The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-12

! suIHtihc & 'uIli BcHcIul tcIHli ny MT. Nash
for the plaintiff and cx-Gov. solomon for
the defendant, mud the court reserved its
decision
! REPORTED SALE or TIE iNDErHNpuNT
II is reported that bargain for the sale
of the Independent newspaper was ccnclu-
died Friday. Mr.. Henry G. Bowen is to
have $3.50, 900 for it. Of which $40 600 is
to be paid in cash and the remainder to
stand ON time. with real estate security Mr.
is said to have refused $500 coo for the
same property only four years ago. The
present purchasers are the proprietors Of
the Christian at Work. of which that Boan-
argos, the Rev r. De Witt Talmage, is
the editor.
CHAMBERLAIN ANp WILKES.
On Friday afternoon John +. Chamber.
lin, a well-known sporting man. accom-
panied by two friends, appeared in the Es-
sex Market police court before Justice OF
terburg. Mr. Chamberln asked FOR the
arrest of George Wilkes. editor of the
Spirit of The Times, on charge of mali
cious libel inasmuch as the said Wilkes, in
his newspaper, published that he Cham
berlin was Mississippi river thief, and adj
dcd that for many years Chamberlin was q
barkcepcr on the steamboats, of that river,
acting as seller Of marked cards, and per-
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from his tavern perch INTO the hands of
victims at play the duties of a gamblers
pimp that he perpetrated series of river
robbcries, which actually took his name
among the detectives as characterization
Of that new form Of criminal exploit that
in the sumner Of 1866, while on the steam
cr Gertrude, then plying between New Or
leans and Memphis, he rllcd statc-room
of three diamond rings, Il pocketbook CON
tanning $3.50 and gold watch and chain,
the property of Il gentleman who owned II
plantation near Memphis, and whose brother
Is n bank president in New York. That he
(Chamberlin) was arrested on his arrival in
st. Louis, and that the property-all but
the chain found in his possession That
he was put under 5000 bail, given for
him by gambler now in san Francisco.
through whom he subsequently effected a
compromise for $50, 100 A number of
other serious charges against Mr.. Chamber
lin were embodied in the article, and each
and all of them Mr.. Chambcrln pronounced
untrue.
After his Honor had finished reading the
document he asked Mr. Chamberlain to sign
his name to it. and then swore him as to
the truth Of his allegations concerning the
falsity of Mr.. Wilkes stories Mr.. Cham
berlin was thoroughly in earnest, and hav-
ing kissed the Bible and returned il to the
clerk he seemed satisfied that his wrongs
would be righted. 4 warrant for the ar
rest of Mr.. Wilkes was drawn up and given
to an officer. Mr.. Chambcrlin said that he
supposed if the arrest was made last even
ing Mr. Wilkes would not find it convenient
to give bail, or, if pre- cured, be able to see
any one who could legally accept it, asked
that the warrant be not served until Monday.
Justice Otterburg nodded, and Mr.. Cham
berlin and his two friends withdrew from
the court room, entered their carriage, and
were rapidly driven away.
BERGH ARRESTS COCk-FlGHrERS.
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second battle, a black red for New York
and blue red for Wllllamburgh weighing
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