The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-01-03
That Extra.
EDfroR CHRONICLES:

EDITOR CHRONICLE:
l have before me queer specimen OF
the style of printing which a blacksmith
might be expected 10 execute in his shop.
1t is conglomeraiion OF blasphemy,
pigeon English and botched typography,
labeled "Indcpee6eni Erira'-the pro-
duct of one Reichmann. In this delecta-
BILE extra find that which purports 10
be statement of facts, but which is in
reality statement OF lies, from beginning
to end.
Permit me to give my version OF this
affiir through your columns, inasmuch as
the attack upon me has been made at a
time when am temporarily without the
field of journalism, and therefore by cour-
tesy entitled to immunity from such as
sault
in the latter days Of July, 1877, lleased
of Reichmann the Independent office IN
Toledo. / agreed to pay him $500 per
year for the use of the material, he claim
ing that the same cost him over S3,0oo
By the terms of the lease, as it reads, ali
the material was conveyed to me, and
schedule of the same was to have been
made out by Reichmann. and attached 10
the lease, which was left in the hands OF
J.. G. Kline, Esq. At that time, having
taken base advantage of his position as
journalist to do all in his power TO haIrass
much better men than himself, one of
whom was then virtually in dying con-
dition, Reichmann was under arrest for
libel, and was out of the county Jail only
by reason of giving heavy bonds. He had
sunk hundreds of dollars in the vain at
tempt to publish half German and half.
English paper, and was white with fear
lest the Grand Jury should indict him.
Therefore, he was quite relieved when |
took the Independent off his hands. He
had at that time some four hundred names
on his list, q large proportion being sort
of free list, at Davenport, aud number
of the others being Germans in this county.
He dropped most of the Germans in this
county, and dropped the Davenport list,
so that obtained from him a list of 1872
.su5scribers.in Tama county. This, after
Reichmann had run the paper three years.
gave him back list of 5775 in this county,
exclusive of his German list, after having
published the paper four AID one-half
months Is Reichmaun damaged? During
his three years, Reichmann never had the
printing of the Proceedings of the e, nd,
having always had the smallest list IN the
county. After took it, the Independent
got that printing, by reason OF having the
largest circulation in the county. Is
Reichmann damaged! To be sure, all
This will do him no good. His subscribers
will leave him, as usual, and the Board
will refuse him the printing. In fact,
large numbers OF my old subscribers re
fuse TO take the paper under Reichmann's
administration. But is this my fault!
By private agreement with Reichmann,
he was allowed the privilege of reserving
q small amateur press he had just pur-
chased, and also all the GEL man type in
the office, he claiming that he wished to
start little German paper. All the rest
was to be left with me, according to the
terms OF the lease. He retained posses
sion for couple of days after signing the
lease, and he removed not only the small
press and the German type, but also all
that was new, neat and nobby IN fancy
job type, and left me only three fonts OF
fancy letter, and all those of style so
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