The herald., 1894-10-25
4 FRANK STATEMENT BY BuDD
Full and Convincing Story of
the Whole NefP Affair.
He Makes Complete Denial of an
Absurd Tale.
The Democratic Candidate for Gov.
ernor Makes Plain rhe Whole Truth
- to the Infamous Charges
Made Against Him.

San Francisco Examiner: The Rep
ublican state central committee has been
circulating q slanderous attack on Mr..
Budd. In the following statement Mr..
Budd disposes of the libel once for all
by proving that;
He did not betray girl of whom he
was guardian.
He did not send her to die in the pest
house.
He did not induce her to make a will
in his favor.
He did not attempt to profit by her
bequest.
He did not defraud her family.
What he did do was to treat with the
utmost kindness, consideration aud help
fulness girl whom he had known from
childhood; to care for her property. and
to relieve her last hours, when she had
fallen into trouble without his knowl.
edge. In token of her gratitude she
made will in his favor, which he caused
to be probated for the benefit OF her
brother. refusing to accept anything for
himself. Mr.. Budd continued to act as
guardian of the brother after the girls
death, remaining on the most friendly
terms with the whole family for years
thereafter until the parents fell into the
hands of a blackmsiiing lawyer, who in.
cited suit which was decided on every
point in Mr.. Budd's favor.
James II. Budd arrived in this city
from Marysville Sunday. Regarding
the charges published in an evening pa
per on Saturday, based on alleged trans
actions OF 16 years ago, on which suit
wac brought in Oregon IL years since,
Mr.. Budd made the following statement: !:
There is nothing new in all this
stuff that appeared iE the railroad
organ. The motive for its publication
at such q time as this ia of course, ap-
parent to every body. Dan Burns and
his state central committee must be
reduced to political as we'll as moral
penury to resort to such methods.
In Maryeyille | was put in possession
of one of these anonymous circulars,
headed -"Budd's Record" which con-
tanned matter originally published years
ago in scsndalous weekly paper at
Portland, Ore. In my speech at Oro-
vile on the came evening | denounced
the circular as containing mass of
infamous lies. The discovery of this
surreptitious circular and my denun-
citation of it forced Dan Burns to make
use OF his newspaper convenience in
San Francisco sooner than he had in
tended. The design was to spring il
Just on the eve of election when l
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dacious character. The publication it.
self shows that the papers embraced
in it were certified on September Oath
of this year. nearly month ago. The
editor of the Oregon paper, who is an
attorney, is now under proceedings for
disbarment for libelous offenees COM
mitted by his sheet.
As to the facts which have been 80
disfgured in the Burna circular and the
Burns organ, they are clear enough.
The articles themselves bear on their
face the evidence of their own fslsity.
The total amount of the estate of the
Nef children coming to me from the
distribution of their grsndfather's estate
was about $500. This money was prop.
erly handled and accounted for. | was
appointed the guardian of the estate OF
Nancy Neff, but not OF Nancy Neff her.
self. in May, 1874, and settled nay ac-
counts with her and the court in 1876,
and had her receipt therefor. My &C
counts were approved, and l was dis-
charged as the guardian of her estate
on that day and never after was her
guardian in any capacity. The money
of her estate coming to my hands was
received on July 2, 1874, and amounted
to $1736.1615, and the amount turned
over to her, after the allowances for fees,
commis5ions and expenditures on her
account, amounted to sl520.72. Nancy
Netf died in San Francisco about two
years later-in February, l877--of small
pox, at the smallpox hospital on
Twenty sixth street, and was attended
in her last illness by Doctors Rourke
and Clark, gentlemen 1 never met till
after she was taken to the hospital
/ was informed by telegram from
San Francisco of her removal to the
hospital. came from Stockton and
arranged with the doctors that they
should provide her with separate
room. nurse and every care that could
be bestowed. Before her death ghe ex-
ecuted a will leaving to me her estate,
the total value Of which, as Rppears by
the records in the probate court OF San
Francisco, WAS about $500. on which
Wun a uiOtt&hSo Va oDUub FtUUt bu6 nav
ing raiBed money on her property, and
received deed for portion of the Neff
donation land claim in Oregon in con-
sideration of advances to her people,
Her brother was at that time under age.
He was her favorite. AS the law re-
Quired, filed petition for the probate
of the will, had en- appreisement of the
estate made, and never applied for any
distribution of any of the property to
myself, as the records that have existed
in San Francisco for the last II years
will show. Her brother always re-
manned my friend and was my guest in
Stockton up to short time before his
death in 1889. I settled with her brother
Z In full in Portland, Ore, after he came
Of age, for my administration OF his es-
tste and took his receipt therefor. / re-
mained his agent in charge OF his por-
tion OF the Stockton property, collecting
the rents therefor, and when he visited
me at Stockton as my guest and we set
sled up our accounts gave him the real
estate OF his slater as it came to me By
hgr.will.
These deeds are OF record in Stockton.
never got from the estate OF Nancy
Nef one dollar.
BCDD's RELATIONS WITH THE NEFFs.
had known the Neffs since l was
child. had known old Mr.. Nef whom
he worked at loading teams in Stockton,
and had known old "Mother" Neff, a.
she was always called, for many years
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