New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-31
DIDN'T HINT AT A SHAM ILLNESS.
BOoTH-TUCKER AND HIS
FRIENDS INDIGNANT OVER AN Al
1rGEp INTERVIEW AS To- HIS SIS
TF.R-IN-LAW'S ILLNESS

, ..,ogran from Chicago published at great
length hero yesterday describing an alleged inter-
,.,, Nth Commander Booth-Tucker OF tho Saiva-
ton Army In which he was reported ~ saying
,ho. the recent reports that Mrs Darlington Boom
IVA. diving OF q broken heart. owing to tho covert
attacks OF the Salvation Army made upon her.
,v.-. false: tina. Mrs Booth was not nearly as III
.. an. WAS reported TO be- and thai she was WORK.
ing from three eigh, hours Cay with her sec'e'
,,rv and that these reports OF her illness were
boinr sent into circulation by her HUSBAND for 'he
purpose OF winning recruits 10 tho ranks OF inc
Volunteers and TO excite pubic sentiment ab"l's'
Gsneral Booth tho commander-in-chiet OF 'he sa'-
"a, on Army In his visit 10 the United states mex
month. Commander Booh-Tucker was also made
g., ,r,,u.,. nv Inference that tho doctors In charge
a, IN. Presbyterian Hospital were sup2ressins inc
,ruo facts In regard TO Mrs Booths Illness anu ITO
vax further alleged TO have SAID that Hehe'"'
Booth had written many letters 10 f"'"nb' o''
Booth. b~gging him TO come and see him IN Enc,
land. and that. having been repulsed. the GENERA
was now about to cross the Atlantic 10 SEQ n''
After all these statements '"e ""
fuss rehashcd
Al thu PRESBYTERIAN Hospital yesterday neither
DR.. McCosh nor DR.. Thompson. the physicians IN
charge, could DO seen. but this signed s'a'e'"e"'
given out:
Presbyterian Hospital.
New-York December q. 1897.
Mrs Balngton Booth Is suffering from an "a. con
ism OF the aorta disease OF the hearV ana we LII
sma 10 confined to bed not allowed to see any
visitors except her husband ana her R; snd
,s absolutely forbidden 10 do any work fest aiu
treatment have made some improvement In her con-
dltion. and she is still impTS1IyRpfst,w McosH.
Visiting Surgeon.
W. GILMAN 4,,; TMo S1rsissn
and Information as 10 ner co""'''o" 0'"'' '''"'
this could be CLEANED.
Commander Darlington Booth refused 10 see all
callers at the headquarters OF the Volunteers but
through his secretary Captain Frederick Gardner.
he made the following statement:
Commander Booth feels this a time to be silent
The interview with Commander Booth-Tucker in
Chicago cast. a reflection upon the authorities of
the PRESBYTERIAN Hospital. who have themselves
answered the charge"
Captain Gardner added: Commander Darlington
Booth refutes the reported statement OF Booth
Tucker concerning the letters OF General Booth 10
Commander Darlington Booth. Tho fact is. that
only ono very brief letter has been received from
General Booth by his son, and that Is the letter
referred 10 in The Tribune Of December IL"
Mrs Booth Tucker yesterday morning sent to tho
papers which published the alleged Interview with
her husband a letter In which she said she was
amazed and grleved by the published report. and
wa. irving to catch tho Commander by telegraph
10 obtain contradiction from him. In the mean
time however she strenuously denied that Booth
Tucker hade made the statements attributed to
him. and cited both his and her written statements
concerning her slster-in-laws Illness. She had Wis
tied tho hospital, Mrs. Booth-Tucker said, and
could not have been refused entrance to Mrs. Bal
linston Booths room. as reported as she had not
asked to see Mrs Booth. regarding her illness
TOO serious. Mrs. Booth-Tucker added that she
was treated with great courtesy at tho hospital
Mrs Booth-Tucker and all the leaders at the
headquarters Of the Salvation Army, In Fourteenth
81 were emphatic and strenuous In their deniaS
Of the statements attributed to Commander Booth
Tucker when they were seen by Tribune re-
porter and they deplored the interview renew
ing the unhappy controversy. They said that daily
PRAYERS were offered for Mrs Bangton Booths
recovery and that there was no enmty toward her.
that separated the Salvation Army and the Volun-
| teers was not wide that II might not be ulti-
| mately brdged. and they expressed hope that
the coming visit OF General Booth In January would
| prove conducive to harmony and the complete
oncliation OF the warning forces.
Commander Booth-Tucker Is on his way to Call
| fornia to Inspect the Army on the Pacific Slope
| and his wife was not advised when he left New
York as 10 the exact route he intended taking the
| the state In which he found the Army In the Mid
| do Western States. Mrs. Booth-Tucker spent an
| anxious afternoon telegraphing to her husband mt
| the various points at which II was thought II might
| be possible for him to pass through. Finally about
| o'clock last evening she received the following
| telegram dated from North Platte. Neb:
| Greatly regret renewed controversy. Did not
| impute shammine. Neither did deny serious nj
ness. COMMANDER BOOTH-TuCKER."