The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-28
GREAT SCOTT!
An Trafe Female with Cowhide Gre
ates CONSERVATION Among
~ Cheap Journalists.
Amateur Newspaper Hen "knOcked
Out of Time" In the Third
Round.
A FOOt-Race Around the Block, III
t Which Scott and Hatch Dis
lance the Old Woman.
THE Array of Journalistic Talent.

The Array OF JOURNALISTIC IaIent'
The Chicago Times of Sunday gives an
account of the horse whipping admins
tered to Manager Scott and President
Hatch, of the Chicago Herald company,
on Saturday. by woman named Mrs.
Mary J. Green, who had sued them for
criminal libel.
THE COMPLAINT
filed before the justice is lengthy docu
ment 1t alleges that Mrs Green, the
affiant. is 80 years old, and an artist for
thirty wears; that she has conducted her
self so as to have the good opinion of the
public; and that the Chicago Herald, on
the 18th of March, assaulted her character
and reputation by charging her with being
'fakir," wholesale swindler of
artists" that she would steal and that
she had 'tHeeeed asInan by the name of
Crosby" The complaint gives what pur-
ports to be a brief history of the estab-,
lishme mt of the Herald. and affirms that
the men who started it were good and
reputable citizens, but that since it has
fallen into the hands of said Scott and
Hatch, who is SCOTS brother law, the
paper thrives at the expense of the repu-
tations of good men and women. and that
1T ssbeeome "a water7closet of journal
.istic ii dehauchely." The afiant. Mrs
Green, further says that since the paper
has fallen into the hands of the two per
sons named they have placed upon said
alleged paper as reporters and editors for
the purposes aforesaid:
One convict. --. -
One eliminate of Manchester ia matte
asylum.
One fugitive from Louisi ana justice
One wife Sbeatef.- p *
One reformed gambler who was given
"a hours to leave ST Louis
One fast young man now boarding at |
the Palmer housewife his wife, a reputa-
Die and deserving lady, in the winter
sought shelter and food at the hands of |
strangers. The record of said young man |
will more fully appear in bill filed by /
his wife in the superior court of Cook |
county, and in the columns of the ORA
nldtic Mems, and,whose name and life will, |
on the trial of this case, more fuIlyl
appear.
One hummer.
Two beats.
One gentleman.
And one lady.
Affiant further says that said editorial
and reportOrial staff above mentioned
constitute themselves the censors and
custodians of the ethics and the morals of
judges, pastors of churches and congre
cations. Affiant says that said alleged
newspaper subsists by Matchmaking can
didates and merchants; that in order to I
make its system of blackmail on the lat
ter effective, Scott sends out plant
agent to the merchant, threatening to
write an article in said alleged paper1
rejecting on his public life, private life,
domestic relations, or the equality of his
mercantile commodities, as the case may
be, unless said merchant would advertise
IN said alleged paper. Affiant says that
sard Scotland Hateh--are Irresponsible
and worthless (save what thew might
bring to medical students for .dissecting
therefore Afflant is Obliged To /
seek her remedy in criminal court for
the offense of libel committed in said
paper.
ITS SPRINGFIELD sCAB
The Herald keeps up its unsavory rem
utatlon In these parts by publishing sour
rlleus articles, vilifying and defaming
. some OF the most prominent and honora-
pie members OF the legislature These
articles are written by a corresnondent
here, who it is believed holds a sinecure
in the house. Whoever he NAV be. he is
tit companion of the kind of men men
loned IN the complaint of Mrs. Green@E,
The CORRESPONDENT, referred to writes over
Inc feminine non de plume of Betty j,
: cOWHIDEDs In COURT. Ii
The dignity and deeorum with which ]
Justice Prindiville's court were grossly
abused Oh Saturday forenoon saws fbee
Chicago Times, from which paper we
take the remainder OF this story, by the
unseennly andfvery undignified behavior
OF the TWO wen-known individuals The
ohense was cendoned by the Justice, how
ever, in view of the fact the two w SIX Pc
were previously provoked. They SO far
forgot the proprieties of the second floor
temple OF justice as to perform number
OF ludlcrously astonishing acrobatic feats
and to raise their voices into very bowls.
But, as q looker-on of the ridicuiousper
Torrance remarked, "a eowhide energet
ically applied is "a great incentive to wells
and exercise" The two weIl-known in
dividuals who comported themselves in
so uncommon a manner under the infiu- /
ence of rawhide are Messrs. James w |
Scott, business manager of 2-cent pub |
LEGATION on Fifth avenue, and Azel F. |
Hatch. lawyer and alleged principal |
vicarious owner of livestock of the paper |
Messrs. Scott and Hatch were brought |
INTO the courtroom by two constabies |
who had
ARRESTED THEM ON WARRANT
LOT criminal libel sworn out by Mrs Mary !