The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-05-13
SUED FOR LIBEL.

Commonwealth: G. w. Reed, pro
prietor, and Col. s. N. Wood and ID. p
Mitchell, editors of the Topeka State
Journal were sued Wednesday in IA civil
suit by Rev. Allen Buckner, Chaplain of
the senate. The lawyers in the case
are Messrs. Davis & Jetmore, and the
amount claimed as damages is ten thous-
sand dollars. A criminal information
was also filed against the same parties
by the County Attorney with Davis &
Jelmore as assistants. We believe that
Messrs. Reed and Wood were arrested
Wednesday afternoon, butt that Mr.. Mitch
ell was not in the city. The action
is for libel that is contained in the fol-
lowing letter published in the weekly
mot in the daily Journal Of March Gath.
1881.
We copy the article as it appears in
the petition of the plaintiff:
A "PREYING" PARsoN.
...... Topeka, March %.
To the Editor Of the Daily Kansas State
Journal.
Rev. Allen Bucker (meaning the said
PLAINTIFF swore on the 2Sth day of Janu-
airy, 1881, that there was due him (mean-
ing the PLAINTIFF $50, for ten days as
Chaplain of the senate. February 14th
he (meaning the plaintifD swore to ten
days more and drew $50 additional. On
the 18th Of March he (meaning the
PLAINTIFF swore to thirty fl re days more,
ing the PLAINTIFF swore as follows:
do SnlnpnnlU that tho ohnxra
bill is Just, correct, and remains due and
unpaid; that the amount claimed there
in is actually due according to law"
ALLEN BUcKNER.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
2Sth day of January, A. d. 1881.
=. /. BONEBRAKE, Auditor.
There is not word of truth in that
affidavit
First. He (meaning the PLAINTIFF only
prayed for the senate twenty-seven times.
He (meaning the plaintifD "preyed' on
the state treasury fifty-four times.
There were only thiIty.seven prayers
! made in the state senate during the en-
tire session, and ten of them were not
made by Rev. Allen Buckner (meaning
the PLAINTIFF. He (meaning the plain
titf) swears the amount was due accord
| ing to law there was no law on the sub
ject. He (meaning the PLAINTIFF swears
it was just This was false, because he
| (meaning the PLAINTIFF only worked
half the time he (nleaning the plaintiff
charged for. he (meaning the plaintiff)
| swears il was correct, which was false,
and Buckner (meaning the plaintiff
knew it to be false, which ali goes TO
| show that the Rev. Allen Buckner
| (meaning the plaintif0 Is much better at
PreyiRg off of the state, than praying for
the senate. We have q strong suspicion
that such preyiRg does the state mort
harm than the legislature good. Had
some greenbacker made these affi.
cavits for service never performed
and on such false af1davits
drew money not due him, he
| would have been indicted for false
swearing and getting money under false
I pretenses; and il would have served him
right, too. Now Buckner (meaning the
| PLAINTIFF wants to prey on the state as
Chaplain Of the penitentiary.
tSignedl N.
ParsOn Buckner says that he was the
party who filed charges against Rev. D
P. Mitchell in the Methodist conference
and on which he was silenced. Mr.
Mitchell appealed to a higher church
court, and pending this appeal the above
letter was published in the Weekly
Journal, which circulates to some extent
among MethOdists and that the animu:
Of it was TO effect the appeal case.