Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-04-10
WISES AND GREENES
m,ss BELLE OUT OF IT, GUT WRAN-
Giles STILL CONTINUE.
Mr.. yNiss psnounces n Newspaper Man
and getort IL Made Mt once-fhe
Former HAS y Witness
Now York World Of yos,eraay.l

skinner affair. In 80 Tar as tho P'he'P"'
themselves are concerned. The letter
Which Captain John s. Wise sent 10 Miss
isabel Greene on Thursday night seems To
have acted like an emollient upon the whole
ouarrel. Late last evening young Frede-
rick Greene said to World reporter In the
readino-room of the New York Hotel
"Tbe matter ia ended. Neither my
fo,ber nor INV grandfather will come here;
| There il no answer necessary to Colonei
Wiss,s note. The whole controversy was
unfortunate. am glad It IL ended"
There il A prospect, however, that the
Southern Society will take some action IN
the matter. since the grave rumor u gene
rally abroad that one OF its members took
advantage OF gossip hoating aoou. tne
clnb regarding the trouble, and after for
mulating the gossip sold 1t to local sheet.
An effort is now on foot TO connect two
suspected members of the society with the
| ignoble bsrtef, and il the sale can be To-
Gated there will be a club scandal added TO
the original scandal about the refusal 10
receive Miss Greene at the Mendelssohn
Assembly dances. Every available men,
Der Of the club who could be found about
the house IN west Twenty fifth street yes
terday discreetly said that the nrst IN
formation he mad about the imbroglio was
cleaned from the newspapers.
THE REPORTERS CARD.
The following communication was sent
TO the Word during the day by the
representative of the sheet which first
made the history of the trouble pu ollc, and
who interviewed the various people direct
ly connected with the affair:
To ne Editor of he World:
On the score Of fair play 10 a news
paper man whose standing has always been
above reproach, both in this country and
abroad, / ask the insertion of tue following
statement:
In a letter printed in several of to-day's
New York papers Mr.. John s. Wise has
seen fit TO strike at me over the head of a
young lady for whom he processes friend
ship. / think it would have been more
| manly to have struck at me directly. but
| let that pass. He says he has found mt
! untruthful. As my acquaintance with the
| gentleman began at about 2 o'clock last
| Tuesday afternoon and ended not more
| than fifteen minutes later. and as he HIM
self occupied most of that brief space III
| heaping insults on the newspaper and pro-
| fession / represent, L fail to see how he IA
| qualified to pass judgment on my truthful
ness, 10 which better men than he Will
| bear witness.
| The facts are that / called on Mr.. Wise at
| the special request of his wife, which should
|
| but did not. he clustered aud swOre
when | explained my business. aud the
| only inaccuracy of my article published
| Wednesday morning was when l toned
| down his unprIutable epithets.
| Mr. Wise says that ! inveigled his wife
into talking. / did nothing of the sort
| Mrs. Wise had never seen me before the
evening of my call. and she read the name
of the paper / represented plainly printed
on my card. She knew sue YVES speaking
| for publication and answered all nv ques-
| tions OF her own free Will and al length.
| IL that was indscreet IT was not my fault,
but Dir Wise is one of those who believe
that having got himself into such an un-
pleasant mess. the easiest way out IS to
sacrifice the reporter. He IL mistaken
In the course OF our interview j did not
heve a chance 10 tell MIR. Wise, but do so
now, that on Monday night last Mrs. Wise
assured me that II was her own husband
| NOW 80 devoted to Miss Greene in his
| anti-duel Apology who was the chief OBJ
| jector TO Miss Greene's beng invited 20 the
| assembly dances. As | am the only person
| who heard Mrs. Wise make this damaging
statement it Is not difficult TO understand
why Alr. Wise is anxious now TO Impeach
my veracity.
lf he Is not satisfied with this statement
he can call and get another.
Very truly yours,
CLEVELAND MoFTETT,
His friends say, on behalf Of hlr. Moifett.
that he Is reporter of the highest stand
ing III the profession, has had important
missions both at home and abroad con-
6ded 10 him by his employer, and that
what he saws of the facts involved will be
accepted as entirely true by those who
know him.
HIS WITNESS.
The letter was shown to Captain WISE
last evening, and he SAID he had no
other comment TO make upon it than TO
saw that witness heard the interview be-
tween MIS-. Wise and Mr.. Mofett. as well as
that between himself and Mohett. That
witness IL ready To speak, Mr. Wise added.
land he cOrrOboTates both myself and
Mrs. Wise in our statements that MOfet's
reports OF both interviews are untruthfui
Mrs. Wise was starting iOr Virginia on
the World STAIR business when MOfett
called. lie was admitted on the supposi-
ton that be desired information about
that matter, else he would never have
gained an interview.
"B. T. Edwards. my clerk. had brought
Mrs. Wise's tickets to her house and heard
the interview. When Moifett visited my
Office the next day, the same witness heard
every word. TIE young man hatters HIM
| self If he thinks ne succeeded III securing
any interview without witness. But
really dou't feel that ought TO talk any
more newspaper has even as late as
this evening, apparently unintentlona!ly,
but nevertheless put me IN . most unjust
and awkward position, by representing me
Us throwing the Onus OF publicity on Miss
Greene's friends. That L refuse to do most
positively.
The statement that my wife told the
2 reporter that was the chief objectoT TO
Miss Greene may possibly spring from this
: mans lack of intelligence; otherwise 1t
must 90 with his other false statements.
APPROVED BY HIM.
"Mrs. Wise never told him anything OF
the sort She told him that whatever she
: had done as TO the objection made was
, approved by her husband, and that she
had acted on his advice. He had told her
t TO say he was responsible Tor her course
, and TO refer any one lnqulTing 70 him. she
E never implied that the objections came
3 either from herself or me-"
! Captain Wise was also asked how he sup
e posed the publication Of the squabble
T originated in the first place.
II ONLY know what this reporter told
me-" the Captain answered. :" He SAID II
was purchased from some party"
WAS your letter TO Miss Greene salts
factory, Captain 2"
! u presume il was. else il would hardly
have been published. did not request us
publication, out 1 expected it would be
:, given out"
! In Captain Wise's letter of Thursday
evening, which he directed 10 Miss
o Greene berself, instead of to her grand
father, Colonel skinner, the writer ex.
, plains that masmuch as the mIssiye IS IN
her own hand ana not her grandfather's
he deems her the proper person with whom
y TO communicates. In mere emphatic lan-
e euage than III the note which Mrs. Wise
. herself sent to Colonel skinner, Captain
= Wise disclaimed that his wife has ever. at
II any time or in any presence. DETAINED the
: Young woman In the same note Captain
Wise said Il feel disposed 10 ignore the
pursuit of the malicious originator OF thi'
trouble" And he also added, referrinG
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