Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-09-30

loved ny another dated July II, l56". 10
Mr.. Hood tra4. VI Jones, in which he
states that he has seen letter rom Mr.,
Chase TO the elect that Mr.. Hood teru-
tati0n Was I'm serious danger" from the
use being made Of What he had written
to Mr. Ladd, and that he (JOnes) has Il
true sense OF tie gravity OF the sltua-
ton.' In labored manner Mr.. Jones
proceeds to explain that he did not really
mean to say what he did in his letter to
Mr.. Ladd and asserting that he "can not
now recall that the names Of Flske and
Prince we're mentioned by you Hood,
though / (Jones) suppose they were" lie
declares positively as to the phrase knit
Ing and robbing that he does mot re-
member that u single name was men
TONED in that sentence" thus indicating
Il decided failure of memory since his
letter of two weeks earlier date, when he
distinctly remembered the name OF Mr.,
Selignan as having been 80 used, and
still greater loss of memory since the
late of his letter to Mr.. Ladd. Further
on in this letter Mr. Jones states that the
phrase "knifng and robbing" was only
used of those who did knife aud rob and
not of those who did not knife aud rob,
thus again admitting that it was used;
and, thereupon, apparently not having
adjusted matters to his entire satisfaction
he abandons the field Of explanation for
that of elaboration and threats, Chafltably
opening up an avenue OF escape Tor some
OF the trustees, including in the list OF
knifers and robbers, by declaring that II
such OF the trustrees as Mr., Hood says
did not knife and rob want to have "us
all here" he sure they did knife and rob,
then they will proceed to do all they can
against Mr.. Hood, but ii they want such
persons to think "well OF them rs hon
est, upright men" they will at once drop
any hostility to "Mr. Hood, accept Mr..
Jones troubles explanations" and ICON
slider that you Hood did nothing hurt
ful to them This letter, like its prede-
cessor, is quite bitter upon Mr.. Ladd for
what its writer terms Mr.. Ladd's misin-
| terpretation Of his first letter, wholly
overlooking that it was not Mr.. Ladd's
inter probation, but the interpretation given
| to his letter by such distinguished mem
bers OF your board as the Revs. Ward,
Roy and Gilbert, together with others OF
the trustees, exclusive of Mr.. Ladd, that
had made Mr.. Hoods appeal Tor an eN-
| PLANTATION of that letter necessary.
These letters leave Il decided impress
sion upon your committee unfavorable to
Mr.. Jones talents for explaining the
meaning of his own letters. lie is, your
committee trusts, more charitable aud Il
better Christian than his letters indicate,
and is evidently warmly attached to and
anxious to aid his friend Mr.. Hood, and
bitterly opposed to Mr.. Ladd. But though
| he strives to undo what to him seems the
grave situation in which his admissions
have placed his friend, he practically adj
mlts in all his letters that Mr.. Hood did
use the words charged US to some OF the
! trustees named in the charge, thou, h
there seems to be q gradual failure with
| lapse OF time of his memory as to names,
In his first letter he remembers that the
phrase "knifing and robblng" was applied
to all the trustees named in the charge E;
in his second letter he can only remem-
Der distinctly the name OF one trustee to
whom the phrase was SO applied, and
two weeks later, when the third
letter was written, he could not recall
any name to whom the phrase was
so applied unless we are to understand
by admitting that Mr.. Hood said three OF
the trustees did not knife and rob he
means to have US infer that Mr.. Hood
did declare the balance of the six trustees
named in the charge did knife and rob.
The next OF the letters offered as new
evidence is dated July IL, 1889, from Rev.
Mr.. Chute, another OF the Middlesex
South association, to Mr.. Hood. Mr..
Chute does not say Mr. Hood did not use
| the expressions complained OF, but only
that he does mot recall the expression
knitting and robbing,'" rs being used al
the trial of Mr.. Ladd, though he remem-
bers that Mr.. Hood then gave him the
impression that "some OF the members OF
the board of trustees were nov above sus-
pirion OF completely with Mr.. Ladd, III
his to your (Hood's) mind dishonest
transactions witt Deacon Houghton. d"
Mr. Chute, in another part of his letter,
feels confident that 1t (obbing and knit,
ing) was not distinctly connected with
each OF the six members OF the board"
which would seem to imply that there
was u lingering suspicion in his mind
that it might have been used at least as
to some OF them but Mr. Chute does not
state that the words were not used as
charged, and therefore his letter is of lit
tie or 10 weight in this controversy.
The next of these letters is from Rev.
I. L. Sturges to Mr.. Hood, and dated
July s, 1889, in which the writer states
he does mot recall the language knitting
and robbing;" that in charging trustees
with Completely" with Mr.. Ladd the
charge was limited by Mr.. Hood to zone
or more" of the trustees, and that Mr..
Hood said "some, not all, of the trus-
tees" were in alliance with Mr.. Ladd in
land speculatons in connection with Mr..
Houghton. When it is remembered that
only "some, not all, the trustees" name
ly, six, are alleged in the charge OF Mr..
Ladd, and that lone OF more" will
readily include the six named, it will be
seen that this letter admits Mr.. Hood
charged the trustees with Completely
with Mr.. Laid" in the Houghton land
transactions, though the writer does
mot recall" the use OF the knitting and
robbing, which Mr.. Hood in his letter to
Mr.. Jones seems to have admitted he ap.
piled to d part OF the trustees named.
The next of these letters is dated July
i, 1889, and from Geo. NJ. Adams, an
other member OF the Middlesex South
association, to Mr.. Hood. Quoting the
language contained in Mr.. Ladd's charge,
the writer says something was said
about knitting and robbsng, but l do not
think it was connected with all those six
named" The letter also states that the
writer's recollection and memoranda
would make it improbable Mr.. Hood
could have made the statement in ones.
ton. By Statement" this gentleman
evidently means the exact statement us
contained in the charge, for that Mr..
Hood did use the expression knitting and
robbing as to some OF the trustees in this
matter is apparent from the part of this
letter first above quoted.
The next OF these letters is dated May
10, 1889, and from Mr., Peloubet to Mr.
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