Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-11-19
Scandal Cases Settled.

ONdnHdI NdS~o SShN~A'
In the Circuit Court at Charles
Town yesterday the cases that grew
out of the charges against Miss Salome
Wingate, and which involved the wife
and daughter of DR.. A. S. Reynolds,
were settled. It will be remembered
that suits had been brought against
E. F. Goodwin, who bad first made
the charges; against Sheriff J. D. Bill
mver and his wife, Mrs. Mamie Bill
myer, the first for a publication IN
Morgantown paper and the latter for
a letter published in the Charles Town
Advocate; and against the editors of
the Advocate for publishing Mrs. Bill,
MYERS letter. Mrs. Reynolds and
Miss Wingate had brought the suits
against the parties named. Indict-
ments were also sought against num-
Der of persons connected with the al
fair at the present term OF court
Yesterday negotiations were opened
between Hon. Marshall Mccormick.
representing the defendants, and Col.
Frorest W. Brown, counsel for the
plaintiffs, looking to settlement out
of court. Late in the evening an
agreement was reached, and in con-
sideration of retractions and apologies
on the part Of the defendants, the
plaintiffs agreed to dismiss the suits.
The following are the orders entered IN
the court record showing the settle
ment Of the suits:
VS..
J. D. Blllmver and Mamie Blllmyer,
Defendants.
This day came the plaintiff, by For
rest w. Brown and d. c. Westenhaver,
her attorneys. and the defendants, by
Marshall Mccormick, their attorney.
and the defendants admitting IN
open court that they have no personal
knowledge of anything that is said 10
have occurred at DR.. Reynolds house
in the matter Of Miss Wingate, and That
whatever they said or caused to be pub
lished was merely based on information
which they assumed to be correct at
the time, but which subsequent events
showed TO be wholly incorrect, and eN
pressing their desire il they have in
iured plaintiff or any of her family by
what they have said to withdraw the
same and now apologize for 1t, and
further testifying TO the high standing
Of Dr. Reynolds, his wife and daughter
i'm the community in which they live,
and if the plaintiff being willing to ac-
cept this. it is by consent of parties or
dercd that this suit be dismissed agreed.
The plaintiff and her husband like
wise express their regret for anything
that may have been said by them or
either Of them. if anything. under the
excitement of the charges mentioned in
the declaration that may have been un-
lust to the standing Of the defendant.
A similar order was entered in the
case of Mrs. Reynolds against J. Da-
Wis Billnyer.
In the case of Mrs. Reynolds against
E. F. Goodwin the following order
was entered:
Jessie Reynolds ....................Plaintitr,
VS..
f. f. Goodwin ...................D Defendant.
This day came the plaintiff, by d. c.
Westenhaver and Forrest w. Brown,
her attorneys, and the defendant, by
Marshall Mccormick, his attorney, and
the defendant admitting in open Court
that the falsity of the charges in the
declaration mentioned alleged to have
made by him, but denied by him that
he made them, have been established,
and that he believed them to be false as
stated in his letter Of June 9th, 1903, to
Dr. A. 5 Reynolds, and expressing his
regret that any such rumOr should have
been circulated, it is by consent OF par
ties ordered that this suit be dismissed
agreed.
In the case of A. Salome Wingate
against J. D. Billmyer and Mamie
Blllmyer the following order was en-
tered:
A S. Wingate...... ..................Plaintlii,
J. d. Billmyer and Mamie Bilmyer,
Defendants.
This day came the plaintiff by Forrest
w. Brown and d. {. Westenhaver, her
attorneys, and the defendant by Mar
shall Mccormick, his attorney, and the
defendants admitting in open court that
they have no personal knowledge Of
anything that is said TO have occurred
at DR.. Reynolds house in the matter OF
Miss Wingate and that whatever they
said or caused to be published was
merely based on information which they
assumed 20 be correct at the time, but
which subsequent events showed To be
wholly incorrect, by consent OF parties
this suit is discharged agreed.
A similar order was entered in the
case against J. D. Billmyer.
The suits against J. F. Eugle and
R. c. Rissler, publishers of the Farm
ers' Advocate, wer also withdrawn,
the defendants disavowing any malice
or intent to injure.
The plaintiffs and the defendants
each pay their own costs.
The entry of the above orders ends
the whole of the litigation caused by
the remarkable occurrence, which was
so fully and accurately detailed in
the REGISTER last June.
John D. Rockefeller, William Rookie
Teller and other Standard Oil magnates
will receive a nice Christmas gift on
December Is, when the Standard Oil
Company pays its fourth quarterly
dividend for 1908. The dividend was
declared Monday and is y per cent