Evening journal., 1896-10-26
WARRANT FOR ROBERTS
Washington Hastings Accuses
Him Of Criminal Libel.
HEIsEL REPRESENTS THE STATE.

FIGHT BETWEEN HICGnJsITEs
AND ADDICKsITEs WAKES HOT
TER AND HOTTER ALL THE
TIME-THIs IS THE LATEST
PHASE Or IT. =.
Washington Hastings, one OF the
foremost regular Republicans Ia tho
state. has Instituted proceedings for
criminal libel against George W. Rob
erts, editor OF the Dover State sentinel,
the Addicks organ in Kent county.
A warrant was sworn out hefsre
Magistrate pritchett sh iy before
noon to-day and Immediately placed
ia The hands of q constable for service,
IL being understood that Alf Roberts
was In Wilmington. Deputy Attorney
General Cooper delegated H. Bayard
Heisol to represent the state in the
( prosecution before the magistrate.
The action grows out Of two articles
which appeared in the State Sentinel
on Saturday the reference being to the
| political Significance OF the Bay state
/ Gas Company reccivership.
The local reference in the state Sem
| tinel is as follows:
THE history OF this case shows IL TO
/ be a piece Of fanntical political perse-
/ cutlon. through which ex-senator Hig-
gins, Washington Hastings and other
political opponents hope to drive Mr..
1 Addicka out Of Delaware politics. This
statement Of the character and object
OF the suit Us founded upon the fact
that ex-senator Higgins proposed TO
the National Republican Committee
that the committee compel Mr.. Addicka
to abandon his political campaign in
this state, ana threatened either to put
him (Mr Addicks) in jail or ruin him
financially. The attempt to ruin him
financially is being made through the
application for o receiver for the Bay
state Gas Company, and the attempl
to put him in jail was made during the
hearing of the case on Thursday, wher
p proceedings were instituted against
Mr. Addicks for contempt Of court
This scheme was foiled by judge
Wales"
Editorlally the Sentinel has the fol
lowing to say on the subject.
"These men have attempted to seiz
an opponent'ss property and proven
his control of it, That Is robbery. !
, matters not that this has been at
4 tempted through process of law.
matters not that It is not intended &
make the prosecutors rich. IL Is at
tempting to take from the owner tina
to which the prosecutors have m
claim, and for reasons no higher tha'
common theft Il Is robbery. Above
mans property rights are his rights @
I. life and liberty These prosecutor
/. ..nse s.seos.nutsa 90 have MI. Addick
a Imprisoned. What iory TO discrca
.e him In the opinion of his fellow cit
" zens and to drive him from the exc
r. else OF his political rights. There
+ but one step more 70 reach plane 4
70 the contamination OF all human vi
d lainy, murder When men can be robbie
of their property. when they can be d.
prived of their liberty as a part of ps
4 litical opposition, we are rapidly al
q preaching q condition of things
: which murder is winked at There
= no telling when the insane prejudic
b. and hate of these prosecutors of III
20 Addicks will become contagious. an
+ some weak-minded person shall cor
p stitute themselves the final executor {
y this insane determination 10 destro
Il an opponent. The swift certain iudl
S ment OF the people of Delawar
/ against this awful possibility, shoul
h be given now. They the people. m
Is in honor bound to defend Mr. Addicl
q against such insane fury. lhe dangt
a? IS imminent The like hos occurre'
n lt has occurred under similar promoti,
I. circumstances. IL may occur agail
q Lincoln and Garfield were Che victim
d Of an insane political prejudice I'll
y conditions n Delaware arc approach
p ms the danger point out oi Whic
e COMES MURDER
q The warrant for Roberts arrest W;
e placed in the hands of Constable Hu
lock. I'd 90 the time Of going 20 pres
y he had not been arrested.