The record-union., 1897-10-10

ence, except in their fertile brains, hav-
ing been Matched up for the purpose
They talk in their article of the reve-
latio7s of the red pocketbook, when
there was never q. red pocketbook.
There We're no revelations" except the
revelations their confidential agent
trumped up for them to use. The
whole scheme was concocted regarding
things that never existed, and We're
never intended to exist, except for the
purpose of building a sensation upon
them and running the reputation OF
citizens. Honest Journalists They
published these pretended revelations,
and built upon them the assault on
Weinstock and others. Honest journal
lists! Who build up a tissue of false
hood to desecrate homes and destroy
characters, without any reason. Hon
est Journalists Who send out a snake
to Sorm himself into the confidence
| of honest men and crawl into their
households and places of business, TO
investigate and try to find out some
thing from which they could build up
j charges, and destroy the heritage of
good name that they wished to leave
to their children. Honest journalism
God deliver the community from such
honest journalism as this. that destroys
the regulations of the best men in the
community, and then says it has done
nothing. These men rely to-day on the
jury not to do it's duty, and hope in
this way to escape punishment. If
their hope is well founded, God help
the jury that justifes it, and God help
the community in which it lives. All
ra1a cIy ic ciy,7y1lp inc
tice. What the community asks is pro-
lection from such assaults. The title
of this case on the books of the court
is Weinstock against the McClatchys,
but its real title is the people against
the McClatchys The eyes of the peo-
pie are upon this jury They want to
know if it will be permitted by jury
of Sacramento County that citizens
regulations shall be shattered by lies
like these, and the men who do it go
unpunished.
He had spent so much time because
Of the Importance of the case, and be-
| cause of the plea that had been made
! by the defense. 1t is no time at this
late day for them to say that they in
| tended no harm and had done no in
jury He had shown that when DR..
Van Norden went to McClatchy the lat
ter had in his mind the publication of
this article, and declined to drop Vein
stocks name. Take the letter writ
ten by Won Arnold from San Francisco
and copied and sent by McClatchy that
damnGble and infamous letter that was
to, f possible, involve Weinstock and
drag him into something infamous, and
which shows what at that time were
McClatchy's intentions At that time
Weinstock had never even heard of
Won Arnold, and certainly could have
had no connection with the alleged pa
per or the Mayoraty scheme. Where
is there any evidence that at this time
Weinstock had any connection with any
of the other parties in any way?
Was that letter intended to do any
good? If So what? Suppose that let
ter had been lost on the street, what
would anyone who found it have
thought Of Weinstock? Would it not
have been supposed that he was corre-
spon1ing with the Chicago adventurer.
| and that he was a party to the bribery
and other things spoken of? Perhaps
it vas intended to be lost And then
to look at the further efforts in the
damnable scheme. The McClatchys
demanded the letter that they them
selves had sent, in order that thew
! might publish it. If he had given it
they would have had him in their
! power. They would have asked him
why Won Arnold had written him that
letter, and would have torn his repu-
tation to tatters in their paper. Oh.
the damnable schemel The horror of
the deep-laid plan. But, fortunately.
they ran across a man with firmness
enough to Withstand them and demand
vindication before the people.
Then they come into court and saw
that they did not believe him guilty and
had intended him no wrong. oh. MOI
they intended no wrong, but when he
wished to prove the falsity of the
| charges they do not dare to go on the
stand in their own defense. Their pen
ellis are heard busily scratching in the
courtroom but their voices are silent
| in their own defense and they speak
only through the lips of hired counsel.
| They deprived him of an opportunity
| to cross examine them, and drag out
the truth from their hearts, as he had
| hoped to do. That was the reason he
wished to prove the falsity of the ar
| these honest journalists
Then take the interview with DR. Van
Norden. They knew at the time they
had no evidence against Weinstock, and
yet they told Van Norden there were
grave things against Weinstock that
they wished to investigate. Does that
not show malice and a determination
to injure him, and should not it count
| in the matter of damages? Not con-
/ tent with that, they have Van Arnold
play sick at the Western Hotel and
send for him. hoping still TO draw him
| into the trap. Why had they not the
manliness to publish the reply of Vein
stock to Won Arnolds letter, in which
he says it was the first time he had
heard of the newspaper scheme, and
disavowing any connection with it?
Why did they not publish that?
| And that exhibition of petty mean
ness and littleness, too, in stealing one
of the tags from Weinstock's store and
sending it to him with message writ
/ ten by themselves, to make another
/ trial to draw him into the trap. And
when he. as Weinstock's attorney, told
him that the memorandum on Won Ar
nold's letter was in Val McClatchy's s
handwriting, the latter would not be-
! lieye that they would thus try to in
lure him. That was the attitude of the
/ injured man. Let the jury contrast the
| two men. Mr.. Weinstock, Who had
nothing to fear and nothing to conceal,
went freely upon the witness stand
and exposed himself 70 the most search