Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-14
MT. Gilroy's Story.

BOSTON. March 14.-When your. corre- spondent called upon MT. Gilroy at tho Parker House, he seemed quite willing to talk about the affair. He was inclined to be severe upon Halo, calling him "cub" and saying that in his opinion the boy was insane.
 Tho stories told about this" said MT. Gilroy, "are rot. am not such fool as to render myself amonable to the laws by offering to fight duel"
 Hero he stopped to examine a card. "Oh, another reporter! Show him up, Then reporters kept coming, and after half a dozen or so had arrived he com menced again.
 II might as well start at the beginning of this thing" ho continued This morning-say. about $ oclock-young Hale called. He sent up his card, saying he wished to sec me. l sent back word that I should come down stairs aS soon as ] had dressed. l went down stairs a few minutes later and found him with another man whom did not know
 He had been drinking, and I should say he was drunk then. We had some words, and then he made tho charge that had been living on his money. l called him a d-n liar and left.
 II was mad. said MT. Gilroy thought fully. "YeS was very mad His friend stood by all the while and said nothing either to mo or Hale.
 By the way, where did the story como trom?'' asked Mir Gilroy.
 "Haverhill, " was the answer.
 'Oh, that accounts for it. Ho lives there, know, and probably went home and gavc the story to men there, who col ored it to suit themselves.
 Now, as regards my living upon his money, " continued Mir. Gilroy, II couldn't live very long upon it-pcrhaps 24 hours and then l would havo to live mostly on air. make q good and sufficient liv- ing myself and have no need of any ono elsc's money. Halo is n lcgatco in com mon with his mother and sister in tho will of his grandfather, II. H. Hale. His share is something liko S100 a month. Since May his share. not amounting to $1, 900 in all. has boon paid to his mother as his guardian. When the right time comes, it will bo shown that moro than this has been expended ill his behalf.'
 Would Not Accept a Challenge.
 Now, Mir Gilroy. if you received any challenge from Mir. Halo, what would you do with it?''
 Very promptly Mir. Gnroy answered. "Toss it in the wastebasket most likely" |"
  that a well known sporting man named Hodgkins is arranging for duel"
 MT. GilrOy regarded this as good joke and simply chucklcd.
 Hale's version of tho story, as given out at Haverhill, where he went immediately after the episode is that Gilroy offered to fight him with any weapons other than fists at any point within 100 miles of New York, and tha: when tho challenge was promptly accepted Gilroy turned and fed
 He claims that Gilroy had threatened to break every bono in his body. The causes which led up to the trouble as far as can be learned arc these:
 Young Hale recently brought suit against his mother to be relieved from the guardianship. The case came up in the probate court at salem last Monday and was continued to April l. Young Hale claims that ho was delegated to serve the papers upon his mother in New York. He visited New York on Tuesday and found his mother in the evening. He served the papers and returned to Boston