The Irish standard., 1896-02-29
BURNED OUT OF BUSINESS
indignant at an Editor For HIS Actions
the People Resent lar

ssc1e.PeOpie Resent I
535 News comes from Mitchell. S: ID, that
.shortly alters O'clock last Monday morn.
ing the type and; material in the office
Of the Mitchell Mail was taken. into the.
street, saturated with Oil and a match
applied to the heap, which in 20 minutes
! was reduced to ashes. Such was the sit
uation which met the sight of the people,
Who came down town at an early hour
that morning.
The reason for such an outbnrst Of pub:
lie sentiment is based on the following.
the MAIL edited by r. H. Mcbride, came
out with an attack on the late John. D.:
LAWYER Along toward evening, after.
the article had been read, a feeling OF.
resentment arose in the minds of the
leading citizens against Mcbride.
Saturday evening a meeting was held
blythe business men Of Mitchell to fUrml-.
= late some plan for resentlng the past acts
OF Mr.. Mcbride. There seemed to De
spontaneous feeling in regard to the mat.
ter and a committee of sewn gentlemen
was instructed to call upon Mcbride that
same evening. aud lay before him the
proposition Endorsed by The meeting. In
substance the committee agreed to pui-
chase the Mail outfit, and that Mcbride
should leave the city. Mr.. Mcbride
would not given an answer which the.
committee rather insisted upon. But he
finally agreed to arrange terms MONDAY
and invited the committee to call at that
time TO make an invoice and complete
the transfer. At s o'clock Monday morn
ing the committee went to McBrlde's Of
flee to transact their business with him,
but he left before the committee had ar
rived, having purpose,y secreted himself.
The men had the money in hand to pay
Mcbride for what the office would invoice
but in his absence an invoice Of the Of
fee was taken.
Without further ado the committee
commenced carrying the material into
the street and piiing it up. The two
presses were rendered useless by the
blows of a sledgehammer. After the Of
fee had been cleared Of everything move
able kerosene was poured on the heap OF
stuff and match applied. In 20 minutes
afterwa,d nothing bat ashes was lett to
tell the story OF an institution which has
been blot upon society and a cloud upon
the city. =.
After the work Of destruction had
been finished the committee then went i'll
search Of Mcbride to finish it's plan
which WAS to escort him out of town
He had gone into hiding and was beyond
reach. At no time did the citizens have
any intentions Of doing any personal
violence to Mcbride, but they were de-
termined that he could no longer remain
in the city The committee was. very
quiet in everything it did, The commit
tee was backed up il everything it did
by 81 business men many OF whom took
an active part in the work of the morn
ing. -
6 For the past four years Mcbride has,
through his paper, acted as a free lance
and has. it is stated in exrenuation Of
the action taken heaped 4 great deal of
abuse and ridicule OH leading citizens
and various enterprises Of the city.
!. The feeling against Mcbride Saturday
was intensified to a point Of action when
he published an article derogatory to the
character of the late John d. Lawler.
There was no attenlpt 10 do him bodily
harm but the citizens who were in the
movement were determined that Mcbride
should leave town. -, J;
1t is charged that shortly after Mr..
Lawler came here Mrs. Dousman, Mrs.
LAWYERS widowed Sister, visited here.
She met Mcbride and married him. Pre-
yious to this marriage so it is said, Mr..
Lawler was requested by one Of the near.
est relatives Of Mrs. Dnusman to inform,
her Of the private character Of Mcbride,
amt; he did this at once and once only
and then, after his return to Mitchell,
not desiring TO pose as friend OF Nc
Bride and at the same time DO this act.
he went to Mcbride and told him what
he had done Nevertheless the marriage
occurred and was followed by a divorce.
Since then Mcbride, SO it is asserted, has
done all in his power to harrass and in
jure Mr.. Lawler and the First National
Bank, Of which he was president
This career of McBridas was idly look
ed upon by the people here until the news
flashed over the wires a week ago that
John q. Lawler had suddenly died in
Sioux City of apoplexy. whittier he had
gone on business. The full force Of Nc
Brides long continued abuse then came
home to the citizens and they resolved to
rid the town of {. man who has en-
deavored to wreck its financial interests.
The Irish Standard published an ac-
count Of Nj. LAWYERS death last week.
along with a short sketch Of his life. He
was q brother of Dan W. Lawlcr, of St.
Paul.
The funeral of. john D. Lawler took
place at Prairie du Chen, and meomi'ial
services were held in Mitchell. The ora
tory of Rev. MIR. Maher was able and the
noble character OF the deceased was elo-
guently and truthful!y portrayed. The
life of John D. LAWYER was linked with
the success OF the town to a. greater ex~
tent than that OF any other man. He was
foremost in all acts of enterprise and his
money was AS. free as his we'll advised
work The hand Of charity was always
thrown out to, him and ne never refused
to fill it out of his private purse.
His acts OF charity compelled him to
pay out a large share of his income to
this cause. He supported an orphans
home out Of his individual purse. His
whole character was a noble one and the
belief that McBride's bitter an yenomous
attacks had SO hsrrassed and annoyed
LAWYER as 70 place him in position
where death could attack him has been
the means of cIystalizing the sentiments
of the town IN the attack which has been
made against Mcbride.
Mcbride left in a buggy Monday noon
for parts unknown.
The Life Line.
There are lines III The hand which APP
peal TO the lovers OF the mystical, and
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