, 1877-01-31
TWENTY-FIVE CENTS.
The Celebrated Libel Suit Of Lewis
Versus Pomeroy,
Justlte neeth Diuharyes gritk, and Gives nis
sieNs On Newspaper Htn.

their ntl-sl!ngIng thr,,ngh tho columns Of
Josntru,'s Utmotrat ard Lewis Rural. anil sat
facinc cach other In Justice Mcech's otlicc. II.
", F, Lewis, hc ri ttle long hair and ancient
ASPECT, had accuscd Brick" Tnlneroy, lin Of
tic bald head, Of Ih"lIng him In Ill article
which appeared in tic Ut'nocrnt Of Nov. 4, ls7G,
tn The general cfrec, that l.exis haf orencd 4
letter addressed to Brfek.h md Ind nnrranrl-
a,cd q ccnts contained tl1crctn. Tie
case lah hcen continued tcrcrai times,
but yesterday afternoon eyeryb11y was
reu.iy 10 prusacd, AMI ut 3 o'clock t'fritk,'
with his lawyer, =. F. Sor,"s'. sat down al
table OIL the ptrutIte tlc NJ which Eat The rival
editor. Lewis, harl.cu up by Florcnec MrCastEy,
lnr,uur]y q savrr ut nouis, hut nov m asp.faht
tu legal lsonor., thttny. HI '1ustf*e shops.
, Mf e w. I w s "s sa, @ f 'f H. a' toll .e s"qS
of Ills wrong. with a},plrrnt rcln' tante. but II
was to tle general tlT:rt that this outrageous
lIbel of Bricks l,a'! bcen extensively copied,
de '~e, r s ciiss"d, s @ nae , "a l;rrs's part IT
tl,c exr,ts:rr ns Lew Steward which 1rr H.cwis)
hnd uu'is1,cd In lnE 1MlnCsE. ltc had never
OPENED lsltcf a'!'itessellto lirie' nor taGca
u cents lelntlEitl.- IL that titdiTE!ilII.
Ms. Nrrtun then tDUk upMr. Lewis, conect1tnC
iiset tint "Bsitkr wrutc the article III 1uce,iur
Envr his hands, Mr. Lewis fnli lie ,lidllt think
he had ever given "Rr!ck'" any, vtry hard iich8
IN his ra;cr, although he did n'lint writing two
or three articles Which the ave'aSc realtr would
he disguised t think wrrc quite u: go1,l In the
way UI prrno,1al alise a. any that lrtek " ever
wrute. Mr.. Lewis denied that Lrw Steward
l.a.t ever ,pr'm'scd Lisa money TO alyoea'c
ihe t;rcculMek tause, although Steward had
send HIN kui,,G n1nney fof rOpe& nt tN: paper
thrmig!l tlr springer I.rothtrs, ifs1n whom he
tnuil ilul get all That 1'G considered Lis, jutt
ard was worth S4t0,UD. and that the old man
ought 10 whuck III something. Finally, lc lid
admit that lIe tla' received an envelope at his
uw,I ut1icc addressed III h!sn.. but Inside nf tho
envelope va. letter addressed To "Bric!;,"
with - cents. IL salt, thcrc MAS nothing II,
tie letter to Bhuw that lllr money was intended
for ls'ivk. ile concluded that 1t wa.
IT, puy'nsn;t , fur hls tLewt) c,a'nraisn =
olilec, explained thc matter to "Drick."
uh the supps'sltiun that II country subscriber hail
put Br.tk'a letter into l.is tLeW!s' envelope,
and ha4 pnt Lev Is letter n "hriyk's envelope,
and iold" Brick" when the mi. ling letter came
tu hight, /" sGuu It uvcr. HrIcE appeared
satihlc.i. Al least, hr promised IL eiyc The
N"ru: a pu1' In his next wsrkfs paper, asnl sts:
in!rrv.cw terminated. Mr: Levi. considered
his campaign paper, and he kept It. Nos did
his culseitt1.c trouble HIN.
t.nR1Ck" Touk TIE STAND
and commenced IN rs gow'u; .!,le 10 speak IL
Lewis CAME In and told him about he
letter, WINCH, necot,ling to Brici.'' wis
addressed ~ Ai. II. pNneroy, AMI eal!ei
iflClOSlEE u
hA not kcl. the letter. as 1t was small matter,
but that wins Ills recollection, u It.. lc did not
ucccpt Lewis explanation Us entirely fati~tte.
tory. bnt let It ~, Us It was nMlya little NATTER
WAS publishing aud hc c,i!ciudc1 that the .wcn-
ty.iive reuts wns n payment tl,ctrIur. Sercr.
tnclcss he let II 60, aud orticrra the documents
/ tcut whether tue 1nonGytulne Dr not. hFith v
sud inat LEXIS llal tod l'stn that Steward mad
not paiti hsIn H. lie promised u do. u,tt lie ts.s
| pusel tn ''Briri" tlEtt they "roa.t the
uIi man," Lewis had alsu said That
| Steward whs paying tl'eexpef,ics Of hcSirlu@cr
cd to $40 y week, Tor thy good q tic party.
