Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-07-16

A. H. BELO & co. SUED
For $4,000 Damages
for Libel.
THE FRUIT OF FALslTY.
A Remarkable Chapter in Texas
Journallsm-Libel Reduced to
j Fine Art.

The following petition was filed yesterday
In tho Forty-elghth district court by Messrs
Caps q cantoy, attorneys for the state
Printing company, publishers Of The Gazette
II Is seif-cNplanatory.
District Court OF Tarrait county Texas. TO
the Honorable District Court Of said Ceun-
ty; Tho petition of The State Printing COM
pany. hereinafter styled plaintiff, complain,
ing Of A. IL. Bclo & Co., hereinafter styled
defendant;
Plaintiff represents that II Is corpora
ion duly incorporated and exlating under
and by virtue OF the laws OF the state OF
Tcxan, having lts principal ONCE and dom
lcilo In Fort Worth, Tarrnnt county, Texas;
That the defendant is a corporation In
corporated under laws OF the state OF Texas
having its principal once and domlcile In
the city Of Dallas, Dallas county, Texas.
Plaintiff represents that II is engaged In
tho business OF publishing daily and a
Fort Worth Daily Gazette" and ''rhc Fort
Worth Weekly Gazette" and that tho pat
r1nage Of said publications. both subscrip-
tons and advertising L. dependent in large
financial stability OF thoir ownership, and
In the public expectation Of the continuity
Of their business and editorial managcmentn;
That the defendant Is engaged In The bugi-
ness OF publishing seml-woeltly aud daily
papers In the cities Of Dallas and Galveston,
Texas. under the titles Of The Dallas
MOTNlhg news FInN hAlNtHANN lAllN
News" and the seml-Wcekiy News, and
publications Of defendant being rival pub
llcatons OF those published by plaintiff
Plaintiff represents that beginning with the
acquisition Of its newspaper properties By
plaintiff On March the 9Th. 1891 the de-
PENDANT began a steady, Hystcmatic aud ma
lloous attack upon tho credit Of said plain
TIL through series OF publications which
represented that plaintiffs business WIS u
failure and which articles were designed
to weaken the public confidence In plaintiffs
ability TO fulhll it's contracts with Its sub
scribors and advertisers, and thereby To
break down It's business. the further ten
donoy thereof being TO aid IN the accom-
pllshment Ut said malicious project,
Plaintiff represents that IN pursuance OF
said malicious design the defendant has In
spred and caused to be circulated through
out Texas by It's travelling agents false and
malicious reports touching the business Of
plaintiff. to-wlt, that II II a failure. which
were designed, and tho tendency thereof
being. to break down the confidence OF the
public Ia plaintiffs ability TO fullll It's con-
tracts with the public. Plaintiff further
represents that In pursuance OF such evil
design TO njure the business Of plaintiff
tho defendant on the 1ith day Of July, 1895.
published IN The Dallas Morning News In
It's Budget Of Fort Worth Nows, and caused
the came to he circulated ia tho city OF
Fort Worth. the following false. malicious
and iibollous statement, to-wits mt, s. II.
Williams OF The Gazette called upon Colonel
Gillum today. a proposition was made. but
not accepted" meaning thereby and being
undcrstood by It's readers TO mean that Mr.
>, ~, Wlliiams me president and general
manager OF plalhthl uhe business OF plain
TN being the publication Aforesaid, OF the
papers aforesaid ana the circulation there.
Oh called upon Colonel 0lllum and offered
70 sell sag business 70 Nun sald Colonel Gil
lum' ana thal sald ouet was declined, Plain
IN represents that the said Colonel Glllum
y proposing 70 establish daily newspaper
" Fort worth ana asking o. the citizens
OF fort worm nld w stock subscriptions In
the amount Of about SIS 900 TO place said on
terprlse on Its feet; That the malicious
intent and purpose OF the publication above
aS'tea was 70 create the Impression upon
WI. puono. ana y dln make sueh Impression,
tDR the plalntlu ls dissatisfied with its
bvtiness and desires 10 dispose OF tho same.
ana luftnet that IN me event OF the sue
cesA OF Bald enterprise OF Colonel Glllum
the nubicationH OF the plaintiff Will. or may
ne thofepy hbolhhod'
alalnuu represents thht SAID publication
N hid Morning News made Is wholly untrue
aug without any foundation IN fact; That
u rs not true mat SAID =. u. Williams, man
hR9r OF Ihe Gakeuo called upon Colonel Gil
I ~ ana tnat u Is NOT true that said s.
u. Williams supmluen 70 Colonel Gillum or
any party representing him. or TO any other
patty any proposition OF any Kind what
evr: That me only communication be-
twteh shld parties consisted In an npplica-
tlon by gentleman representing Colonel
1..nun reauesuhg the plhhiiu 70 place a
hshhg price upon us newspaper properties.
Mnieh iho plslniiI declined 10 90 and plain
resantatiye offered TO subscribe for Aomo OF
the stock IN the proposed enterprise OF Col
one Illiutn when ohor was conveyed to
Colonel ulllum. which said onor vas made
ny paintln ior me reason that plninln be-
lleIed mat II SAID enterprise Of said uillum
was put In operation II would be directly
benrhclal TO the business OF plaintiff.
Plaintiff further represents that II prints
anu Issues 10 subscribers E,OOO copies each
wesk OF the Fort Worth Weekly ui9otte,
and that II prinb and Issues to the sub
sortoers Of the Fort Worth Daily
Gazette. publication Of plaintn
as Aforesaid an average OF $500
copies per day, and that large number Of
sale subscribers patronlzo said publication
beotuse Of their sympathies with It's poll
Giles and their expectation that these viii be
persetuated, and that the constant and ma
licious circulation by the defendant, ard Its
special agents. Of the false reports aforo-
said, has a tendency to cause and does cause
delay In tho payment Of the subscriptions
Of q large number OF said subacrlberA which
| matare from day TO day. and prevents re-
| newns which would otherwise be made. to
plaihtin's damage tloooo.
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