The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-09-23
The STORY OF SEDGwIck.
His Disgraceful Escapade at the Next
can Capitalize Alleged True
Story Told in Detail.
The Half Has Not Been TOld-His De.
bauch at the Jockey Club and
the Hotel Iturbide.
The 0rgie at Disreputable House-Ef-
forts Of the Envoy and His Friends
to Suppress the Truth.

So many conflicting. statements have been
made concerning the recent escapade of
Envoy Sedgwick at the City of Mexico that
il has been difficult to arrive at the exact
facts in the case. An FL Paso letter to the
Galveston Ners-good Democratic author
ity-gives the following as the true story of
the disgraceful affair:
The Neios' correspondent conversed with a
number OF persons, strangers to each other,
who had Just arrived from the City OF Mexico.
They say that the half has not been told in the
Sedgwick scandal. They are all respectable and
trustworthy men, whose names can be given
when necessary. The stories they tell agree
substantially and one will do for a sample. Tho
Nelcs informant an eyewitness to part OF
tie occurrence related, while he is intimately
acquainted with other respectable persons who
witnessed other parts of it, The whole City of
Mexico is talking about ii, he said, and the
Americans feel the national disgrace keenly.
There is no question whatever that the main
points OF the story against SedRwick are true.
1t - matter OF public knowledge, and the
American Consul has officially reported il to
Secretary Bayard.
What were the circumstances as you under
stood Them asked the reporter.
The reply was: Il stopped at the Iturbide
Hotel, the same at which Mr.. Sedgwick staid
The first knew OF my own knowledge was Sat
urday morning about o'clock, when Mr. Sedg-
wick came in, accompanied by some Mexican
dudes after his night of revel. 1t is as / I'M
derstand, matter Of common knowledge that
almost as soon as Mr. Sedgwick arrived in the
city he became intimate with the Jockey Club,
composed of wealthy but rather fast young
men. These fast young men invited him to an
entertainment at the club house Friday
ing. He went As said before, il was o'clock
in the morning when he returned to the hotel,
and then he did not remain, as you will see
My informants say that in the early part of the
evening there was great cordiality shown Mr..
sedgwick, who repeatedly expressed his friend
and goodwill between the two Republics As
the evening flew on the wine flew faster and
one party became uproarious ana the other
maudln. Mr.. Sedgwick's protestations of friend
ship became more ardent. He reads Spanish
but does not speak il well, and was unable to
understand what they were saying about him.
When the Mexicans saw that he drunk
they began to guy him and take advantage OF
his Ignorance of the language. There were no
ladies present
AT this time they began to drink toasts
Sedgwick drinking with them. OF course, they
made up the most vile, indecent, and obscene
toasts they could think of, applying them to
Sedgwick personally, and to the United States
Government and TO the American people
Sedgwick was either too full or too ignorant of
the language to know what the toasts were, so
they made him drink To the shame of himself
and his country. Amid the roars of boisterous
laughter they applied to him and his country
men the vilest epithets, and then slapped him
on the back approvingly when no drank them
with gusto. They kept this up till morning.
There is part of the published story That is
not true. They did not festoon him with flowers
and put placard on his back. They did put Il
flower in his hat that soon fell out.
AS to what happened at the Iturbide Hotel
1t was there that became an eyewitness. The
other things have related as they are common
ly reported and believed in Mexico. You know
the lturbide is built like a hollow square, with
large courtyard in the center. Mr. and Mrs.
D, Of Chihuahua, who were stopping there,
saw what happened. Sedgwick and party OF
Mexicans came in ut g o'clock Saturday morning
to the central court, all very drunk and uproar-
her fhaV hap Il Naffn In tint
tation OF the cancan Sedgwick wanted to go TO
bed, but the others would not let him, They
proposed to go to noted disreputable resort Of
Americans known as the -Four Minnies. Mr..
Sedgwick appeared TO understand only that it
was something about women and was off with
them in moment. They went to Minnie g.
and were ushered into room with some of the
abandoned women of the house. 1t is alleged
that while Sedgwick was reclining on the sofa
with two OF them he suddenly fell forward on
the floor in a dead stupor. The Mexicans pulled
his legs out straight and turned him over ON his
/ back. Two of them then mounted his body, and
! Tapping their arms for wings, emitted the tri-
| umphant crow of rooster. Turning To the
! girls, all OF whom were American, they said
See what fine representatives your Government
sends here to investigate the Mexicans. Here
/ IS a fair sample of your countrymen.'
After this the proprietors of the house took
! possession OF his watch and money for safe
! keeping, and had him carried to q room alone
and locked in. At half-past ten ON Saturday
morning two American gentlemen who had
heard of the affair went to Minnie's in n closed
] cuTTlHbe 10 buhe min away. Dt NOulu not go
with them. 1t is alleged that through the crack
of the door he made this reply to their entreat-
! les: You go to hi know what am about.
/ take of myself, and you will take
care of me, won't you, girlsY He did, il is
averred, not leave Minnies until two o'clock
that day, and remained in his room at the Itur-
bide until Sunday.
Sunday the American Consul, Geo Porch
accompanied by two well-known American citi-
zens, asked him what he was going to do about
/ il Mr.. Sedgwick, il is alleged, expressed con-
triton said he had only IL faint recollection OF
what had happened and asked to be informed
OF the particulars. They were related to him,
and it is ale yed that he begged the Consul and
the other gentlemen to keep the matter quiet
and not let il become public
-One of them replied 1t has become pub
lie already. and, more than that, fear il will
got into the papers up North.
My God Sedgwick is alleged to have re-
piled, has it come to that?'
"He then begged the three gentlemen to use
their best endeavors o hush the scandal up,
and they promised to do so, Sedgwick promis-
ing, it is claimed, to have nothing more to do
with the members of the Jockey Club, against
which he had been warned when he first came
to the city; but that very evening he dined
with some members OF the club, and they, il ia
said urged him to deny the whole thing and
they would back him in it. while money or
other pressure would make the proprietor of
the hotel do the same.
Monday morning, and this I saw myself, I"
said the NelOs' informant "he was walking on
the street arm in arm with two of the same men
who had got him into trouble. That afternoon
to consider what was best to do l was present
at this meeting. General Frisbe n highly
honored American resident, was the chairman.
/ was obliged to leave before the end Of the
| meeting but while / was there the Consul
General said Gentlemen / want to read you
telegram which / sent today to Secretary
Bayard. / sent it ON my own responsibility "a
| Consul, but IL you approve IL, so much the
| better. He then read, nearly as 1 can re-
member as follows:
"'CITY OF MEXICO, Aug. 30.
IT. +. Bayard, Secretary of State, Washington,
ID c.
The special representative of the United
States. Mr.. sedgwick. has disgraced himself
| and his country, bringing shame to the face Of
! every American in this city. The American
| citizens here ask his immediate recall. 1t is
sufficient to say that he was found drunk in
houses Of designation
Porch, Consul.
why" said tho Ne1os informant, some OF
these old resident Americans in the City of
| Mexico couldn't speak of it without their eyes
filling and their voices falterng they felt so
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