Lewis article On Steward wns published In the
con,c ou. Oh l.cnt. asd showed, Is he thought,
| tic rcai rrnsun fur Lewi.' sudden change vi
llvart ThIs Brick E1ully attributed 10 the isil-
ure Of Stewart to pay MI rs Ltwls expected
he would ,io. B.Ic!i testimony WIS aornc out
| by TINT Vi young inan nnncd Whitaker, all
/ einployc IN his uliitc.
Mis- LEwIs,
wife Of II, y. T., saal Sue wis in her husbands
otllcc when l1e rcrciyr.! this letter, aud -
but Mr.. Norlnn ubjc2lta.
Mrs, Luws-isut, my ,lear, yuu lave ntl told
your stor1cs, and nov l want to tell lninr.''
Aid sl,c went On 10 fsy that her husband hal
| tulA her te had letter addressed to Poucros,
hut that the rnycinp wis addressed Ia him.
She remembered reading the letter, but 1t con-
| talnCu III reference to my money.
4 ma[l-ca.rier tesi,slca thai he delivered 1ew.
ia' mail, hut thi nut deliver frineroy's. Tue
lltlrr rot Ills letters by the bu1-ststcn,.
All tie Testimony lVln. how In, Tie
| LAWYERS rRErAHEn THEMSELVES
for thrir last effort. Florence led oil by saying
tnat IT. wns very horrible ease, an tlut tnr d.
tci'!a'it was guilty rs charged. Then he pro-
commenting hi Ali tile turts, as well A> great
deal Which lad III rel;ilun to f4tt, a.ld tttuuunr
In, us MI absus.luy the charge thnt Lewis would
steal - ccMts. tell flaa lie lad stuirn il, Au,i
ll,ca Errl, it. The truth WIS. the nuncy .,r.
longct u Lewis, mud llc hal kept It Dftas1se lgt
had righttoit Speaking fus s,'1nrelt, tlurenre
SAID, IN u loud soltc aud With veiIrnitnt yes
They l,ati ruined HIN, and s5skIoJ0 wouldn't
pay him fur what they Aal published agni,.sI
him untsuthtuily. II was h.ce thing to have
paper uil.l 10 publish scnsatiors mil scanl4is
| but while Il wn, iun for the buys II Wis tleatl
10 lr frogs. A. tor his client, sr. Lewis, thai
gentleman wouldn't hurt Lair u Iulleroy'.
head.
1t this brilliant peroratton everybody laugh
hair Oh tbs lop Of bis head whrse tI1c hair ouSA
III. Norton didn't tl.iuis Lewis rerutatio,
had 'ccn damaged. ard Inti mated pretty PLAINLY
liz all around "B.ick," Ar. Norton elanvd
that LEWIS tad opened the lrttrr aud kept III,
Is cents, when was 'lo, douat sent 4
pay for "prisk.ss," mud ". Lewis
! tNItll'a1EH PIlIcFt ~ iISltl5 Eblab
llsh thls, liz urnt to "Websier's Tn
abridged" and n,ade the important rhllosoptt
ieol discovery that lie word "alarts+" wa
always properly applied o1,ly to letter, or NJ
,ng!osurc, while t!ls word .snpcrstrc" was
the wurA 10 apply to direction Ut. IN envelope
In short, Lewis lall ol,tneA u letter atllreasr,
10 Brira," and thc ur.!cle In question VII,
true at!tr1ncat Ut affairs.
Tile prosr. .uttun also "cHt to the dictionary
anil n,a,lc tie discovery tha. tie defense w.l,
. wrong. Tie two words were exactly synon
yniuu5.
! said the article Mnst be 1cA,t - II whule II
order 10 get vt Its real AWsit lut ha lii! mol ran
strue it Us charge uf absolute laflens .,ur d!
liz hrlteyc That "ltre!s" wuul.1 b.. convicted j
sen. 10 the Criminal Court Justice MECH al-
delivered hl.llscll VI 4 general ul,lu!nu uA I'll
} matter Of newspapers, to thc effect that wh,n
mau assumed q posi!lon u'' PAPER he ulus
look out for htlnself. Newspaper 'svn GU.
sidercti that they were At war with on
another, and they inu,t be prepared To- E,ve at:s
take. II thry chose to s' t.to tho light viii
eari, a,lcr. like the Kilkenny cuts, hc ,lldu'
| know but that II Was ubt'ut is we'll, etnvc thC