Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-04-15
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woodruff and Claims Weekly, the organ of
the cosmopolitan party, of woman's rights,
and especially of the notorious woman brokers
whose nsmes il bears, hss brought some of its
TOO coafding readers il Englaud into serious
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I--ss Zszi5gzsi tie soarce OF is information
Al E5dsi hope fhzs il Ess untrue; another
Gscrloed il 70 Madame Rumor," which we pre-
sumo Is an alias OF Woodruff or Clahin. Now,
the Law Of England docs not look with approval
upon defamatory statements of this kind, and
Mr.. Goldschmidt, who had been previously an
noyed by reports, which he could not trace to
any responsible source, that he was leading an
irregular life, thought this good opportunity
20 silence such reports by a method so public
and decisive that they could not be successfully
revived. He accordingly brought suits against
the publishers of these newspapers, and the
trials took place last month.
Madame Jenny Lind Goldschmidt was called
as the first witness and testified that since 1858
she had lived in England with her husband
they had three children, the eldest of whom was
at Rugby school; that her husband had assisted
her in the management of her property, which
had greatly increased since her marriage, and
was al. settled upon herself; that she had perfect
freedom of expenditure; that her husbands
habits were simple and inexpensive, and his
amusements and occupations were with her and
their family; that there was no ground what
ever for saying that they were an lll-matched
pair; that they had never lived apart, and their
marriage had been most happy. Mr.. Gold
schmidt testified 10 the same effect and
also that he had never been addicted to gam
bling, and did not play whist or billiards,
keep saddle horse, or even smoke. There was
no attempt at defence, further than to show that
there was no actual malice in the publication,
but the unfortunate paragraph was used through
carelessness and without the knowledge of the
publisher. The lord chief justice, in his charge
to the jury, was rather ELUSIVE, though perhaps
not unreasonable in his Indignation; and the
jury, too, in delivering their verdict, took occa-
sion to say that mo amount of damages could
compensate the plaintiff for the injury inflicted
upon him by so iniquitous libel" They gave
him ESQ in the first suit, the same sum in
the second, and the plaintiff agreed to accept
85OO in the third.
II is not often that termination of a libel suit
Is so satisfactory. Such suits against newspa.
pers especially, seldom yield anything to the
plalnilfs but Vexation and disappointment.
But this was case in which the action afford
ed just the remedy desired. The libel had been
widely circulated, and, owing TO the celebrity of
the parties, was everywhere read with interest.
and it is probable very generally believed. A
simple contradiction could never remove the i'm
preston made by the original scandal; but the
publicity of trial in which persons so well
known figured as parties and witnesses, secured
for its result circulation perhaps even greater
than the libel, and the minuteness and formality
with which every circumstance, which could
give color to the scandalous charges was denied,
VIII make the refutation very complete. The
only thing TO be regretted in the matter is
that the losses do not fall upon the persons who
originated the injurious reports, but upon others
VINO innocently or carelessly copied them. Per-
maps Mesdames Woodruff and CIafiin will send
their checks TO Messrs. Wyman, Spottiswoode
and Sun, the unlucky printers, for the amounts