Music Trade Review
Issue: 1885 Vol. 9 N. 2 - Page 8
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the unfortunate fact that he can threaten my printers
with libel suits.
But let me review some of TBUE NOBILITY'S remark-
able statements, which I will do in as few words as
possible.
He called the Music TRADE REVIEW an "obscure
semi-monthly." If it is obscure why does he sue me
for twenty thousand dollars damages for a libel al-
leged to have been published in it?
Concerning the matter struck out of my answer in
his suit against me, he asks several questions. For
replies he must consult my attorney, Mr. HEKBEET
T. KETCHAM. What remains in the answer is, I sup-
pose, sufficient for all practical purposes.
Concerning his offer to compromise the suit brought
against him by Messrs. CONOVEB BKOS., he says that
his action was characterized by a spirit of manly fair-
ness which a fellow like WELLES cannot be expected
to understand, (sic.) Will TKUE NOBILITY please ex-
plain whether his offer to retract his alleged libel
against Messrs. CONOVER BBOS. was really due to a
"TRUE NOBILITY."
HAT marked example of "True Nobility," JOHN spirit of manly fairness, or to a fear of the libel suit,
C. FBUEND, is at it again. He never seems or because the orders from the West for copies of his
able to comprehend the truth of that wise old paper containing the alleged libel had ceased.
Next we come to an important statement, which
saying, "Speech is silver, but silence is golden."
Whenever he is criticised and attempts to reply, he read as follows:
The trade will doubtless remember that when
bares his neck to the headsman's axe with a guileless WELLES
was arrested by Mr. KUKTZMANN, of Buffalo,
freedom that would be touching if it were not lu- for a foul libel, he only escaped condign punishment
by publishihing a most abject apology.
dicrous.
The libel suit brought against me by Mr. KUKTZ-
In the music trade attachment to the issue of his
MANN
was virtually settled when the court granted an
paper for August 22, FEBUND has an article headed,
order
to change the place of trial from Buffalo to
"Let the Galled Jade Wince," in which he makes a
New
York,
which threw all the burden of traveling,
quantity of not only absurd, but absolutely false
loss
of
time
and of expense upon the prosecuting
statements, and right here I am constrained to, that
witness.
Having
secured this victory I then stated
instead of replying to FBEUND'S childish remarks
in
the
paper
that
if I had said anything that was
concerning me, I am frequently tempted to review
unjustifiable,
I
would
do my best to make amends for
his whole career in detail and settle him once and
it
by
throwing
open
the
columns of this paper to any
forever. I certainly would do so if it were not for
T
statement Mr. KURTZMANX might wish to make. Mr.
KUKTZMAKN never made any statement, and there the
matter dropped, until the DISTRICT ATTORNEY of
Erie County entered a nolle, proeequi in the case a few
months after. I never approached Mr. KURTZMANN in
the matter, and I have to-day in my desk a number
of letters written by my friends in New York to in-
fluential people in Buffalo, asking Mr. KURTZMANN to
withdraw the case. These I never delivered. About
a year and a half after this case was dismissed, one
of my representatives visited Buffalo and called up-
on Mr. KURTZMANN who received him with so much
politeness and even cordiality, that when he inform-
ed me of the fact I wrote the following letter:
NEW YORK, January 7, 1883.
MR. C. KURTZMANN,
MY DEAR SIR : —Ever since my representative call-
ed on you in Buffalo, I have been trying to find time
to write you, to express my appreciation of the
friendly feeling which you manifested towards me
and my paper. Since you have shown so much good
will, I am free to state, that I regret that any mis-
understanding should ^have arisen between us, and
trust that in the future there shall be no cause for
any differences. If there is any way in which I can
serve your interests at any time I shall be glad to do
so.
Very sincerely yours,
C. A. WELLES.
This is the abject apology I made.
TRUE NOBILITY refers to the success of his play
and his rendition of the principal part. I never al-
luded to his "rendition" that I remember, Indeed I
think that in certain characters he might appear to
good advantage as he is eminently theatrical in all he
does. As Jeremy Diddler, in 'Raising the Wind,"
for instance, he might be immense.
But the most monstrous lie of all is where he
says that he advanced me money because I came
to him begging hla assistance. He never advanced
me a cent in his life, and I was only too glad to be
able to get from him installments on amounts long
overdue.
Augustus Baus & Co.
OFFER TO THE TRADE THEIR NEW AND ATTRACTIVE STYLES OF
SOLID IN CONSTRUCTION,
BRILLIANT IN TONE,
MAGNIFICENT IN TOUCH,
HANDSOME IN DESIGN,
SOLID IN CONSTRUCTION,
BRILLIANT IN TONE.
MAGNIFICENT IN TOUCH.
BEAUTIFUL IN FINISH.
BEAUTIFUL IN FINISH.
tS^T'Agents Wanted Everywhere.
ts Wanted EverywJiere.
Correspondence Solicited,
Correspondence Solicited.
^©s
PIANO^FORTES
m~ CATALOGUES AND PBICES MAILED
Warerooms, 26 West 23d Street
Warerooms Removed to 58 West 23d Street.
