Ripley, who had traveled to Washington to meet with Secretary of the Navy Edwin C. Denby, was not permitted by Evans to enter the port at American Samoa and returned to exile in California, where he later became the mayor of Richmond.
Ripley, who had traveled to Washington to meet with Secretary of the Navy Edwin C. Denby, was denied entry into American Samoa by Evans and subsequently returned to exile in California, where he later became the mayor of Richmond.