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Show Sure Enough Jlulf. New York, 4. By cable to tho World from London: I havo tin evening had a protracted interview with A. Oakey Hall, who now occupies occu-pies lodgings in the neighborhood of ; Nottinghill gate, a die ap locality made up of small houses mainly, beyond be-yond Kensington and toward Wormwood Worm-wood Scruba and Kensal Green, in the quiet cemetery of which latter distrct lie buried so many of the clever actors and lively men of letters with whose name and works Mr. Hall is no familiar, and with whom in their lifetime and his better day he would have been so delighted ta associate. asso-ciate. The region has now of course a desolate appearance and the pauper population of Spitalfieldnand Bethnal Green, but mostly inhabited by small householders. In one of the poorest of these houses Mr. Hall has had lodgings lodg-ings Bince he reached London, i They seem to have been secured for him by previous arr ngment, i perhaps oven before ho left New; York. Alter the receipt of your tele-! gram asking that Mr. Hall, for Lon- don, should be seen and positively i identified, I called at the office of the Associated Preas and secured the ad-j dress of tho passenger by the Btearacr Victoria, who had been followed by the press agent to the house near Nottinghill gate, as telegraphed you. Yesterday I called at this place, sending send-ing in a note addressed on the outside to Mr. Garbelt, tiie name under which Mr, Hali now goes in his lodgings, but on the inside to Mr., Hall himself. I received a verbal1 message from Mr. Hall, expressing! his willingness to see me at any time. Early this morning a note came to me in Hall's own handwriting, hand-writing, with which I am perfectly familiar, reiterating his perfect willingness to see me at any time this evening, therefore I called. Was received by Mr. Hall in his rooms. Wo had a long interview, but lie absolutely refused to make any explanation ex-planation whatever as lo his motives in leaving New York under such extraordinary ex-traordinary circumstances, and seoms altogether at sea as to his future planB. He is evidently much broken in mind and body and says that he now only desires to rest in peace. The general details of our conversation conversa-tion I am not at liberty to publish, but I venture to suggest that it is now only charity to an utterly broken man to say as little more about him as possible. |