Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-11-26
and Mr. NO.ss ,utle me. ming, a, the Star o.

and Mr.. Moves iuthe NOR ming, At the Star o.
TIE COurt-ro the testimony Of the broker
Prince?
Mr.. Kisie.--I am referring to the testimons
az the broker Prince. Prlncs. VII, ceurrali Fl.
Prince, the isiuuu. hut NV agg-.s altl. i.
Moves, exactly.
TIE Court.-YOu attributed il to tas l.-.a-
by mistake.
Mr.. R.dlle.-I was ~ fortunate tl,r.
other Prince.
Ar Riddie.-I have on 10 say "a 49,.
Prince, the broker, and NJ. Noe, said .l.4-
taking the matter over with PRIME. ms Tia. .-
TIN, that he sG'd he could p'f have a i-s-t u.
uadsciion OF the state N ~ 80 .5l Is Ar, H.r7.
was concerned, beCsuSe ir WAS g. A..
Well, gentlemen, IL va understood .ar..
shc1id be a publication. RE rur.ic ttl.u 80.
made, and Nh. Prince, the ITogar-the Ga
having the TcCst cause 20 De -sfisr q 81.
content with It IL 49, just exactly VIA H.
Understood was 70 be Irlnt'i. he msl.a..r
aoheTeO 70 hls FaTt o. tie Agreement. ana l. a.
accepted it as the best sHi only ,aiuS t1al CON
Now, Prince, the pisiut,a, ssys that tn ms.
Interview took place abr0t iU 10 ciock. s-iI r.. 4.
before II be returned ana saI 80 r1rgt IN .er
view, AM be save that II ia TIA. s.'...s ...-.
teTNiew tbat Il was tslksd ota- l13.l enc -l4-l-
mstter; Tor be SAYS that - was talked su..f. 81.
very clearly could not have seen an tu.E. a..
Prince, the broker, w. not pr.s,rt a. a4s.
second interview anH y y ~ ta.Nt Z over l lts
pftst l.Ct as he pos cav sSore .y You. tIH..
the plant o.. saSs a. &c IS a. a-..eEa. Pa .
PRINT JFe article, snt When s-lct whether ..
was Satsiitd with II, De -aii "Nu." WAY. tl..
c'cut De 20 back and complain o. @. To-.
that sr iJle, 80 published suI .4..,p.,fi.s.s ..t
vas rot satisfactory. Tor L1 .a.sa. Iila'r Il.
back a. al ATE tie publication 90 .ls -+. l.
a. ice aEd "a I, UIcu a. tt Ate ul flr i4-.-
one a. Il IL y. ana Brfa-t- .tr d ....
Is framed. vii Thatii ina .u-.ry.-..f n. .-
that second put .catiUn Prince, the 4'ai....
desired q greed 20 sIvr rIb...tt.FH ~ Il. ...
auI did not afterwards ,.mflair. taarirs,.- s....
sat!stact.ry y, he II ID D., t.s"u Iu iaa. Oh rf..
morals, having aCqaiasced 20 a., waIcl .rs'#
ee satisfaction oi tle WIorE a. Eng rr0F- -.
had sUilt rtJ.
one other point ia this connection. Mr.. Mo-.
says hat he did have an int.rvirw wttl F-
Prince, the piaiutif, after lie pubn.ati,n aI "a.
p. Il. p article. he says tbs there Wa al
interview between them AFTER the public alton Of
INST article. The Plaintiff says there Wa NOT.
Well, now, gentlemen. when this plaintiff has
been conirsai cted BY Hume; when he has been
contTsdietsd by Plant; when he has been CON
trsdicted by Bennett; when be has been con-
tradicted by the other Prince; and eontradic. a
himself once or twice, 70 seems to me that there
If not any more lett or him than can be success
fully con,rsdicted by Mr. Noyes. IL Is paying
Mr.. Noyes q very poor compliment, indeed, 20
say that IL would be even necessary 10 have hin
contradict Prince in the matters 1T all Mr.
Noyes tells you positively that this second pub
location was tn ked over between HIM and the
plaintiff, which must have been after IL w.ss
printedthat IL was not who'll satisfactory 90 Nj.
Prince, the plaintiff, lecauseysfter al, 4 didn't
relieve him OF the statement about Mrs. Hams:
and they talked that over again, snd they could
find no wav in which they could eNtrica'e him
from that; and because the thing was true; he
prince had put his foot bO7oIoSsly in IT, anI ID
would lot do 10 contradict IL at al. There are
three OF four men who knew all about IL Il wa
story in general circulation; and it could MOI
be CONF al cited.
