New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-04
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sas, daughter ssss 5s s snd sn
where Alexander Masterton was ready 10 les.i LIN
them asS wh sSce ne her naG ARRIVAL on April n
my daughter. on leaving her friends nous secand
nv where she was Kidnapped and placed forciby
in closed carriage IN waiting ana orvs norted 70
the private parlor OF her sister and where ,a5s, on
she was Joined by Masteron and pavin ,csed and
infamous Su Conspiracy and abduction. to separate
my daughters from their father .n., md otherwise
disguised. Miss Leonita was taken in closed car r.
to and Dssea IN ana inf two days
after transferred Troy, \. y and placed III se
tua i az prisoner, and she not permitted d.r to
see nor communicate with ANYBODY or orders OF
mitted to read the daily papers by s''i'' o'''''
Subsequently she was removed to her nr9th srs
feST Week, later transferred to the residence Of
end ans Tsep tn only yo%ay
that Masteron could control her her h anf previously
doiiyed was to make her believe that her father
had robbed her OF her entire estate. 49,, youngest
daugher Leonita the instgation OF M Ma t
David Mcclure gave out 70 the repOredS broadcast
throughout the city with sensatons hea GuaE
Did He steal His Da9ghteFfu Es'f Entire hstats
etc. etc and stating that her father ana r ate
s s lss. re asr Hs' ii
knew that this young aay estate t was transferred
rom mei Former Guardian TO the Controller OF the
City and from him direct to the casua 5yc 1t as
bondsman for me guardian in the sum OF SseSov
venture TO say that the most n the pur-
lieus of the Tombs would blush with shaiie as
these BLACKBOARD tactics ana the u,ade by David
Mcclure in court and 10 the pubic p press Mics
wnnIe represented TO her that on examining her
fathers guardianship accounts they iouhd
We're fled and she contested they wCS s Dob be
able TO obtain judgment against him TOT Soo'ooV'
besides costs.
HIS DAUGHTERS MARRIAGE
Ny daughter absolutely refused to give her con-
sent to any contest, and wanted her affairs TO DE
settled Immediately she would san LOT Ehs
land in thirty days My son. who was ieasueu
with these conspirators, and VINO was very VIM
dctve toward me because mao tSe propo
sition that If she would consent 10 Iegai c1e er
ics and be Would give her fine wedding his
home, Deer Range and the arrangeIlehit ms a., so
AS Ramsay Mares had been a deadnea da III Mo so
ciety long he could not borrow guinea sd M bis
John Ubsde came to his rescue Ior sns mao and p se
She promptly fitted out her lover with necessary
clothing ETC. new uggage passage spd and nd aer
his arrival in New-York ,a., - ,no,o ono last
effort TO save my daughter and so | sent
prominent man, an old friend Of the family VINO VINO
was well known TO Masterton, and fortified with
overwhelming evidence and unimpeachabe proofs
Of the disreputable and notorious character OF
Mares and his rascally designs begged Of them 10
investigate same and to save my foro i bed
proofs in their hands that this man was an az
and an ,hnss beaTess erces
cruel would aid and abet an Engllsn 1 IOI ch
scheme and the sacrifice and ruin OF the whole
future life of this deluded young woman sipS "
wreak their vengeance and vindctiveness Oh he'
father. 49, ia ,.,.ho,. tho
But this is just what they did without a 1ns
lately or when the marriage was performed at
Deer Range, the first persons TO heartily con- con-
srIiant marriage to this ImpecuniOqs English
scoundrel were Aexsnder Mas1e d 70 was lifting
sequel TO the remarkable and disgra5eeiqI shTI
t,, in order to escape subpoena they sneaked
out of the country in the darkness OF INC ' NJ
and in disguise under the alias OF MI ana Mrs'
W. f. Gordon"
"NrCIURE'S MENDACIOUS AFF1DAVlTs.
In Mcclures mendacous affdavits before surro-
cate Ransom this dishonorabe man made the
statement that had been living on the estate Oh
these infants since 1877, at their expense as nao
no personal resources. and when ne mace 'his
statement he knew it was not true as me g ro
1871 TO 1891 l had deposited with my banker up
and furthermore. Mcclure had the damnabe mean
ness and rascay to make this eed ~r for
compensation $4,000 year TO 1856 and - SVo from
1 dollar 70 Of Which aid draw for compensation
charged TO the estate OF these nhn ran en,
Using lawyers in this city and Brooklyn "a, as 10
a,Savits and Statements N courts received
with unstinted sceptcism ....u.uo,,. .,...,s
upon in the told my friend Judge GAVIN aav
PTn OF f BTeOb S Me- Mce sne eoWRdns The
/ old Judge replied: Plumb, don't you do H. II
don't forget is Tas;s Of ai6eT 70 shave ss an
ass And then he s:G snbor once described
Mcclure In him the qualities whGa are t aS
EXQUISITE and absolute harmony. When he is not
telling lies he is writing lies and such hes: man
what a thunderstorm is, a man who has never
lived at Niagara has but a faint idea OF the
don't know what a liar is or what it is to lie
Plumb, this is the exact quotation. except Slight
variation. but ! know you won't OBJECT 10 TINS
Now. when Masterton commenced this fake suit
against me, representing to my daughter that they
could get judgment against me for SoOWo tney
show no discrepancy of 5000 cents. and therefore it
was wicked swinde on my daughter 10 lnvoHe We
revenge upon me. and incidentally fill their own
OF course. it was dead open and shut game game
with Mcclure He held all her cash and securities
in his office and so these precious scoundreis SET 10
deposited with them. as Mcclure had no case and
to show something for the money r ado w cas s
he took I'D nearly the whole time or me court ID
sno hut Of inward Of thirty-fve hundred pages Of
testimony given there were iSo pages Ssg
latiug the guardian s account, tne peiHs
simply abuse OF the defendant.
"rt,E VICTIM OF A MALICIOUS WRONG"
II WAS fated that I should have been the VIC
I ,i ~ malicious wrong the victim OF an
atrocious conspiracy TO injure me and sever all
the dearest relations Of parent, and all through
the fundamentally of Alexander Master'on-the
man who has brought all this trouble upon me
IN my declining years-the man who broke up my
happy home and separated me from my children
relations known to man and a loyal and loving
father No law can reach the wrongs which
have suffered. -. -. .,, 49,.
There is no reparation the part or this heart-s
less mercess cruel man that could wipe out his
/ monstrous crime against me 49, -,
I have borne with patience and fortitude the
wicked persecution and cruel insults that nave