Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-06-23
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A Young Law Student Goes Before q
Squire TO swear He is u Liar
When Was He LytngY


A young man named Harry McIntire,
law student in the Office of Charles b.
Lore, Esq, has occasionally been given
employment on EVERY EVENING as a
reporter, being paid according to the size
and value OF the articles. He recently
saw Mr.. Humphry of the JOURNALS
staff and asked ii the paper would pay for
an article describing Sunday night
scenes in drinking saloons con
Quoting business on that day,
in defiance OF law. Mr.. li''nphry after
consulting the editor of paper told
him that he would be pal lor such an
article if it were well authenticated. lie
accordingly give it in, giving the name OF
an individual he declared had
gone with him and declaring to
Mr.. Humphry his entire Willingness to
produce list of witnesses who would
swear to the statements i'll his article.
The young man is rather illiterate desp te
his journalistic aspirations and his article
was handed over to another membrr
| of the staff for corrections much
needed and TO that gentleman he gave
the same assurances rs to those who
| would back him up in the statements.
Not imagining that the young man was
shameless liar, no effort was made to see
the individuals in question and the
article was accepted and printed.
So far as the editor of the JOURNAL
is concerned, young Mclntire scarcely saw
him about the matter at all, and it 50
happened that the editor never saw the
article till it appeared in the paper.
Meeting McIntire then, accidentally, he
asked him If he vas sure he could pro-
| duGe people who would swear to the truth
Of his statements, and Mclntire said he
could, and voluntarily proceeded to naule
| various men he declared he had seen in
the saloons.
Squire Brady in some way ascertained
| that Mclutire wrote the article aud de-
| careI his intention to summon him as a
witness. He afterwards met Mr.. Hum
| phry who told him that McIntire tx
pressed his willingness to appear
| before him and give him the
names OF all the witnesses necessary to
| prove his statements, provided his own
name was left out, which offer Mr.. Brady
very properly accepted, as it would, il
made in good faith, have enabled him to
secure valuable evidence.
McIntire called at Esquire Brady's
office yesterday and, when asked by
the Esquire ii he wrote the article in
| question and was responsible for it, he
| manifested disposition to equivocate
and said he would prefer to be sworn.
The Esquire administered the oath and
| Mclntire then said that the whole thing
was hoax, gotten up for the purpose OF
creating sensation, in which he thought
h. had succeeded pretty we'll B4quir-
Brady then leotured him on the gross i'm
propriety of such a performance and upon
the wrong of injuring other people to
crafty ludicrous propensity.
To this McIntire answered: 81 re-
| garded it more as joke ON Croasdale,
because he thinks himself so astute that
nobody could impose upon him fabri-
Gated piece of news"
Esquire Brady advised McIniire not to
attempt to excuse himself on this ground,
As it would lay him open to a charge oil
nalieiousness. 1.-The best thing you can
TO-" said he, sis to say you are very
sorry you did it aud that it was gotten
anything else"
Mclntire then cinched his denial by
saying that he had not been in drink
ing saloon on Sunday for two years past,
and dwelt upon certain circumstances
detailed in the report which he said were
improbable on their face
Esquire Brady says, for the information
of the people who are cognizant of any in
fractions of the liquor law, that any
proper communication addressed to him
will receive due attention at any time.