, 1874-03-15

Railroad is not Jet all graded hut the PRO
| Aes. Ryer, Lcvi Icnoid, william Burke, nober
Abernethy, w. l.. Dowa.
Mp. GREENS COMMENTS.
| HEow," resumed Mr. Green, you can see
for you1aelf that the statement does not prom
| ire ANYTHING extravaganza. The men went there
With their eyes open. Some of the parties WHO
| nave returned have accused my brotler OF de-
sorting the coIonists when he got them ons
! That is falsehood He has been suffering
sumrtiye. lie has been sick in Denver for sew
ete! reeks past: Ar. r. ]. Williams, wno has
4.5O0 head Of cattle pastured near the city, md
uho nas at the Sherman House up to this morn
ing told me- that my brother WAS rot expected
to live"
Reporter-How did the story Of his desertion
come to be circulated?
Mr. Green-He has beon at war With Capt.
Tace, from tennessee, who is President OF the
Colony, for some time, Pace wants to ignore
my brother altogether, aud has been pre-emptlng
lands for his own friepdB, and causing them to
10 ''squatteJ." Ho is jealous Of my brother,
and does all lie eau TO discourage Eastern colon-
lists. That is the whole secret.
HOW MANY CoL0S1sT5?
Reporter-How many people have you sent out
altogether?
Mr. Green-About 400, many Of whom found
thas colonlzing did no. agree with them aud left.
Reporter-How long hare you been IN the
business here?
Mr. Grcep-Siuce the 22nd Of last January,
but was down at my home, near 0ttawa, IN
this State. for some time, aud got back again On
the End OF THIS month. I am not advertising
Just now, and won't until my brother rccovoIs to
attend to business II people wait to go to
Colorado, however, I'll furnish transportation at
reasonable rates, but II! first tel! them they
must carry sand in their craws and be prepared
sloyed people. Now, / think Of It. Abornethy
says thsr he was told tho irrigating canal was
never full. That is false, for Williams told me
that be was on the ground last summer and saw
it full, clear to the town site. Pace lied about
the matter to Abernethy for his own purpose.
At This moment tho conversation WIS inter
rupted by the Monday prayer meeting in DR..
Tnomass church Of which Mr.. Green is NOM
Der. The agent took his cans sud nent up
stairs to join in the devotional services.
ROBERT ABEnNEruY.
The following letter trom Robert Abernethy,
one Of the disSusted colouists, will explain it
self:
s1G: BASH Green, Of Grcca Brothers, in the Metho
dist Church Block in this city. few weeks ago repre-
scented to me that they were AGENTS OF tAn South
western Colony OF Colorado" at Green City, on tho
South Platte River; that Government land could bs
had which could be pro-emptel under the Homestead
law upon the river bottom on the south SIDE OF the
Plato River, within mile Of Green City that the
Colony had bul more than thirty houses there that
thero rrigatng canal sixteen miles long that
bacEs1o;ths merchants shoenakers, ETC., and stone
nnd hardware man were wanted. Ha also gave me
circular, and he j. sill widely distributing them,
stating that member Of the Colony could upon pay
ing the membership Fec OF SIG cash, and $40 After
Ears st his eisur locate 1to acres ot and inside Of
cash. $40 u: the end of Eve years. when he
woud receive ttlo for it; that 400 people had
already gone 0ut.
Relying upon his Representations and upon the re.-
erences, whose were attached to the circular.
which included Governor, aud al er-Gorernor ii
Colorado. and Chicago Clergyman OF high standing
Myself aud brothe1an-law puid Green s43 each, whlca
included his SO fec, and the cost o raroad ticket
We went Green City, and found hia representations
nearly all absolutely faIso Tncre is no Government
land in tbs rver~botom such as named as the peope
there stated to .E) within Is miles. There are but
twenty Ill told within territory 10 miles loug
Of these shanties with mud roofe Tho statement
Of the circular ia absolutely false with regard to tho
LINUS inside OF the canal There is whatever not
taken up long ago. The nnd in the river bottom can
be lad for icss than so Ter There IRE but
nineteen men Of whom We could obtain any knowledge
in the sixteen miles Of Colony. The President Of tho
Corporation. Capt Pace, told at Green City,
that the Green Brothers not agents Of tic Colony
and every certificate of membership issued BY them
fraud. Ho gaye us permission to use his name
in exposing them in Chicago The local press Of Col
lers Tbs Rocky Mountain Ners Is one Of tho Papers
referred to. The r1igatiug canal We crossed not
less than twelve times tue rod from Greet to Green
City, driving 1t without trouble and without
bridge Vie crossed about 100 yards from it head.
The bed PERFECTLY dry, ad Of course the same
below through its hole extent. It is mere dry ditch,
three four feet wide, and perhaps foot deep, and
the citizens .d ua water ws never in it neArer than
two miles Of Green City; that they once got water 40
far, but that it rns nti absorbed in the sand.
short time before arrival tho people iegateen
voters> voted to change the name Of the place to
Corona, only 'hrec soting to retain the name Of
Green in the Of their city Last winter the
Greens sent out from Chicago about twenty families
only Of them reu1aus in Green City, and they
nEe unable , to gel aay but arc dod b. zsD, " to
TO Denver and Greeley, and in great destituon,
the victims Of D. 8: Green, who abandoned them on
their way out pf Greeley, and went to his home In
Denver. The greatest indignation manifested ky
nearly Ill whom WHO knew tho Greens Ut their
conduct. Nearly all rho 60. are toor, aud
yesterday admitted to me in lis OWL Office that
Of the most important representations in his cir
cuar not true, but he continues to circulate them
The whole is yet told, but it s sufficient pat the
uninforned upon ther guard, which is the object Of
this communication KoBEnT ABEnsETux,
No. JG Kendall street.
Da. rHoHAs.
The Rev. DR.. Thomas was waited upon yester-
day afternoon in reference to G1eea B.others,
because they had used his name az reference.
Tha Doctor stated that when ho ga2e the firm
his Endorsement he believed the Greens to be
honest mep, and, to his personal knowledge,
there has nothing that had since occurred cal
culated to remove the first impression. He be-
lieved there Was some rivalry at tho colony,
which led to unpleasant feeling. As regarded
AR. AberuetlY, he believed him to be an honest
man, but, most likely, he had boon disappointed,
Possibly, IN advertising The bargains, the Greens
had not been sufficiently plain, for a11 advertis-
crs, who arc interested parties, naturally e1-
asgernto1s., Tho Green's were known to some Of
bis brother c1ergy1nen Of the Methodist Church
for many years, and such personal knowledge as
be had of them WAS favorable. He could not,
however, undertake to 80 into any discussion as
to tue correctness, or otherwise, OF their land
descriptions, for he know ro:biug Of the region
in question.