Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-11-28
HASTO FIGHT AGAIN.
Amos FtHsltTmlksF Row Wants 10
Reckon Up With The Tribune
Tho Published story OF a Little Girl
Who Came from sweden 10
Utah.

Following close upon The heel, OF the
h0ol ruit brought oy Attorney Arthur
Brown against the Tribune Publishing
comrnuy-iu which n jury IN Judge
Mouitps court la1t Saturday awarded
the plEinun the sum Of SO 800 damages
--C.mos that OF Amos Fenstornakur
also Va the Tribune.
In tho lresunt case the damages arc
laiiat $4,000, and the trial IL taking
place Ia Judge Bar,ch's division. 10
was called ON at ten o'c.sci. this morn
Ing bus iu consequence Of the two
official ston0 {nplgu being elsewhere
occupied, the services OF an outside
photographer hal 90 bo obtained.
Alter lncarly an hours dolnyi siisa
Hartley took her seat Al the ropltter'a
table, anu at n O'Clock the examiua.
zion OF trial jurors was proceeded with.
The plainun's counsel AFRO Attorneys
james A. Williams and JOhu n. Zhuy,
the defendant corporation, as on tho
former hearing, ia represented by
HIlgs & Miner AMI judge Powers.
The p.aiutih, aa elderly man, sat im-
mUdiaiely behind his attorneys; Man.
ager p. n. Human VI the tribune DC.
cupisd seat beside counsel Tor the
defense.
Plaintiff rofiics with his family
about ten miles distant from Grants
vile, In ro0clB county, ut what Is
known a. the "Boz Elder tauch,"
anu the allegation IL that on April
ss,h, 1891, thoro appeared In the
Tribune certain false, fcandalous,
malicious, deiamalory anu libclOua
matter concerning HIN. The article
CUmplaiued OF was headed "Fiendlike
act 20 child. A little Rirl turned out
Into the desert 20 die: her rescue" it
went on 30 state tuHt one VI the worst
cases OIL cruelty ever heard OF In this
section OF the country came from the
county OF Box Elder Ihe facts, as
stated, being enough 10 make tho
bl1uI OF an average man boil with in-
dignallon." This article then pro.
cerdyd 10 show mat IN the summer OF
$500 a little girl named Caroline
Hansen arrived here from sweden
with her grandparents, who
went 10 live a. Cottonwood,
and there died. ThsE a sifiAwent
10 resiue win family named Reddan
iu tho Ninth ward Of this city. After
stay iug there short time the folks
grew tired Of her aud sue was sent 10
the FcuttrrmaktTd. "Ihofe sho lived
until the .ith VI this month, when sho
was tIll O. Eut out anu 70 somewhere
they did not care whcTe-and never
come back again. The Ferustur.
makers told hoL however, that rhe
must not gO near tue shcephrrdefs Or
they would xii her ''aud with this lear
In nor heart the poor child started OUT
to Try ana hud another home. Alter
wAuuHrlns about on tue desert for two
days aud two nights, alccping la tho
s4gebrush, she was found by one OF the
shuuphutucrs, AMI when discovered
rho begged pite0usly Tor her life,
! thinking that sue was In danger OF
being killed. The heruer, whOsu numo
IL J. X. Murdoch, had Il hard time Try
| ing 10 quiet her anu when he finally
| uid he took her ~ his cabiu anu min.
istefed % her wants. She was thor
oughly exhausted and nearly starved.
/ Yesterday no started Tor Io0ele, aud
against tho people (mcaulug plaintiff
anu other members VI the iamilyl who
have treated her 40 bTulAlly, aud wall
sec TO it that they are brought to tho
Justice that they ~ fully deserve"
(meRulug, adds Gle complaint paTen-
thetically, that they had been guilty Of
the crime UI Abandonment hud neg
lect Of children.) The article then
declares that "thu case DO actually one
Of the most hoartlrss OF the kind on
record, AMI tue p oplo who would he
guilty OF such deed must be- very bad
indeed. The matter VI sending her
away was bad enough, God knows, Tut
their action IN telling the child that
she must not appeal 10 anyOut-i0r that
Is what their warning amounted to-
isabsolutely iieudish. 10 would seem
that thoy wanted her 10 20 out anu
rtarye ~ death anu that they planned
10 that end. Whom found the little
girl was Ia an emhciateI condition ami
had had nothing % cat for three days,
anu was almost iamlshel Tor watef.D
The article winds up with the f0llow-
ing sentence; "1he inhumau people
viii have a chance 10 answer to the
courts for the decd, anu 10 Is hoped that
they will DO made ~ suffer Tor their
actions"
The plaintiff claims that the fore.
going publication was false, that by
reason OF IL no has been greatly in-
iurod IN name ana reputation, and
brought into public scandal, hatred,
many and disgrace.
In their answer tue defendants de-
ny having published, on April 2B,h,
1891, VI any time, any llUelOuH matter
whatever concerning the plaintiff on
the contrary, they assert that tho pub.
LEGATION WAS IA every respect substan-
TALLY true, anu "in tho interest OF
humanity aud Justice, ana In pursue
anCr Of tue duty VI the defendant as a
publisher OF public newspaper or
Journal Of events, ana tue same was
not made by defendant with any In.
tent Or purp).e OF lujuring the plaintiff
or any persOE wh0ms0ever.N IL is
further denied that tho defendants, in
the article complained OL either con.
yeyCi or Intended 20 convey tho mean.
Ing that thu plalutii or any member of
his family had been guilty OF tho
crime Of abandonment anu neglect gt
children" Or any other crime what
ever, 10 Is lufther denied that tha
plaintiffs good unme and reputation
nave Teen Injured In any tum what.
ever.
Thei ompaneling OF a jury was still
pTogrgislng when the NEWS reporter