The Arizona sentinel., 1895-02-02
COn.nlIInIcatiOn,
OAKDALE, STANIsLAUs Co.,, CALI
 January 18th, 1895. ]
To the Editor of the SENTINEL:

LEAR SIR:-ReplylnS to recent article in the Yuma Times with reference to ne and the English Picacho Co.,, I wish to inform MT. Kirkbride, and the representatives of the English Co.,, that if they wish to know my whereabouts or as they call it hiding place, I have much pleasure in revealing it, as it seems mystery to them and should they ever be at loss to know my where abouts my attorneys Messrs. Wells & Lee of Los Angeles will always be able to give it to them. Strange 1 was in Los Angeles four months and continually saw the English Co.'s attorneys and Mir. Kirk brides tools were continually paying their visits to my office, but Kirkbride himself took good care to keep out of my way and staid at Pasadena.
 The mention in the Times that an action has been instituted against me by the Picacho Co.,, is the first intimation 1 have had. They had every opportunity for the last four months while I was in Los Angeles to take all the action they thought fit against me, but evidently they were waiting to find out when I was leaving the city and then try and throw their dirt at me through such a high toned paper as the Times of Yuma. If this is the way the English Co.,, through this Kirkbride have se- lected to fight me, must certainly admire them for their choice.
 have nothing more to do with the English Co. at Picacho, having sold out my stock to @ MT. Hudson of England, through this MT. Kirk bride, who was engaged by Birch & Hudson to come out and settle with me. No doubt many people in Yuma remember this young Birch, who made such 8 fool of himself on the platform of the Yuma depot, by denouncing Amer ica and the Americans and thanked the Lord he was an Englishman. This young man is a stranger to me. 1 never had any dealing with him, but he now calls himself the Chairman of the English Company. Heis MT. Hudson's tool and he who sent Mir. Kirkbride out to Pi- cacho, but I would not recognize Kirk bride or Birch's authority as they were strangers to me. Kirk bride tried to bulldoze me, but finally made 9 hasty retreat to Yuma, having gained little satis- faction. I sent his servant Parks who he had brought to put in charge back to New Mexico, from whither he came.
 Previous to Birch and Hudson visiting Picacho they sent out two experts Loch and Topp who con- irmed the value of the property in a cablegram sent to MT. Hudson and recommended him to buy the American vendors out which he did through these gentlemen.
 Clayton Smith was the only representative of the English Co.,, sent out by them that I ever re- cognized and the National Finan- cial corporation of London with Baron Grant it's President were the promoters of the enterprise and raised the capital of the English Picacho Co. in England and they induced Mr. Hudson, the soap boiler, stranger to me to put considerable money into the enter prise and at the same time sold Mir. Hudson a large slice of his promoters stock. The Baron evi. dently was too smart for Mir. Hud- son and appears to have played with him like a school boy and now it appears Hudson in his boy. fish wrath is trying to have hi' revenge on me and using Kirk
 bride for the occasion. If not would like to know what Hudson lis paying Kirk bride and the Yums Times for their blackmailing ar
 ticles. Iwould also like to know 1 who this Kirbrideis is and what au
 thority he has at Picacho as tht California Picacho Co.,, up to tn,
 time of my selling out my interes was pure and simple the EnglisI
 Go. in disguise. No books wer'