The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-06-25
The Seizure Of the Bulle-
tins Forms.
A Plain Statement of Facts.


stantial statement Of the facts as they Trans
PRED in connection with the recent outrage
upon the press, the community and the BILL
LETIN office, by the seizure Of the forms OF our
paper after midnight, on Saturday last, by the
police, without any warrant or excuse what
ever.
To begin at the beginning, we will state
that on the 25th day Of March last, the mana
ger of the BULLETIN obtained possession OF
the HerulTs old Office, by and with the con-
sent Of all parties in interest. At that time
the office was under seizure upon Judgment
obtained by Houlhan, on a claim transferred
TO him by W. H. Holmes for services rendered
the Herald The amount Of the claim was
nearly $500.
The Sheriff, in due process of law, adver-
tised the office figures, type ETC., for sale to
satisfy this Judgment, but on the day of sale
was enjoined by Houlihan, on the ground that
he had not been represented in appraislnS the
Office
This Injunction was finally set aside, and a
sale ordered, which took place on Saturday
last On that occasion the manager OF the
BULLETIN purchased all the furniture ofsthe
Office, the fixtures and material such as cases,
stands, imposing stones, chases Salleys.
rules, leads, cuts, in fact, everything except
two fonts Of type, BREWER and nonpareil,
which were purchased by Houlihan, at a price
!. value These type had been inventoried as
old metal and the anxiety of Houlihan to
possess them indicated his animns. These
type, it should be borne in mind, were inextri-
cably mixed up with our rules and leads. and
were occupying our cases, imposing stones
galleys and racks.
The moment the sale closed Houlihan, i'll
IN excited manner, declared he wanted 4
deputy sheriff placed in charge of his type.
to see that they were not used, and was in
formed by the manager Of this payer that he
must remove them at once, as they were o.
structing his business and occupying his pro
perry,
Shortly after this Houlihan entered the
counting-room Of the BULLETIN and in the
presence Of at least twenty witnesses gave his
the BULLETIN until Monday and possibly until
Wednesday. Not relying upon Houlilian' 5
consent the manager Of this paper went to the
Republican office and readily obtained the con
sent of the manager Of that paper to use his
job Office for the purpose Of getting out the
Sunday morning BULLETIN.
After this Houlihan, regardless Of his con-
sent to our using the type, made an arrange
ment with the Sheriff to receive them at 3
o'clock. The Sheriff was promptly on hand
but Houlihan not presenting him self, the
Sheriff returned to his Office at twenty min
utes to 4 o'clock
He made q subsequent appointment with
the Sheriff to receive the type at seven o'clock,
and, on coming to the office and being ten
dered the type, declined to receive it, as he
was convinced Of the impossibiity of remov-
ing that evening.
When he left he assured the Sheriff that il
was all right, that he would call for his proper
ty on Monday leaving it in charge of the
Sheriff and his Deputy, who was Mr. Byerly,
the manager Of this Office, who was acting
&. gratultOusly, by courtesy ana with the consent
of all parties interested.
We heard nothing more of Houlihan until
the forms were seized after midnight by the
police and locked up in Jail
With the circumstances subsequent to the
f. seizure the public are familiar and we do not
care to dwell upon them here.
We will only say that had we been actuated
by the same malevolent feelings which charac-
terize the actions of Houlihan, nothing would
have been easier than for us to have thrown
his type into pi, and made his speculation
even a worse one than it is On the contrary.
we rendered him every assistance in removing
his property. These are the facts precisely as
they TRANSFERRED and can be corroborated in
every particular by numerous respectable wit