The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-08-30

iOner, VINO sues AeIoAA Az 'eS.SA .I, SA
n the sum of ten thousand dollars, with w
GOAL interest thereon, at the rate OF tive al
,er centnm per annum, from the judi b!
.ial demand In this case. al
Vour petitioner alleges that tho salo tt,
r4eorpe w. McCranie is now ana mas IL
hefn for several years the "editor anu II
,ronrietor', of stTIIE OUACHITA TELt'- tt
rRAPu.n a newspaper epublished every p
Saturday, ut Monroe, Ouachita PARISH
La: :" that he was the ssedltof anu pro a
Drietor'' of said public newspaper Oh v
Saturday, the 26th day of Aprll, a.. -
1919 that said newspaper, then unde.
tho control and management of the SAID 6
George w. McCranie, was issued, cn- 6
cnlated and published on said Gay, !
tsSat1rday. April Goth, 1885," in SAID (:
city and parish, and that SAID neWsE.-
ner was. on said day and Afterwards,
widely circulated through the pubic
mail in many of the parishes OF LOUIS,
lana and also otherwise distributed anu
circulated. ,r,
:, the said issue of said newspaper,
srruE OuACH1rA TELEGRAPH" OF
ADril 26. 1878, the said George w:
McCranie. contriving unlawfully ana
1naliciousiy, and unlawfully and ma
liciously Intending to injure, Willy
and defame tho said minor, Robert
Carson Ray, and to bring him INTO
nublic scandal, disgrace and MANY,
and to injure and aggrieve him, the
said minor, and to deprive him Oh MS
good name, reputation and crcdlt, uh-
lawfully and maliciously did compose,
write and publish, and did cause and
nrocure to be published and widely
circulated, a certain false, scandalous:
malicious and defamatory libel OF ano
CONCERNING him, the said minor, In TIM
form of an editorial article, consplcu
onslv printed in said newspaper, haV
ING the caption following, to-wit,
Recommendations Oh N. l.. & t. IL. r.,
q copv of the same being hereto annex
od and made part of this petition: You
petitioner AYERS that said artlcle COZ
taius the false, malicious, defalnator
and libellous words herein alter ~
forth, that is to say:
uSome time in the latter part OF la
wear one of the worlxmen.in the shol
- tho North Louisiana and Tex;
railroad, located in this city, in owe
hauling a mail and express coach, four
a number of letters and envelopes %
tween the ceiling and outer plan
which gave every evidence OF havii
been broken open and robbed. "A II
IF these letters, with date of mallln
and the names of persons VINO Withes
cd the finding, have been placed In
possession. Some of the letters we
mailed hero and others mailed els
where. The postothce special age
and newspaper dead-beat, MaJor Eu !;
Selye, was notified promptly OF u
depreciation, as his letter in our poss
sion shows, but no notice appears
have been taken of the matter, althou
his acknowledgment is dated the z:
of January last.
.sThe swift-footed special agent W
was so prompt to arrest Plpes
Buchanan, the small-fry mail robbe
has, it seems, abandoned his nor
purpose of bringing robbers to pun
ment In consideration OF tho par
likely to be brought up in the TODD
of letters on the N. l.. ~ Il. Kallroae
UFrom what we can gather, only
of the trains, sent on alternate q
from Monroe, was subjected to the II
robbers inspection, and this WAS
Harry Lewis's train, on which
Young Messrs. Rays were In charg
the mails. Neither the road nor
officers have anything to do with
mails, but these young men had
pouches and mail matter in full cha
and it behooves them now to ans
fully this grave accusation against
fidelity. We purpose looking into
business still further.'
Your petitioner ayers that the "y'
Messrs. Ray" who were called upt
said article "to answer fully this 6
accusation against their fidelity"
the said minor, Robert c. Ray
lanes b. Ray, his brother, who
attained the age of majority; tn
other person or persons named Ra.
then charge of the mails on the !
louisiana and Texas Railroad; tt
other person or persons namet
had charge of the: mails durin
part of the period of time shown I
ssdate Of mailing" Of the letter
enyelonassHleged to have been o
49, that it was shown |
~ letters, published i
paper of May 8, 1s7;
time within whic
~ and robbery OF