New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-21
THE MOVES LIBEL SUIT.
ANSWER OF THE SUN" ASSOCIATION TO
THE PLAINTIFF.
IT is FILED IN THE UNITED STATES ciHcoii
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ITERATED
The answer in the libel suit of Frank b. NoyeS
against "The Sun" Printing and publishing AS
soc,ation was led in the United States Circuit court
Yesterday II recites that the editorial matter coni
nlained of by the plaintiff was pupilsheu !" ~
sun" with proper motives. with the oes're 70 'e
the public and without malice; that the stdten'e'
made concerning the Plaintiff were true' t"a' vac
work referred in the article was tne W.
rascas and that in attaining the result reiei'eu "
in the article the methods Of the dishones' o"'I"
cashier had been employed; that the are'c'o .o
nlained Of contained truthful description Oh ,ne
methods OF the men who had gained control OF tne
Associated Press generally known as the "es,e'"
Associated Press and who held such controi wig"
the article was published; that the paintih naa pee"
guilty of dishonesty fraud. deceit, lying anu ",p
risy: that the plaintiff and others hau got 49,.
selves into a desperate plight ana had orasse' nv
II some honest and confdng dupes; that the pam
tiff Frank B. Noyes. had been ana was '"oi
ougblv dishonest director of the Associated FresS'
generally known as the Western Associated riess
and that he ought to have refunded before inc puD
LEGATION of the article to the unfortunate
paper managers who had been ropeo III, ~
amount of the extra assessHieh's ou' VI ~
had been "buncoed."
Continuing the answer says that the corporation
referred to in the article complained OF was the AS
ISOLATED Press: that the United Press nad Deeh io'
a long time prior the publication OF the a.i'e
complained OF the object OF malicious ana '"ue",
attacks made by the management of the Associa.eu
Press OF when Frank b. Noyes is an active
director: that cable dispatch was sent TO James
Gordon Bennett In November. 1893, asserting tha' e
United Press losing more than quarter u
million dollars year. while the ASSOCIATED fie'.
was making money; that in either 1873 or 1872 anu
while a member Of the United Press, Noyes game"
access to its books upon giving his word that ne
had no Interior designs, and that af'er ihspe
them he sought to take hts own paper Inc w."
ington Star" and other papers out OF the oi''
Press and that he did take the said newspapers out
Of the United Press by Of certain inIor ne H
which he had obtained by sad ltlspec''U UneS such
books of the United Press: that Noyes ewsnapers
information as argument with saiq NV paless,
70 induce them to withdraw from the United pressi
that Noyes declared to leading others The
Wilmington asd Bfm mmd he
thai the and that they had into
the Associated Press before was TOO a' United
the said papers which were then taxing
Press service, nauced by the saiu req oves 70
tons and hostile operations u OF Frank D. No'e'
II is averred in the answer that all these aS &C dss
Of Frank Moves YI Pres aome time in 1884
no m a warrantee fund of 100000 which was sup
ssrPed to 9S a Gf ans and
east OF the Allegheny Mountains ana tnat one 70 % sub
active St pas Prank B. Noyes that promised the
various subscribers that they wou ausnants hnt
called upon TO pa" getting up the fund for the moral
influence the people Of the E Noyes H wers false and
rauduent and that ali Of the subscr1ng
sN Which s0s wef time able Ses to
they have paid up to me re- me warranee
n pT that Frank B. Noyes was at the time Of the
publication of the article compliance OF On ep in The
sd 1882 Sr ara at director in the Associated Press
more publicly known as the western este conduetIns
b,tteT' and vindictive warfare upon the Hnireu
press, of which The sun was ana IS ohot Febr
The answer also aserts that on or aUo ted press
airy 49, 1886 the managers Of the Assoc sent out
one Of whom WAS Frank ave Il the Substance Of the
report Of the Board of Directors ana was
Of the ss EVeans Bookyn
Eagle and other papers sno ana of wI the Board Of D
sseters and General Manager has been given TO
each stockholder 1t showed in detail the nnahc.aii
condton o. ' fnr the last Seventeen months up to
December 81 1894. and that the income was NH AZ,
patch for the sending out Of which Frank %;
Noy is was o rs Of the Asso
cated Press. knew the dispatch was raise anu '''
The answer then quotes a table alleged to have
bcen a part of the full report submitted az tne
a ss o tn the BOard Of On
ISOLATED Press. which table shows e9r arr ns and
Expenses ST. 49, the net loss for seventeen en- cen
months after dedueting am0aH charsed In are en
given in the table being s2562s2 81; assets 900
65S g. and loss s29,634 H. .. s IN.
answer and up to February 49, 1885, the ASSOCIATED
press had drawn from its captured newspapers o oi
enhseribers in extra assessments more tnan s49o'-
00O in subscriptions to It's capital stock $40 9p; .nSt
r. had borrowed 800 0C0 that 1t then owed telegraph
comnanes and Others Sl0 SAP ST. and that there was
deficit then against the Associated he bres Te1 sor ef
RAG COO and that at the time Of the publication OF
The article the new management had succeeded IN
So administering the affairs OF the Associated Press
| "a TO lose more than half million dollars; tnat
! the Board of Directors made the Following raise
Inf have been repeated
| " made during the year by members Of the United
Press looking to termination of the present con-
tast with that organization. These have been de-
cIined on the part of your management.
In conclusion the defendant In the suit, through
to ottornev franklin Bartlett demands judgment
that the complaint of Frank B. Noyes be dismissed
with costs.
RESULTS OF UNHAPPY MARRIAGES.
Mrs I.bbie Selgman, of No. ia East One-hun-