, 1875-05-27
SHYSTER.
rh. Second Attempt to Discover It's
AD Meaning.
~, corrons Of ATr. 1}ush NJ Portrayed
by q Fcllow.Snffrrcr.
(1toss-E1nmination b7 Trudc.

vIT1H3s0AAl14uAtaVA - AASs
r,,, anti for libel hruueht by William 11lslf,
- .,.orupy, against Wilbur r. asorey, o.!ttor ol
~. Times, 10 recover damages for tho a!scKod
,s,,,v to character and reputation cansoa ty tho
A,'t,iration Of certain articles In which ha waa
ir,url " sl.ystes," "dvorce sl'ystcs,' and
s.s,rfuily and wonderfully Ignorant man. eatllo
- 70. trial bctoro Judge 1logora yesterday
1aoroino ". +. Butter, wI,o lsan bcen IN tho
s.n,o boat, antl kuowH how 1t ia hisnself sud AIR.
e rhusch a,rcatcd in behalf Of tho plaln,tN,
.rd AR. A. 8. Tr,,do and tIr. U. r. Smith locked
.n.r Tho interests OF tho defendant.
Much timo was spent III impancling Jury.
MT. HuTtEn
,,., oneucd tho caso III Goha1f Of tho COM
.t,,naut III IN ntllrosa Of considerable lcnKtli.
ssnI Of great beauty and elo0nonco. lie BaHt
,h.t no npnronc1.cd tho case with feelings OF tho
14ercst emotion, but WAS hotiyod up by pro-
t,und emotion that hts client had bcen groaRly
ontraRcd and abused. ne then drew touchin.
,i,turo OF the difference In wealth md posltlon
betvccd his client and the defendant. Ms.
sto,cy ras rich and powerful. tin owner Of
ereak newspaper, a Eucccasful editor,
nd 4 man wl,o welded NIL extensive
iudueucc. Mr.. Bush was poor and
humble attorney whose reputation was bis only
,,o!.a,, Tic eloquent Inwycr then andulgc1 in
.bo antlfnl and striking figure. lie !tkcnod tho
nreas to an omnibus. Tho omnibus, ho haid.
IA n convenient and useful sohic!e (faro .
tcuts), but It was not permitted TO the most pow
trful omnibus company to drive their 'bueos
1eckleeRly through tho slroetR to tho hazard OF
hfo md limb. A driver WHO drove through,
crowded street, knocking down. manning, aud
edpping pedestrians, would 10 arrested. Mr.
Storey did not dfvo 'bna, but ho drovo a proHs-
xanton destruction Of peoplo's characters. rcEt.-
tations, aud fair famo7 Certainly not. lie
should bo restrained AZ tho caroleas Jehu 'B
The o,ntor predicted that tho liberty Of tho
press Would be perpolunte1 as long ~ tho pEcsb
~ puro. Its decay wonIt 10 cauaod by ith own
corruption. Thou, nl!udnE TO lAo article IN
ylcn inb client Ind been callod shsstor no
he!l that it ~as unjust, cruel, and diabo!ieal.
lie then commoNtca somewhat on tla meaning
ind derivation Of tho term "shyhter" It was
not to to found 1t, any respectable dictionary.
but lad bean embraced, he beloved. IN collcc.
lions OF low slnng terms, or A1AeticanlEn's II
xas an opprobriu,is. defanntory tcrn, ho
.,d used to dosisnaeo .n v,0 eIam eInaa
sppl;ed to . respectable member Of tho
Bar, was calculated to blight hts fair fame, aud
destroy his reputation. Atr. Eush'H HensittFo na-
turo nau bcon sorcly outraged thereby, and hts
professional HtAnulHR luA CeEI AAlN'SA CS5e"Nl
tlo power Of money 10 repair. Tho reporters OF
tic Times ho characterized aa LOT OF dogs
purs, aud cura OF low degree.
Tic advocate occupied great deal OF time,
md tue Court adjourned bofuro no had COLI
cludcd. lie resumed aEaitl ut o'clock.
At his cloac, alr. U. i. Smith presented tho
eaao OF .--.-
THE Defense.
He took The ground that papnr Lad . right Il
comment upon men IN In,bl'c nosltlon an anu H. e
tetcstod. 10 call a NAH tn!et VINO was thie
did not hurt him any. There were disreputabi'
men In tho law as in my other b'isiilers. ana
newspaper could mt DO held responsible for pub
lshing their dofects.
..onyetcr," he sad, was word net In Gonora
u.o. and isH significance was not gouerally ntI
derstood. lie supposed that good ulsny pro
ple called lawyers GENERALLY sh'sters.
stIs. ktAHC u. WILLIE,
Of tho Times. raB then Hwor1l. Iia testttlo
that ho waH aas'stant cl.tor Of that paper
Mr, Storey was tho responsible editor. 4 larp
number OF papc1B containing illusions J.
"Hl1ly" wcro prosecuted. Which Ao identified o
copies Of Tho Times. III rdply to q question q
to Mr. storoy'n pccunlary means, ho sta!od tia
tle Times cstab1IRlamcnt WIN worth froi
si0o,0UO to 9G00,Uu0. Tho circulation OF til
Times dnrIug tho limo whcu thuso articles wer
published WAS about 10000.
Thc plaintitr IN The easa was tbcn called II
5sposed that bo had practEcel law III this ct
for several gcars. Was admitted to tho Lar Il
Michigan iii 1861. and In this stato IN tho sam
orAl articles, oil Of wllio, he stated no had roac
Ho waB the individual referred 70 as "Dlly
Bush. LILLY wRa d BIang term for Mi.siau.
On csoas. examination, ho testified tint ho la
p.ncticed law III ST. Louis, but could nut gl7o I'll
nanes Of any Of the courts or tho httorneya thu
Nj, Trudo-Will you swear tint you vel
never arreatal In that city fdr an nERau't Wit