, 1875-03-10
THE GAG-It.aW.
Oeclsion IN tho ssncif Cave ut st.
LOui.-l4cttcr frnirl 1lr, NuclL

faont stated that tile paper in which tbe
!i'elots matter had heen published was circu-
iatsd ~ tue i District of, Columbia on tho rama
Judge regarded tins as fatal defect: tl.at
the narcr could not. In tho nature Of
things havo been circulated in tho his.
tr!ct Of Columbia at tho time alley.
cd In tho indictment, untl, consequently;
1.,sel Taa nut guilty ~ charged II IL probable
that, lad tile Indictment stated the lItclou1
matter lad bccu circulated OH tlay aubsc1urut
todts publication In tho Detroit Free F,ras.
~ nholf would have bcnu transferred to the
DtstElct Of Coinmbla to RnHWnr tue charge pro.
feEro1 against lin. Tia Observation-Disclosures no.
titled the Judge that lio excepted to li4 rlnc
and would appcal tho case. II will next como in
before full bench Of tho United States Circuit
Court which meets alarcl IL.
LETTER rnoM aIn. nUELG,
70 the Editor af Tkt chttaqo I.i1une:
st. Lou1s, slarch 7.-1he Chicago organ Of
Bon Butler, otherwise known ~ tue Inter. Ocean.
III ia tsauo Of the Eth inst, give. space aud ap-
parent lndorsemeut to tho opinions OF a corra-
npoudent. uho says
correspondent canuot be either inl.cse, or tailed.
Newspaper i1sI,cd !n New YurE IT cui.aro. lie NAV
ae lnl!sset sud tre aal punlsArd II g,ity moi fot
thc puhlieasion or is.'e In New York or CA.cag iu
~ s ntfH net 0f conpofig aud tcF1fiHq M
ittti in Washington. "
Exactly. Nov
APPLY THIS RULE TO Ut CASE,
an'i eco how it works. I was tho Wayhiustor
correspondent Of the St. Louis RepuJiicaa
~hcn that alleged libel on tic now c1-Sena,o,
Chandler waH published In tho Free prcs., OF
iletroit; was nontlInS occasional, not regular,
dispatches TO t!so latter Journal. Whs,eycr 1
sent WIS anhlect to revision, to eutiye change. ar
to exclusion FROM tho columns OF The 1apcr alto.
getlisr, according to tho will Of tho tIarsvj,,n
ei!toF. lsatt no rorfr w1,atovor to procure thd
publication Of ANYTHING IN tho Free Press. LAD
a',nniS thr r'tc1fqr Of transmitting matter to tbs
oIltor y be nnhllshel Or hot AZ ie might deter.
mite. Ihus was merely All informant. It ia
not yet proved that tho original .'copy of tn.
alleged libel on G.. .aauator Chandler was tn inv
iland"rii'ng. Whether 1t wns or waB not written
ny me- tho published stoey VIVA based uron it,
formation. II waH nu informant, 10 was t,s
Hon. john J.. briggs. of Saginaw 10 was M.
tAanlcl Mckay. Of BOSTON: 40 WAS II. II. Smith !:
20 =. vas AIRS. Helen u. Her.larl; 80 vas an ex-
10 heard from II ths casa ever comes to triai
for all these peoplo had ~ fnach 10 do with mo-
cnl1nG tue publication Of tho Statement aa Ind
Why are not these peop!e included iu tAs indict.
mcut7 Why did not the indictment
REClTE THE ENTIRE oYrESYE?
The original artels in tho Free Ittss cf,arrod
ftno instances of !ntoxlcation In tic SeIIto
Chamber. Only bnc-anl tI,Mt tho last man.
tonctl III tho article. aud tho lesH bcIous of tlIo
two. II lh,:h were untr'lo--was mentioned tn the
Information up0n which tho iuaicku,out xAa
found.
Why ald nos ex-senator Chandler proceed
sabAus. Ao LOT PUN statctnhnIas ltecanEo lie
Gnew tuat Que @ q tl.em could be proved without
shas tue loHs iheons of tlu two, If tlntr,o I,e.
cause ho Mo"Yht s1e could pravent ts bein.:
proved, through tho power he happcncd,to lay1
to control sc principal witnessos for tile .lefcnse
Why dooa 10 proceed ngainst me. instead Vi
asa.nns s' inc puells.ars u tho tfe' trtss'
I'ecalso. win characteristic brutality and pni-
fFoonery. Ito tnsasines that have no nloney and
no 1f!ehas ana can caxily be crushed hy his
wealth aud position. This IL tlle state or tLn
case. Anu Atto1noy.Goncral Ntllfa1ps himself
enraGef at some letsefs wrote, when ho was ou
trial before the Senate Judiciary Committee In
respect TO his anlltncss for tllo position Of Chlet
I1t'sg Is s1ans'ns tho u o. tLo 10
Washington, to be s4isd before court subject to
Ills personal Influence. Williams Is actuatol, not
~ dostro t0 500 1u4tic0 Ione, but BY long-
ing to
zee VENGEANCE wRotoIfr UPON Mss
not ko fur IN lie II eo''ccred. for RnytbiuE am
| am known to have written ai,out
Y. n AM! about llss wife--EonothIng upon 'rl,cl,
aoea not dare to ba 10 rfoEcoutiou for
st!tten about Wil!'ama I nm heartily gIal Of
iaslhR written. What wrote about hs wife,
'A satly for having writton,-nat bcealfsp It waA
satfue' Int because Hha il Woman. But TINT
Hitherto | haye boon content to n1eet aud
epel; w legal naca,,s the eiror:A Of C!In1ts.lul
nt'Wittl9ms to roraoeuto anil nInoy Iuo. have
ot troubled tho public, although. their orgatiH In
)otrot. Washington, aud elaowharo. hayo kopt
p, = persistent. coarse Of misrepresentation
nd fa!schood concerning ,no anil NY caBo
Eut ! am getting fatigncd win a!iis sort
I thing. II Mr., Williams IL t'otornlinc4 to om-
10y thu judicial lnacliuory of tho Uuto,l Bsatee
0 crush mo, All obscure 1IoWssaper-writer, bo-
auae lie hata4 nIe, protoso, In my extremity
. appeal to the powor that Htands above Viii.
ams lusolf-tI,a press unl tho pubjto of tho
]utted statos. Eter sll!eo tiIs caso ltas been ir