The San Francisco call., 1895-08-03

further states that defendants procured him
to be indicted by the United States Grand Jury
of the United States court for the Northern
District of California upon false and frivolous
charges of conspiracy.
Still further, upon his information and be-
lief plaintiff states that defendants procured
and caused false testimony to be given against
him before the United States Grand Jury afore-
said, and prevented testimony from being pre-
sented before said Grand Jury in his favor.
Still further, and upon his information and
belief plaintiff states that the defendant corpo-
ration and defendants Fillmore and Wright
caused him to be blacklisted so he would not
be able to work upon any railroad in the United
States, and in divers other and many ways
have harassed, annoyed, prosecuted and
bounded plaintiff.
That by reason of the actual hatred, malice
and vindictiveness with which defendants
have pursued, prosecuted and prosecuted
plaintiff as aforesaid, plaintiff is entitled to
recover damages in such an amount as Will be
exemplary and will adequately punish de-
PENDANTS.
That by reason of the combination and con-
spiracy aforesaid, and the acknowledgements
toned acts of the defendants, plaintiffs arrest
and prosecution was published throughout the
United States and in many newspapers; that
it came to be known to thousands of citizens OF
this State and of the United States to plaintiff
unknown, and caused plaintiff to be looked
upon as wanton and vicious murderer,
caused severe condemnation and criticism of
plaintiff and many thousands of persons to be-
lieve plaintiff guilty of the crime OF numbering
said Clarke aforesaid, and as such to be exc
and in otherwise to be injured in his good
name and reputation.
That by reason of the premises plaintiff has
been damaged in the sum OF $500, 900.
Wherefore, plaintiff prays judgment against
defendant for 100000. besides his costs of
suit.
Harry A. Knox, the plaintiff in the suit,
had this to say in reference to it:
l have grown tired of this everlasting perse-
cution to which have been subjected, and
| now propose to see if there is any redress for
a man who is prosecuted as have been. Not
only am | blacklisted and prevented from
earning living in the class of work 1 have
spent my life at but am charged with COM
mitting all sorts of crimes
| In regard to that Woodland affair intend
to have the matter sifted to the bottom and
blame placed where it belongs. l don't think
that Worden is guilty, for | saw him in Sacra-
mentO on the day OF the wreck at time when
it would have been impossible for him to have
been at the wreck or with Johnny Sherburne.
have always been only too anxious to have
that affair investigated, and by the action
now take propose TO put the company where
they will have to go on the stand and tell what
they were afraid to tell when Mayne and Cas-
sidy were tried.
Iwould have started this matter sooner, but
| was too hard pressed for money to do it, but
now have made arrangements that will en-
able me to make a light 10 a finish.
There are thousands OF people all over the
country who actually think that the A R. u.
caused the wreck of that train. We offered in
the Mayne and Cassidy case to prove that it
was done in tie interest of the company by
that miserable Charles O'Brien. We offered to
not only produce his written confession but to
prove his verbal confession to five or six cred
ible witnesses, and to produce evidence
enough to hang him, but could not get it in
Now we will be able to preve it,
Attorney Monteith also had something
of Interest to say on the subject, as fol-
lows:
These actions are brought with the entire
! approval of Mr.. Debs and the general union,
| aside from the individual desires of the plain
| tiffs.
| We seek not alone compensatory damages,
| but punitive or exemplary damages as we'll.
| The law holds that where one uses the crimi-
| nal processes to subserve private ends he
does it at his peril Where the charge is cause
| less and due to the actual malice OF the COM
| plainant the law awards such damages as will
be sufficient to adequately punish the offender
| for instance, 800 damages would be punish
| ment to poor man, where half million
| would not hurt great corporation like the
| Southern Pacific.
| Mr.. Knox has been branded as felon and a
murderer from one end of the country to the
| other and in case which exhibits the very re-
| fnement of torture The railroad company
| should not only be made to suffer but to smart
and TO feel the lash in its one tender spot-its
| pocket-book.
This case presents an opportunity to show
that no mans liberty, life or reputation may
be ruthlessly assailed without the assailant
being made to pay dearly for the attempt.