| Show mniitiniix ms win Mrs oothTurUrr AninrcM at Her Hn > Lunl yiutrim New York Dec 30 Kinnm Booth Tucker wife of Commander Booth Tucker today Metals the following plalement I am nnm1 and grieved 1 bcjond xplTelon to road In this mornings Issue of certain papen the message from Chicago which purports that Commander jintTucKer spoke of Mr Ualllngton Booths Illness as o I a nonserlou and even feigned charter char-ter I nm hoping to catch the commander com-mander on his Journey well by tele gram today that I may get his own denial of this alleged statement In the meantime I would mot un hesitatingly assert that Ihcroltao hen some grave misapprehension Oil the Part I of the informant In this came and I point to our written statements both 10 the preps and aB ° dIn d-In our periodical us proof Positive that 110 ouch attitude has for one mo input been taken by us It la true we hale regretted sincerely sin-cerely that the Volunteers should hace een fit 10 make the lamented fillies tt Airs lIonth the erosion of so i painful pain-ful nit attack on the HOlratlon Army For thIs however wo are not reopon sltjle but vo have absolutely refu < d to enter Intn allY controversy on the subject asserting In the first lint our only feeling In the matter Ties been that of love and sympathy for the out ferer In this my Intimate friends can bear me out One word of personal explanation from myself seems neeeEBary In regard 10 my visit to the hospital It Is stated that I was refused entrance 10 MrB Booth loom This was not the cane since I did not ask to see the patient regarding her condition a too serious I partlcuHt requested that the flowers flow-ers and little card I left should not bo takn to Airs Ilonth until such time ns It mid not disturb her I may say that the clerks at the hospital treated me with every courtesy Immo BoothTuker tonIght received the followilit dlapatcll from Corn 1 nander IloothTurker In malawer to an Inquiry as to the truth of the statement edited to him in recent publications concerning the IIInes or AlrB nailing ton Booth North Platte Neb flrcatly regret re newcil controvers Did not Impute such n thing neither did I deny serious HP neon neonCOM COMMANDER DOOTHTUCKEn |
