The morning call., 1893-07-22
NOTHING SACRED TO HIM.
Homo ard a Widows Grief Are
His Prey.
DIsREPUTABLE JOURNALISM.
One OF his Employees Confesses 10
the Abstraction of Public Pa
pers by Instruct ons.


come proyerbial. "Chron ,le crueites'
ard Chronicie fakes are Common terms,
tor il has come to be fecognlzed that
no private family feeling are sacred
aeainst the fellow, Who uses his sheet to
win the secret hatred ct hoaest men. lie
has 80 remorse }of the hearts which ne
has tranpled upon OK lot le homes that
re has destroyed
But dread is arrays be ore him; it is
that he may be found out
Latterly. as ambii OIL aS oke in him,
evea the ever-present dread OF being
found out has been beaten down and DE
Young has became mors an more preda-
c!nus. During the last lew weeks he has
bsen fairly reYeliDg n innocent reputa-
Tons, tearing up tbs tendarest feelings
sad lapping like a ferceiou5 beast the life
dad oi ihe most ssci ed affections.
ais faycrita prev o. ia9 has been
widows mourning belpiessness.
Citizens were aware tbat De Young was
rvIng IL use certain mdwinter project
elevate himself into notice, but they so
proved of any proieet that would help
.liiornla that they resolved to make the
st Of the handicap which he would
institute 20 its success. Just as people
.ssre trying to reconcile themselves to the
chapter Of accidents De Young came for
ward With flourish and q check alleged
70 have been signed Oy Mrs. Stanford,
giving to the project.
Tne check proved spurious. In vain De
Youne's sycophants pointed out that the
off n Ines h ~ r,oS he fol
necessary 10 start the subscription list
we'll; that Mrs. Stanford might very we'll
have been expected 10 think that she was
obliged TO subscribe that amount after she
was down for it,
People could net forgive The tamDering
with Mrs. Stanford's feelings. They said
Is was unnecessary, insolent. brutal and
moreover clumsy. because its instigator
must have known il wonld be discovered.
One would have thought that Mrs. STAN
fora would have been left to mourn unmo-
lssted after that fasco. But not so.
De Young was afler tbs senatorship,
and leaving no stone a1 red 70 erect
Eis purpose. Governor M dnam had the
appoin tment and was kao,sa to be utterly
imprsgnabie TO the ordinaFr means Of an
fls1ce." De Young was desperate. His
friends" h5 knew vere 4aii0w ans, would
reFly and openly thr ia Ia horror.
there remained 81 journalistic
d"
.d1eniy. In two papess. easily manipu-
d, appeared two outrageous articles,
sDDtiBg 10 iutimidate Governor Mark
by charging that ''the sack" was be-
Used by Mrs. STANFORD to prevent his
XoBng's appointment. Naturally
-s. Stanford, with sad dignity, denied
he impusation.
Eyer De Young's apparent friends gave
bin up On this. The stupidity of sappos-
ing that any sack" were necessary to
defeat De Young the gratnitous indecency
of accusing Q lady whose husband had just
been iaid Il tbe tomb and who was noted
for her quiet bene7olence ana love of JUS
tice. were toe much.
De Young was voted hopeless, and in any
public capa lily simply impossible.
His politics would be considered raw"
by sas bauio-eyed kid. and even Blink
srs" would cast him off in disgust.
On Wednesday last De Young published
IL his Chronicle an article two and third
columns long. giving tbs contents of a
legal document entitled "Thomas Bell VS..
George D. Graybill. ETC.. et a." This has
beeo familiar heading during the last
lew years. and simply covered in this in
stance further financial transactions be-
tween George Coulter and Thomas Bell.
The document was technically known as
answer and is one that is available
he City Hall 70 all representatives OF
press. Ii was. therefore. with surprise
: on Wednesday morning the County
rk could not find that particular item of
in any paper but ths Chronicle.
was ct once suspected, and the
was found well grounded.
legal answers" after being
ou'd be Registered" Now, it
that this particular answer
uly fled. bat never registered,
ne only subordinate who could
We carried out lie Chronicles
S.Isneao. istructions was PIT on the rack.
He stoGu fise for a little. but, being
naturally straightforward. at ast confessed
that acting under instTue DDS from the
Chronicle Office, DO had a0stracted the
document. in order 10 get What his pro-
priesoT considers an advantage.
The trick had been neatly done, and vet
the meaaness of it and its treschery. in the
LtSLs VI D.SFdliEH Ic"opspol eIDlcS, DhQ
so burned into the mind O. that hapless
agenf OF tbs Chronicle eff that in con-
fesaing his fault lie dec. red tand his CO.
workers behave hina) that b Gould not be
tempted 70 do sach thine again for
thousand dollars.
County C.5rk Haley is naturally very
much disturbed &C anything looking like
playing with tbe papers in tlis Eseping.
He writes 10 The CALL. II have heard
as the intsr tionai mislayir OF the docu-
nent" and goes on e say: ''rhe gentle
man VINO as charged with. .be offense
made frank admission. and l am salts
nee no person could feel more keenly his
nBenyiable position in the premises.
y understand you have the facts and un-
derstand through whose ius tructions the
paper vas mislaid, hence = repetition of
the story viii be unneoessafy."
Ihs County Clerk then goes on to detail
she new precautions which he has taken
% countsract Chronicle methods" in the
future.
The Humiliation OF ''bsiny found ont"
fthe only humilistion pe sible in De
Younr's eyes will be broapat still closer
hoBe % the proprietor Of The Chronicle
by istter sent to him bs County Clerk