The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-11-01

In the Recent 100000 Damage
Cases,
Serious Charges Against the ceme'
terry Association by a
Sunday Paper,

Repository aud Judge Lahm, brought
by Councilman William VolkmanI
aud Paul Field On Saturday evening
the RepOaltory In double loaded edi
torIal apologized for the publication oI
the libel, aud to-dayJudge Lahm makei
q few candid statements In m inter
view with o NEwa'DFMoORATTeporler
| II was the intention Saturday evening
10 bring action for criminal llbe
against the Repository but nothing wal
done, The matter is Rtlll undecided
Something may be done soon or II may
be allowed 10 reht,
The Sunday Morning Times gave
publication yesterday TO sensational
article concerning the disposal Of bod
les al Weatlawn Cemetery ltiaulhor
ity was OK Sexton Archer, lie ohargel
| that bodies WGfe removed from lot
which had been paid for and Telnt6rr6C
/ In the p0ltGr'a Held Tho names glyel
are those OF o child OF q family named
Meiaer formerly residing on the Bon
| field farm, aud d Mrs, CfeY0lae, who 70
sided on West TuaGarawaa street
10 Is also charged by Sexton Archer
that a number OF bodies have been
raised and removed 10 fence corners IN
different parts OF the cemetery, and tht
lots thus vacated have been sold q
other people,
TheTlmea charges that In one soc
| tlOn OF tho cemetery there 10 u place
/ where single intefments can be made
when persons do not buy q lot, AZ q
later time, II q lot Ia bought, the bOdlel
are removed 70 them, II is charged
that instead OF tho bodies being remOy
cd, graves have been merely leyeled anC
| then n mound raised on tho newly pur
\ Ghased lots 10 convey the impression II
the friends that q transfer had been ef
aected. IL IN charged that this has beer
done In d number OF instances,
Although serious, these charges art
scOfied at by the cemetery trustees
These aro the charges that were madt
at the time OF the Schmidt sensation
and, 10 they say, the charges are due u
| Archer, the sexton, having been ais
charged. by reason OF this they say hi
wants revenge Mr.. Archer holds oul
for their truthfulnese, however,
II there has been any change In the
status OF affairs 90 regards tho $1,000,
damage suits brought by COuncllmer
| Field aud VOlkmann against the re
pOsltOry and against JudPo Lahm, 10 II
| an increased determination 10 have
mBtIee, n such a thing can be had, The
latest Indignation OF the plaintiffs II
| the case arises from the interview Of
| Judge Lahm In the NEW8DEMoORAT
and an alleged interview with Coun
Gilman Field In the Evening Llbeler
| The authenticity Of the latter NJ indlg
nantly denied by Mr., Field,
This interview may have arisen from
/ II visit made by Business Manager Sax
| ton, 10 Secretary Field NJ the watel
/ works 0nlce Monday afternoon. Attel
| the manner IN which the paper ha(
been u party In libellng him, Mr. FlelC
entertained the hope that the manage
ment would have The decency 10 keel
| his Office clear Of their presence, Bu
| he found that ho was IN error Tit
business manager appeared, aud IN thI
| course of his remarks, ap0l0giled fo
| the ino0mpetoncy OF the individual
/ who would permit such u slandor 10 bl
published ngalIMt an estimable citizen
| lIe felt sorry that II had occurred, liz
| worked hard from early morning until
late at night, and tried TO do what wa
right, but with ino0mpetenoy II wa
loves lab0rs lost TO kick against thI
prcka. ....
The object of this visit Just at thil
| time cannot bo entirely fathomed, Mr.
| Field preiers 10 say nothing on th'
case. flo will neither deny nor alllriI
the assertion that the visit was for M
other purpose than TO beg out OF thil
suit for libel. Whatever was the resul
of the conference II is known that Sec
retary Field was q highly In
censCd man when he was showl
In the Repository what purportet
| TO DO nm interview with him ON th,
grave charges made against the Gene
| terry Association on the mode OF burin
at West Lawn. Mr., Field denies tina
he had any interview with any repre-
sentative Of the Libeler, llo c0nyeraet
with Mr.. Snxton on that mystorlou
visit, but II was not an interview Tn
article put assertions into his moutI
that he never made, and knew nothin
Of until he read them In the alleged In
terylew. "Tho alleged interview Is q
malicious as the article 10 false, sal
Mr.. Field, "and shows the unscrupu
lousnesg of the crowd on that paper
In regard 10 the article Of judy
Lahm's over which these suits 0riRli
nted, Secretary Field said "Judg
| Lahm makes the assertion that an
fair minded man can see that he hn
| no intention 10 reflect upon the parent
age Of the two c0uncilmen. Let m
soc; does he consider Messrs, l.. Y
| BoclIlus, A, @. Tonner, George Deubl,
Judge William II. Day and u host Q
other well l.known residents, fair mint
cd men. III he does hear what the
say, A. @. Tonner said he was out q
the city when the article was publishe
but that when he read II he gas almo'
thunderstruck. l.. V, Bdbkius wa
deeply affected over the article, as wei
Me8srs. George Double, W, X, Mile
and others. Judge Dayiwlth emphI
sis and considerable feeling said i
didn't know what Judge Lahm meat
by the llbelous statement, lie brob
his bread and drank his wine an
: drank more WINE than he broke breal
and for this reason preferred not
prosecute Judge Lahm. A number
professional men In the city said u
same thing, Let me say that Judi
Lahms card Is rs full Of malice as
card Of SUCH length could be. ~ starte
In by calling NollSmann and | mi
creants, then asses, and finally woun
up by rejecting upon our parentage'"
FURTHER ENLIGHTENMENT,
There are circumstances which ~
almost certain 10 develop, anti datir
The appearance Of Mr. L0hm's con
munication, which will IN u greI
measure exonorate that gentleman
at least Il will show the malice Oi
onimus Of the Repository managomel