The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-17
Continued, &c.

The case of the State rs. Sol. Miller, came up
in the District Court, Monday morning, and was
confined. By consent. There being now no chance
to prejudice the jury on the subject, and the next
astraipinc- being too far off to be affected by
what weSropose to say, we wonld Ike SOME in-
formation as to wherein lay the peculiar enormi-
ty and sting of our offence. We published
statement relative to a single alleged official act
of George T. Anthony, and in the same article
said that it was made upon information which
we had received from others, and considered re-
liable Never before had We said word against
that person, nor had we ever been on unfriendly
terms with him. The first knowledge we received
that we had been led into false statement, was an
arrest for willful and malicious libel We endeav-
ored to rectify error, but he said nothing but
the Courts could protect his good name aud repu
tation and that newspaper editors should not ma
lign his character, if he had to arrest them every
morning before breakfast. As we had done all
that it was neither willful nor malicious, We had
TO submit to the Courts. So much for that.
Within short time past, we have had cause
to inquire: Does George T. Anthony really de-
sire to protect his good name, that he loves to
| talk SO much about Tor does he only want pro-
lection when it is assailed away from home,
where they do not know him Tor is it from ill.,
dvidualy, and from no other person, that he
wants protectionl Our reasons for these inquiries
are contained in the following facts and dates:
On the 25th day of August, 1874, the Leaven-
worth Times charged George T. Anthony with
| being a tool and striker on whom certain
plnndering ring could always depend TO put
| through a steal, and that he assisted them IN
their infamous operations by which they stole
Levenworth poor.
On the next day, August 26th, the Times said
there were two things George T. Anthony conld
| do better than any other man in Kansas. One Is
to talk about the honesty and ability OF George
T. Anthony, and the other is to help some rail
road make big steal. That his whole career III
Leayenworth has been noted for just these TIVE
things (boast and steal.) That he aided Smith
and Caldwell in every fraud and steal they eyeI
perpetrated upon the County. That he was sent
as an agent of the County Board to see Mr.. Joy
on railroad matters, but made false report tt
the Board, in order to prepare a steal for himself
That he sacrificed the interests of Leavenwortl
County, to assist certain men to bleed (blackna
would do as well) Mr.. Joy.
On the 10th of September, the LeavenwOrtt
Times called George T. Anthony a mule and q
iackass-language, according to the statute, cal
culated TO excite a mans anger and resentment
On the 11th of September, the Times stated
that the United States District Attorney had
commenced suit against Anthony, as U. S Collcc
tor for 5000 Government money, derived from
the sale of a dstllery at Atchison, which he had
never turned over-leaving the inference that he
had embezzled it.
On the 18th of September, the Tunes stated, as
it said, upon reliable authority, that George t
Anthony, as President of the Fair refused to al
low whiskey to be sold upon the ground; but
that his own son, who had stand was permit
ted to sell whiskey, and strongly intimates that
| he did so without Government revenne license
giving his own son and deputy rights denied
to others, and violating law which it is their
duty to enforce.
On Saturday last, the Laavenworth .ippeal said
that there was one "nigger" baby in the baby
show at the fair, and insinuated that George T.
Anthony the male parent of the same.
Did we ever say anything worse about George
T. Anthony than many things contained in the
above charges, half many of themf OBJ
serve, too, that but Lew of them profess to be
hearsay, but are given as positive by the writers.
Are they libels upon his reputation and his char
acter for integrityi We have been looking, and
looking, in the papers, to see an account of the
arrest of ID. r. Anthony for libel upon George I
AnthOny-even expecting to hear that it had
been done before breakfast-but not a whimper
of it ever reaches us. d. X. Anthony is there,
where he may be picked up at any moment; yet
for three weeks has he INDUCED in these lbels,
and remains unmolested. Is George T. Anthony
losing his love for his good namei
We know that d. r. AnthOny's being permit
ted to indulge in this amusement does not help
our case; but we are really anxious to know
whether our statements are so much more i'm
pOrtant and formidable than other mems, that
their little daily pastimc becomes maguifed into
willful and malicious libel in us.