Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-15
THE AFFAIR.
The Story ~ Told by One Who Says He
Knows all About 1t.

Knows all About 1t.
CHICAGO, September IL. The Times
prints the following special from st. Joseph,
Missouri: NJ. C Eames, a well-known citi.
zen OF Chicago. accompanied by his son,
was met last night on the Santa Fe train.
The gentleman ls returning from an exten.
sive trip through the south and west and
is thorOughiy familiar with all the details
OF the Cutting affair.
Can you say anything ca lculated to con-
firm the story OF Sedgwick's alleged esca-
pade at the Mexican Capital?" was asked.
Yes" said he. land the story OF that
nights debauch in which Sedgwick was the
central figure has not been half told. While
at Socorro, New Mexico, q few days ago, l
met an acquaintance. a Chicago gentleman
OF wealth and prominence, who has been q
resident OF the City of Mexico nearly a year
past, and who is familiar with the Cutting
scrape and the subsequent action Of the
Government in sending Mr.. Sedgwick to in
vestigate the matter. He said he was in
the City Of Mexico when Sedgwick arrived
and saw him at the hotel Iturbide, at which
Sedgwick stopped, Sedgwick came to the
City OF Mexico with a sort
OF OF TRUMPETs
and was at once sought out and presented
to the best people Of the city, ladies and
gentlemen. Sedgwick informed his Mexican
admirers that he had come among them as
a friend from the Government he had the
honor to represent; that he had no desire
to m~isrepresent them and that he felt es-
pecially friendly to the people OF Mexico.
He was lavish in
HIS ADORATION OF THE PEOPLE
with whom he was temporarily stopping.
and said that he desired to treat with the
authorities upon the most friendly terms.
1t is said that he intimated strongly that
he did not regard the Cutting affair as one
OF great consequence, and was inclined to
believ that there was more cry than wool.s
In the City of Mexico il a Jockey Club,
composed Of the bloods of the city, whose
parents are wealthy and who are them
selves regarded as the upper ten of Mexican
society. They drove him about the city,
pointed out the sights of interest and
seemed to delight in doing honor to an
American reprepresentative. When the
twilight of evening had thickened into
and the great Mexican "a pital
was wrapped in sweet repose, the young
men proceeded to show Sedgwick
THE ELEPHANT BY %LAMPLIGHr.
This after the vanquest OF which you
have read. The published reports with
the possible exception that the members
OF the club did not festoon Sedgwick with
flowers or pin a placard ON his coat tail.
In seeing the elephant the whole outfit got
Observation-Disclosures in fact.
Ihey drank in every, place they visited,
sang patriotic airs through the steets OF
the city
N MADE ROME RoWL.
.Sedgwick was unable to understand much |
ri tho SrNo nSah l. nnr,o n q q l%bN,,OL 81 *, o,:J
he al read it, but when it was handled by |
an expert and ratified off as the Mexicans
do it proved too much for Mr.|Sedgwick as
was the case on this unfortunate night in
the history of Sedgwick's unfortunate ca
reer. But what he lacked in ability to un-
Spanish he made up in his perfect
in the friendship OF his compan-
ions. He allowed himself to be piloted
about as q child. As the night wore away,
it was proposed to visit
HOUSES OF GILDED REPUTATION.
The proposition was adopted unani-
Sedgwick himself expressing a de-
to see it all. The jolly Mexicans, with
their confidins American friend, repaired to
= house that is kept by an American
"The Four Minnies.' As has
oeen already made public, there
appears to have been a method in this
course, viz, to humiliate him in the pres
OF his own people. Arriving in the
house, they were ushered into
The best room, where several women OF the
1ouse Joined in the orgies that followed.
III manner OF |
VULGAR ToAsTs
we're proposed aud drunk, in which Sedg-
wick joined heartily, desiring at ali times
be agreeable to his new-found friends.
He little knew or cared what the nature OF
he toasts were so lorg as they were pro-
posed by the Mrxiean dudes. Tcasts APP
,lying the vilest epithets to the American
and to its people were pro-
posed and drunk with Il wild hurrah, in
which Sedgwick Joined, not knowing his
vas being disgraced and he a
to it. No wond err the dudes laughed
It his credulity. After this kind of de-
had been kept up for some time,
t is said Sedgwic4
FELL OFF HIS CHAIR
u a drunken stupor, from which he could
lot be aroused. The delight Of the Mex
cans at the downfall OF the American rep
knew no bounds. Turning to
girls, who were Americans and who had
the scenes with deep chagrin, one
Il the dudes said: "There is a representa-
i've Of your great American Government,
ent here to investigate the Mexicans. A
inc specimen OF American citizenship"
They then left the house and Sedgwick was
AIKEN care OF by the proprietress OF the
Four Minnies,' where he remained until
o'clock Sunday afternoon. He was then
aiken to his hotel in a closed carriage"
'HE BEAUTIFUL EMPRESS EUGEN lie.