te from my friend Judge
Heydenfeldt, saying that he wished to see me on important
business, and asking me to call at his office. I did so, and
he informed me that he had received a letter from Judge Field,
who was confident that if he could get the vote of California
in the Democratic National Convention, which would assemble
that year, he would be nominated for President and would be
elected as, with the influence of his family and their
connection, that he would certainly carry New York; that Judge
Field further said that a Congressman from California and
other of his friends had said that if I would aid him, I could
give him the California delegation; that he understood I
wanted official recognition as, because of my duel years ago,
I was under a cloud; that if I would aid him, I should have
anything I desired."

It will be observed that he here positively states that Judge
Heydenfeldt told him he had received a letter from Judge Field, asking
Terry's aid and promising, for it, a reward. Judge Heydenfeldt, in a
letter dated August 21, 1889, to the _San Francisco Examiner_,
branded Terry's assertion as false. The letter to the _Examiner_ is
as follows:

"The statement made in to-day's _Examiner_ in reference to the
alleged letter from Justice Field to me, derived, as is stated
by Mr. Ashe, from a conversation with Judge Terry, is utterly
devoid of truth.

"I had at one time, many years ago, a letter from Justice
Field, in which he stated that he was going to devote his
leisure to preparing for circulation among his friends his
reminiscences, and, referring to those of early California
times, he requested me to obtain from Judge Terry his,
Terry's, version of the Terry-Broderick duel, in order that
his account of it might be accurate. As soon as I received
this letter, I wrote to Judge Terry, informing him of Judge
Field's wishes, and recommending him to comply, as coming, as
the account would, from friendly hands, it would put him
correct upon the record, and would be in a form which would
endure as long as necessary for his reputation on that
subject.

"I received no answer from Judge Terry, but meeting him, some
weeks after, on the street in this city, he
excused himself, saying that he had been very busy, and adding
that it was unnecessary for him to furnish a version o