Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-07-14

a lew weeks age Hifi oIeo w Dtook-
Vile In the charge ofthe overseers Of the
poor. Her father being man In com.
Portable circumstances. the question
wss In every body's mouth why is thisi |
The general answer was that her father |
was a drunkard. and that he had cruelty
beaten her,snd that she had died Ia con-
sequence. We took great pains 10 as
certain the facts In the case. and, on in
quiry Of two of the nelghbors Of Mr..
Jones.thc common report was confirmed.
with additional circumstances Of cruelty.
Asa faithful recorder Of passing events.
we felt Il a duty we owed the public who
were jailed upon to pay the expenses
caused BY the sickness and death Of the
girl, to make the facts known. We
never heard the common report denied.
until week after the publicstion. Far
ther inquiry convinced us that we had
received a wrong version OF The story,
and at the next issue Of the paper we
corrected II. But the liquor selIers. WIN
are. and Of rigbt should be. afraid Of our
recording the deaths Of so many oftheir
victims. were too well pleased with IN,
mistake too allow such az opportunity
for troubling M. u, slip. Hence. nv their
ATTORNEYS. Jonea and Kerry tbev rre.
vailed on the father Of tbs girl. Mr..
Jones, living on Wolf Creek, to bring
suit Of libel We were IN due form
summoned before Judge Reid. and the
r..,I, or ,b< ,.v.s,;o.,;on w.s ,b.,
we had not wiifully mIsreprescn,ed tho
facts. but that we had been mailed By
others. and that we should give Mr..
lanes 4 certificate 20 ,b.t efFsc,--.lmost
identical with the correction we pub.
llshed las, week, in the American; and
that we should paw Mr.. Jones t.csnty
dollars, 10 enable him 10 pav Ais iavvsrss
fee. or the latter mart Of the irdsment
Of The court we shall speak hsreaftsr.--
II n set Of unpriucipled lawvers can In.
duce one man to bring Islander or libel
suit against another. and n even the
plaintiff Is convinced tina, there wss
NO mslsee--lf every bodv Il satisfied 4,
Is only one Of such mistakes a. tho mos,
careful WIN be led into At times. and
vet Tho defendsn, nina, nav the Main.
tiffss lawver., fes. 700 will soon have
suits Of this Mind wl,hou, number--
M, m,ra =, ri. .h;sc, :, .no,hs,
time.
We regard thls ami, mot ss ma hrough,
hv Tho t,,hsv 80 ~. n,.l =. 90
sense to his advantage. We had made
iust preci.el, tbe eorr,etlou beisre the
trial that we ware reouired 10 make by
the discussion Of tho Judpe. Every sen.
.lble man kusw ,hs, "a = co.,, a. l.w
facts could be proyep tina, v, ald wholly
exo,e,.,s ,s ,,ou llsh,l,,v WIN then
waai, bro.ght, Simply 10 de,sr "a from
maxim, mcmillan If AZ many na,,.
d..,hs,h, .,-ow a., - Art. o.c.,,o,,
,,ono, ,ras,,c TIL, lol.l,xod r,rdsycr.
wha ~. 90. ,h,, .,shhl,. .,, t.l,ow
sa,,.sns A. NJ, ,v.r, ,he,r ro,t ~ ds.,,
rs, u..
-
,a..-..n.m.,o ~. a..,h :. $1,000.
a,aw.,n~m W.. go Az. - d.,,.,'.,,
,,smsns =, IN = drunken A.. !, !. a. !,
.,,,,h,.,..1 - 90 vi.,,a,,oa - f.aa.
We hayas..a IA mara than ones N.
.h,..,,, -. ,,..,'..,,..na A. a., 80,
hu.inss. and no, be ,als,es al muel
.ho,, ,he esssets ~ llouor ssll,n, n,
..hot,ow. =. w,ll ,h,ah a. To- . a.,
-, n.,a. :, s,.m .xo.,,.o,hs s,.,,
- ..,.a.r 81 The Ilo.o, .slls,. mo- s.c,
.cnur.s, No. fellow ei,,zsps. we ar,
m.as a. ,,e,nsy s,usF than Ia be div .,
60 an, ,,,ro., nv onv s,eh near.
v,t,,. ma., II an, d.lly nail. Al.
- 49, ~, e,,,..n. ,.,,. :.
80 ,oal,nr ,.,..,o,,ened v;c,Im. :
dr.m shoos who have spent or ar
...na,.., a.. nraceea. AZ Tho ban.s, !,
49,. - ,hc;, n.ven,s. 4. a.h.aahs,,
.nd d,o,tecness. ve will NOT be allan,
wblle wesoe The children Of some whe
We, live. though but boys, dragged int.
The dens Of denth.whieh our laws licrns,
and proteet We will not be silent =
while wo see parents, whose soma an,
i.ughters are alike suffering from m
eurse and who viii even sell a daupb
te,,s husband and daughters hapui
meas. n nroeurs The favor Of dram.drint
ers 4, the election. we will not be 81