Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1883-04-19

swore he was there and that experts
with both National and State rep
utation swore that il was i'm the plain
tiff 5 handwriting, and also the fact
that the woman made very damaging
admi, sions of carrying OH correspond
enct which she did not allow her hus-
band TO know about, were all INSULT
cient TO raise n question OF doubt in
the minds of the Jurors. 1t is not mis-
stating the facts TO say that a great
majority of the people in this section
of the State expected that the NeTS
would triumph in this suit, and expires
sions of regret are frequently heard
here over the result The answers TO
the special interrogatories create the
maximum of the surprise shown here.
The answers that the article was pub
lish,d not to cause an investigation
and clear the reputation of the State
University, but for the purpose OF sen
sation and circulation, not caring
whether it was true or false, and so
sweeping and strong condemnation
that the mind of the impartial observ-
or turns nom the oY,n proceedings of
yHe trinl far -uW- n'I'"r eNulWatiou -
! The citizens of Mlc.n5,.. hhJW that
the circulation of the Detroit Ner; is
so large that the publication of the ar
ticI- referred to could not and did not
cr4Gte any increase" Even the trial it
salf. which was given very fulI iG th"
NetCS. d.d not materially an5ct its ca.
culation, it remaining in the immedi-
ate neiy yhborhool of 40, 900. But is it
a punishable act TO publish an article
for the purpose of creating circulation
Is not every line of news that goes in
TO the columns of every newspaper put
there with the hope that il will in
crease its circuIationl Again is not
the effect ofss::the publication of all
startling news the creation OF sensa-
tionl What is n sensationl An eX-
citement merely. When the NelDS
published the article taken from the
! Canadian papers showing that the tair
name of Michigan's University was be-
ing tarnished. of course il created an
excitement, for the people OF Michigan
are proud and Jealous of the good
name of that institution. There was
n greater sensation though i'm the house
of Joseph Wardle at Tilsonburg when
he came into the house with the inta-
nous Brenton letter which forever
blasted his happiness, made his wife
an outcast, east heavy cloud over the
public life of his loved daughter, broke
up his home and finally drove him in.
TO an insane asylum. Someone crea.
ted that sensation. Did the jurors in
the Maclean case wish to state that the
newspapers have no right to take cog
their duty TO the public in trying to
unmask the infamous being who could
commit such an outrage? Whatever
their intentions, that is the effect OF
their verdict The Evening NeiCs OF
Detroit has had quite number of IL
bel suits. and has virtually won in
them ALL Some of them have gone to
the supreme court two or three times.
but the Ne,cS has had to pay little ol
nothing i'm verdicts. 1t has been evi
dent to all that sooner or later the
N0rS would meet with reverse. -
Such is the very nature Of things. The
people i'm body become jealous o
persons who enjoy large continued sue
cess. and often uuconsriously they
throw stones in their paths Eve
since the wonderful triumph of tn,
Mems in the Peoples libel case its rivals
in Detroit have been jealous OF it, an,
fearing another victory in this cnse
one of them at least, has done all /
could to bring about the verdict tina
wJs rendered Much prejudice WI