The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-11-01
oP0TTRR's FIELD,
Mr. JOHN LAIN, IN nEIIALF oF the
CEMETERY ASSOCIATION,

Mr.. JOHN LAIN, IN nEliAif of THE
CEMETERY ASSOCIATION,
LETS nER 90 GALLAGHER on THkAr0f'
TER's FIE.p AND OTHER SUBJECTS"
II puhported 10 give the true condl
tlon OF aifaira ~ existed between the
council and the cemetery trustees NJ
regard 10 the proposed deal, whereby
the council was 10 lease 10 the Aaaoeia
tIon the potter's Field and pay beoldo
$500 yearly
The article referred 10 Mr., Volkmann
aa an Annanas and gave an alleged
speech OF Mr.. Ficlda In opposing the
deal. AZ the close II made u serious
reflection upon thepUentAge OF MeaaTa,
Field and VOlhmnnn, stating that Their
parentage was doubtful,
An day long these two gentlemen
conferred with leading attorneys
These attorneys, although admitting
that there was q decided libel, yet out
OF professional courtesy preferred mol
20 b0 instrumental In bringing suit
against Attorney Lahm,
AZ q late hour an attorney was se'
cured and the petitions drawn up, They
are separate actions Mr., Field sues
the editor and business manager OF lhc
Repository and Mr. Lahm for SlOOOO,
Mr.. Volkmann does the same, asserting
that the charge and publication was
llbeloua md malicious.
The papers In the suits against Az
tOrney Lahm were served this Wter.
noon, ne at the time being engaged
With clients. lie was surprised,
The papers In the action against the
REPOSITORY Printing Company VIII b1
served tus evening,
AZ $40 o'clock q Ia learned that these
gentlemen have also instituted criminal
action against John Lahm and Herbert
\, SaxtOn. business manager and Geo
B. Ffease titled editor Of the Evening
Repository,
The parties win no doubt be under
arrest at the time this reaches our
readers, and II there is any justice 30 be
secured from the courts OF stark
county, they will languish In the
peniten.'y 10 do penance for
the yiliain0us reelection upon
the birthright Of two Of Canton's most
estmable citizens,
10 may be said that II has long been
predicted that the managers OF the Re-
pository would eventually get them
selves In the clutches of the law for The
unprinclpled manner IN which they have
conducted that Journal,
The exclusive publication by the
NEws.D .DLMoCRAT OF the damage suits
against the Repository Printing Com
pany aud Attorney John Lahm, com
menced In Common Pleas Court Friday
afternoon, created a decided stir
throughout the city. Although those
who had read the Infamous changes
made In the Repository by Judge Lahm
against Councilmen Nokmann aud
Field clearly saw the libel, yet the com.
menclng OF the actions for damages by
these gentlemen came with great sur
prise. The news was well received
however, and the friends and acquaint
ances Of the plaintiffs called upon them
TO offer what support they could In the
matter
Had bomb.shel exploded In the
editorial and business departments OF
the Repository Printing Company Fri.
pay evening II could not have created
greater CONSERVATION than did the
reading in the NEWS DEMOCRAT Of the
action brought against the company
for libel This was the first notlica'
tion aud there was q banging of doors
and the shrieklng of many voices In
great alarm uutil the force was col
lected In the business Office and a con.
ference held. IL was q narrowing spec
tacle. Ii Is stated that the business
manager heaped reproaches on the
head OF the editor for permitting two
of Canton's most estimable citizens to
be llbeled in the manner they were, aud
the editor with q quaRing voice
worried energeticllly TO cast OF these
repr0aches upon the ground that the
paper had often said much worse
things Of leading citizens and nothing
had come Of IL. The editor could not
understand II. Usthought there must
be some mistake. In the morning ne
came to,fully realize the gravity OF the
chDsge made by Judge Lahm, and hnd
lsBent his assistant, Merton. to the wa
ter works Office 10 sound Secretary
Field, and, II possible, get him 10. write
a communication. Merton told him
there was something serious In the wind
upon his return, and later Frease saw
Councilman Vollmann issue from AT
torney Upham's office. Frease asked the
attorney II there had been any action
commenced against the Repository, and
was told no. He didn't understand II,
at oil, at all, any more than he seems
TO understand any thing
All this didn't relieve him from q
ycorching from the hands of the
business manager and the treasurer.
flo would have got 1t, too, from
the plebeans on the report0rlal force
IL 10 said, II IL had not been for the fact
that they dare not give voice to their
seniiments. That II was not mistake
was soon evident by papers being serv-
cd upon them from the Sheriff'S Office,
and notifying them that that the COM
many had been sned for $4,000 dam.
aofS BY both Field and Volikmann.
This almost threw the group into
BDaSmp.
+ Nj stated Friday, papers we're drawn
nl noalnst lhe company on the charge
AZ ciluiinal libel, aud the intention was
fn have the papers served early IN the
A4hnlnf It Wis laler decided 70 post
n8nA thiA 1ufYSce for q short time ~