Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-01-05
Ought To Be Happy.
The Chicago Times "Long" on
Libel Suits.
MALICIOUS LIBEL THE LATEST ONE.

Editors West and Dunlop Arrested on
Complaint of Capt Setback and In
spector Bonfield, Who Deny the Lowen-
enstein Charge-1he Paper Keeps Up
the Fight and Has Enlisted for the
War-Its Editorial Comment.
CHICAGO, JAN 5.-Jos=ph R. Dunlop. city
editor of The Chicago Times, was arrested
last night charged with criminal libel, and
locked up at the Harrison street police
station. Warrants were sworn out during
the afternoon by Police Inspector Bonfield
for the arrest of James j West, principal
editor of The Chicago Times, and Joseph R.
Dunlop, its city editor on charges of GRIM
inai libel, for having published IN that paper
yesterday morning the statement of the
wife of Detective Lowenstein, charging
the police with being in completely wit
thieves, and acting as "fences" in the dis
position of stolen property.
MIR. West was not in his offics when Mr..
Dunlop was arrested, but will be served
with the warrant when found
LATER Editor West was arrested later
in the evening, and soon afterwards, both
himself and City Editor Dunlop were re-
leased in 5000 bail, to appear before the
police justice to-day
The complaint against The Times is
signed also by Capt Setback and he refuses
to talk other than to say that the charge is a
malicious libel, and that all he has to saw
will be said in court. Inspector Bonfield
also Indignantly denies the imputation cast
upon him and says he hardly knows Lowen-
stein.
The Times in an editorial this morning,
after asserting that the arrest was planned
at a time that would make it most incon-
venlent for men engaged in getting out a
newspaper, and Mr.. Dunlop thrust into
cell ''as foul the reputation of some of
Chicago policemen" continues:
"The case lies deeper The Times has Leen
compelled to make severe criticism upon
police methods, especially OF the wholly I'M
warranted manner in which its authorities
have undertaken to suppress free speech, a
right guaranteed by the constitution of Iii
nois as by the federal aud by the funda-
mental law of all the states. Its structures
have descended strongly and deservedly
upon the head of John Bonfied, vicious
and degrading force in the police establish
ment whose mind is written in hang-dog
face, who would be invaluable in
the service of a despot or a slave driver, but
as a conservator of the peace in a free city
is a crying failure. Having done what be
could to deny the right of free speech Bon
field attempts what in him lies to deny the
right OF a free press The Times fully un.
derstands the limitations upon both rights
Neither may degenerate into license
Any one may freely write, freely pub
lish, freely speak. being responsible
for the abuse of that liberty, The
Times will not, upon the menace OF a club.
cease freely to speak nor will it seek to avoid
its responsibility for all that as free press
1t may choose to utter. 1t will dust the
jacket of these varlets until they mend their
methods Standing by what it has said in
this connection it will continue to uncover
rascaity until the offenders are properly
disposed o.
ELEVEN years ago an autocratic Judge
said in his wrath that Wilbur F. Storey was
guilty of constructive contempt of his
tribunal and with mighty show of writs and
things committed him to Jail year later
the people passed. judgment on that Judge
and his public career was ended Bonfield
and Setback are not mightier than the
bench. Their day is at hand