The herald., 1893-07-02
WHISPERING WILLIE IN TROUBLE,
George Washington Monteith
Wants Him Arrested.
An Ex-San Diegan After Some of
His Ex-NeighbOrs.
Tho Marin County Politician Also
Charges Two National City
Editors with the Same
Offense.

8. F. Call: George W. Monteith, an
attorney of this city who lives in San
Rafael, has blood in his eye.
Some months ago Monteith's father
swore out warrants for the arrest Of
Ambrose Bierce on charges of criminal
libel. Bierce was held for trial by the
superior court of Marin county.
Monteith was chairman of the Marin
county Republican committee and the
libel charge against Bierce precipitated
political row in San Rafael which re.
suited in AIontsith being unseated as
chairman of the Republican county
committee. Then regular newspaper
war broke out in San Rafael, the Marin
County Journal taking up the fight
against Monteith. The young lawyer
was assaulted right and left, articles
being printed in the Journal, instigated,
it is said, by peraons in San Diego,
where Monteith formerly lived.
In long communication to the Marin
Journal an anonymous correspondent in
San Diego attacked the character of Mon
teith and gave the public his alleged
misdoings in San Diego county. After
ktiontk3E aAlOlObc Dl6IC6 lOI CIImlnRl
libel and succeeding in having him
bound over for trial at the next term Of
the superior court of Marin county,
Monteith turned his attention to the
persons who had attacked him in the
Marin Journal. He first caused the
arrest OF Editor Winn of the Journal on
charge of criminal libel, and then set
about to discover the author of the
anonymous letter from San Diego. In
the meantime the National City Record.
weekly paper published at National
City, town adjacent to San Diego, pub
lished articles attacking Monteith.
Monteith, who was in the city yestsr-
day, claims that Congressman w. w.
Bowers is the anonymous letter writer
who sent the communication to the
Marin Journal, and who instigated the
attacks in the National City Record.
Bowers and Monteith were bitter enc
mics In San Diego four or five years ago
when Monteith was prominent In San
Diego county politics. Monteith saws
the letter, in Bowers handwriting. il
now In San Rafael, and will be uaed az
evidence as soon as Bowers ia arrested
and tried for criminal libel.
II have sworn out warrants. ",said
Monteith to Call reporter yesterday.
sfor the arrest of Congressman w. w.
Bowers on a charge Of criminal libel.
and have also caused warrants to be is
sued for the arrest of George W. Beer
maker, the publisher, and H. A. Har-
bough. the editor, of the National CITY
Record. The sheriff of Marin county
has the warrants for the arrest of Bow
ers, Beermsker and Herbough, and ia
now on his way to San Diego to serve
the papers,"
The arrest OF Bowers and the two San
Diego editors will make five persons
under arrest for criminal libel on Mon
teith, and he says shat there willproba-
bly, be others to follow. This is why
MIR. Monteith is a very busy man lust
now, with blood in his eye and his
pockets full of legal documents. The
papers filed against the San Diego trio
must necessarily be served in San Diego
county. and the three men must be
brought to Marin county by the sheriff.
Once in San Rafael they can give bail
and move for change of venue to San
Diego county.