Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-20
FULLER WINS.
The Whittier-DensO Affair
Settled.
Miss Kendall and Her Doodle
Go East.
The Last Chapter in a Celebrated
Scandal.
Fuller Gets a Favorable Settlement of
His Business Affairs-The Woman
in the Case Well Paid-A
New Partnership.

Saturday saw the last act in the Whit
ter-Denson matter.
W. F. Whittier has had the two suits
against his partner, w. G. Fuller, dis
missed; a new co-partnership agree
ment, greatly in favor of Fuller, has
been signed; Miss Kendall has been
paid large sum of money by Whittier
and sent to New York the details of
this extraordinary case have been kept
out of court and young Fuller has been
vindicated.
The particulars of the trouble between
Whittier and Fuller have been pub
lished in full in the Examiner. When
old Fuller died, his son, the present
member of the firm, succeeded to his in
terests in the business. Soon after
charges were put in circulation regard
ing an intimacy which is said to have
existed between young Fuller and
Miss Kendall. These were promulgated
by s. G. benson, at one time superior
court Judge in Sacramento, and then
the legal adviser of Whittier, the object
being to harass the young merchant and
compel him to retire from the firm.
Fuller was travelling in Europe at the
time these reports were published; but
copies of the papers were sent him, and
he at once returned to America to face
his traducers.
THE EXPOSE OF DENsoN.
Miss Kendall, who in the meantime
had left San Francisco, was found in
Minneapolis and willingly returned to
the city to defend her character, and
after many months of continued labor
every link was secured to make perfect
chain of evidence against Whittier
and benson in their conspiracy to ruin
Fuller.
1t was in the latter part of September
last that the sensational episode oc-
Cured in the rooms Of Miss Kendall, in
which benson found himself ruined
man. Being confronted by Fuller, De-
tective Curtin and LAWYER Franklin P.
Bull, he made full and free confession
OF his guilt, and laid the blame of the
entire disreputable proceeding on Whit
tier. The latter was in the southern
part of the state at the time, but when
he returned efforts were at once made
to hush the matter up.
Fuller had determined upon both
civil and criminal proceedings against
him and benson, but the influence of
their friends was brought to bear in
order that the case might be kept out OF
| the courts.
| At that time complications that had
arisen in the business were in the SUI
| perior court for final settlement, and
suit to get possession of valuable real
estate left by Fuller the elder had been
brought by Whittier against the surviv-
ing son. The settlement of these suits,
one way or the other, meant several
millions of dollars on either side.
A SETTLEMENT EFFECTED.
A settlement favorable to Fuller was
proposed, and ever since then negotia-
tions have been going on to that end.
Newlands, Allen and Herrin had the
case ia hand for Fuller, while CARRIER,
Boalt and Bishop were Whittier's legal
| representatives.
The result is that a victory has been
won by Fuller, and, what he regards of
more value than the financial advantage
he has gained, his good name has been
cleared from the slurs that had been cast
upon it. The new conditions of the
partnership are said to be greatly in his
favor, and both the suits brought by
Whittier against him have been dis
missed.
Miss Kendall, who threatened suit for
defamation OF character, has made
private settlement with Whittier, he
paying her expenses to New York and
settling with her besides for the sum of
$4,000. She left the city on Friday last
on the steamer City of New York for
New York by way of Panama.
w. P. Fuller has been dangerously i'll
at the Palace hotel for the past week,
no one being permitted to see him.
Yesterday he was resting easier, and his
medical advisers hope that the crisis is
| now mast I..