Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-04-09
JOHNS. WISE TO MISS BELLE GREENE.
Dssses Hls wife Detained the Young Lady.
me Latter Now satisfed.


The wise-Greene fued Is endei uni ess
somo new complications arise, Gays the
New York Hsrcld Of yesterday.
John 8. Wise. the husband OF the lady
who, IL IL alleged. made uncomphmentary
remarks about Miss Belle Greene, took
the matter in his own hands YESTERDAY.
He wrote to Miss Greene long letter
as riveu in full below--in which, as the
responsible representative, OF the iauy
who bears his name, no denies, witaous
qualification, thasxhc ever detained MISS
Greene.
This was sent to the Young lady at the
New York Hotel, where she - domiciied.
The reading OF ID evidently made her very
bappy. for she beamed With Joy as sno
banded me n copy Of it last night.
1T is entirely satisfactory" she saia
entirely SO. II IN nm unqualified denial
that anything unpleasant. was said about
me by Mrs. Wise. and with that Arm con
tent. l cannot say anything further on
the subject"
anything for publication.
Il was reported yesterday that Colonel
Skinner, Miss Greene's aged grandfather.
who WAS the first TO demand an apology Tor
the supposed insult, had arrived IN the city
md was looking for MIR. Wise. AT the
New York Hotel IL was said that Coionei
Skinner had net arrived.
THE WISE LETTER.
After giving O history of the trouble.
with which the public is already famiiiaI,
MIR. Wise concludes his letter TO miss
Greene as follows: .
1.-THE burden Of the letter which you copieo o was
n demand that Mrs Wise apologize Tor some
supposed traduction or defamation OF you ,,,os,-
asher Eoprese ,.a,,a ,.r,nit mo In the most
pie Iot hes hst.c rsx 70 DENY that she has
Al any time, or in any presence, detained you.
Permit me 60 add IN her Denas ' to voup
knows absolutely notninx WI nenoi, ~ nv
dIscredii. and permit me on oe ma , o YOU
self to aa s1.n shss 10 think that Mrs.
MI. ~ Ia. defamed you, that person is
sec s You and malsnos her bad more IRE
s,,cn am IMPRESSION, with the language and the
place aud presence In which !; - alleged 70 nave
been used could be more DEFINITE, sitno ,,sn
after this most thorough d'sciaie, has Al.
OF tho morffyng p uo1lc. ~ IGNORE the pursuit
rss ,a ns sic,o9s originator OF this trouble
Considering everything, have resoivea 10 70
write 20 you and leave unanswered ,ae paper Spsr
delivered by your brother-the copy I'll yum
grandiathers le, re,cr., too well TO think that
nnow se, ,s to YOU he will insist on sending
the original, aud cannot believe that si.et ,n ,n
demand any apology from Mrs waso .'o,, ,nIns.
al hope the newspapers have done s1 ,,r,hn,sd
tice in many s'atemga, s.I N the interests OF
70 you. n, aa "a ssnsib,e solution OF this most
P caovn, sfia,r. ignore them altogether"
"''''' ,,sv At THE wrspow.
Mr.. and Mrs. wise hao Lesri Ha,, i nf tba;r
last evening Tan ran .no Fortr- fonrtb street.
residence, NO. 20 wes. So ~ anewered bv Mr.
Several otner ring1 .oad ont of the second.
Wise, VINO pun ni1 oiiad.
story WINDOW anu ,;antyr
"ha ;o 60 ;rt.rv'ew
"Well. Won can't have it. I'm sick, and
INV wife who has Just returned from Vir-
ginia. is iii ALSO"
s"Yon imply, in your letter to Miss
Greene, that the Herald has misrepresented
Won. What do you mean by THAR"
Saw. young man, / don't propose 10
contract pneumonia at this window 10
please you. i VIII say, nowose., .n"I
have been misrepresented. ana tnat sne
reporter who interviewed me 81 my ONCE
is untruthful."
"In what PARTICULAR"
"In whatf Say, do you realize that am
standing here bare-legged. III tell you IN
what. The whole interview about my wiie
was untruthful."
"Thenyou have no speclnc statement 10
comnlain of ?n
II complain of the entire interview as
nublished. The reporter is unreliable. l
know what I'm talking about"
Do You claim that he misrepresented
vonr wife's statement as well as your