The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-18
col. MosRY INDIGNANT.
ga is Sorry His SON Was so Poor a
Shot in the Mitkiewicz Fuss.
From the Neto York Sun.

He Is sorry his con was so Poor 6
Shot in the Mitkiewicz Fuss.
From the New York sun.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 15.-CoL John S
Mosby, the famous confederate guerrilla
who makes his home here. gave the fol-
,owing facts to-day regarding the alleged
shooting by his son of Count Mitkiewicz:
"rm sorry Beverly was so Door a shot.
Tsuppose, however. the Russian was run.
ling very fast. The circumstances are
these: Mitkiewiczs wife was Mary Mar,
shall Of Marshall, Fauquier county, al
which place lived for N my years She
i a granddaughter of ex-Chief Jus
nce John Marshall The family wa.
reduced TO poverty by the war, and sue.
ceeded in inducing Gen. Grant to appoint
Mary TO position in the treasury depart
ment. Her uncle, who was one of the IA
nous iurists, had placed in the depart
uent of the interior. In Washington she
met Mitkiewicz and married him. During
last winters season ia Washington he rent.
ed an expensive house, and lived in stump.
tuous style. He claims to have Chinese con-
cessions of vast value, and ne told me last
sDring that Senator Blair. who had then
lust been appointed minister to China, was
Interested in him.
my daughters spent last winter in Wash
ington and lived on the opposite side of the
street from Mitkie wicz's. Naturally, Mrs.
Mitkiewicz, who is an excellent woman
felt grateful to me and showed a good deal
Of attention to my daughters. l cautioned
them about Mitkiewicz and told them for
the sake of his wife to be civil to him. He
introduced one of his pals named Miller to
nv daughters. | never heard of Miller uu>
hi two months ago, when received letter
from MIN asking my consent to his marriage
with my daughter. | regarded it as piece
Of impertinence for a man whom | had
never heard of to write me such letter
without furnishing some credentials of his
character, and | treated his letter with
contempt. I wrote to my son to inquire
about him. 1t seems that my son discov-
cred that he was an imDostor, and very
properly held Mitkiewicz responsible for
Introducing him to his sister.
PITTsBURG, Aug. 15.-Miss Mosby's lover
is not Miller. 1t became known to-day
that be is the son of a wealthy banker of
New York. W. D. Moore, Miller's legal
adviser, IN consultation with reporter
this afternoon, said:
miller is not the name of the man that
committed the Connor tragedy, neither is
it the name of the man who served seven
years in the western peniteutiary for the
crime and is now the sultor fors the hand OF
as "Shoebox' Miller is the son of one of the
wealthiest business men and fnanciers in
Few York city. Miller Is the name he
adopted after his separation from his pa
rents, and when he himself first learned the
story of his early life.
"lhe story comes TO me from his own
lips, and l have no doubt it is true. For
convenience sake we will call him by the
name by which he is now known.
\
his father and mother were at variance and
the child, l believe, was deserted by his
father at the age of years His mother
died, and he was thrown upon the mercies
of the world. Since that time he has borne
a bitter hatred for his father. In fact he
would not recognize him as his father.
That the g circumstances are true, and that
Miller's father is yet very prominent and
wealthy View Yorker, is all know of the
mans ally history. l did not want to
know more, and 50 told Miller'
Miller has not yet returned to the city.