Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-10-26
TO THE PUBLIC!
A CARD.
HOLE N BE
UNMASKED.

In the city papers Of the 25th instant there
appears a card over the signature of IA. q.
NOttenberg, denOuncing . one Porting.
alias q. -. H~euders1u,' in unmeasured
terms. am the subject Of this ~denunciatory
card, and because the abuse of such a fellow as
~hOsleUberg cannot debaSe a gentleman in
the estimation Of those who know him. / am
determined to keep myself in good hunor,
and give to the public the true facts of the
case referred TO in HOilenberg'a card. l
am the SON Of PrOf. J. Ernest ParriDR.
of tn city, and came to Memphis but a few
weeks since, 10 take charge Of the business Of
Messrs. n. WttzmaOu Il Go. Soon after
my arrival l became acquainted with the tact
that AOilenberg had been pursuing a
shameless career in his trade az music dealer.
aud bis relations to his brethren in the must.
cal profession; that while protesting friend
ship toward members Of the profession, he
studiously and persistently maligned and
sl0ndered them on all occasions when he
aud thatmy aged father, because Of his exalted
posi- ION as q musician and teacher, was the
subject OF his bitterest calumnies. 1t was
represented that he had prosecuted with his
ven0mous SANDER and detrRction Pro.
1essOFs sabaIsly. .TePe, StebecK and
ney er in former days. and that he was only
persisting in his Old habit of slandering his
brethren now. The members Of the profess
sion had cogent evidence Of all this; yet they
desired TO catch and uncover him in order
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20 the world; and TO accomplish this end they
formed the plot Of which he complains, and
which completely unmasked his h~ypOerfsY
and Vttiaiuy. ] felt indignant, especially
that my aged father should be one Of the chief
victims OF these foul ISLANDERS, and became n
willing party in the plot that was to detect
and expose the tricks of trade and vile arts
OF ny Poertsy and detraction that this
man was tattening upon. In pursuance of the
plot l (6eing unknown to ~HOilenberg) as
{ umaH tha M ~ &c - amfhaRau ~
to EaOflenbrrs'S store to purchase a piano.
l was received with all the gushing suay-
Ity thar characterizes the nave and hyp-
OeTit~. and. being q musician. | selected q
very indifferent piano, but one that HOlIen.
DVrg assured me could NOT be exceIEed
iu Nempht d. / afterward told him that |
was not exactly satisfied with the piano, and
would go to the We0er piano rooms and az
amino the instruments there. He advised me
not to go. as The agents at their rooms were
frauds AM n~cDun0reiB, and would GER
tainly cheat me. In the afternoon Of the
same day, in order to further carry out the
scheme, i went to the Commercial Hotel
and wrote S~OAlebherg a note, requesting
him to come and see me. which he did very
promptly. In this interview | told him !
thought be asked too mueh for his piano, and
would consult Professors Porting ami
Scnutze and get their opinions of il. He
answered that h'FOf. PerFiug was no
E~nttemhn. q humbng and rogue,
etc. He further said that RPOf. Scbutze
was q uhieI. ana Stoie tWeuiy dollars
rom him ere. When in his store, HOl.
ienberg advised me earnestly not 20 20 to
the Wfbe agency, as q mr. Levy was
there, and would deceive me. as he was q j -w
DaSgar aud q dew thief, etc. lie further
stated that Prof. Petrfng had a son In
Memphis, who had just arrived from New
York, and he was a rogue, else
be would not be in the employment Of wiz.
MIAMI AS these pleasant remarks we're APP
pie to me, / asked if he knew young AAr.
rerFtng, when he answered, Yes, very
we'll. This, Of course, was q falsehOod.
He said Pref. NtGzmaBu was a regular
nnnbnR and frSud, and advised me not
70 take his word for anything. Among other
things, he told me ccnfidentially that Mr.
AlAeEeF7nE was in Memphis recently,
when he voluntarily proposed TO make Pref
Pcr9tng a present Of q fine upright piano
and promised to send il as soon as be returned
home and that he (tIOIIanbesg) had by his
representations and artifce prevented the
present from being, sent Fsis etegRht
si = relfsnt pursued sir. Henders0n most
asslduously with his polite attentions and
Da"ndlsnments Of nis trade until last
Monday afternoon, when. pending an engage
ment togo to the theater Monday night, on the
invitation Of the eonrteous H"SIenbeTg.
ar. henderson was discovered To be I'm
fact Bar. E'erring, jr the son Of PrnG.
"eafing, who had been so severely de-
nouneed, aud the yeTitable young PeFring
who had been called by HOllenberg u
damned rogue" Now, II Is not strange
that whel this scheme had worked so well,
aud ~HOlieDhefg had found that he was
completely caught. he resarted to the abusive
card in the papers. And this gives me the
opportunity Of making public the facts that
III. q. AOELENBERG A. A
sAAAD HREI, and which may eaable the
people Of Memphis and the surrounding
country to be on their guard whom they come
in contact with him.
JAMES ERNEST PERRINQ, JR.
The undersigned members of the musical
professie1 Of Memphis confirm the state
Tle4ts Of MF. PerrtRg in the foregoing
card in reference to the scheme we adopted to
unmask aud expose IA. q. E1OIIenberg,
and certify that ar. Perrfng was a marty
with us in this scheme, which Was only in
tended to establish before the world the fact
which We already knew, viz: that -. q.
HOLLEE BERG 81 a bLANDEREH
ASD UNTRUsTWORTHY.
PROF.. JAMES ERNEST PERRING,
JAMES EkN EST PERRING, JR.,
Proc. EMILE WITZMANN,
PR9F. EMILE LEVY,
ANTHIR