The morning call., 1894-12-24
What Gribble Jr. Says His
Father Must Take.
TRIED TO GET RID OF HIM.
The Son Authorized His Being
Thrown Overheard.
NOT UNGRATEFUL, BUT WEARIED
Josiah Gives Some Inside History of
the Alleged Lear" Desertion
of His Parent in Auckland.

The alleged desertiou at Auckland of
70-year-o1 John II. Gribble by his son
Josiah, both of whom arrived Saturday by
the Arawa. apparently has another side
to it. AS published in THE CALL yester-
day. the old man claimed t. be a kind of
Lear; said that he had been basely de-
serted by his son, and had been forced to
accompany him on the Arswa as stow
away.
Now comes Josiah, the supposed in
CRATE, and in round terms retOrts TO his
aged parent, while defending his own ac-
lions. Moreover. he mainta that he
has washed his hands forever of his IN
natural progenitor.
IL told the captain of the Arawa," said
Josiah GrbbIe yesterday, "that L did not
care what he did with my father. He
might leave him at Samoa or throw him
overheard, for anything l cared. l washed
my bands of hun. l also informed my
father. when he appeared from his place
of concealment on board. That he might
ind himself marooned on some Island
before he reached America.
Ever since | can remember the old man
has been burden TO US. He Is only get
ting his own medicine When he was
well-to-dO and my mother was struggling
with a sick family and a load of small
uoDtS no WUuIu Qul6blH RO On anu iedNc us
and remain away for years without letting
US know where he was.
ION one occasion, at Marquette, Mich,
L ana my brother were sick with the
typhoid fever. and my mother had con-
tracted several liabilities at the country
stores. My father had some $4,000 or $4,000
in hand and he came 10 me one day. was
his favortte son, l admit that-and wbis-
pering Isl, l must get out of this sllpped
SO under my pillow and left the house.
He was absent two years on some mining
quest, and we did not know where he was
and never received cent from him. That
happened many times.
Son the way out TO Auckland he insult
ed my wife on several occasions before
crowd of people so that she had TO repulse
him.. determined to be rid of him, and
arranged for him to go to his rich broth
er's in Australia. But he returned to
Auckland just as we were about starting
fer San Francisco.
81 then told him to stay In Auckland I'M
til we were settled here or in Mexico, gave
him $50 and promised him $50 more at the
dock, for L suspected that he would try to
accompany me. Sure enough he did, and
again disgraced US. What we have had to
suffer at his hands is incredible.
but | have determined TO put stop to
ii. | have refused TO pay his fare, and
shall not give him one cent. He has money
of his own; | engage that he has 500 at
least 10 his pocket today. He has rich
relatives in Grass Valley; let him 90 TO
them. L wash my hands of him."
Mr.. Gribble spoke in evident bitterness
| of spirit. created by a strong sense of
| wrong. He expressed an emphatic I'M
willingness to tell all he could of his
fathers acts.
II do not wish to expose my own father
to public reprebaton. But for this | could
a tale unfold which would make that old
man whom [ am sorry to say is my father
appear in quite another light than the vic
tim of lis sons ingratllude.
"My character and reputation as a citi-
zen and a member of society are we'll
known at Tacoma, where l have lived for
fourteen years, reared a family and sue
ceeded in business. | refer any in doubt
to respectable residents tOf Tacoma, To
business men or bankers, among whom |
| am well known, and where my character
will bear the most rigid Investigation.
And as regards my father. let them
write TO my mother, Mrs. John Gribble. of
| Tacoma. or to either of my brothers. John
| w. or William H. of Tacoma and Seattle
| venture to say that the result will place
| both me and my father in very different
| light before the public.
| zone word more: My father has
brother-a rich brother-in Australia, and
many other old friends among the Cornish
residents out here. l left him S35. and
would have given him $50 more but for
| his going back on our agreement for him
to remain at Auckland until had found
| place TO SETTLE.