The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1900-11-22

This story of the life of Aaron Burr be-
gins early in the year 1904, when he was
Nice-President and candidate for Gov
ernor of New York. The main char
acters of the story, beside Burr him.
self, are Gen. Alexander Hamilton
ex-COngressman w; f; Van Ness
who was the husband of the famous Mar
cia Burns, whose fathers farm covered
the greater part of the site of Washing
ton. and SwartOut. another New York poll
tician. both hackers of Col. BurrS for
tunes: Mr.. Geo. Granger, of Perth Am
boy, ". j.. an ardent. Hamilt0nian; batch
cry, banker of Albany and sycophantic
friend of Burr; Harry Granger, son of
Geo. Granger, Il rather shallow youth, cap
tivated by Burr and in love with Miss
Maude Livingston. of Albany; Mrs. jar
Wis widow of broken-down Tory fam
ily; Mrs. Samuel Chick, of Albany, her
daughter, whose maine was dlscredItabiy
associated with that of Burr, and several
minor characters.
Burr was ingleFiously defeated in the
election for Governor. and as result
stirred up a quarrel with Hamilton, his
attention being called to some newspaper
reports by Mrs. Chick. Hamilton at
tempted to escape from the duel by offer
ing to explain any statement with refer
ence to Col. Burr, but the latter put the
matter in such shape that there was TO
ing deliberately planned TO kill Hamilton
from the start.
Pending the duel "a month elapsed be-
tween the date of the challenge and tEe
meetingl Burr went to Albany and was
seen going into the house of Mrs. Chick ut
night, in the absence of her husband,
creating great scandal At the banquet of
the Order of Cincinnati, week before
his death, Hamilton presided and Burr
was present, sitting alongside of Mrs.
Chick, and further increased the comment
as to their relations. hatchery sold MIR.
Geo. Granger tract of wild land in Penn
sylyania for $1,000. The papers were exc
cuted by Hamilton, and on the way home,
in a sloop, Mr.. Granger and the notary
who witnessed the papers were OverSet IN
q sudden storm and drowned, the papers
being lost. Burr notifies hatchery not to
sell the land, as valuable minerals had
been found on the tract hatchery goes
to bed after failing TO see Burr, wishing
that Hamilton were also out of the road,
when all knowledge of the sale of the land
for which he was. paid the $4,000 would
be wiped out. The night before the duel
Hamilton makes his will and Burr writes
10 his daughter, TheodoSia. The duel was
fought on Weehawken flights the morn
ing of July II, ana Hamilton was mortal
" wounded, dying the afternoon of July
II. Hamilton's death created the intensesi
popular feeling, ana many OF burr
friends deserted him. Col. Burr found il
necessary TO become fugitive from New
York and went to Commodore TruXton'
home in New Jersey to apply for horses
for the journey.
Mrs Chick follows Burr to New Jer-
sey, and when he fed to Philadelphia she
again went ON and spent several weeks
endeavoring to win his waning affections,
which weRes now concentrated upon an
other lady,. The sCoroner's Jury report
made Aug. . caused warrants to be is
sued for Burr and his seconds, and Burr
hastily left Philadelphia, going to the Isl
and of st. Simon, on the coast of Georgia
where, after remaining a few weeks il
hiding, he fed to the home of his daugh
ter, Theodosia, in South Carolina, where
he hoped to ESCAPE arrest