
Navy and while his father was IN tho
house his son wss banged n tho vorJ.
arm, of b;s shin for bis aileaed nort;ci.
naiion in n n,,,,;ny Thon tho Vast.
incton Clui, had the nlace during presi.
don't Rnchenan,s observation-disclosures The.
mon about TOWN BELONGED IN The clnh
and Phil;n Rarton X ev the rac,sIess
adven,uro's D;etrict ittornav of the
Distv;ct of Columbia ,vas ono NJ tLo
,nombers There bod lonG boen toll,
conncci;ng him with Tho bondsomn
vito of General S.cI.ios tber a Penre
sentative in Conorcss
The Sickles' house was on I,afovette
Square and one February morninC
when The s,In was shinin@ q handker,
chief was coon fntter;ng from ono of
The windows in the hoTse of General
S;ckIee Yonnc Kov snsworod II ond
stenned hnovontlv IN rbo souoro
Sickles who had seen the siqnals
caucht him in front of tho bousa and
in moment Kew Law on The walk
wonnded IN deatb II ia only faw
vears since Tho tree oga;nst tyhich be
fell was cnt down
SECRETARY Seward noxt occunied tho
nlace on Anil ID 1s65 while he
Iav IN in bcd a man came m tbo house
saving he had been ordered to fetch
some Ined;c;ne and deliver II in nerson
% ~ Nfr I Seward "'iT Th;s % wes den;od II nj him IN"
Int tho s,ran~or i,noo,,od Jnwu Frod
nr;ck w Sa,gard and saruont r,,sted
into tbe sncrotarv'" room and triod to
Lii him WITH a darrer He wos can.
tnred hut he escaned and rode Of On
h;s horse which lad been stand;nc In
the s,reet Uis Mama wos Lewis payne
and aftor q wbilo be was caurbt and
mi IN deatb Tho War Denortment
fear;no that other o,,emnts m;gbt be
made 10 assass;nate Mr. Seward or.
derad that sentry natrol before tho
nooss u. eNu uay s VOC "ono,
anu lOT lUuI years was COhtiuuCu, cNcu