ON APPLICATION. _ ^ j
Factory, 528 West 43d Street
-- digitized with support from namm.org
THE arcade-museum.com
MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
11
the unfortunate fact that he can threaten my printers
with libel suits.
But let me review some of TBUE NOBILITY'S remark-
able statements, which I will do in as few words as
possible.
He called the Music TRADE REVIEW an "obscure
semi-monthly." If it is obscure why does he sue me
for twenty thousand dollars damages for a libel al-
leged to have been published in it?
Concerning the matter struck out of my answer in
his suit against me, he asks several questions. For
replies he must consult my attorney, Mr. HEKBEET
T. KETCHAM. What remains in the answer is, I sup-
pose, sufficient for all practical purposes.
Concerning his offer to compromise the suit brought
against him by Messrs. CONOVEB BKOS., he says that
his action was characterized by a spirit of manly fair-
ness which a fellow like WELLES cannot be expected
to understand, (sic.) Will TKUE NOBILITY please ex-
plain whether his offer to retract his alleged libel
against Messrs. CONOVER BBOS. was really due to a
"TRUE NOBILITY."
HAT marked example of "True Nobility," JOHN spirit of manly fairness, or to a fear of the libel suit,
C. FBUEND, is at it again. He never seems or because the orders from the West for copies of his
able to comprehend the truth of that wise old paper containing the alleged libel had ceased.
Next we come to an important statement, which
saying, "Speech is silver, but silence is golden."
Whenever he is criticised and attempts to reply, he read as follows:
The trade will doubtless remember that when
bares his neck to the headsman's axe with a guileless WELLES
was arrested by Mr. KUKTZMANN, of Buffalo,
freedom that would be touching if it were not lu- for a foul libel, he only escaped condign punishment
by publishihing a most abject apology.
dicrous.
The libel suit brought against me by Mr. KUKTZ-
In the music trade attachment to the issue of his
MANN
was virtually settled when the court granted an
paper for August 22, FEBUND has an article headed,
order
to change the place of trial from Buffalo to
"Let the Galled Jade Wince," in which he makes a
New
York,
which threw all the burden of traveling,
quantity of not only absurd, but absolutely false
loss
of
time
and of expense upon the prosecuting
statements, and right here I am constrained to, that
witness.
Having
secured this victory I then stated
instead of replying to FBEUND'S childish remarks
in
the
paper
that
if I had said anything that was
concerning me, I am frequently tempted to review
unjustifiable,
I
would
do my best to make amends for
his whole career in detail and settle him once and
it
by
throwing
open
the
columns of this paper to any
forever. I certainly would do so if it were not for
T
statement Mr. KURTZMANX might wish to make. Mr.
KUKTZMAKN never made any statement, and there the
matter dropped, until the DISTRICT ATTORNEY of
Erie County entered a nolle, proeequi in the case a few
months after. I never approached Mr. KURTZMANN in
the matter, and I have to-day in my desk a number
of letters written by my friends in New York to in-
fluential people in Buffalo, asking Mr. KURTZMANN to
withdraw the case. These I never delivered. About
a year and a half after this case was dismissed, one
of my representatives visited Buffalo and called up-
on Mr. KURTZMANN who received him with so much
politeness and even cordiality, that when he inform-
ed me of the fact I wrote the following letter:
NEW YORK, January 7, 1883.
MR. C. KURTZMANN,
MY DEAR SIR : —Ever since my representative call-
ed on you in Buffalo, I have been trying to find time
to write you, to express my appreciation of the
friendly feeling which you manifested towards me
and my paper. Since you have shown so much good
will, I am free to state, that I regret that any mis-
understanding should ^have arisen between us, and
trust that in the future there shall be no cause for
any differences. If there is any way in which I can
serve your interests at any time I shall be glad to do
so.
Very sincerely yours,
C. A. WELLES.
This is the abject apology I made.
TRUE NOBILITY refers to the success of his play
and his rendition of the principal part. I never al-
luded to his "rendition" that I remember, Indeed I
think that in certain characters he might appear to
good advantage as he is eminently theatrical in all he
does. As Jeremy Diddler, in 'Raising the Wind,"
for instance, he might be immense.
But the most monstrous lie of all is where he
says that he advanced me money because I came
to him begging hla assistance. He never advanced
me a cent in his life, and I was only too glad to be
able to get from him installments on amounts long
overdue.
Augustus Baus & Co.
OFFER TO THE TRADE THEIR NEW AND ATTRACTIVE STYLES OF
SOLID IN CONSTRUCTION,
BRILLIANT IN TONE,
MAGNIFICENT IN TOUCH,
HANDSOME IN DESIGN,
SOLID IN CONSTRUCTION,
BRILLIANT IN TONE.
MAGNIFICENT IN TOUCH.
BEAUTIFUL IN FINISH.
BEAUTIFUL IN FINISH.
tS^T'Agents Wanted Everywhere.
ts Wanted EverywJiere.
Correspondence Solicited,
Correspondence Solicited.
^©s
PIANO^FORTES
m~ CATALOGUES AND PBICES MAILED
Warerooms, 26 West 23d Street
Warerooms Removed to 58 West 23d Street.
ON APPLICATION. _ ^ j
Factory, 528 West 43d Street
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