The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-26
NO IMMUNITY
UNLESS BOUGHT
Evidence AccumuIates in Proof
of This in Town Topics
Methods.
NOTED CORRESPONDENTS
include Newspaper Critics, Preachers,
Clubmen and Society SweIls-Pri-
vate Messages Tipped Off to
Scandal Disseminated.

4OCuSl-11dpSOUu llDSl ilCliOtl, III NIliIi
the methods of Town Topics and its
editor, Col. w. D. Manu.. are the chief
features of interest. Charles S. Wayne,
formerly managing editor of Town
Topics. identified some anonymous par
agraphs published in that periodical in
1902 and 1903. He said they had ref
creme to DIR. Seward Webb. e. j.. Ber-
the presidents daughter He said there
was a key system by which II para
graph referred to another and that it
had been III use three or four years.
District Attorney Jerome cross eX-
amined Mr.. Wayne. He asked: WHO
wrote the article that caused Rilly'
TraVerS to commit Suicide?"
Rowe. the Newport correspondent.
The witness said thai MI. Could
was ore of the correspondents at Bar
Harbor.
: Among the contributors of club news.
he said, was james b. Townsend. a
member of the Calumet club and a
daily newspaper writer.
Mr.. Allen had helped to get club and
society news, he said. Others who had
helped We're w. 1. Robinson. William
Binninger and Mr.. Fechiemer.
Did Mrs. Wade Hampton contrib
ute?'
Yes; articles abou southern people
I'm New York"
Critics and Preacher.
O'Nein Sewer, Belmont Purdy. Har-
ny c. Smith. Mrs. Fl. l.. Robbins. Ed
ward Ziegler, Acton Davies. James
Huneker, musical critic. and Oscar Cot
ton were writer's for Town Topics. con-
had anything to do with the black
mailing schemes connected with Town
Topics"
Il did not" replied Mr.. Wayne.
Mr.. Wayne a he did not know
whether the ~''imlnunes" paid for their
immunity from criticism, but that
there was plenty of free criticism re-
Z, gardless of any consideration. Before
the articles were published. the Wit
ness said. he tried 10 ascertain the
facts.
You suppressed paragraphs prepared
for the printer at the office of Town
Topics because the persons referred to
We're subscribers to Fads and Fancies?"
asked MIR. Shepard.
II did" ..
In reply to other questions by MI.
Shepard Mr.. Wayne Identified an ar
ticle which appeared in Town Topics in
1905, as having referred to Harry Lehr.
The witness said he composed the ar
ticle except four lines, which We're die
tated by Justice Deuel., whom the wit
ness had consulted about it. The wit
hess said that he told Justice Deuel.
that the publication of the item might
prevent n lady's marriage and that he
consented on that ground.
He said that Justice Deuel. never OBJ
Jected to the publication of any article
OH the ground that it was brutal or in
decent. but on legal grounds from, fear
of libel.
Took Ad.; Treated We'll.
Bernard N. Baker, of Baltimore, pres
adent Of the Baltimore Trust mpa
and president of the Atlantic Trans
port company from 1880 to 1900, was
shown on the stand yesterday two
copies of Town Topics OF December :.
names Of a number of out of town or
respondents, many of them. connected
with newspapers.
How about Harry Lehr?'
He never wrote anything for the
paper, but contributed information."
"HoN do o know about that?"
Rowe told me that Lehl gave him
social information and Col. Mann stat
ed yesterday that Lehr promised him
information"
Wayne said that Burton Harrison
wrote ar article for the Christmas
number Of Town Topics: that Abraham
Hunmel. the lawyer. contributed So
cial matter: Mrs. Simmons was a con-
tributor; Mrs. Goelet's servants fur
nished information through Rachael
Techman; Mrs. George Kemp fur
nished information through Rachael
Techman; Mrs. George Kemp furnished
Information about herself: Rev. c. D.
Lyon Nicols was a Newport contrib
utor of social news about Newport
society and anonymous paragraphs UNI
der the head OF "Saunterings"; but the
witness said he did not know that Rev.
Mr. Nichols has a parish:
Clubmen Contribute.
He thought that Town Topics had
contributors at the Knickerbocker.
Metropolitan and University clubs Int
hn did rnfN no ~ arnhor 1,,l,~|
All h contributors were paid, he said.
1898, his attention being called to the
item under the head of "SaunterInes"
and asked him if they referred to Mr..
Bakers family. Mr.. Baker said they
did.
Mr.. Sheppard then read them to tine
jury. They referred to the "blossoming
forth of Mr.. Bakers family into Balti-
more society. After reading the item
Mr.. Baker said he visited Colonel Mann.
editor of Town Topics, in his office. He
had no acquaintance with Colonel Mann
before this. Continuing. MI. Baker
said:
st saw Colonel Mann. We talked over
these Objectionable articles appearing.
in Town Topics, and 1 said I wanted
them stopped. They told me that il
was only the best people that were
mentioned In Town Topics. He said
that other steamship lines had adyer-
tlSeIlleIllS III 1O"l 4OplCS, ana mat nv
ought to secure one. He said
that all railroad men We're after some
thing and thai I might want something
which Town Topics could help me to
get. He said there ought to be rect
procity. I told him that IL he wanted
our advertisement he ought to saw 40.
He said that Town Topics had friends
as well as enemies"
Colonel Mann showed him the adyer-
L tisement of the American line of steam
ships and told him that of the Atlantic
Transport company should be one of
equal size, said Mr.. Baker. The latter
ordered advertising n was let alone
during the life Of the advertisement.
but later his family a. again referred
to in Town Topics and himself asked
to pay $500 for a subscription to "Fads
and Fancies."
Lawson and schwab LANDED"
Edwin Bjorkman, newspaper man,
tOld OF an interview with Justice Deuel.
several years ago. when Justice Deuel.
told him he practically was the censor
of Town Topics. that nothing could get
into the paper without his having
passed on 1t. and that. when Colonel
Mann was away. he was editor-in-
chief.
The former employees of Town Topics