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


ed, was IRON q, sn aed I Iav Of November, tend
., lS1Z UNI .n i,,o1,1siye that it was and
4. -: lo11, Do' 4,,a n,,hlic in the city of sive
Monroe and along the line OF said fail- rop'
Dad and elsewhere, and Weil-kno"h W IN
ne essA' r,-,s,, ,,zl,o. had been route act,
cents on the North La. and Texas
prior to the date of the said tina
ibellous publication, were the saiu CHI
Robert G. Ray and the said James -: or
Ray and no other Ray or Rays; ana II 70.
was easy to be ascertained by the SAID pa
McCranie in q matter of such "grave wa
occnsation,, against <tthe fidelity' of re- sol
snectable tsyoung men''- that the said ~
Robert G. Ray was not elm charge OF M
the mails'' on said railroad during any W.
portion of the period during Whlcn Inc d,
alleged robberies were said to nave VI
been committed that Notwithstanding ~
the said Mechanic did not menIion ~
said libellous article the name OF Ropert IL
Carson Raw as one of sthe young 10
| Messrs. Rays so t'gravely accuseei, al
vet it was well-knOwn to the pupnc 81
I that said Robert G. Ray and James b.. g
4 Raw were the persons accused anu ~
| tended to be accused In said artlce
that natural curiosity prompts the pub
+ 10 IN such accusations to enquire and 8
/ | ascertain the names of persons accused,
/ Inv which means even such individuals .
Las NAV not previously have known
/ that said r.. G. Ray and j. =. hay hao
+, charge of the mails ON SAID raii1oau
h were informed that said Robert =. lay
el and James B. Ray had been accus :1S
l. TN, said newspaper of rObbing the mans,
oil IF which was the natural and lnevl-
ID table consequence and result OF said
"a l;hollous publication, wickedly ana
I'd ,naliciol,sly contrived and intended by
Ell the said George w. McCranie when he
~ published the same.
h, Now, your petitioner AYERS that INC
o. assertion that any robperies oi .no Ai
on were committed on said railroad, uur-
D. ino which said r.. G. Ray or said >. d.
Ter raw were in charge thereof, is false; ne
lid AYERS that there was not, at the tlIne
,ir- said publication was maze anu - Ao'
~, now. any evidence of such robbery,
aid sufficient to Justify prosecution, or
pa even an ssaccusation' against any Pr .:,,
IDS, son ar persons OF said robbery, and still
bic less sufficient to Justify a printed publ
uis- cation in q newspaper, assuming that
and rohherv had been committed ana that
said RAYS were the robbers anu 81
hat charging; and that wicked ana ma
per, licious purpose alone prompted am
of caused said McCranie to PRINT anu pun y
w. fish said ssaccusatiOn' in advance
and INV notice or investigation or judlcla
ma proceeding and contrary to the 1acts'
llify vo,,r net;tioner AYERS that it wa
bert false and slandcrous that there was an
into ssaccusation'' against said young nel
my, except the tsgravc accusation SO ii!''u
, the u. sa;1 NTcCranie in said publication
MS in which ssaccusation" SO puplishee
, I'M soid NIcCranie did not, In the prope
pose, line of his calling as a journalist, sta
and s.at, n,,11 comment on them for IL
idely ,,nhIic GOOD. but constituted hinse
lous, accuser. prosecutor, witness and judg
and and after assuming tho guilt OF I
n the accused, required them to prove tn'
,picu- ;SnHco,,cn of an infamous crime, all
} nav the qualification OF ms malice asaa.
. said uyoung Rays" and genera
). Re- AGAINST the family whose name tn
mex bear.
Your Your petitioner further alleges tt
Q con- said Robert Carson Ray was, at
latory date of said libellous publication
err set route agent on the North Loulsi'
and Texas Railroad and had peeh
Of last some time previous ana IS yet 81
shops agent that he entered upon INC a.. ~
Texas OF said official position on inc 9t!l
, over of Dcccml,er A. ID. 1872, and cOntln
found rs such until the end Of tho year "A
pes be- 1872, and until the present time,
plank, was the only Ray 50 employed on
having railroad at the time OF SAID puDlicaI.
A list Now, your petitioner specl''iiy al.
,ilinr that the said McCranie did not stat
,itness- the aforesaid libellous publication,
in our udates of mailing' of the several lei
, were and envelopes of which no declares
4 else then had q list IN MS posSeSslon'
agent from which 1t clearly Wouiu n:.vo
Edgar peared that SAID alieSeu ioppeiiIS -
of this committed, If at all, 0eore salu ~ ',
possess G. Ray became route asei,! s'u IN. =,
pears to he ever had charge OF salo ii,"1is'M
Though statement of said list sac, n.y.
he 18th would have publlshed, nao no pee
tending in good faith simply to
mt who charge his duty to the puD!lc' W
,es and said Mechanic, in order 1naliciot,sis
robbers, wiclzedly to defame anu si''nt'o .
honest boy, published the statcnlcll' ,.l'''
punish alleged deprcdations wero ulsco
parties sssome time IN the !attcr p'',. ~,
robbery year." without stating 'c"e's u'9co
lroad. and without stating any o''.c ".
only one of the alleged ropbeflcs' ron. WI
ate days resulted that even hno inc i'..
Tho mail universally known that ltOoert -