Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-10-22
SCARED SACKylLLE- WEST.
English Minister Greatly lrinhteucd
BY Stories of fcnians.
WAS WORKED BY SLICK AMERICANS.
Both OF whom distracted Money
From His Private Pursc-rruc
story Of the Annir.

washington. October IA story has
been unearthcd that Will add TO the gay
ETY. OF tho nations, recently excited by
Lord sackvllle's tale Of how he ceased
to be the British minister.
In his pamphlet Lord sackyille says
that while he was In Washington Lord
Granville. upon representations OF Lord
SPENCER then lord Lieutenant OF Ireland
ana lately In Lord RcAebery's cabinet
telegraphed the FIRST assistant SECRETARY
of state saving that his (Sackvillc's) lifo
was In danger and asking for prot sction.
AsNIu S"uhNliis Also complains OF hrchts
AGAINST my HE omanating from the Irish
Al prominent Fenlans have DENIED hav-
ing threatened Lord sackyille, and 1t las
been mystery asto what frightened MIN
Vet III" cN-nin-tnr tolls tho truth Whom
he states that he had horrible expari-
euce, But one OF the principals has con.
tsssed.
/ Lord saclville-w Vests story OF his career
/ in Washington as her Britannia maiesty's
minister plenipotentiary from lSSl TO 1855
] developed nut two important cpaOdcr-tuH
| Fenian scare Of 1883 and the Murchison
letter Of isSS The Murchison uffalr has
been thoroughly exploited. The inception,
| rise, progroaa ana uUchna OF tile rtniuu
| scare has never been fully unds,ste
There "a Il man living In II little two
| story frame house, No. lhB Ninth strovt
! nov, In this city, who Is entitled TO tie
credit or discredit OF having scared Mir
Saskatchewan half TO death with purely
| imaginary fears; OF having caused the
| passage OF innumerablo canlegrnms be-
| tween the British foreign office IN Down
ing street and the British legation In
| Washington, OF having put the British
sand pounds expense, and incidentally, for
| himself, OF drawing from SnclyNillt WtsrH
private purse no less than $500,
tbs man "a Mr. r. "Zell' Hoover, who
| has had the misfortune to become TX
| twmely well known to the metropolitan
| police force and detectives Of Washington
ana to HAYS been called upon at least Ave
| times within the last twenty years to de-
fend himself on unlSlnd nccusauons
! lie related the circumstances OF tho
Sackyllle episode with great reluctance.
ana claims to have thoroughly reformed.
The statement was made In tho presence
OF o. d. Harriet, one OF the leading Grim
inal lawyers Of Washington. Hoover's
| statements are also authenticated by vari-
| Gus documents in tho possession Of the
| police department ana the records OF the
| district attorneys office.
"lt was back m the spring Of lS3," be
gan Mr.. Hoover, that mo and Mr. Sack
| vills-West the British minister got nc
| guninted with each other. he got letter
| from New York about the time thcre was
/ a good deal OF talk about blowing up thu
parliament bulldings and Fenlau outfAgcs.
/ Tho letter said the British legHtior build
| Ing IN Washington was going to he blown
! un With dvrarnc, an he was Foln 10 git
who could snve him, an that man was
Il. Ioll Hoovcr--thAtR me-
'JosEup WIS Teller Z knew. lilo
mightnt like to have his full name spelled
out jess now. hut Jessup was all right, AN
] wsss all ready for what happened About
an hour after the British minister got That
letter there was a terrible rnttlnF Or
chains ana sIeiiip'" Oh horSss OUT III iroht
nin,s,ers coach. nuntiss nm All. ana our
pops one OF the secretaries.
| "Scoh nfterwhrd the secretary an mo
were Whirled over to tho Britiah legation.
| there was the Btitihh minlster-a little
| Teller with gray bcard--wallSing up an
down Ike he was nervous, which. no
90 am very glad 10 mHke your &C
quaintance MIR Hoover shys the Rtitish
| minister an he shook my hand like / was
al didn't take him long to pet down
to business, He told me Hs how. on uc,
count of serious political troubles in ureut
! nrit Characters ,yould ntiefnpt 10 bloyv no
| The legation building an do him AT the
| same time He nainvcrej on fpt. sop,c tinic
am finally he snys, loolin' az me very
| eaipsst-iike and Kinder bc'.ecchTui.
MIR Ii Hoover Owe "'' You have been hlgiy
Iic man az '9nbao,Iicd" brnvc,y, '"Ipnus
3horomwbiv pos Gi0V on an tha dcsnrrl,ff
eheracters in This session OF the coun-
TO faIts an a 6iush' an told him he Was
/ 80 LIND attouAil,p,
~ "IIs wv wayGd lii hand at me AM yays;
rio MiIrb iitg9ytfip t and las an gYl
affciaia rt,is, hc nortected al an haxatiis
| Gsme Yer nrIe' savs he
E 80 49,
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Tuppeu my v"''' ~ NhV"s"lu' anu
| Of way an heaved couple OF deep
sighs. an says: Wen, nve hundred to
| 1,a,tn ,.t,i,
1t.PoWndsq. says he. dollars, SAYS l..
waleh s seem NO np au liz pn nniis MA
| III ,,'aa ~, rS6is mnrtat IN, fsLinneti
~ ~ ' , pa, % ra,,, i,ndred doliar IA, Is
on nNJ protiu n rsde nun" nv bcaa aNiin,
m. uuius .,y,trn ,o,, want sny
dncte'i s"n nvv',o,," nro,nntiy "'t'' .haiI
p'age ,n1t rg,, sa ne IA inc me mi he nov
mornin' bright ar early l Tr2t" q no'9
wanted $40 more right away, to 20 to
philadelphia an he1d on some dyna.
mite. Old heckVllle was 50 5keefed, y 4,
ne diuli tiesp IN tho iesuttoh uunuihts
az AT hut mao AoIhu 9u.et Piue" Ou, ,,!1,'
whsre y" hi,h'emSSu Z, Nv ~; ~ 80 a
Died rest. ne siiu on uo"h 'le river On
s9seininent srsil, ,,so, q to,,o- from,
r.s Apo"t il, " New York Who wrote. you
amt keepin your END pp. I'm gettlh
u9 iiIIa WEI Wv ~ sva'aS A,ai,ic m,
7 sat fbinga a'tnovin.' made a rush for
Tho legation the mex day and landed
there consid-able out o. breath.