, 1875-03-13
Mr.. STOREY
Four More Indictments Found
Against Him.
Three for Libel and One for an Obscene
Publication,



hakes upon tue head of Tic person who edits tho
Chicago Ti'aet. IhiH time, however, 10 sI,-
peArn 10 t,asc faIlcn foul OF men not oscrmuch
inclined to practice tho Christian virtue OF for
bcaraucc,-a very easy doctrine for those who
aro hot cl'clly concerned tn gross peraoual Rt-
taclt. Chiof among the wIatby victims of tho
Times Sunday publication ia sLat tall aud iul-
posing warrior. 0cn. Lieb, WHO has, al lo eays
himself. borno bfayoly up under tho insutts OF
tho eheot referred to for many yeats, but wl,oae
heart il now stol.cd to uilreicutlt, bitterness
toward thc rasanIc newspaper Of thu Northwest.
Tho article OF Hunlay was too lnuclI for him, 10
fie vent bcforo tho Grand Jury Thnrelav, aud
succeeded in procuring an Indictment ayainst
:Ir. Storey for libel lin promised that no force
OF logic, no peEsuasionB Of cloquencc, and no
amount OF editorial iotfactiou could iuduce lm
10 forcgo hih mar ngsiuet thu Fifth avenue Or
gan.
Following hotly on the track of Gen. Lieb
cnu,o
FAN ASHTON,
citizen who has had mora space III tue Times
III al uncompimeutary some. ihan any 1nan In
Chicago. Several noutha ago, Samuel, as well
as Toua 1oncrgan and u. X. Fairbaua, succeed.
ed in having indictments found for belous PUB
lication against Wilbur +. Storey, but AIr. Ash
ton Asserts that two OF alr. Stotcys agents fol-
lowed bin a.oand tun1t. aud, on lronHa OF re-
tract'on,-which waA 1nade In i half-learted
| 1nanner,-to ag1eea to 10: the first Indictment
70 by default. Iho renewal Of tho war by
tho Sunday Ts,nts. where ho WAS accused
q being corTursly concerned iu tile Matthew'S
Hospital ios.-a very old s.ory,-and also Of
having had dishonest deatngh with certain fur
nls4ing house which Was 10 supply tie county
With furniture, has proved to rnucu for ls peace
OF m!ud. sU forgetting the lntticacics OF tho law
And tue Ereat fame lor which he Is 1naiuly ti,-
Aat &19f $ufrx xAki1 - ExA
Ashton also went before the Grand Jury, aud, in
loud voice. demanded Justice. ue Ind been
patient too lung. ho sad, and now vengeance deep
and dire should fall upon tho head Of tho old
man ini1uitouB WHO had 30 bedaubed bis ci,arac-
ter In tho public c,yc. 6omo Of tho Grand Jurors
hntcd that air. Ashton hsd been vacittatng Ia lis
dealings with tho Times. What vas the use. thoy
urged. Of finding indictments whom nobody Becnl-
cd willing to follow thcu, ups It sraa mere
child's play. h1r. Ashton said that tho ltock Of
Gibraltar MAS not titnor On its baso than was thu
resolution rootod ln his heart OF hearts to foow
up his editorial onemy ii 1t took 10 bis dying day;
aud that, dyipg' be should bcaucstl tho holy war
to h!s children, with provision in biz will tlat,
Ii ever they " lot UP " uu HE. Storey, they wcru
to bB dialnhcr,tcd, cut or with hixponce, aud
otherwise n.adc the recipients Of q dcfnncs
fathers wrath.
Two indictments wcre lnnlly granted against
slr. Storey, on condition TINT Mr. Samuel Ash
ton did not again faltcr in the path Of public
duty and yield to tho yotce OF tho tempter who
whispered rctractlon In his car, Samuel re-
marked hat on tho last occasion. the proprietor
OF the Times promised must faithfully that the
nan!o Of tho ex-County Commissioner should
never sga!n appear N the columns ot that paper
--nulesa In a complimentary aouao. let, how
slaincfulIy had tls treaty been violated. No,
by tho blood Of Ill the Ashton's. the nattc cry
Of sLcr sen should bc, tho surrender! War to
tho kuifo!"
Tho Grand Jury, as matter OF curionlty, nost
cent for
FRANZ H. v7yttr
Of the Times, aud questioned that gentleman
relative to tho responsibility In tbs Office as re-
gardea tie writing Of tho obnoxious article. Air.
same Of il himself. but it Was under the orders
Of 3fr. Btoroy. Tho latter had, indeed, read over
tho cntlro production, passed upon, 1t aud al
lnwed its publication. Consequently, Mr.
what was going III racn tho libel vas Uttered.
Ihe Aanton indictments did not end the mis-
fortunes Of tho Ti,nes yesterday. Tic Grand
Jury, under tue common law, found
aT1LL ANOTHER t1uIcTMgST
against tho paper, for obEcooa publication. The
statutory Inv did not quito cover tho case, but
a'r. Heed mado case BY quoting tho uuwritten
Jurisprudence Of the nation. Tue ohsconity par
story of ito oFeios Of rack 81 in'.s,.u beasts Il
both se1cs, III certain Infamous houre on
Fourth avenue which appeared iu tho last kab-
BATH number Of tl!s Times
AND YET MoHE.
And HOW, 10 wind up, IL il stated, on what
would appear to bo good authority, that Judge
H!utlsets, Judge Williams, and Charles II. Hood
aro also going before the Grand Jury to l,nyn
against them. Thus TIM prospects for ti,e pcare
Of this newspaper proprietor appear to grow
darker.
THE rEriT ,uaY.
The following communication from tho i1lry.
mon WIN acquitted Father Forlau, ill the Cruil.
nal Court. Explains itself,
The Jury tn tho Of Father Toshan, In yiex OF