The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-09-14
SedgWick's lScandaIous
hibitiOn in Mexico.
HOW HE SAW THE ELEPHANT
Alleged Proof Of His Guilt as Charge,
-RVen the Giris Disgusted-
General News.
The sedgm lex scandal

prints tie following special from st
Joseph, Mo: Ri. c. EamsS, we'll
known citizen of Chicago, accompsni d
by his sou, was met last night ON to-,
Santa Fe train. The gentleman is r.
turning from an extensive trip through
the.south and west, ana is thoroughly
familiar with all the details of The
Cutting affair.
Can YOU say anything calculated 10
confirm the story ST SedgwIck alleged
escapade at the Mexican capital?" wa.
asked.
Yes" said he, land the story of that
nights debauch in VIII en- Sedwick was
the central figure has not been half told
While at SOcono, New Mexico, a few
days ago, met al acquaintance. a
Chicago gentleman of wealth ana,
prominence. who has been resitent
of the City of Mexico for nearly year
past. and who is familiar with the
Cutting scrape, and the subsequent
action of government in sending Mr..
SedWick To Investigate the matter. He
told me that he was In the City OF
Mexico when Mr.. Sedgwick arrived and
saw him at the hotel lturbIde
at which Sedgwick stopped. Sydgwick
came to the City of Mexico with a SORT
OF flourish of trumpets and was at once
sought out and pr scented TO the best
people of the city, both ladies and gem
Tlemen. SedgREek informed his Mexi
can admirers that he had come am ang
them as fEieisd freIn the government
he had the huRar TO represent; that he
had no desire TO misEepresent them in
any MANNER and that he felt especially
friendly TO. the people of Mexico. He
was lavish in his alteration 81 the peo-
pie with whom he was temporarily
stopping, and said that he desired TO
treat with the authorities upon the
most friendly terms possible. It is
said that he intimated strongly that ne
did not regard the Cutting affair as one
of great consequence, and was inclined
to believe til re was more cry than
wool. In the City of Mexico is the
Jockey Club composed of the blOoGs of
the city, whose parents are wealthy and
who are themselves regarded as the up
per ten of Mexican society. They drove
him about the city, pointed out the
sights of interest and learned to delight
in doing honor to an American repres
entative. When the twilight of evening
had heightened into darkness and the
great Mexican capital was wrapped in
proceeded to snow Mr.. Sedg-
wick the elephant by lamplight.
This was after banquet of which you
have read. The published reports are
true with the possible exception that
members of the club did not festoon
Sedgwick with flowers, or pin a plaeard
on his coat tail. In seeing the elephant
the whole outfit got uproariously in
toXicated-dTunK i'll fact. They drank
at every place they visited. sang paTri-
otto airs through The streets of the city
andss5made Rome howl. SedWick was
unable to understand much of the
Spanish language, although it is said he
can read Spanish, but when it is handled
by an expert and ratified off as MeXi-
cans do, it proves too much Tor Mr..
SedgWick, as was the case on this
unfortunate night in the history
of SedgWick's unfortunate career.
But what he lacked in ability to under
stand Spanish he made up in his per-
feet confidence in the friendship OF his
companions. He allowed himself to be
piloted about as a child. AS the night
wore away, it was proposed to visit
houses of gilded reputation. The pro-
position was adopted unanimously,
Sedgwick himself expressing desire TO
see it all. The jolly Mexicans, with
their confding American friend, re-
paired to a house that is run by Ameri-
can women known as the -Four Min
MES, and as has been made public.
there appears to have been a method in
this cOurse-viz.: to humiliate him in
the presence of his own people. ArrIv-
ing in the disreputable house, they
were ushered into the best room
Joined in the orgies that followed. ALI
manner of vile and vulgar toasts were
proposed and drank in which Sedgwick
Joined heartily, desiring at all times to
be agreeable to his new found friends.
He little knew or cared what the nature
of the tOssts were, so long as they were
proposed by the Mexican dudes. Toasts
applying the Vilest epithets TO the Am
erican government and to the people
were proposed and drank with Wild hur-
rah, IN which Sedgwick joined, not
knowing that his government was being
disgraced and he party to it. No won
der the dudes laughed at mis- credulity.
After this kind of debauchery had
been kept up for some time,
it is said that Sedgwick fell off his chair
in a drunken stupor, from which he
could not be aroused. The delight {
the Mexicans at the downfall CT the
American representative knew no
bounds. Turning to the gIrls, who
were American, and who had witnessed
the scenes with deep chagrin, one of the
dudes said: There is representative
of your great American government,
sent here to investigate Mexicans; fine
specimen of American citizenship! !"
They then left the house, and Sedgwick
was taken care of by the proprietress OF
the -Four Minnies, "where he remained
until 2 O'Clock Sunday afternoon. He
was then taken to his hotel in closed
carriage.
CHICAGO, September ia Dallas,
Texas, Times special says: Col. A. j.
Porter, of Dallas, who has spent up
wards of month in the City OF Mexico,
arrived home to-day. He left the CAPT
tai of the sister Republic on September
5th, at which time the Sedgwick scam
dial was still the sensation or the hour,
both with the American colony and the
Mexican Lristocracy. Newspaper rep.
resentatives called on Col. Porter and