, 1875-10-15
THE COURTS.
Mrs. Mills Libel suit OH Trial
NL Lust.
1nfo,maiIons Filed Against Df,tf'lcry
pr0pcrty...Rccor.l Of New Suits.
Tho Supreme Court.
LIBEL
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Tho tu.i,loss Vi koopinK boar!!ng~housa ss
not generally co,lAiderea very lucrative. syss,
wl1et, b high character institution III kers OIL
Wabash OF Michigan evanuo. AsGo HON tho
dourodationa Of ttls boar dnH.!loua tfcnd Rho
lives on tlo bent TIM houee can afford Tor week
OF two, and shon suIdauly ai.appeara liko Tho
pootical Arab wtlet, tho board-tllI bogus to DO
pressing, tho boardng-bouac kaopor ss geuo-
rally ii, sosno trouble with tho faatldious htBt-
floor lodgers. or impec,uious tlIlrd-toor uupro.
tected KrAxs-Widowa, who arc always nwattln.
mythical remittance wilicli never arrives, Thsn
there arc aomotimos, 1t tho landIady ii too ut
tentivs to her own interests. awkward charges Of
a1tortion or perhaps stealing which d" not
toad to incroaHe custom Ur establish
good reputation, Occasionally Humo Ihan-
thropic millionaire drops III aud tnaI1ies lilo lan-
lady, but this H. not to depsfslel Oh, md il IL
not deemed advisable for airy ladies' 10 set up
| house fur tito probability Of tho occurrence Of
I tuctl M esest Next 10 n millionaire, tho al
| veut OF = gynpathstlo aud predetermined divine
prp6ahY ID lluled With tho greatest Joy. 10
meet with Bucl, good fortune was she lot OF
Maria j.. Mills, o lady nllute ago IL not to be
estimated o1aetiy but by docadcs. aul whose
avorLupolR Is r4ckoned by iluudreds. l,ns even
In her patti, and it w4a an editor.
| NunniuR newspaper al5o hnB itH
drawbacks Nh vol III liz advantages. IL
tho editor chooses to ruiz Il quietly atd toperIy.
barring hard tinieH hnd delinquent HltHcrIbcra,
he may succeed, but my Irrelevant iuqaty into
| tue Eenoa0gy Ut his patruiH, or the pnbcA,ion
Of Acau1alouB special correspondence Or const,',-
ucattonB. ~ apt tu lend TO viaitH from laws cra.
Tie rssnt Ut iIarla i. M,H' difficulty with MI
editor was suit, aud shls au's occupied this as-
tontion Of Judge Nogcrs and tury oil day yca-
ter1ay. III 18i3 Mfn. or Alisa Mills. AZ tslo caGo
nlay te was tho head Of q boarding -houao at Mo,
m boardors % was tho Kov. ". ii. Knapp.
WHO feaatcd hia palate with tho substantial faIe
OF bis 1aualady. LookH grew into longing, and
| Gro many weots had pasaoi. tho understanding
! between tho twO WAS auch that 1t seemed Us
I though Mrs Mills would haVp tho A,s,f,tiun of n
| knapp to tor uume, .1uBt here il Will bc Heues-
Hnry to stop The impartial narration u oventa ~
tic fHcs aprear 10 10 30 comtfatilc'o1y anu taSe
tic plaintiffs Btatemcnt. The cane was written
up ii, tho p6pelH ut tLo time pietty extensively.
and the letters between Mrs. Mills and Knapp
waro published In TIIE Tn1nuaE. She says that
Knapp atoo s.0o from her aud abuaad tue
l1uai sho had rcpoHea iu hin in tho
several ways. She met lin IN tue street Que
day, throw soine snuff III hla eyen, and theu
cowhided him just o lsttle.' as she testified
and sna waa tlnod s45 vr s*so At tue pot,cc
Court. .........
On the iii, Of August, 1914 tho Times pub
lBlled letter nearly 4 column III length puE.
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| by W. H. KnRl,I', In which tho writer gayo a hH.
tory Ut his rolatlots With Mrs. Mills and charged
her With Attempting 10 .!cfrau1, and with being
| thief aud "tloau beat and frnud Of tho tilHI
water, living by matchmaking and falhoslooL.'
Yrs. Mills not unnaturnlIy took exception 10
tlieao charges, nut soon attor the publication oi
the Icttor commenced Bait against ". i. Atorey4
tho otlitoy ot the TsHeS, Tor libel, laying he'
) damages at the nea; sum Of $50. 90u. Alter U
delay Of two years the case wag called for trial
yesterttny before judge 1ognrs. The whole
, forenoon was consnmad III :isnpaaclins juE,
, and tho opening arguments ot tho iawycsa: II
tile afternoon tho ulaintiN tool TIM Htand AMI
tcatiaod ia brief to hor, acquaintance
nnI business relations with Knapp. Sht
raid she Ind " nos exactly tcen cagaBed witt
Knapp. She liorsewhsppcd htm becanso ho hat
n.ulat, her money. not because ho had left ho
aud golo 10 Tho theatre ath another womul.
Tho Statements lu tho Il1nts were also dc1uc'
by her.
Tho plaiutiG then rested, md tho dsfons
called Capt. Buckley and Detectives S!uyton an'
, AtcCauscinpa, who trAtiflca lhnt hes Reputation
WAS bud. Mr. A. D. r.tsaortil testified to loan
lug l,er money tho security Of her furniture
aud then boii9 compelled to recover tho anloull
trom an nuctuoneer who SOLD tho furniture III III
|, aosonoe f,o1n Tho city. and without liis knowl
| edge. I1a oAaa was not concluded, aud will b
continued t4lH morning.