The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-25
4 NEWSPAPER OUTFIT BURNED
THE EDITOR GUILTY OF MIsUsING
HIS POSITION.

r-5erband Attacks Made on His
prother-in-Law and the Latter's
u.nL IN Account of Trouble Over
Family ARnirs-The Citizens of
,be Town Become Indignant on
-. Denth of the Man Prosecuted.
,ftcbelI. S. D., Feb. 24-The entire
urcheu Mail outfit, paper, presses,
,,na and other paraphernalia
be;onging to a long-established news
rsner was this morning taken into the
straet and publicly burned by a body of
business men. The type were melted, the
mood work went up in smoke and the iron
nresses were smashed into hundreds of
pieces.
This act is another link in the tragedy
of this papers editor. r. II. Mcbride.
story of blasted hopes, ruined lives and
the display. it is said, of malignant efforts
N ruin business is mixed up in the case.
Mcbride and John d. Lawler, president
of the First National Bank, were number
Of years ago on friendly terms, the former
being editor of the democratic paper in
This section and the latter prominent in
the councils of the democratic party.
Nine years ago Lawler married Miss Ella
sturgis. daughter of Gen. Sturgis of the
United States army, and came to Mitchell
10 reside. He became president Of the
First National Bank and continued in that
position to the present time. Mrs. Law
ier's widowed sister. Mrs. Dousman of
Prairie du Chen, visited the LaWler fam
ily and met Mcbride in social way Mrs.
Dousman became attracted to Mcbride,
he being man of more than ordinary
ability, and married him. McBride's prl-
vate career is stated not to be of the best.
However prior to McBrideS 5 marriage
10 Mrs. Dousman, Lawler was requested
by one of the nearest relatives of Mrs.
DOusman to inform her of the private
character of Mcbride and he did so. This
was all that Lawler did in opposition to
the marriage, according to relatives.
Many happy social gatherings, trips to
the seashore and winter residences in
New York followed until Mcbride tiring Of
domestic life went after other and more
exciting pleasures. A detecuVe soon re-
ported the matter of violated marriage
vows and other acts. Mrs. Dousman sep
srated from Mcbride and secured di-
VOrce
Mcbride then returned to Mitchell and
commenced systematic attacks upon Law
Ter, his family and the First National
Bank Farmers who deposited in the
were not known, We're hunted up and
Foven a Tip" that they had better take
their money out of the bank, and in
consequence the banks support among
the farmers has steadily decreased for the
past three years.
Every weeks issue contained some al
fusion to the bank and its president based
on falsehOod, but appearing in such a
manner that no action at law could be
taken against the editor.
This career of McBride's was idly looked
upon by the people until the news came a
week ago that John d. Lawler had sud-
denly died in Sioux City of apoplexy,
whittier he had gone on business. The full
force of McBride'S long-continued abuse
then came home to the citizens and they
resolved to rid the town of the editor
This crystallized into a meeting of the
foremost citizens Saturday night and as
result committee called upon Mcbride
and Informed him that they had come to
buy his outfit with the further provisO
that he would have to leave the town
Mcbride assented to the proposition and
stated that he would sell the plant Monday
morning to the citizens.
At the appointed time the citizens called
on Mcbride, but in the meantime he had
been bolstered up by some of his friends
and he purposely got out of the reach Of
the committee, and the latter appointed
one of their number to become Mcbride S
agent, gave him sufficient money to pay
for the plant and then proceeded to de-
stroy the whole outfit The committee
are now hunting for Mcbride to impress
upon his mind that his stay in Mitchell
must be brief