The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-25
JACKAL editor REBUKED
Indignant Citizens DcmOlish the Plant
of the Mitchell Nail.
M'BRIDE WARNED TO LEAVE
In Order TO Rid the Town of Slandcrer
the business Men Purchase Ills
Newspaper aud Burn tho
Printing Material.

Mitchell. $. D.. Feb. e4-The entire
Mitchell Mail outfit, paper, presses.
type and other phara phernalia. he,
longing to "a long established newspa-
per, was this morning taken into the
street and publicly burned by body
of business men. The type was melted.
the woodwork went up in smoke and
the non presses were smashed into
hundreds of pieces
This act is another link in the life
tragedy of, this papers editor. II. II.
Mcbride. \ story of blasted hopes,
ruined lives and the display, 1t is said,
of the malignant efforts to ruin busl-
ness, is mixed up in the case. Mcbride
and John ID. I.awler, president of the
First National bank, We're Il number of
years ago ON friendly terms the former
being editor of the only Democratic
paper in this section. and the latter
prominent in the councils of the Dem
ocratic party. Nine years ago Lawler
married Miss Ella Sturgis, daughter of
General Sturgis. of the United States
army. and came to Mitchell to reside.
He became president of the First Ma
tional bank and continued in that posi-
tion to the. present time Mrs. Law
ler's sister,eMrs. Dousman. of Prairie
Duchien, visited the Lawler family and
met Mcbride in a social way. Mrs.
Dousman became attracted to Mcbride.
he being man Of more than ordinary
ability, and married him. McBrides
private character. however, it Is stated
was not Of the best.
Previous to Nc Brides marriage to
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 l.awler did in opposi
ton to the marriage, according to rela-
tives. Many happy social gatherings.
trips to the seashore and winter resi-
dences in New York followed until Me-
Bride. firing of domestic life, went af-
ter other and more exciting pleasures.
a detective soon reported the matter of
violated marriage VOWS and other acts.
Mrs. Dousman separated from Mcbride
and secured "A divorce.
SYSTEMATIC PERSECUTION.
Mcbride then returned to Mitchell
and commended systematic attacks up
on Lawler, his family and the First
National bank Farmers who deposit
ed in the bank known to Mcbride. and
those who were not known, We're hunt
ed up and given 'tip" that they had
better take their money out of the
bank. and in consequence. the banks
support among farmers has steadily
decreased for the past three years.
Every weeks issue contained some al
Iusion to the bank and its president.
based on falsehood. but appearing in
such "A manner that 40 action at law
could he taken against him.
This career of McBrde's was idly
looked upon by the people until the
news came Il week ago that John ID.
I.awler had suddenly died in Sioux
City. of apopleXy. whittier he had gone
on business. The full force of McBrides
long continued abuse then came home
to the citizens and they resolved to rid
the town of the editor. This crystal
liZed into IL meeting of the foremost
citizens Saturday night and as result.
a committee called upon Mcbride and
informed him that they had come to
buy his outht 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 be-
come McBride's agent. gave him sufH-
cient money to pay for the plant and
then proceeded to destroy the whole
outfit. The committee are now hunting
for Mcbride to impress upon his mind
that his stay in Mitchell must be brief.