The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-05-06
The ssWhIpping an Editor'' Affair.

The "whIpp'ng an Editor'' Affair.
| The following communication was sent Us
yesterday by Mr. Reitz, aud we publish it at
his request:
| EVANSVILLE, May 9Th, 1854.
! Mr.. SAKDERs:-In the article in " ur dali
| ly paper, which is headed Whipping an d.
tor, see you have been greatly mistaken,
where you state that when asked for MIR.
Deitch, that he to- me he was up stairs
asleep-that a respectable citizen told you SO.
He told you an infamous lie; and il would
appear like it was in the night when this hap
I pened can tell you that it was between 6
and o'clock in the afternoon and that ! did
not 90 there with the intention To whip him,
as you state in your paper. went there
with the intention to find out the author Of
that shameful, ridiculous piece he published
against me. When came to MIR. Dietsch's
house, Mr.. Scheffer, his partner, came to
the gate in company with two other persons.
Mr.. ScbRffer lives in the same house, so
am Informed | asked him if Mr.. Dietsch
lived there; he said yes. | asked him ii Mr..
Dietsch was at home. The answer was
"You 90 up stairs and then you will find
out" went up and inquired fer MIR. D.
/ if he was at home. A female, supposed TO
be Mrs. Dietsch. said yes; at the same time
Mr. Dietsch came out of the room from a
lounge, which was not more than three or
four feet from where we stood, in a room on
the right hand. He went with US in the
/ front room; pulled out the paper and asked
Mr.. Diet.ch whether he was the author OF
that ridiculous piece. He said yes. ] asked
him what cause ne had to do that. He said,
swell done it," when my passions overcnme
me; and gave him good whipping. which
! he deserved. If Mr.. Dietsch had told me
that, if he published anything there which
was wrong, he had been wrongly informed,
the N only would have asked for The man who
done it. ] never would have struck him, but
! it appeared he is the man who makes all the
disturbance among the peacenble citizens
he attacks them just as he pleases-he ridi-
cuIes them in the most shameful way; and
this is not the first time he has done so.
| There is not hardly number that comes
| from his office in which he does not ridicule
the citizens of Evansville; and l think it is
high time for well minded citizen TO take
this matter in hand, and stop him, or l am
afraid the worst is yet to come.
Here you have the whole translation, and
hope you will do me justice, and not pass
any sentence before you get the true state
ment Of the case. This is the true fact Of
the whole, and / am ready at any time to
prove word ior word. Here send you the
translation OF the infamous piece he publish.
ed against me and others.
Your obedent servant,
JOHN A. REITZ.
| Our informant was a ery respectable Ger
man, and not man who wOnld make state
ment, the truth of which he was not very well
convinced. But we lay aside the difference
between these counter statements, and come
Immediately to the gist of the whole affair.
or to that part which we considered wrong,
and of which we spoke rs brutal action.
Dir. Reiiz went TO the dwelling Of the editor,
and in the presence OF the editors wife, and
Mr.. Detsch r. small man too, beat him very
badly. We say this was an Outra9c, no mat.
ter what was the offence, who the original
ole nder, or who the man who took the law
i'm his own hands. II Mr.. Reitx did not 90
there with the intenion of logging Mr.. d.
it appears he at lenst entered the house with
such feelings, that Mr.. d. had only to say
he was the author of a certain editorial to be
bounced upon and beaten. We have regard.
ed Mr.. Reiz a good citizen and law
abiding and we'll behaved man, bu; lie has no
more right to enter the house of q citizen and
maltreat him. and in the presence of his fam
lily, than he has to go there to commit burgla-
ry, and if in either case he were to be shot
down while committing the crime, by the
person injured, the act would be perfectly
justifable by law and by every fee ling Of
right. An editor, like any other citizen. can
at the proper time be found on the street or
at his place of business, and every editor 10
responsible legally and personally, for every
thing he publishes. There is no necessity
of violating his domestic sanctuary to ask
explanations or to pursue revenge, and such
an act is an outrage, fer which the paltry fine
Of FIVE dollars is an absurd and ridiculous and
contemplate penalty. We max. this re-
mark without TIE slightest emnity in the
world against NJ. Reitz. We never before
heard word against him, and we never even
knew his politics till yesterday. But the
same remarks We make now, we should in
similar case use toward any other citizen of
Evansville. We are not in the habit of min.
cling matters. and we are getting too old to
commence it now. We regard this as an out
rage for which there should have been q
heavy punishment imposed, and Mr.. RS
communication has failed to excuse him.
Ed. JOURNAL.
The following translation of the article
which produced the difficulty. has been fur
nished us by Mr.. Rei,z, and we publish it to
give our rea ders correct idea of the whole