es, sir. Since that time I have seen a letter purporting to
come from Terry to Zack Montgomery, published in Washington,
in which he ascribed my action to personal hostility, because
he had not supported me in some political aspiration. There
is not one particle of truth in that statement. It is a pure
invention. In support of his statement he referred to a letter
received or an interview had with Judge Heydenfeldt. There is
not the slightest foundation for it, and I cannot understand
it, except that the man seems to me to have been all changed
in the last few years, and he did not hesitate to assert
that the official actions of others were governed by improper
considerations. I saw charges made by him against judges of
the State courts; that they had been corrupt in their
decisions against him; that they had been bought. That was
the common assertion made by him when decisions were rendered
against him."

He then referred to the above letters of Judge Heydenfeldt, declaring
Terry's assertion to be false.

It should be borne in mind that Terry's letter to Montgomery was
written September 8th. It directly contradicts what he had said to
ex-Congressman Wigginton on the 5th or 6th of the same month. To
that gentleman he declared that he knew of no "old grudge or little
difference" between himself and Judge Field. He said he had declined
to support the latter for the Presidency, and added: "That may have
caused some alienation, but I do not know that Judge Field knew that."

In his insane rage Terry did not realize how absurd it was to expect
people to believe that Judge Sawyer and Judge Sabin, both Republicans,
had participated in putting him in jail, to punish him for not having
supported Justice Field for the Presidency in a National Democratic
Convention years before.

Perhaps Terry thought his reference to the fact that Judge Field's
name had been previously used in Democratic Conventions, in connection
with the Presidency, might have some effect upon President Cleveland's
mind.

This letter was not forwarded to Zachariah Montgomery until a week
after it was written. He then stated in a postscript that he had
delayed sending it upon the advice of his attorneys pending the
application to the Circuit Court for his release. Again he charged
that the judges had made a false record against him, and that evidence
would be presented to the President to show it