New-York tribune., 1868-03-17
TIE CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS.
AN IMPORTANT LIBEL SUIT.

An important libel case, growing out OF the
death of Prof Dwight in the NewJersey Railroad depot
At Jersey City, came for trial in the Superior Court
yesterday Rosne Parker the conductor OF the train
by which the professor was Filled 95ouGnt @ an oc| on
Tie Naoi for lbel for publishing the following article
The complaint fst sets out the statement OF MIS- Aee
Gy, which was published in several papers az loIiOns:
" THE NKwFEEI rs IIRoAD 1HE DEATH or IHEopoRE DWIGHT
ns Neversey H'1ad eais Ns ts % 2 rg
s Ne a0Sf as e CIV Sepo ,breeausTters Of an
hour before of starting ahT very much disturbed 81
uaia stehoiisr who told us coming plat
@o We DID 81 hd EhsS t5s ,I1s AN cane S b @ N 0v s pbsg
he after great dheo a'heI nt ne Ia me esI. ara
ud Ecsd; last the outside Pushtd
Ne man back ard & insisted % on berg 5s aSi ~. 9do 'lSn @ 'Dst
locked; found then that e wrong car and were IN
,her standing BY. who said be was The regular
ss explained % 70 To- l 1 S send some ore to oTen i, I
& r % s % os man who seemed TO be an ofc yiatHg
diet there we're pesot locked who d not wish to go At as' We saw
,utee Who coa seats said to them "Yoi shall have these
H Is & We P & get , e the 5o, Of s5dy s ySs es vS,s s
:Y,i had taken ny when sad Fstler
s ont oa S.t 90 so o5 tbr dd not even wit 10 say good
Ant o At tlat moment les succession ,beks ana
i The s har ne car psrty STOPPED and sIrass TO ,hs
theH s saving The Old gentleman is h.e-thy are both
y S,s Ss md Pd The is sSa 5o aG Gs aT S
seemed conductor md the ought asked Who hsef
% o FL GO Oh + oa o 70 p i 'R SSs s S S dO @
the rosd be vent eur,ng and ordering me Of and many
the road With ot u yesrs and baby ny arms complain
that
warning listening aiteutye 50 a. TO get aihef Oh IN
Then follow in thecomplaint the comments OF The Times
Oh the affair." which is the subject OF another action Tor
libel and then the article in The Nation which is claimed
TO be hbell0us as follows: . .
Mr Theodore Dwh. weeE eIaety murdered by the
Railroad C0pspy but made victim the system which
tb corporation pursued the fGBg and starting It's trains
Mr. DSgh daughter Of the 10 which her
reads benz except the melancholy sequel their eTpeebee
es pace whore tbeJ looked for evi at the hands
u railroad and depot officials NJ Dsgh and hrs Kennedy gei
to tine station some time before the for departure
and hey nd ask for information They wander up
ind lantern who tells them they 70
upon the platform and wait till the They do and
20 with the rh end seat Ae great f
seuiy M Dzgt hiy daughter into bat before he gets IN
himself get bis daughters children TO- the door locked The
being told M Kennedy that she separated from her
BABY heed but At last who perhaps has bis private
get Dwight thrown down and fatally
ured When Mrs Kennedy hears say, "The old gentleman
kedthey both dead Of che wants to get back Agente
pulls stops train. This brings enrsgd
duetor being back n you
Bsr s Get down B The road to get to her father Or ber father,
body she best The whole ahsr from trsi TO m was perfectly
aud kp locked toth they wish out they
DO tne he extreme onsoene. on the part Of conductors
and other sesnis tobed ~ ne dPot 10 answer qssLop
& Is gsug instance Of tie general rule on American railroads
ride he Keeps himself quiet and gives Dot the least trouble
he mprudni asks question or any way shows signs Of beng
ys DO Dot kuow remedy II might do good form Railroad
Company Prosecution Society No Rys person can match bis means
Mr. ROstine Parker having been the conductor ON the
train which Mr.. Dwight was killed, claims that the
hard language used by The Nation toward conductors
and railroad officials was intended 70 apply 10 % ana
as applied to him by the railroad officers and his fellow
conductors to the great danger OF his losing his position
OF OcO year the railroad He therefore, asks dam
nenced yesterday, and the plaintiff examined in chief
His examination and the ease will be continued to-day.