The National tribune., 1900-11-08


This story of the life of Aaron Burr be
gins early in the year 1904, when he wa:
Vice 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, N. j., an ardent Hamiltonian; Datch
cry, a banker of Albany and sycophantlC
friend of Burr; Harry Granger, son OF
Geo. Granger, a rather shallow youth, cap
tivated by Burr and in love with Miss
Maude Livingston, of Albany; Mrs. Jar
Wis, a widow of broken-down Tory fam
lily; Mrs. Samuel Chick, of Albany, hel
daughter, whose name was discreditably
associated with that of Burr, and several
minor characters.
Burr was ingloriously defeated in the
election for Governor, and as result
stirred up 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 nc
opportunity for q reconciliation, Burr hav-
ing deliberately planned to kill Hamilton
from the start.
Pending the duel "a month elapsed be,
tween the date of the challenge and the
meetingt Burr went to Albany and was
seen going into the house of Mrs. Chick nj
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. Datchery sold MIR.
Geo. Granger a tract of wild land IN Penn
sylvania 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
a sudden storm and drowned, the papers
being lost Burr notifies Datchery not TO
sell the land, as valuable minerals had
been found on the tract. Datchery 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 $1,000 would
be wiped out. The night before the duel
Hamilton makes his will and Burr writes
to his daughter Theodosia. The duel was
fought on Weehawken Hights the morn
ing of July IL, and Hamilton was mortal.
ly wounded, dying the afternoon of July
u. Hamilton's death created the intensest
popular feeling, and many of Burr's
friends deserted him.
JEM BoUNDER AND THE FUGITIVE.
A cousin of Aaron Burr's from Con-
necticut on the morning of the duel ar
rived in New York and made his way to
Richmond Hill, which he reached about
o'clock. Never dreaming of the busi-
ness in which the proprietor of the es-
tablishment had been engaged, he rang
the bell, and Alexis promptly obeyed his
the library, where he found Col. Burr,
alone, and engaged in his usual avoca-
tions. Burr received his young relative
Neither in his manner nor in his conver-
sation was there any evidence Of excite
ment or concern, nor anything whatever
to attract the attention of his guest. Ex-
cept the master of the house not a soul
in Richmond Hill yet knew of the muir
der. Burr himself did not yet realize what
he had done. His antagonist stood be-
tween him and his ambitious designs, and
he intended to kill him, but he did not to
a certainty know that he had done so, nor
did he dream of the terrible excitement
that would follow the murder.
A few moments after the arrival of the
Connecticut relative breakfast was an
nounced, and Burr and the gentleman
went to the diningroom and breakfasted
together. Without any show of remorse
or anxiety, without a thought of the
shrieking wife and screaming children at
the bedside Of the man he had shot, Burr