DR PAYNE AND Mil McILHONE.

Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1851, 7 September 1874, Page 3

DR PAYNE AND Mil McILHONE.

To die JMitor of the Thamss Advertiser,

Sib,—Without entering into a contest of veracity with Mr Hugh Mellhone, I will, with your permission, state the facts on which, in your columns of to-day, ho charges mo with having " told a wilful lie," The facts, in the order in which they occurred, are as follows: —1. Dr Lethbridge, at my request, gave me the arm for preparation, but as-for reasons —the operation would kavo been unpleasant, I did not perform it, but told a boy, then in my service, to bury the arm in a yard attached to my residence, 2. I did not see the boy bury the arm, nor had I any idea of the spot where it was buried, nor did I of my own knowledge know that ho had buried it at all, though, of course, I assumed that he had obeyed my orders. 3. The boy mentioned was discharged from my service. 4 The yard mentioned was dug up aud laid out as a garden, being partially sown with grass-seed. 5. The Rev. Mr ilill aud Mr Mellhone callod on me, as menlijned by Mr Mellhone, and that geutloinau's account of what then took place is substanli illy correct, except as to h's immaterial invention of "nice walks." 6. Atthotiiue of that iuterviow 1 was en i cly ignoraut of the surname of the boy, of his place of abode, and of the spot where he had buried the arm, though I referred Mr Mellhone to a Mr Akcroyd for information as to the boy's address. I miy remark that under no ciicu nstaucea would I at the time havo entrusted the arm out of my custody until ,1 had taken steps to establish by evidence its actual state. 7. Immediately upon the departure of the two gentlemen, I told " Willie," a boy then in my service, to ask for the other boy's address, and to bring him to find the arm. 8. A girl also in my service, keariug what I said to " Willie,' romarked," You need not send after the

hoy about the arm, for I saw it buried, and will point out the spot." 9. By my instructions the gardener then dug up the arm from the spot pointed out. The foregoing are the actual facts, which sufficiently explain how I became possessed of the arm so soon after disclaiming a knowledge of its location, and will perhaps be sufficient also to induce Mr Mcllhone to admit that his accusation was founded in mistako.—l am, &c., Martin H. Payne.