The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-08-28
THE CUTTING CASE.

| A Letter From Medina in Which He De-
| cl,nes to Prosec ito Cutting In - civil
| Suit Awarded Him by the Supreme Court
| of chihuahua 0encrai Sedgwick Inter-
| viewed.
Ell PAso, Tex, Aug. 20.-There is moth.
ing new in the Cutting case, Mr.. Sedgwiclt
is looked for hourly. Medina will not
prosecute Cutting for civil damages. He
writes to the Ell Paso Times as follows:
PAso DEL NoRTE, Aug. 1s.
To the Editor OF the Times:
| ESTEEMED SIR--Perhaps abusing the defer:
ence with which you offered me the use of
nected with the Cutting case. again molcst
| your attention with the enclosed document,
copy of one re rSmttea by by me me, four days rn aEo
civil ,ns suit Of me vsb Hs e~ Ss
is guilty nf The facts in the the trial Of Of
Cutting have been distorted in such a man.
ner there has been such an excess of unjust
or tcsm against the acts of the judicial
authorities of Mexico and of my humble self
| by many North American period calls that
have believed my duty to direct myself
through the cilicacious means offered byyour
paper to your numerous readers to demon.
strate these propositions; That 1t Is not
Mexican when his honor is involved, and
that it is not to satisfy ignoble passions.
Hoping lou will give publicity to these lines
T as to hs on
| to sign myself as always, Il. MEDINA.
The document reads:
Emig'do Medina. of age, and a citizen of
this plnce, before you appears and respect
fully declares that hayns a Unt been noSd ct tSa by
cislon given by your honorable court. that
/. in person, or by attorney. should appear
| to institute Il civil action granted me in the
trial for defamation now in progress aga 'nst
| the American, a. X. Cutting. and realizing
| that the material damage which Cutting has
caused me are of difficult reparation. and
car ng more for the dignity of my native
country and my own delicncy. almost united
| by the international character which tho
| dcsist from the civil action which legally
Aug. IS, 1886" '''' "
CHICAGO, Aug. 20.-The Herald has tie
following special from Emporia, Kan:
General A. q. Sedgwick was interviewed
here while on his way to Mexico. Upon
being asked what his duties were in con-
nection with the Mexican affair." he an.
swered: II am acting only as an agent for
the Government and have not the power to
arbitrate in the matter. My instructions are
to proceed to chihuahua and investigate all
the evidence in the Cutting affair. What
will be the result of this investigation can
not be foreseen, but ii the inquiry develops
! that in this or in any previous case Ameri-
can citizens have been wronged the Govern
ment will, of course, take firm stand, even
| If war be found to be unavoidable. l am
not at liberty to state anything with regard
to Mr.. Bayard's feelings on the subject, but
rest assured lie is an American citizen and
Yankee, at that"
New YORK, August 2O.-The Herdlds
City of Mexico correspondent claim the
highest authority far stating that after he
Chihuahua Supreme Court confirms Cuttings
sentence the prisoner will be suffered to un-
dergo day or two of penal servitude and
then be pardoned by President Diaz.
The Worlds Washington correspondent
says the statement is made by close friend
of Secretary Bayard that as soon as the
! Mexican trouble is settled the Secretary will
| resipn