Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-07-24
ANOTHER CHAPTER.

George DrIgGs Talks In Rsga to
 Colonel Doherty's Connection With the
 Celebrated Case.
 When Colonel Doherty threw down the gauntlet to the New Haven Leader he com mitted grave error of judgment. The Leader in a very deliberate and cold blooded way accepted the challenge and obtained a number of interviews very damaging to the colonel. The story occu- pied nearly five columns of the Leader last night.
 To begin with the Leader quotes Lieu tenant Colonel BurPee as saying that Col onel Doherty's statement concerning Col onel Burpee's action in his behalf is an un- truth. Then Y. l.. Sawyer and F. B. Rice of the Idemnity association are quoted as saying that Colonel Burpee urged the el:c- ton of Colonel Doherty as secretary of the association
 An interview with George A. DriGgs is specia lily interesting. He said:
 .'I am at loss to explain Colonel Do- herty's actions. He met me on the street here in Waterbury one day some time after l had instituted divorce proceedings against Mrs Driggs. and said that he had given information to my counsel which he hoped would be of use to me. This infor- nation, he said, was concerning my wife and Lieutenant Colonel Burpee.
 "Of course I thanked him. I have known John B. Doherty for a great many years and had always supposed that he was friend of mine"
 Was this information which Colonel Doherty furnished concerning certain al- legged misconduct between Lieutenant Col onel Burpee and Mrs Driggs in New York ?' was asked.
 Ut was" answered MT Driggs "And was this information found to be true?'
 "well." answered MT Driggs, it was not proved. It seems to me, that if told a story of the kind which Colonel Doherty did would stand by it to the last or come out like a man and say it was false and be- gin over again. I could tell you some- thing about this matter which would make Colonel Doherty feel very uncomfortable, and, here Mir Driggs' eyes flashed as he evidently recalled some phase of the Driggs' case which might have resulted en- tirely differently had certain persons stood by their word-'by jove, I will, too, if Colonel Doherty comes out fiatfooted and says I am not telling the truth about this ! matter"
 'Perhaps Colonel Doherty, in his state ment to the officers of his regiment to the effect that the newspaper stories were un- true, meaDt to,,say that the divorce case was not brought on tue uuOrllatiOn whlch he gave. So far, he is right. that I will swear to. but am always willing to stand by my sworn testimony which was to the effect that he had told me about giving my counsel information that Mrs Driggs had acted improperly. as specified, with Col olel Burpee."
 Lieutenant Colonel Burpee further said that Colonel Doherty does not dare meet the charges and resorts to mere quibbles and subterfuge.
 Colonel Doherty refused to be inter- viewed on the point at issue, but said in answer to Mir Driggs' statement that every. body in Waterbury knew that George Driggs was not to be believed.
 Colonel Doherty seemed willing to talk on almost any other phase of the case ex. cspt that which concerned the matter oi his furnishing information. He will neither affirm or deny that charge.