The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-10-22
SOCIETY SENSATION.
Newspaper Slanderer I'm Court-His AFFECT
and Fruitless Apologies.


and Fruitless Apologies.
New York Herald Cable speciaIl
LONDON, Oct. 15.-Adolph Rosenberg edi-
tor and publisher % the society paper, Town
Talk, who was arrested early last Saturday
morning by Detective Cluster on a charge Of
libel preferred against him by the celebrated
beauty. Mrs. Langtry, and also by Mrs. Corn
wallis West, appeared this morning in the
Guildhall police court. He came out of the
cell, and looked very detected. He had
been unable to obtain a bondsmen for e.
600, the sum fixed by the court for his bail
when arraigned.
The attendance to-day was very large. Mr..
Edward Lewis the counsel for the insulted
Mrs West, who, at the preliminary hearing
of the case last Saturday, alluded to the
lbels for which the prisoner was arrested a.
the ''vilest and filthiest lies on record, was
present, while Mr.. Montsgu Williams repre-
scented Mrs Langtry. The defendant was
represented by Mr.. Beard.
The complainant was called upon for his
answer to the charge with which he was
accused, viz: OF publishing an article on
Saturday, the 4th OF this month, entitled,
Mrs. West at Home" also, publishing the
announcement that MIR. LaDgtry Was about
endeavoring to obtain divorce from his
wife. and that his royal highness, the Prince
of Wales, and other individuals, are men,
toned as correspondents; further, that the
petition in the divorce suit could be seen al.
The preliminaries being disposed of. the
prisoner made an abject apology to the
offended parties, regrettlng that he should
| indirectly have been the cause of annoyance
70 estimable ladies. He pleaded ignorance
of the writing in question about Mrs. Lang
try's divorce, and gave the name of the
| journalist who had written the paragraphs.
He went on to state that he employed q
detective to search the divorce records. and
it was undoubtedly on the detectives report
| that the allusion to the petition had been
presented. He denied that there was any
| malice in what had been recorded in his
paper the supposed facts being given as bona
| tide news. owing to the mstttr having be-
| come town talk. 1t was impossible for him
| now present.
In reply TO q question made to the pris.
oner as to the terms of payment existing
| between him and the writer of the para
graph concerning Mrs. Langtry's divorce. he
replied, THE question of payment was to
have been settled when the writer wrote
out his short hand notes of the divorce pet.
ton to Sir James Hannah"
Rosenberg then made another apology to
both ladies and their families, and begged
the court to reduce his bail, as ne was suffer
ing from illness and great mental depression.
Mr. Montagu Williams then rose, and in
sarcastic terms protested against the reduc-
ton of Rosenberg's bail, and he rehesrsed
the prisoners cowardly, cruel and wanton
attacks on his Client and concluded by
| saying that he thought the atmosphere OF
| Newgate would be most salubrious for the
prisoner. and Surgeon Gibson, of that place,
would give every requisite consideration to
his case. These remarks produced loud
laughter in court The prisoner was then
committed for trial at the Sessions, the bail
remaining the same as before.