Los Angeles herald., 1890-11-12

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"pressed both his correspondence and
"his visiting list. Taking up one of
"these rifed letters, Mr.. Wells, as con-
"sulate, put Mr.. Bradford at the bar un-
''der statute of the United States.
"Seward again came overland from Pc
''king, post haste, and had private
"interview with Wells, and told him not
'to pursue his policy, for it would ruin
"me,' said Seward. Mr.. Wells dis
"played his instructions. Seward then
'opened communication with Bradford
Sin Jail, to the great scandal Of Shang-
"hai, and while both rascals were
trembling in the balance, news came
"that Wells had not been confirmed by
"the senate. Seward put himself In
Communication with the proper place.
ellis cousin, Fred, was assistant secre-
"tary of state. They had Wells trans
''ferred to Hong Kong, so as to get him
"out of the way at Shanghai.
'Wells was man of force, and know
cling himself to be right, he declined to
'be bribed with better consulate at
''Hong Kong until his action should be
approved and the interests OF the
United States protected where he
"was."
Upon my being requested to take
Hong Kong, telegraphed 1 would not
go, and requested authority to return
home, by telegram which is as follows
"Evarts. Secretary Of State:
Refuse to accept Hong Kong; wait
authority to return home"
And thereupon 1 immediately started
for home.
And the statement of Frankenfeld,
that charges had been sustained against
my reputation was the cause of my re-
turn, is false, and he knew it to be false
when he uttered it.
With regard to his allegations as to
my practice, and to what my practice is
confined as lawyer, leave it to the
bar and the public with whom | have
been associated. I pronounce the same
as false and malicious lie, and was
known to be lie to Frankentieid when
he uttered it.
AS to my reputation for truth, / will
place it alongside his any day for inves-
tigation. and will stand by the verdict
of tho jury.
AS to his vile language, it simply
shows the character OF the man from
whom it emanates, for the wounded bird
always futters; and when he has no
defense to his course and conduct usually
resorts to the language which he en-
ploys against me. He knows that he is
| the man, although his name was not
mentioned, who was working for the
opening of Fort street, which would cost
the individuals paving the assessment
$64, 900, and he dare not deny it.
l have been obliged tU go into detail
for the purpose of showing the wilful
Misrepresentation and slanderous state
ments of this man Frankenfeld, who
never has risen higher than the ward
politician since he has been in this city,
and at some future time may possibly
be called upon to go further into the
history of this individual, and his repu-
tation and standing as man. At the
present time, however, do not feel dis
posed to say further than this.
l did not charge the council of this city
of being of like men with himself. There
are honest men among them. Whether
Frankenfield is honest or not leave it
for the public to determine, and will say
in the language of another: "Let the
CALLED jade vince, our withers are un-
wrung"
Let the wounded bird hutter; let him
deal in ISLANDERS; they will only recoil
upon his own head. The public know
me and know him the public will place
an estimate upon a man who could be
guilty of such infamous conduct. Why
did he not meet the charges fearlessly and
squarely, instead of attempting to
blacken and soil citizens reputation
by base ISLANDERS and vituperative Ian
guage, such as no gentleman will conde-
scend to use; although, if any person
was ever justified in using such vulgar
language, would be justified in using
such towards him, who, lost to all sense
of honor, attempted, by his cowardly
course. to use the place to which he had
been elected by the people, as spot to
attack a citizen by slandering his char
acter. am, very respectfully, T.
G. WILEY WELLS.