Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-27
THE GoUGAR-MANDLER CASE.
A Cause Celebre that Will Cost Tip
pecanoe County Much Time
and Money.

A correspondent at Lafayette, Ind,
writes: Mrs. Cougar, who her elo-
quent attorney, C,l. De Hart, has
called the ''little lady" has gained o
notoriety that has been attained by
no other woman of our state. Man.
dler, the chief Of police who, outside
of his constituency In this city, was
unknown to fame, has been sung In
blank verse from the Potomac flats
clean across the continent. There
have been more cruel and unjust
things said of Capt. Mandler than
usually fall to the lot of the ordi.
nary ~peaceable and orderly citizen.
1t has been often asked why, If Mand-
Ter discovered Wallace and Mrs.
Cougar under the circumstances mar
rated, did he not place them under
a~rrest2 Had he done so he would
have been condemned by every friend
and supporter of Capt. Wallace and
Mrs. Cougar. Officers of the law are
loath to lay their official hands upon
prominent citizens, even at the dead
hour of night, and at best It would be
straining a point to have made q charge
against the captain and the little lady
Ii the chief of police had placed them
under arrest.
The air Is full OF recriminations.
Rarely has an intelligent community
suffered such q shaking up as that now
being administered. The social and
moral estates Of many prominent citi.
zens are already In the hands of the
public administrators, and bills and
claims are allowed without even first
certifying to them. The charge Is
openly preferred that Mayor Mckinley
is responsible for the alleged attack
upon Mrs. Cougar, that In his Sunday
Leader he has censured and condemn
ed her, and that II was by his comm.
vance that the police were secretly
"shadowing" the Cougar residence.
Every charge made against the mayor
Is uusustained by a single fact. It Is
q tissue of falsehoods which, IL eman.
ating from Mrs. Cougar or her friends
or from any other source, does him q
grous injustice, and will rebound to
the discredit and injury of the the
plaintiffs cause When the mayor first
learned, almost by word of mouth
from Capt. Wallace himself, of the
alleged l~isison, he consulted with his
friends of both political parties as to
what should be done in the premises.
he investigated handlers statement
carefully, and having by proof satisfied
himself that the chief of police had
told the truth, and that there was no
plot or scheme, permitted him to re.
main In his official position. Had the
conclusion been otherwise he would
have deposed Mandler instanter, a.
1t was In his power so to do. In JUS
tice to his honor it Is proper that this
be made known.
Two hundred witnesses have been
examined In this cause, and q hundred
more are to be added to the long list.
The lie has been given direct, and the
conflict of testimony Is frightful to
contemplate. Perjury has become
rampant, and II the struck Jury belize
which the collation. has been 30 OF, =
served can masticate the mcrsel with
out fatal results, its will become the
astonishment as we'll as the admiration
of Tippeoanoe's sovereign people.
Fully three more weeks will be occu.
pied before the case can be submitted
to the jury, and 1t Is understood that
the raciest proceedings of the trial are
yet to come. The costs of the trial,
lawyers fees, and expenses are already
estimated at $4,000, and the end Is
not yet. Verify, 1t lisa cause, celrebre.