Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-08-17
Col Mosby on Nitkiewicz

A dispatch fran San Francisco says
washington dispasoh. relate how Beverly
G. Mosby, son Of the famous guerrilla chief
tain, Jobe S. McsbY, had made an attempt
upon the life OF Count MiSklewlis COL
John 8. Mosby, the father, vac interviewed
| yesterday aud said:
ks. Beverly @. Mcsty 10 my son. ] an
| sorry thet be il euch poor shot. Isuppoee
| however, that the Russian vas running vsrJ
! fast. Tho circumstances are these Nuke.
wicz's vile vas Mary Malahall, OF Marsbsl'
| Fsuqulev county, al which place lived for
many years. She Ia granddaughter Of e1-
Chief Justice John Marshall. The family
was reduced to poverty b. the var, and
| succeeded in inducing Gen. Grant to appoint
! Mary TO position lie the Treasury Depart.
msnG. Hes unclo, who wsa scn OF the IS
| nous jurist. had plsoad In the Depart
ment of the Interior. In Washington Mary
met Mhkewitz aud married him. Dur
ing inss wintsr's season In Washing
ton he rented 60 expensive house aud lived
In suml taous Sly 10 He claims 60 have Chi
nese concessions of vast value, and told me
| last spr!Dg that Blair, who mad just then
been appointed az minister to Chinaj was
interested with him. He and Mr. Blair are
| great cbums. My mother and daughters
spent last winter In Washington, and lived
on the opposite side of the street. Natural.
| ly Mrs. MitkiewitZ, who ss al excellentlsdy
| felt grateful to NE and showed q good deal
of attention to my daughters. l cautioned
them about Mitkiewloz, but tod them for
| The sake OF his vile to be civil to him. IL sp-
pears that he introduced friend named
Miller to my daughters. / never heard OF
Miller until two montbs ago, when reoalv-
ed letter from hIm aaklpg nv consent to
his marrying my daughter. | regarded II
ss's pisoeof impertEe for man ofwhom
| had never heard to write mo such q letter
without furnishing come credentials Of his
character. wrote my son to Inquire about
mF SOD discovered that be was en- impcseor,
and very properly held Mitkiewiez raaponsl-
| BILE for introducing him to his aistsr.h
| In reference to the above Count Mitkiewicz
ssid in Washington yesterday:
"ColonH Gosby's tale OF his relations with my
family, Ia what ono might expect from tho parent
OF a cowardly little assassin. My family owes
| nothing to him, and his pr ,ssnt attitude ID in
striking contrast TO the one he manifested when
came back from China Just exactly four years
sgo Then he took the trouble to call on ard ir
troducs himself 10 me In Gam Francisco and D. gan
to beg mt TO secure place in one Of my ensor-
prses for his boy Beverly. The young man call
ed on ne as soon IS reached Washington and re-
pewed the application, and ! would hsye helped
him out if the Bsrkor Fl SGD had not occurred.
Only three months sgo the Colonel was in Wash
ir pton, snd gave dinner in his honor at my
residence. Then, from sill he said, he could not
do enough for mo. I have male up my mind.
however, principally because my wife is really Ill
from ell this publicity, 10 say nothing more about
the Miller -Mosby entanglement. ! think people
generally understand from what has gone on that
was in the right.