Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-10
ALL OVER A LETTER.
A LibeIous Missive Goes Astray and Causes
Mischief.

Mischief.
A good-sized family rumpus seems
to have been stirred up in the Nya
Pressen newspaper office over a letter
that accidentally strayed from the
| pocket of the recipient and inoppor-
timely fell beneath the gaze of the
wrong individual. Prof. William
| Lung was formerly the editor of Nya
Pressen. He went to Chicago sever
| al months ago to act as an interpre-
ter at the Worlds fair. He claimed
| to have have heen frozen out of his
editorial position in Moline because
they reduced his salary below the
living point, etc, his impression be-
| ing that they wished to make it an
| object for him to give way in favor
| of someone else whom the directors
| seemed to favor. AS another chap
ter of the Story Herman Linderoth.
| who succeeded John A. Freeman as
manager not long ago, was on Satur-
day deposed from his position and
| Mr.. Freeman elected to fill the posi-
! ton again. Mr.. Linderoth claims
| that the action was due to the in
trigues of the aforesaid Freeman and
two of the directors, who, he thinks,
were more interested in promoting
| the welfare of Mr.. Freeman than that
of the newspaper. Now the Repub-
| lican-Journal tells the facts of the
| newspaper row as follows:
Several days ago, eX-Editor Lung
wrote a letter to Mr. Linderoth in
which he, besides referring to some
strictly private and personal matters,
discussed the alleged intriques OF
Mr.. Freeman and the other two di-
rectors. Mr.. Linderoth was at the
Nya Pressen Office on Friday morn
ing and accidentally dropped the let
ter out of his pocket. When he
missed the letter he returned to the
office and learned that Mr.. Freeman
had picked it up and appropriated il
despite the fact that it bore on its
face prima facie evidence of being
Mr.. Linderoth's property. The lat
ter gentleman went to Mr.. Freeman
house and demanded the return o.
the letter. Freeman felt sore about
the roasting he and his friends haC
received in the missive and refused
to give it up, whereupon Mr.. Linde
roth gave him notice that he would
begin legal proceedings to recover
his property. He consulted Mo
line attorney. who informed hin
that Freeman had laid himself oper
to the charge of larceny.
Saw the states Attorney.
Linderoth then went to Rock Isl
and and he claims that it was Will,
consulting the states attorney tina
the letter was sent to him by Mr.
Freeman. he having in the meantime
published the contents so far as h,
elected. Mr.. Linderoth is wroth, 0
course, and states that he is advised
that he yet has legally n good hold OIL
Freeman and that if the latter
Apollo-like form isn't encircled b,
the strong right arm of the law h
can attribute it to the mercy tina
seasons justice betimes.
Mr.. Freeman states that he fount
the letter in the toilet room on tn,
floor. and picked it up from anon:
some scraps of waste paper. Havin:
found it unsealed in a public place
he did not consider it private prop
erty. He says that the letter was c
a Dbel0Hs' nature and concerned him
self, G. A. Rosandcr and Editor Oh
son. That is why he took such
keen interest in saving the epistle
, He pronounces the charges in tn
letter as false and slanderous AM
calculated to get their author, Prof
William Lung, into trouble if tn
trio thus libeled see fit to prosecute
him.