Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-12
EHL OF NO LIBEL Law.

| 4 YlL OF W. LlD6b Law
AS will be seen by the following cor
respondence, THE GAZETTE has another
libel SUIT on it's hands, and this corre-
spondence is printed to show how inuo-
Gently newspaper may subject itself to
a suit for damages, and how ready a
certain class of lawyers are to avail
Themselves of the opportunity to take
libel suits for apart of the amount re-
covered. - If the publication of the fol-
| lowing facts will serve to open the eyes
Of the people of Texas to the injustice
done newspapers by the failure
to enact libel law defining the exact
measure of the freedom OF the press in
this state, THE GAZETTE will derive
some consolation for the vexation and
loss to which it has been and may be
subjected. Early in April the following
| letter was received:
| Rory, TEX, -, 1890.
| Editor Gazette.
| enclose short piece which you will please
| give publication. TIE GAZETTE Is a great IA
| vorite with the people in this country, and has
the name of being very fair. l feel little hurt
me to make the correction. Respectfully,
c. W. SIMPSON.
THE GAZETTE had no recollection of
the publication, and inquiry of the ed
itors of the various departments Of the
paper failed to elicit any recollection of
any such offending publication. How
ever, the following correction was cheer
fully given place in the paper of April
as requested:
RoBY, TEX, April 8, 1890.
In your paper few days ago you said that
had been lodged in jail in San Antonio. That is
altogether false-not particle of truth in it.
Was never in jail in my life and never expect to
be. Don't know how THE GAZETTE got hold
o such a report but would like to know. Please
inform me. @. w. SIMPSON.
In addition to this the following letter
was written to Mr.. Simpson:
FORT WORTH. TEX, April 7, 1890.
C. W. Simpson, Roby, Tex;
DEAR SIR-Yours to hand. Your letter was
printed in TIE GAzRrTE, but we cannot recollect
of having printed any such statement as you
correct in your letter, which was printed in yes
terday's paper. The telegraph editor has no
recollection OF any such letter. but since you say
we did print the statement we take pleasure in
complying with your request to make correction
in The GAZETTE. Yours truly,
DEMOCRAT PUBLISHING COMPANY.
Per W. L. MALONE, V.P.
After such ready compliance with re-
quest to correct publication of which it
had no recollection whatever, the sur
prise of this paper may be imagined
when yestecday, two months after the
correction had been made, it was notified
OF libel suit as follows:
ROXY, TEX, June s, 1890.
To the Editor of the Gazette:
DEAR sIR-If you will look in THE GAZETTE |
of March 30, 1890. on the bottom of the third col
umn, page eight, you win find the following:
''AN BDIToR IN TROUBLE.
Special 10 the Gazette.
SAN ANTONIO, TEX, March &C. W. simp- |
son, editor of the Fisher County Star, was
brought into San Antonio to-day by the United |
States marshal and jailed on the charge of send
ing obscene letters through the mails
Now these statements are entirely false. was |
never Jailed in my life, nor never was charged |
with sending obscene letters through the mails
in my life; never used obscene nor profane lam
guage in my life in a letter; never used an oath
In my life.
graduated at Southwestern University, in
the A. NJ. degree, Georgetown, Tex; have
many friends and relatives in the state. They
have read the statement with amazement. Ny
character has been greatly injured, and bring
suit at the next term OF court for damages. My
business and character have been injured, being
editor Of the "Csll." You can stop the suit by
sending me $3.50 cash. That is 3 mere dribbls
to the damage done me. Have con-
suited able lawyers. They will take the case for
part Of the amount recovered. mean business.
Let me know what you are going to do about it.
Yours, etc., c. w. SIMPSON.
There should be libel law for the
protection of the people against ire
sponsibls slanderers, and there should
be protection in the law to newspapers
against post norton libel suits after cor
rectlon has been asked and promptly
made without even recollection of the
Offense and against the lawyers who are
10 ready to take libel suits "for part of
the amount recovered. -