Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-04-11
The Wise-Greene Affair.

The Wise-Greene Affair.
a dispatch from New York says: There
Ia no prospect that any more uppleasantness
will occur In the Wiae Skinner affair, In go
far as the principals themselves ere con-
oerned. The lttt.r which Cspt. John g.
Wlee ssnt to Mis- Isabel Greene on Tours
day nigh. seems to have acted like an emol.
lient upon the whole quarrel. Friday even
Ing young Frederick Greene said to re-
porter:
"The matter is ended. Neither my father
nor my grandfather will come here. There
Is no answer necessary to Col. Wiss's note.
The whole controversy was unfortunate. l
am glad 1t is ended"
There Ia q prospect, however. that the
Southern Society will take some action In
the matter, sinoe tae grave rumor Is gener'
ally abroad that one OF its members took
advantage Of gossip floating about the club
regarding the trouble, and after formulating
the gossip sold 1t to newspaper. An effort
Ia now on foot to connect two suspected
members OF the society with the ignoble
barter. and II the sale can be loostsd there
will be club scandal added TO the original
scandal ebout the refusal to receive Miss
Greene at the Mendelesohn Assembly dances.
Every available member OF the club who
could be found about the houee on Friday
iiacrestIy eaid that the first information he
had bout the imbrogio wss glesned from
the newspapers
Another dispatch says: New light Is
| thrown upon the Wee.Green controversy,
| which has go e;irred up southern socicst7 In
this CITY, By q letter received blythe Press
! from Cleveland MCffe!t, q reporter for the
Herald, f;cm which 1t would appear that
Mrs, John s. Wise informed him that her
| husband was the person who ot1soted 10
Miss Green being Invited TO the Mendei'
| ssohu Hail dances.
| Mr., Wise wrote letter to Miss Greene,
| in which be positively denies that his wife
u!tsred defsmatory remarks about her CHAR
sctsr, or knew anything whatever to her
| dlscFedi..
He adds: SIT any ons has led you and
yoAr grandfather to think that Mrs. Wise nae
F! delataed you, that person is decelving you
aad rnallgning her." He concludes By say
| ing lhet in the interests Of peaceful and
sensible collation. Of the afsir, he will ignore
! many statements attributed to Miss Greene.
! He also ssstes tie reporter who Interview"
ed him snd Mrs. Wise was not truthful Gnd
| sntrapped her By falsahood into taxing for
| publication.
III. Wise probably expected en- snsFef
| from bliss Green's to the effect that his ex-
olane.icn was eninently satisfactory, ous In
view Of new light thrown on the affair by
Mr. Moffstt, 1t il possible that her answer
may net be as plsaeIpg to him Rs he expect
ed. The end is evidently not YET.
The following is MIR. Mofett's letter:
| To The Editor Of the Press:
Sir: On the tcore OF fsir play to newspaper
man whose standing has always bsen above re-
| proach, both in this country and abroad, l ASK
| the insertion of the following statement:
| In letter printed in several OF the new
| York papers Mr.. John e. Wise h 8 zen fit to
| strike at me over the head offs young lady for
whom he processes friendship. think 1t would
/ have boon MI re manly to have struck at me dl.
rectly, but lot that pes. He says he mrs founa
me untIuthful. As my scquaint'nce with the
| gentleman begin at a Mt o'clock last Iuts1ay
afternoon and ended not moro than fifteen min.
ut,s later, and ss he him:elf occupied most OF
that brief space in heaping Insults on the news
paper aud profession repretent, l ISL to see
! how be is qualified to passjudgment on my Truth
/ fulness, to which better men than he vi rear
witness.
The fact1 arc that called on Mr. Wise at the
special request O, his wife, which should have in
| turcd me courteous reception, but did not. He
/ clustered ard swore when l explained my busl-
ness, and the only insccuracJ OF my article pup,
\ lished Wednesday morning Was when toneo
down his unprintable epishets. >,
Mr.. Wise says that invtigled his vile I'D 1nlo
| talking I did nothing Of the sort. Mrss wise
had never seen me before the evening OF my call,
and che read the name OF the paper representeu
plainly printed on my card. She knew sho "as
speaking for publication and answered all my
| questions of her own free will aud st length IL
that Was indiscreet 1t was not my fault, but Mr..
| Wiue is one of those who believe that having got
himself into such an unplea: ant mos, the easiest
way out is to tacrifco the reporter. lie ID nls-
| taken.
In the curse of our interview I did nos have
& chance to tell Mr.. Wise, but do 80 now. thit on
Monday night last Mrs. Wise sssursd me that II
was her own husband (now so devoted to MISS
Greene In his anti duel apology who Was tne
chief or tjector to Miss Greene being invited 10
the assembly dances. As am the only person
| who heard Mrs Wise make this damaging state
ment 1t is not dificnlt to understand why hr
visa is anxious now t. inpeach my veracity.
II he is not satisfied with this statement he can
call and get another. Very truly yours,
CLEVELAND MoFyE1TT.
His irlends ssy, on behalf Of Mr.. Mofett
that he Ia q reporter of the highest standing
In the profession, has had important mis-
sione both at home and abroad ccnaded tc
him by his employer, aud thas'whas he says
of the facts involved wiIl be accepted as en-
tirely true by those who know h.m.
The e,ter was shown to Captain Wise ano
he said hs had no other comment to MAKE
anon II than to say that witness beard tht
interyisw between Mrs. Wise and Mr.. Mol
iett, as well az that between himself sne
Moffatt. THAT witness ia ready to speak |,
Mr.. Wise added, land he corroborates Doll
myself aud Mas Wise In our statements
that Mofett's reports Of both Interview
are untruthfaI.
MRS. Vice was starting fer Virginia or
the Worlds Fsir business when Metet'
called. BE was admitted on the suppotl
tion that he de.ited information about tha
matter, else he would never have gained ar
i1iervlew.
"B. E. Elwardr. mp olers, had lrousht
Mrs. Wise's t,cke;s to her hoase aud hesro
the interview. When Moffe:t visited my