Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-04-08

Washington, ID. c., April congress
man J. w. Babcock returned to Wash
ington from Chicago yesterday after
noon Relative to the alleged suit
against him at Chicago he says there
has been no suit for SANDER instituted
against himself or against Mr.. Loomis,
that on the contrary Mr. Babcock will
Immediately bring action for libel
against the editor Of the Chicago Dis
patch and IN action for blackmail
against Mrs l.. b. POmeroy of Chicago,
LAWYER A. 5 TIudc of Chicago is Mr.,
Babcock's attorney and proceedings will
be begun, Mr. Babcock says, as fast as
the courts will permit Mr.. Babcock
saws that the sensational articles pub
lished in the Chicago Dispatch Of last
Friday, and the report of a suit for
Islander begun against him were the re
suit ID a plan to anticipate the serving
of papers by the United States District
Attorney Milchrist of Chicago ON Mrs.
Pomeror. for using the mails for black
mailing purposes, Mrs. pomeroy'S at
torney having got wind of the same.
1T is case Of baclmail pure and
simple" said Mr. Babc0ck About the
middle of last January | received Il
letter mailed in Chicago and signed by
Frances Dexter. saving that unless /
sent the writer $500 by the 25th inst,
she would expose and publish matters
of a sCandalOus nature connecting my
name with certain Mrs King, Of Chi
cago / answered this first letter for
the purpose of keeping the person in
correspondence until she could be identi-
fed / declined to pay any money
whatever, rs ! knew of nothing that I
was not entirely willing the public
should know. In answer ] received a
vile and sclurrilouS letter stating that
She would publish in substance what
was published In The Chicago Dispatch,
and that before She was through with
me I would wish she was working in
my interest
On this same letter she said that lc-
fore publishing the threatened matter
slia would arply tc Mrs. Babeock Ghd
So, if ~hr ould rot give her the money
demanded y few days later a letter
u1S "scohCd by Mrs, Babcock Offering
he same information, which she
prGmItly turned over to me. As Don
as Z ?, Ceivcd the first letter | secured
The services # O. 6 LOOmiS, eX-she if
Of Juneau county who went, To Chic lgO
and employed William A PinkcrtOn &
co. 10 ferret out the blaclmailer. De
COY letters were placed in the postotiCe
and on Feb 20 woman about 80 years
Of age called for the letter which was
adj IsSeG TO Frances Dexter
Samples of her writing were len
sClAed. and together with five letters
sig ,ud 10y Frances Dexter, submitted to
ATTY +. Il. Hay, of Washington, one of
the Test experts i'm handwriting in lie
country. Mr. Hay reported that beyond
a doubt Lillian POmeroy and Frames
Dexter were one and the same, ard
that ne was prepared to demonstrate
IL 70 the satisfaction Of any jury when
50 called upon The same letters we're
later submitted to a noted Chicago
expert. who reported that the Dexter
and Pomeroy letters were all Written
by one person
MIR. Babcock says there is not a
shadow of Truth in the article as pub
lshed in the Chicago Dispatch on
which the press dispatches relating to
the matter were probably based But
cCwTinued Mr.. Babcock, Lillian Pom
ara attorney has done just yh't
Fran ces Dexter threatened TO do in
hnr letter. and the publication was
mad, at the time it was in order 10
ipat, the issuing Of a warrant for
which ] had applied to the United
States district attorney for the arrest
N Mrs Pomeroy. Mr. Loomis AMI [
were in Chicago at the time the arti-
cle was published and Mr. LoOmis is
>tll there No attempt has been made
to serve any papers on either Of Us "