The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-06-06
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against Rev. FIR. Vonderlage, pastor
of the Catholic church at Morgan,
by two members Of that congrega-
ton, e. ]. Petsiuger, a member OF
Petsinger Bros, general merchants,
and B. G. Schueller, a saloonkeeper.
The affair is result of a long
continued split which has been
widening as time went by. About
May 25th the trouble among the
members broke out fresh. It is
thought that a bishop will be able
to stop the suits and have the mat
ter adjusted and dropped. If it is
not the suits will be on the Novem-
Der calendar Of the district court.
The complaint Of B. G. Schueller is
given as follows:
"That during all the time hereinatte,
mentioned and for q long time prior
thereto, the plaintiff has been and still
is, resident and merchant during bus
iness as such in the village of Morgan,
Redwood county, Minn., and has
never been guilty or charged with
drunkenness or intemperance, or with
any other crime, and has always borne
. good name and reputation for tenn
perance and business integrity among
all good people of said village. and the
surrounding country and elsewhere.
"That on or about. the 25th day OF
May, 1900, at said village of Morgan,
the defendant willfully, wrongfully
and maliciously and with intent to
injure the good name, fame, credit and
reputation of said plaintiff among the
people in said community and others
and with whom he was doing business,
did then and there malfciously and un-
lawfully compose and pubiishsof and
concerning this plainti6 ID hand-biiI
which he, the said defendant, did
wrongfully and maliciously cause to
be circulated, distributed and published
to various persons and parties and
publicly posted in various places in
said village of Morgan, the following
false and defamatory matter, to-wit:
"'To A. P. Metag, Morgan, Mimi.
You are hereby notified that B. G..
Schueller and Peter Welter are intem-
perate drinkers of intoxicating liquors
and that the undersigned is greatly
annoyed and injured by the continued
intemperance of said intemperate
drinkers. You are therefore forbidden
from furnishing directly or indirectly
any Intoxicating liquors to said intem-
perate drinkers under the penalty of
the statutes in such case made and
provided.
"'Dated May 25th, 1900.
COB. VONDEnLAGE.'
"That the said false and defamatory
matter was seen, read and understood
by A. P. Metag and a great many
other persons, and that the same was
posted and published on the part OF
the said defendant with q willful and
malicious intention of injuring the
good name, fame, character and repu-
tation Of said plaintiff and in his said
business as merchant aforesaid, and
to bring him, the said plaintiff, into
disgrace, scandal and disrepute among
his neighbors, friends and other people,
and to cause it to be believed among
all good people that said plaintiff was
an incorporate drinker Of intoxicating
liquors and in the habit of becoming
drunk and intoxicated, all of which
said charge and publication Is and was
false and untrue, and well known by
said defendant to be false and untrue.
"That the said matters stated in said
hand-bills aud publications are wholly
false and untrue and were by said de.
fendant at all times known to be false
and untrue. That by reason of said
publications this plaintiff has been in.
Jured IN his good name, fame, character,
business, credit and in his feelings and
reputation and subjected to great
mental and physical sufferings. and
has been brought into scandal, dis
grace and public disrepute among all
good people in said village of Morgan,
and surrounding country and else.
where to his damage in the sum of five
thousand dollars"
The complaint of c. J. Petsinger
in the other suit is similar to the
one above and asks for damages ia
the same amount. FIR. Vonderlage
Is a well educated and energetic
worker for the Morgan church and
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