The sun., 1872-10-21
HENRY NJ. STANLEY AGAIN.
A Card from Mr.. y. NJ. MacDonoush. Editor
of the Nebraska Watchmnn-Thc Great
Welsh Fraud Warmed by an Irishman.


A Card from Mr.. y. NJ. MacDonoush. Editor
of the Nebraska watchman-The Great
Welsh Fraud Warmed by an Irishman.
10 ne Editor Of The sun.
SIR: Up to this have persstently re-
Trained, either In public or private, in printing
or any other way, from saying anything about
that ilterate and cheeky Bohemian fraud, Hen
nv Stanley, or Of his pretended discovery of DIR.
Livingstone; and yet am drawn into the con-
troversy in this dignined manner by the roman
tic dead beat himself and the paper for which
he scrbbles his ungrammatical trash. The par
agraph copied into one Of our Western papers
has Just met my eye;
sTANLEY's "REMINISCENCES OF OMAHA.
The last London letter Of the hero Of Central
the 18th. IL contains the following interesting
postscript referring To the LivinCstonian dis
covcrer's recollections OF n busy life In Omaha
p. s.-I have omitted TO mention the fact that
have Sc seen en- in "a an American Newspaper some ac-
per a.. ,ga,ory e me THIS Omaha paper can, only De
tne NM IMAM WiVss % oCGa a edtor & ,o, T
ocs had me rGushi up before S aSe Msor chss
GTd o dGr asSHt rn aa a s
,9s ns 9asy 10 rsy aS G snr c
h & let hin Y sXeTnS ner Me- e. h., om,h1 Mso
Judge stricSend. Mayor Brown. and he WIN receive Z
comp ctc cohSrmsiioh o. nc fact Il is but natural
srudse. Henry VI. STANLEY.
The reason I never mentioned Stanley was !
never believed, nor do | now believe, he ever
met Livingstone, or was forty miles inland In
Africa always knew him TO be a notorious
liar. loafer, and dead beat, whose only stock In
Bohemianizing were cheek and nippancy. j
knew ti... his Colorado letters to the Missouri
Democrat were written In a one-hOrse newspaper
Office in Omaha. My exposition Of the fraud
then was the cause Of his assassin-like assault
-. e.
in a store and according to his own words, in a
cowardly manner assaulted me. lie did not
have time to repeat 1t when he was arrested 10y
a policeman. who was in league with him, to
save him from being sent to n scripturally more
torrid region than Africa to make explorations
on his own hook. l did not have him brought
before the Mayor." He had himself brought. !
felt myself ahundantly able to defend mysclt
from blackguard assaults, and believe IN ".
too In preference TO the courts. | have yet 10
learn that a healthy little lrishman was intimt-
J1fed bv di.rasr-crippfpd Welshmnn. One
thing was sure ne never crossed my path after
ward or dared 10 meet me face Ia thce. REFER
to his reference, who know him To be one of the
Hurcst little frauds that ever struck Omaha. a.
somebody may bc interested IN getting mp NE
biography; ! am in Position to give come me
Life, Times, and Career in the Northwest
| In connection with the paragraph from the
| Ncic or HtrGd, the following from the Omaha
| Daily Bee may be pertinent;
In justcc TO the H-rati ard for the henent ~ ,r.
stanley deem it prorer to ickrowl"dce ths the ~
among tc frat American journals that duuhVda !.
at least considerable portion, OF Mr. Stauleys An
can exploits as related by himself tn" De was rot N
cNisct when Mr.. stanley lived IN Omaha, and it, cdl
tor, although flmllar trrns with Mr.. stanley, never
liohuisn. our connection a. menagcr OF the Western
tnlOn Telegraph Otfcc ard spccIl tccgraphic report
cf for several leading Eastern Journals, hron hi Us into
utlly contact With Nr. stanley and convinced US that
ITS NctaCy as newspaper correspondent could not r
| relied upon. Nr. stanley Who Na- The special teIe
r.phic reporter and correspondent OF the IT. Louie
If rff, ugs II We IN stake not, at the stme time at
iug reporter oi compelling paper thc So. l. UR
| .tJisl I..iit. under an assumed name.
| Nr -iAucyf numerous adventures In or ahout tht
Academy of Muse led him 10 utvotc considerable ~
HE time 10 the grr,u room. To Keep up hi. correspond
.uc' " u,ufy driven 10 iudUl-c Ia all sorts ~
.UmIitc stories which had their orslu 40 hs fcrtll'
| Llual Color. do and WyOmiuF tmtclluE Cunnspund
turr WIS "a. COucoctcd from perusal oi exchange
Ia the sanctum q th' hef ,bA,dt.
MANY ~ citizens wen remember tlaf before sian
ys uuRt doartgTc he cunceVed the project VI topcn
hug he vacant purse by engaging ia star lCtturlnl
tour The hist lecture vss delivered In Omaht. and u
Na- duly adNcrsed ana posted but strange tu reaic
adventures n colorado" failed 10 fraw, con sequrutn
tne experiment proved financial failure. lud.r tn'
crcUut auu,s i WAS but natural th1t We th uid hsv
expressed .efIus doubts about the wonderful stufie
| T. Cruty cnsuatug from tlis source.
VI Nr, stanley la Instead OF !nycriing dscovcrc,
| Lr Livingstone. now appears 10 Dee generally con
coded stl lnciued 10 think that the world mus
curious incidents connected vi,h the explorations
CrutrHl Airiea 20 M sianlcys upsuriassrd in,cn'V
| gen EteIeCtfuIy yours. lt1TtN MAC.
| pLATTsNoUTH, Nch, oct q ist4.