Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-03-22

WhitelaW Reid Indicted fer Libel.
THE ACTION OF THE GRAND JURY TODAY.
To-day the grand jury Of the Criminal Court
Of he District OF Columbia found true bill
of the New York I1if,snse- for libel.
THE FIRST COUNT
of the Indictment Is as follows:
The grand jurors of the United States OF
America, for the county and District afore-
said, on their oath present, That Whitelaw
Reid, late OF the county and district afore-
evil and wicked mind, and OF a most maiic-
ious disposition, and wickedly, maliciously
and unlawfully nlinding, contriving and in
tending, as much as in him lay, to ipjure,
Cypress, aggrieve and vilify the good name,
fame. credit and reputation of Alexander X.
Shepherd, a good, peaceable and worthy cit
iZcn of the said United States of America,
and TO bring him into public scandal, hatred,
infamy and disgrace, with force and arms,
ON the seventeenth 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 II. Shep-
herd, wickedly, maliciously and unlawfuily
did compose and write and cause and pro-
cure To be composed and written certain
false, scandalous, malicious and defamatory
libel OF and concerning the said Alexander
r. Shepherd, containing the false. scandal
Gus, malicious and defamatory words and
matter following, OF and concerning the
said Alexander r. Shepherd, that Is TO
say, IF Justice In the District" (mean-
ing the said District of Columbia) ''were not
a mOckery and law a nullity, the vice presi-
dent Of the board of public works tmeaning
the said Alexander X. Shepherd, who was
then the vice president of the board of public
works OF said District Of Columbia). ''whc,
while eXtricating himself tmeaning the said
Alexander n. Shepherdl "from financial diff
ficulties. has brought bankruptcy upon the
District" (meaning the District of Colum-
bia), "would be promptly arrested and pun =
r Shepherd's) .'crimes;'' which said scanda-
lous, malicious. and defamatOry libel he. the
said Whitelaw Reid, afterwards, to-wit, on
the same seventeenth day of April, i'm the
year last aforesaid, at the county and dis
trict Aforesaid, did wickedly, maliciously,
and unlaw. ally print and publish, and cause
and procure To be printed and published, to
the great damage, disgrace, scandal, aud in
fanny of the said Alexander II. Shepherd, and
against the peace and government of the
United States"
THE SECOND COUNT
charges that said Reid, being such eDvious.
evil, wicked, and malicious person." and
.'wickedly; unlawfuliy minding, continuing,
and intending" n Ibid print and pub:
lish, ana cause and procure to be printed
and published in q 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 Columbia, a certain other false
and scandalOus malicious and defamatOry
libel' (reciting the same).
THE THIRD COUNT
charges that said Reed "of his great hatred,
malice and ill-will toward to said Alexander
r. Sbephe.d. wickedly, maliciously and nm
lawfully did publish and cause and procure
TO be published a certain libel"
''Of the tenor and effect following
THE FOURTH COUNT
charges that he 'maliciously and unlawi tally
did print and publish and cause and pro-
cure TO be printed and published in GER
lain newspaper" &c.
THE FIFTH COUNT
charges that che did compose and write
and cause and procure to be composed and
written a certain false, soandalous -
did openly and publicly deliver and publish
aid cause and procure to be delivered and
published to the Western Union Telegraph
company, at the county aforesaid
and did then and there canse the said libel
to be sent over the wires of the said Western
Union Telegraph company TO the New York
Iiib1tke," &c.
THE SIXTH COUNT
charges that the meaning of said libel was
that that the said Alexander T.. Shepherd
''was guilty of the crime of converting u his
own use and embeZZliDg the moneys OF S lid
District of Columbia in order to relieve him.
sGlffrom financial difficulties. and that ne
the said Alexander X. Shepherd deserved }
be arrested and punished therefore"