The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-25
DECLARES IT ALL
A FABRICATION
Jocularly Admits That He Makes
His Own Coffee and Sleeps in
One Bed, but He Is Not Re-
duccd to Stage Where
Copious Tears Are in
Order.
Especial to The Times.Dispatchs,


Washington, d. c., July 2i.--colonel
John s. Mosby. of Civil War fame. who
was recently dismissed from the De-
partment OF Justice. and. who. accord
ing to an account printed in Wash
ington paper yesterday morning. is
now living in penury in a meanly fur
nished room south of Pennsylvania
Avenue where he cooks his scantS
food on small oil stove, was both
indignant and amused when shown the
article last evening by Times-Dts-
patch representative.
There's not word OF truth in IT.
he exclaimed with a snort that ended
with laugh. Il do rot live at 30s
Twelfth Street but at $50, near Mex
York Avenue, quite a different neigh
borhood j moved into these quarter.
some time before ! was removed from
Office because / found them the most
comfortable ] have ever occupied in
Washington. and very convenient to
several downtown restaurants where
always take my meals. have lived
ST restaurants for the past quarter OF
a century. not because was too poor
TO i've at boarding house. but be-
cause there l could get Just what my
fancy dictated Nor have / been re-.
daeed to cooking my meals in ms
room | couldn't II / was. / do mako
myself cup OF coffee every morning
at o'clock when ! get up. and ! keep
small alcohol stove for that purpose
that's better than waking up whole
household for cup OF coffee got
the habit in China Judge Brewer dic
the same thing and understand IT is
a habi; OF Justice Harlan. so you see
have Supreme Court precedents for II.
One Bed Enough.
'tYAg f0 ct rrle had -,
and the colonel chuckled at his little
toke while ! have been credited Will,
doing some remarkable things. I've
never vet been able to sleep in two
beds at the same time have every
comfort in the world where / live
True. my room contains nothing bu.
furniture and pictures and hooks. bu,
furniture. pictures and books are all
want there
That young man came Just as !
was going TO bed the other evening
and asked me II was going on va
cation. ] laughed and told him that
Attorney General Wickersham had iust
given me vacation for hundred
years. / see he says / wept too copi.
ously to wipe away the tears with my
hand SO far from weeping while he
was here ] was laughing the whole
time, expressed no indignation nor
any Whatever regarding the
officials who dismissed me. Our con.
versation was, for the most part, about
Charlottesville. Va. my old home
where he had recently been. I did re-
mark that the newspapers had said
was superannuated. and laughinr rIy
asked Him II he thought appeared So
"of course. I care nothing about the
article personally" he continued "bu,
IT provokes me that my friends stoula
thus be caused needless anxiety on my
behalf There is one thing however
that he did get right am in.,nedl.
ately going to devote myself to writinu
book. giving my own account of my
military career. l hope. though" he
added with smile. st will csme
nearer the truth than that young man
did.
Strange how he should have gotten
things so awry." he concluded. frown.
ing again at the offending article He
appeared to be in his right mind"
p H Ne n