The record-union., 1897-05-09
NOW IT is G. ". MMILLIN.
another Libel Suit Commenced Against
the Evening 'Bee."
George w. McMillin Sues to Recover
the Sum of Forty Thousand
Dollars.

Yesterday George w McMillin hled
his complaint in a damage suit against
c. K. and V. S. McClatchy, proprietors
of the Bee" for SIC, GOO because OF the
recent publication of certain articles IN
that paper rejecting on him. After re-
citing the fact of the defendants being
the publishers of the paper, ETC., the
complaint goes on to say:
That on the 9th day of March, 1891,
the said defendants wrote, publlsheo
and circulated in their newspaper atore-
said, the Evening Bee of and con-
cerning the plaintiff certain articles,
publications and editorials which sald
articles, publications and editorials
We're in printing, and were each and all
of them printed and published in the
same issue of said newspaper on the
said 9th day of March aforesaid, ana
We're in letters, words and figures fol-
lowing to wit: A-"Blackmail of private
parties. Once in possession OF paper
of his own, towever, with unlimited
sway over it's columns, with partner
who though honest and straightfor-
ward, was too i'll to watch the business
or combat Sheehan's will (meaning the
will of John A Sheehan, one of the
proprietors of the Sunday News,
weekly newspaper published in Sacra-
mento City, The editor of the Sunday
News gradually developed a thorough
system of blackmail, with machinery
which once in position, needed but the
pressing of a button to work on any de-
sired subject George w. McMillin
(meaning this plaintiff) is the detective
pilot-fish who prowls about at night to
I,a HI ioI will
rather than have its indiscretions pub
lished. Once located an article is set
in type detailing the escapade, and
proof sent by McMillin (meaning this
plaintiff) to the vulnerable party with
a request for what money he or she IS
able to pay. If the subject is obstinate
the article appears (meaning is printed
In the Sunday News) next Sunday
without names, and if McMillin (mean-
ing this plaintiff) can still secure no re-
turn, the names are published (meanlng
in the Sunday News on the following
Sunday. In addition, Sheehan has GER
tain women who assist him IN placing
men of standing and means in such po-
sition as to make them Vulnerable 10
blackmail. These able assistants, with
his pen, his unscrupulousness and ms
Sunday morning paper (meanlng the
Sunday NewsO furnish Sheehan's cap
ital and working tools for the black
mailing of private citizens. 1t is TO be
regretted that in an exposure OF TINS
kind the instance of successful private
blackmail cannot be given without do
ing to the party blackmailed the same
wrong with which they were originally
threatened by the blackmailer."
B-"Not only has John A. Sheehan put
his trained hand (meaning this plaint-
ifl to track married men and women
in this community (meaning the COM
munity of Sacramento City and to re-
port to him of their indiscretions in or
der that he might blackmail them, but
he has since the establishment of the
Sunday News (meaniog threeby the
Sunday News q weekly newspaper
published in Sacramento City, levied
a systematic series of blackmail upon
the gambling games and other institu-
tions Of a like character. Only a few
facts need be specified at this time
and in this article upon this particular
point.
Last year, Immediately subsequent
to the return from Washington, Yolo
County, of the gambling games (mean-
ing illegal gambling games which had
been in operation in Washington, Yolo
County, Geo. w. McMillin (meaning this
plaintiff), who does Sheehan's dirty
work, called Frank Rhoads aside in the
bar of the Rhoads & Townsend House,
at the southwest corner of Second and
j streets, and then and there asked him
for an installment TO pay the silence OF
for an installment to pay for the silence
of the Sunday News concerning the
renewal of gambling (meaning Illegal
gambling) in the city of Sacramento
C-"But Sheehan (meaning the said
John A Sheehan, one Of the proprie-
tors of the Sunday News a weekly
newspaper, then and now published in
Sacramento City is not content with
the money that he draws from gam
bling games and from lottery devices;
he is not content with the demands he
makes for his silence on married men
and women in this community (mean-
ing the community of Sacramento
City,; he is not content with the money
which he is enabled to force from timid
individuals through the spying tactics
of George W. McMilin (meaning this
plaintifD."
D-"A Leper in Journalism.-For
several years one John A. Sheehan has
run amuck in public places and in pri-
vate homes. has introduced his offensive
presence upon married men and wo-
men and wherever he has gone has
planted the black flag of the blackmail-
ing pirate. No person has been safe
from his assaults which have followed
refusals to pay him backsheesh, and
which have ceased when the money had
been produced. He has a confidential
agent. one George w. McMillin (mean-
ing this plaintiff) to track the game
for him. and on the strength of McMf-
Inns meaning this plaintiff) reports he
has levied his tribute
That the said publications, articles
and editorials and each and all of
them, so far as they or either of them
refer TO this plaintiff. We're and are
each and all of them false, defamatory.
malicious and unprivieged, and were
publications in printing and did then
and there expose this plaintiff to ha-
tired, contempt, ridicule and obloquy.
That by reason of the premises and
by reason of the said publication of the
said articles publications and editor
falls. in said newspaper, The Evening
Bee" as aforesaid, said plaintiff was
and is injured and damaged in his rep
utation in the sum of $4,000, no part
of which has been paid.
And for further and separate cause
of action the plaintiff herein, George w.
McMillin, complaining of the above
named defendants. AYERS:
l. That at all the times herein re-
ferred to the said defendants, C. K.