The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-03

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| over women he was phenomenal. 1t Is
| said that with a glance of the eye and
simple pressure of the hand Aaron Burr
| could charm any woman out OF her
| senses, and certain it was that his rapid
| highway Of life was marked by trail OF
| broken hearts and dishonored homes.
He became senator in 1871, and vice
president of the United States in 1901,
Jefferson being president. On the re-elec-
ton Of Jefferson, however, Burr was
dropped. and George Clinton, Of New
York, was made vice president in 1901, the
most momentous year of Burr's life.
During Burrs upward career there was
another Princeton boy who had been do
| ing wonders. He was Alexander HaEnil-
| ton, a youth of great promise, of Hugue-
not descent, combining the prudence OF
the Scot on the fathers side with the
wit and restless spirit Of the Gaul on the
| mothers. He steadily rose through the
ranks of mediocrity till Washington ap-
pointed him secretary of the treasury in
17S9 In this office he founded the fnan-
! cial system which is in vogue today, per-
petuating his memory. AS Webster said:
He smote the rock Of natural resources
and abundant streams of revenue gush-
ed forth. He touched the dead corpse
of Public Credit and 1t sprang to its feet"
Burr soon conceived a growing jeal-
ousy and hatred for his ival. In 1894
failing to be made vice president again
with Jefferson, Burr attributed his de-
feat mainly to the influence of General
Hamilton. He resolved to be revenged
for his fancied injury. In point of fact
Burr's questionable career was offensive
20 the administration and to all right
minded men. He was paying the penalty
of sacrificed conscience.
The published communications between
Hamilton and Burr prove conclusively
that the latter proded and nagged the
eneral into a duel, though it was genera
| Iy known that General Hamilton hated
| that mediaveai manner of settling person.
al differences. Burr was a dead shot and
he knew It. The challenge given Hamil-
| ton felt compelled TO accept or be brand
! ed by the scurrilous Burr as a coward
| ever afterward The fatal meeting took
| place on the Hudson banks about where
| Wehawken has since risen. at daybreak,
| July IL. 1901. Burr sent his bullet into
| HamiIIon's body and fed. Hamilton
died within twenty-four hours, even while
| Burr was in hiding in the top attic OF
the old mansion at Cranbury, fifty miles
away, making himself the forced guest
of Commodore Truxton.
| For three weeks Aaron Burr remained
in h iding in the upper room, whittier he
could so by secret passage behind the
very fire place where Washington. the
noble and brave. mad warmed himself,
more than once but a few years before,
The news of the death OF Hamilton was
soon Lruited broad through all the coun-
ttry, but the disappearance of Burr was
| likewise a thing to ponder upon. Every
night Burr came from his Kidding p lace.
and with the commodore. mis- host, pac-
ed up and down under the dense shad-
Ows Of the old sycamores that surrounded
the home, but Burr was ten days gone
| before the neighborhood knew that the
old mansion on the rossroads had shell
tered him. From that evil hour the for
tunes Of all beneath the roof, and all who
have come after have changed.
Burr wandered about for months a
fugitive On March p. the following year,
he wrote his nephew. Joseph Aston, that
| he was under ostracism. In New York
1 am to be disfranchised, and IN New
Jersey hanged. Having substantial OBJ
! ject!ons TO both, 1 shall not for the pre-
sent hazard either. bue shall seek another
country" The "other country" was aIross
the Alieghanies, where Bur- at:errp;ed
90 fit out a reasonable expedition. which
was 10 advance down the river aud take
| New Orleans, seize stores and munitions
money and securities and disrupt the
Union. making himself president Of the
Western portion He had also a plan tc
free Mexico from Spanish rule.
President Jefferson Immediately order.
cd Burr's arrest, and after long and
tedious trial at Washington Burr was &C.
quilted of the technical charge. while
every citizen OF the country felt in hi:
heart that the man who had slain Ham.
ilt,on would stoop TO anything and stooI
10 nothing. Burr wandered over L
Europe. lived miserably there. on the
grace Of long suffering friends. returning
after four years. His downfall after IN,
! Hamilton duel was swift retribution, an,
his subsequent life and his pitiable deaf.
'-ere in accordance with what Emerson
calls ehe law OF eternal compensation
But what Of the old mansion on TIT
crossroads and iJs inhabs:ant COnmo
dore Trux;on. the cultured, s,faVe, nos
pitable and favored Of the gods? Wit
him She 'hoodoo" began. Investment
panned out poorly. misfortune dawned
death struck down those near and dear
Weary Of the scenes where lie cease
TO be Joy to him. the Commodore wen
10 Philadelphia. the purchaser os tn
mansion being magistrate q New Brun
swiek
This severe judged was locally famous
chiefly because ne sentenced a man L
death FOR stealing a small piece OF cloth
Is he was empowered 10 DO under tn
law OF New Jersey. He lived in tAe GO
lonial house for eigh- years. fro-n lSi0s
ISIS II then passed Into the hands OF
Or. Davis. whose ca,a1nities there unte
, the sinister spell OF Burr were manifold
The doctor was well along N years wis
he married a beautiful Gir,. the daush:e
OF rich Philadelphia Quaker. The bird
| was no; long there before she acquire