Gentlemen of the jury, the only resn,cf in
which the article already publishes wa not
satisfactory Wss in reference 10 a matter aa5ut
which no satisfaction could be mate for tr..f
thing Was true. Moves said TO Prince, tG,
plaintiff, viii publish card fer sou Tree OF
charge, anything you wish 10 say. viii make
any further statement that you require, 81 v5ur
dictstiOn; but after going again over the mate. T
IL was finally concluded that there was uotAiuE
that could Ice SAID. Tie thing was hopeless ami
hslllesS- lDere could be nothing SAID or dOre
about 1t, and through the plaintiffs own me-
conduct IN the Premises, aud he went away.
The next We hear suit is bToaght.
Gents men, this covers substantially al the
facts ia this case, a. believe. believe that ID
has been made clearly 10 appear 10 YOU that this
plaintiff, Prince, had an unfortunate tr4n-ac-
ton with Mis-. Hume. do hot say that il was
dlscredlfable TO HIM. L do think that one
part of tiff Plant, Beunett and Hume are o.
be believed-wss very dscreditable. bat II was
not IN our article. Some way or other he got a
bill way along about last Christmas, and some
time in March following he hunting ont
somebody upon whom he could put that bill
and he selected Mrs Hume. He took that bin I
10 Mr.. Plant, and he told him 10 have il cot
lected and Instructed the officer to -aN that if q
was Lot paid other steps should D. taken 4
DE says that he introduced him 70 Mr.. Bennett. |
q conversation with him, and that he told him /
TO present it to Mrs. Hume, and TO say to hsr |
that IL she did not pay il she should be arrest d.
and he excuses himself for not doing that eTranl
TO Mrs Hume because of the high position OF the
ladys own family, and the high position in \
social, as well as in business circles OF her hus-
bard; and that he west to her husband and re- |
psated it TO him. And IL produced the sggra-
walton OF which Mr.. Hume complains and /
from which he has not quite recovered vet for
you zee, gentlemen, that his face is inclined 10
"A 1h.a nnnUn ont -.
drawn to this old sore. The chords that il puts in
motion, vIbrate sometimes through lifetime /
And be cannot quite helpi 1T. DO not stop 20 /
eXpatiate upon these emotions. nor like nv tnsre
emotional friend To gather wind and wings aud Il
go plungiDg into upper glory to talk Of them 70 /
the angels. Hume sought his redress, and h. /
did. And il transpired TO the public and \
the story was talked about. IL was \
told as good joke upon Hume. 1t finally |
found its way into the Star. Now it NAV b. /
said that newspaper should not tell such stories
Well, then, nobody should tell such stories; |
II Is no wore for a newspaper to tell il than q !
citizen. No worse to reduce il 20 writing than /
to publish il orally; not a whit. / am not going /
10 say, your Honor, but that thing reduced 90
writing, may under certain rules of law take az i
gra ation at earlier stage th an oral SANDER
but am now dealing with this thing a. q story /
true in substance, and Of course anybody may /
tell that which Is 10 scandal and which has cur
may just as well be printed as uttered orally.
As 10 the propriety OF eDlightening the /
public with stories of this kind; that is not a /
question for the jury. That Is a question the |
defendants must answer to the public, their /
customers. The position of The Star in this /
community, as vouched for by the learned and |
eloquent gentleman on the other side, is such |
that their editing and catering has received the
just commentator Of the public, the best indi- |
cation of which is that the paper, as the gentle
man says, has 40 600 circulation. |
Mr.. CRrrington.-Of course that was ex- |
travsgsnt figure; but We admit il has very |
large circulation.
Mr.. Riddle Yes, 1 know the gentleman is a |
little extravsgant.
Mr.. CsTrington.-I mean in that statement. I |
said tia; merely in argument 1 DO not mean 20 !
say that every man in Washington takes the |
Star, though IT has q very large circulation.
Mr.. kiddle.-Ses, IL has a large circulation,
and he vent on TO say thst he presumed they |
sold 10000 extra couies because it contained |
this wonderful libel.
Mr. CaITington--Yes, know said that, but |
that was said in the same way.
MIR. Riddie.-He takers that back, and pre-
sumo if L had time to 60 over all he said he
would take il all back, when he realizes how
abs urd it was.
This story, then, was thus pickle up and pub
lished, and when these dsfendsrts' attention
was called 10 L they did Just WHIT the plaintiff
IL. a a. =.