Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1880-10-30


The attempt in Los Angeles,
whore Hancock is 80 universally
known and SO universally liked, to
Identify tho Democratic candidate
for President with the brutal inva-
sion Of the rights Of citizen, has
proved pitiful failure. In addi-
tion to the testimony of Major
Henry Hancock, Republican
who is going to vote for his name.
sake, we are enabled to-day to
throw a new and convincing light
upon the matter, cleaned from q
conversation with Major w. B.
Reynolds. Major Reynolds was
yesterday cited by the Commercial
- authority for the gross calumny
Of Gilbert on the personal charac-
ter Of General Hancock. The Ma
jor says it is true that Gilbert and
Hosmer were In possession of the
oil springs described. He says,
further, that an attempt was made
70 oust theee persons, and that
substantially the language recapit.
ulatsd by Gilbert was ussd. viz,
that il they-GIlbert and Hosmer-.
did not get out of the enclosure
4 their carcasses would be thrown
over the fence. But here comes the
material dlvergence-thls emphat.
10 language was used by Mr.. Brent,
Of the law firm OF Scott & Brent,
and not by Gen. Hancock. Major
Reynolds was interested In these
oilsprings, and was one of the party
arrested, but he las nothing but
words of ridicule for any charge
which associates tho then Captain
Hancock with any scheme OF vio-
Ience or "bull-dozing." Not only
was Capt. Hancock ignorant OF all
the violent phases of this matter,
but, when he found that Major
Reynolds was under arrest, he ex.
pressed the utmost sympathy and
Indignation.
The truth of the matter, thanks
to Major Reynolds clear nara.
tive, lies in nutshell. Captain
Hancock was asked by his friends
to engage in little speculation
which promised large profits. He
was simply asked to go In on the
s'ground floor" plan, knowing
really knothing of the particulars.
He was allowed to contribute $500,
or some other small sum, as his
quota. In the same way he had
engaged in other speculations,
notably in copper mines. All the
United States army officers sta
toned on this coast, dazzled by
the fortunes springing up on every
side, were quite naturally anxious
to share in the general enrichm emit.
The names OF every one OF them
are scattered over this Southern
country, In corner lots, from Yuma
TO San Diego. Hancock's copper
specnlations are q tradition which
nked his memory of Southern and
Lower California, but which failed
to enrich his purse.
Thus Is resolved into the dim.
NEST penumbra OF fable a
lAboriously gotten up story in
tended to convict Hancock Of
personal brutality. Major Reynolds
says that he never knew Hancock
to be guilty of an unjust or an un-
gentiemanIy action, nor could he
think 1t possible that be could be
guilty Of one. He says that the 80.
called United States soldiers, In.
etrumental In the eviction of Gil.
bert and Hosmer. were really
teamsters In the employ of Don
Jose Rubio, who had been former
~ in the services of Hancock as
United States quartermaster,
There was a very summary method
adopted with the Messrs. Gilbert
md Hosmer, but Hancock was "a
innocent Of knowledge of,or partic.
patton In 1t az the babe unborn.
In the foregoing we have given
fhe substance, not the words, OF
Major Reynolds's recollections of
~ matter. Taken in connsct ion
Nth the frank talk OF Mr.. Hosmer,
. Gilbert 4 Hosmer, with . re-
poftsf Of the Exa1siner, published
n - Yesterday. It eonvsrts into : |
'eollrg fares an attempted local |
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