The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-14
THE cARMiNE RESIDENCE

forget my existence. Unfortunately /
know him; and by the blessing of God
and the assistance of a gray goose quill
my design is to make the public know
him also.
II know Mr.. Poe by a succession of
his acts-one of which is rather costly.
hold Mr.. Poe's acknowledgment for
a sum of money which he obtained of
me under false pretences. AS I stand
in need Of it at this time, 1 am con-
tent that he should forget to know me
provided he acquits himself of the
money he owes me. l ask no interest,
in lieu of which l am willing to credit
him with the sound cutting 1 gave him
when last I saw him.
Another act Of his gave me some
knowledge of him. A merchant of this
city had accused him of committing
forgery. He consulted me on the mode
Of Furnishing his accuser, and as he was
afraid to challenge him to the field, or
chastise him personally, suggested a
legal prosecution as his sole remedy.
At his request l obtained a counsellor
who was willing, as a compliment to
me, to conduct his suit without the
customary retaining fee, But, though
so eager at first to commence proceed
ings, he dropped the matter altogether
when the time came for him to act
thus virtually admitting the truth OF
the charge"
Poe taking this to court was ad-
judged damages in the sum of $225
with costs to the defendant.
In the Fordham Cottage.
The amiable controversy which has
taken the form of many letters that
appeared of late in THE SUMS editorial
page has suggested Poe residences in
New York. and then thrown doubt
upon them. J. H. Witty, whose name
has long been associated with Poeana.
Is very much inclined to doubt that Poe
ever lived at Ann street, as other
writer's have contended. Miss Sarah F.
Miller recalls that in her childhood she
lived in a house facing Turtle Bay
on the East River near the present
Forty-seventh street, and that there
was among the nearest neighbors
family consisting of a Mr.. Poe, his
wife Virginia, and his mother-in- law,
Mrs. GLENN, and that one day the an
nouncement was made that they were
going to move to little cottage in a
place called Fordham, where the coun-
try air would be likely to do Mrs. Poe
a great deal of good. Appleton Nor
gan, president of the New York Shake
speare Society, tells that the society
has accurate documentary evidence of
six Poe homes in the city, but cannot
establish any more. If the Poes ever
actually lived at Turtle Bay that ltesi-
dence as we'll as the better authenti-
Gated one on the top floor of a brick
building at the point OF East Broad
way now covered by the Educational
Alliance, belonged to the rather brief
period between the Amity street stay
and the installation in the Fordham
cottage.
1t was in the spring Of 1916 that Poe
moved to the little Dutch dwelling
that is associated with the last three
years OF his life. In the thoughts of
the earlier homes there are always
present the spirits Of two women, that
Virginia who was always a child wife,
and her mother, the great hearted and
yet unquestionably singular Mrs.
GLENN. Here another woman plays
her part, a woman whom Poe found
time to WOO in the brief span between
the hour of the laying away of Vir-