Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1909-07-09
The Watertown Herald Publishers
are Sued ~ Al Sherin for
Criminal Libel. ii
PROVE II Z, SAYS SHERIN
ssNgIE VIII. :. !, 4 SAYS Sis
There WIN Be i sIIot Time ID lie
Old Town When these Two
Meet ii tie Roped Arena. &

sG Last week s. Herald contained a.
vicious attack upon the character
of Attorney "A. Sherln Of this city,.
SO far as we can learn the attack
was entirely uncall led for and ma.
licious in the extreme MI. .Sherin
is not a candidate for any public
Office and was persuing the even
tenor Of his way when this vicious
attack was made upon him BY that
paper. Areporter for the Saturday
News made an invest tigation Of the
alleged charges against Mr.. Sherin
and we were unable to verify one,
word of the story Attorney Sher-
in promptly caused the arrest Of
the Herald proprietors for crinli-
nal libel and the case was set for
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock in
the municipal court. That the
Herald s attack on Mr.. Sherin iii
libelous per Sc is admitted BY
every attorney in the city. 1t is
now up to the dear sister with
the auburn tresses, to not only
prove every assertion she has
made against Sherin but to prove
|conclusively that the article was
published in good faith and with
|out malice. This will be q very
hard matter to cconplish as it
II generally known that there has
been bad blood existing between
Ithe Eastwoods and Sherin for sew
|eral years. tsorney Sherin is q
fighter and will fight this case Ito
lthe bitter end and unless the jury
who is called 80 try the case con
Isiders Sherin not a game bird Il
land not subject to the game laws
and their rotection, the dear
sister is libel to get hit for.
shooting out of season. AS good
stiff fine or a Jail sentence will
break most newspaper people from
sucking eggs. The Herald should
always confine its remarks to the
truth and it would never get into
trouble.
The Herald article charged that
Attorney Sherin was walking along
| the street last Tuesday morning
when he insulted a woman by the
name Of Mrs. Livingston and that
lshe promptly beat him over the
head with her parasol. Tie Her
laid alleges that the assault occur
red about I0so'clock in tho morn
ling in front of the WatertoWn
Steam Laundry. No one can be
found who was an eye witness to
the alleged assault, altho there
iwere plenty of people on the street
at the time it was said to have oc.
1curred. The young lady who keeps
books in the laundry says she heard
] nor saw nothing Of the kind. The
police say they saw nor heard
nothing of the kind. The Herald
article did not only confne itself
4 to the alleged assault but went
further and made other charges
against Sherin which it will take
itime and money to prove.
Case and ShurtleH have been
retained by the Eastwoods to de-
lfend their case and Mark w.
lSheafe, Jr., will prosecute in the
name of the state. ss
1t seems to be the general feel
i ing around the city that the Her
aid or any other newspaper which
publishes Iibelous matter about
people should be made to suffer fol
lit. The Saturday News got its
4 "dose q and a1tho we were COM
Ipelled to suffer for some one else's
lcrime we are taking our medicine
4 lin good shape and we think it will
| do us heap Of good in the long
! run
The case was postponed until 1(
o'clock Wednesday when the attor,
Ineys and their principals were
present in the municipal court.
4 Mrs. Eastwood and her husband
waived examination and the case
Twas set for the regular term o1
1.-The municipal court i, August.
1.-THE Eastwoods were placed under
$500 bonds each for their appear.
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