The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-21
LARRYGODKIN UP FOR LIBEL.
ARRESTED At hrs LODGING HOUSE
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
This Time His Victim Was MFR. II. W.
UHalioran, the Secretary OF the February
GRIND jury, Whom Me Called an :" Ola
Dive Kccper"-A Civil SHIT for Da yes.

GRIND Jury, Whom lie Called Old
Dive Kccper"-A civil Suit for Damages.
Early yesterday morning before the mist OF
slumber had lifted from about the head Of
Larry Godkin Of the Second ward. n man rang
| tho door bell Of Larry's dive. at 80 West Tenth
street and asked to see him.
What" cried the heeler who came to the
door. wake Mr.. dodktn at 8 O'Clock in the
| morning? Come again in two hours"
No" said the visitor. my mission Is i'm
! perative. am an officer OF the jefferson Mar
| ket Police Court squad and my namo is Con-
| molly. ! have n warrant for tho arrest Of
| Edwin LGodkin." Hc made his way UP to the
room where the exile Of Wicklow slept.
Just fftyflvc minutes thereafter the editor
| OF the Ereniaa Post came slowly down the stairs
| what am accused Of 2" he demanded.
Criminal LIBEL replied Officer Connolly.
| and Larry. after donning his overcoat and hat
| set out to Jefferson Market Court accom- panied
| by his son Lawrence Godkin. whom he had
sent for to act as his counsel. and by the officer
Larry Godkin's case was the first one called
| Tho complainant. Dennis W. o Halloran of i AZ
West Seventeen street. retired business
nun. presented through his counsel. Justice
Peter Mitchell. an affidavit covering five pages
| of printed matter. This affidavit cited as
wicked. malicious. and false editorial article
| in the Eren,ng Post of March 3. in which it was
S'uteu that tle appointment Vi b"TnuCu L.
| Martin as Commissioner of Jurors was stop
| taken by Tammany Hall for the protection Of
| Tammany criminals. The article. after giving
list OF the Grand Jurors who exoncraed
District Attorney Nicol from the charges"
| made against him by tho Rev. DR.. Parkhurst
| continues as follows
D. W. VHaloran. secretary OF the Grand Jury. ia n
| man who at time the keeper OF a low liquor
dive at 10 East Broadway and who since he quit tho
dome nothing in particular for a living"
The affidavit quotes also from the Erening
Post OF March D:
members of the Inmmany General COMMITTEE, one "
as s Sa ssspss OF 10" dive tho charges
s rnyhns comic than an old
for saying that brother dive keeper could have
q" "'S % ana snFsS III
danger OF mpeachns the integrity of pubic officials:
The =, - brother dive-keeper'' referred to is
some length The. AFFIDAVIT Declares es in clos los.
Ing that the c3mplainan2t has suffered in rep
| tons made 10y Larry. or by one OF his larrikps
at his direction. through tho columns OF his
Mr.; ITalloran, after swearing to this affidavit.
| testified as follows:
been since 1876. / was not put on the list by
Barnard +: MMrtipi moreover | am not nc.
h him to my knowiedse In F"br"ary last was was
Secretary Of the Grand Jury, md signed tho
res SsrSS R
which he could not sustain by evidence,
never kept low dive. ! do not know Billy
his or OF any one else
The defendant was then questioned by
Justice Grady
Sssfe Do SS@a YES. T Ssnth street.
%Rsre x ySa! 70" sSrn s.nd
S-i3w old are You A-siH.y years
AT have nothing to say w ~ ''e - "S'''' '''
Justice Grady held Larry in $1,000 bail to
bailed out by Henry a. Oakley Of 10 West
Tenth street Ths paEsrs in the case 20 down
ss VIII be
Grand Jury until next month. The warrant on
which the Defendant was arrested was sworn
and given to Office, Connolly to serve.
Vas SURPRISED at this action" said w Mr. Mr.
tss IL sss S1 sd 7;
it haven't thought much about it. can
tell You better morrow when have talked
wR Hs pa No. eR "nl si.
Mitchell is back OF it. 1 believe he arranged
the whole 1 matter Two years Tea ago he tried
tt Thh' man 66HsslqraR. but am informed That
was wal ' a low dive Mr. o'HaIIoran swors Ills
morning that b has been on on the list Of Grand and
time? do not fcnr the result Of the trial.
There i; nothing further that care to say on
The reporter next called on Justice Peter
Mitchell: and told him what Larry had said.
put DS Sak pay 'H"! said ,' NJ f"SS
skyE Th Mr b9 II an pna1asa ar
charee,o' his case. That was the first knew
ss as for snd only IN
Thursday. Then 1t took until Friday night to
made on sunday instead of Saturday so rs not
to disturb Mr. G9,dkin unn;eeessarily In his ed, ed,
%sTnsa sS ,if him 1ssr %% sr
explain why the arrest wasn't made before to;
day. AS for my, doing this out OF spite l
wouldn't cross the street tho to bother tetsr GGdkn
Iii: GodkIn thinks it sIgniIGIcHnt cirsumi
since 1876 on the Grand jury" said rhe re-
p' "He' does. eh2 Well tho only thing that
stood between Cook in and an indictment in
my suit against him two years ago vas a Juror
haW vns on Forty and M s
SSs i %a Y5 nsy FS fry dsnse ~
"sS HH t" the Mnro " House. Witch Was the
client at lis Fast Broadway 4 gent lcman who
stayed in, the house frequently, when i was
was a. perfectly reputable, place; It was u
libel has injured ny, client; will give yon an
instance: Mr.. O'Hulloran invited "A mum or Of
ncGuaintnnccs to meet ior, a social evening ut
his home about the time tho EreliRg Posi- pub
lished the article. Between the time If invita-
tion and the evening set tho article appeared.
some Of those invited would not accept his
invitations. because. as they said. he had been
publicly branded rs II dive keeper
1.-THE charges OF libel will not be confined to
tho accusation Of nv client having kept n
come under the dcllni'ion of libel included Ia
tho specifications OF any words which shnl
hold the plaintiff up to contempt. hatred.
scOrn. or rldicule.'"
his home. I42 West Seyentieih street. He is IA
gray -haiired. ,pleasant;looking man about 80
years old. He MARI ed ono OF The famous
Claim sisters. and tho others. Victoria aud
Tennessee. always stay ut his house when in
the city. They are now Mrs. Martin and Lady
Cook. and they visited Mrs. O'Iihlloran when
thuy were last here.
in various charitable organizations Of the Rv-
man Catholic Church. He said yesterday:
have served on the Grand Jury since
1876. and never in all the fine since ,hon have
| been accused of any wfongioing Of any kind
mi ha ~ IN urt IL h,