National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-03-23
BRING ON THE PROOF.

The Indictment Against Whitelaw Rsid.
Among the indictments returned into court this
morning was one against WhItelaw Reid, of the
New York Tribune, for libel on Hon. A. r. Shep
herd. The indictment covers thlrty.slx pages, and
Is in substance as follows:
1t begins: The grand jurors of the United
States Of Americs, for the county and District
Aforesaid, on their oath present: That Whitelaw
Reid, late of the county and district aforesaid
journalist, being person OF an euvious, evil and
wicked mind, and Of most malicious disposition,
and Wickedly, maltciously and unlawfully mind
ing, contriving and intending, as much as In him
lay, to inlure, Cypress, aggrteYe and Vilify the
good name. fame, credit and reputation Of Alex
Rnder K. Shepherd, good, peaeesble and worthy
citizen Of the said United States Of America and
to bring him into public scandal, hatred, infamy
and disgrace, with force and arms, on the seven
teenth day Of April, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, at the
county and District Aforesaid, Of his great hatred
malice and ill-will towards the said Alexander R.
Shepherd, wickedly, HalciousIY and unlaw-
fully did compose and write and cause and pro-
cure to be composed and written q certain
false, scandalous, malicious and defamatory
libel Of and concerning the said Alexander
X. Shepherd, containing the false, scandal.
Gus, malicious and defamatory words and
matter following of and concerning the said Alex
ander X. Shepherd, that is to say: "If Justice in
the District" (meanlng the said District Of Co.
lumbia) "were not q mockery and law a nullity,
the vice president of the Board Of Public Works.
(meaning the said Alexander X. Shepherd, who
was then the vice president Of the Board of Pub
while extricating himself" (meaning the said
Alexander X. Shepherd) "frcm financial difficult
ties, has brought bankruptcy upon the District"
(meaning the District Of Columbia,) would be
promptly arrested and punished for his" (mean-
ing the said Alexander K. Shepherd's) "erimes;''
which said scandalous, malicious and defamatOry
litel he, the said Whttelaw Reid, afterward, to
wit, on the same 18th day Of April, in the year
last aforesaid, did wickedly, maliciously and IN
lawfully print and publish, and cause and pro-
cure to be printed and published, to the great
damage, disgrace, scandal and infamy Of the said
Alexander r. Shepherd, and against the peace
and government Of the United States.
The second count charges that said Reid,
"being such envious. evil, wicked aud malicious
perton," and ''wickedly, unlaWfully minding,
publish, and cause and procure to be printed and
published in certain newspaper, called and
known as the New York Tribune, printed in the
city Of New York, and circulated and published
in the county Of Washington and District of Co.
lumbia, certain other false and scandalOus
malicious and defamatOry libel" (reciting the
same.)
The third count charges that said Reid, "of his
great hatred, malice and iH-will toward SAID
AieHahoer X. ShePher9, Wiekealy, maIlciously
and unlawtully did publish and cause and pro-
cure to be published a certain libel"
''ot the tenor and effect following"
The fourth count charges that he ''maIiciously
and unlawully did print and publish and cause
and procure to be printed and published in a GER
tain newspaper" &c.
and write and Cause and procure 70 be composed
and written q certain false, scandalous =
did openly and publicly deliver and publish and
cause and procure to be delivered and published
to the Western Union Telegraph Company, at
the county aforesaid, = and did then and
there cause the said libel to be sent over the wires
Of the said Western Urion Telegraph Company
to the New ork Tribune" sc.
The sixth count charges that the meaning Of
said libel was that the said Alexander r. Shep-
herd twas guilty Of the crime Of converting to his
own use and em0eZZing the moneys Of said Dis
trict of Columbia in order to relieve himself from
financial difficulties, and that the said Alexan-
der X. Shepherd deserved to be arrested and pun
ished therefor"