Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-26
WETMORE AND REYBuRN MEET
PHILADELPHIAN CALLS SENA-
TORS SON A COWARD.
Fails to Grasp Extended Olive
Branch-Mayor Of Quaker
City Makes Statement.

Rogers X. Wetmore, son of United
States Senator Wetmore of Rhode Island
| who. Lieut.. Peck. says. paid him SOCIAL
cali at police headquarters last Sunday
night, clashed with William Reyburn, sor
| of the mayor of Philadelphia, yesterday
| afternoon when they met In the H1bbs
| building, 723 18th street. No blows were
struck, however. and the men. who are
| reported to have quarreled about young
| lady, parted before many words had been
! spoken. At the time of the visit to Lieut.
Peck complaint was made that Reyburr
| had threatened to do Wetmore bodily
harm, but yesterday Wetmore displayed
no sign of fear
| Wetmore extended the olive branch, il
| is asserted, but Reyburn was not in
about 800 O'Clock, and Leon Root. the
elevator boy. seems to have been the only
one to have witnessed it,
Hello, Billy" Wetmore remarked to
Reyburn as they met on the eighth-hoor
landing, Reyburn going there to see At
torneys Hopkins & Hopkins.
Billy did not seem to relish the
familiarity, in view of recent develop
ments.
Coward" Preceded by Adjective.
Il think you are little coward" the
mark. prefacing the little coward with
an adjective.
Reyburn added to Wetmore that the lat
ter was just the man he wanted to see.
For what?' Wetmore inquired.
Il don't care for myself Reyburn an
swered angrily. grabbing Wetmore by the
lapes of his coat. but you're little
coward"
will you come down stairs?" Wetmore
| asked.
At that juncture the elevator boy re-
quested: "Gentlemen, please do not night
in the elevator" Wetmore having entered
the car when it reached the eighth floor.
Reyburn then proceeded to the attor-
ney's office. while Wetmore descended in
| the elevator. Before leaving the building
he reminded Leon Root that Leon had
heard Reyburn made threat, and said
he might want the elevator boy as a
witness.
But the boy insisted, Il didn't hear
him make any threats. All 1 heard him
say was the remark about a coward
Billy" Reyburn. as his friends know
him, and Rogers X. Wetmore were not
in evidence this morning.
A telephone inquiry at the house of Miss
Georgia Maury. 1923 Oregon avenue, the
young lady about whom, it is stated, the
friendship between the young men was
disrupted. ELECTED the information that
nothing was known there of the where
abouts of Billy" Reyburn.
Statement by Mayor Reyburn.
Mayor Reyburn is quoted in Philadel-
phia as saying:
1.-The report that my son has quarreled
with Rogers X. Wetmore and will fight
him is false. 1t is an outrage that such
rumors are given credence.
Now, let me tell you just how this case
stands. Rogers Wetmore and my son
have been the closest friends since they
were children. They have been around
the world together.
lone night recently my son. with his
mother and sister. was dining in Wash
ington restaurant. While he was in the
midst of his dinner William was sum-
moned to the telephone. He was called to
one of the clubs. where 1t appeared that
Wetmore had accused the man who had
charge of the clubs mail of holding back
his letters.
My son Strengthened matters the best
he could Then Wetmore went to police
headquarters and declared that William
Reyburn had threatened him. and that he
wanted a police guard at the Hotel Ar
lington, where he was stopping. My son
had not threatened him. He had done all
he could to get him out of trouble. 1t was
lust a fancy of young Wetmores brain. =