Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-01-21
STRIKER IS SUED:
SbANDER alleged
WOMAN WISHES $1,000 FROM
THE DEMOCRAT.
OBJECTS 70 AN EDITORIAL
Cartoon, She Thinks, Damaged Her to
Extent of S5.0OO--Suit by
Former City Employe.

pany and William stryker was filed
In the district court late Thursday ev-
ening by Mrs. Rose McCaulley, form
erly trash cleaner under the Mitchell
administration. VINO asks $1,000 each
for an editorial and Il cartoon which
appeared In tho Democrat year ago
this January.
She alleges that the editorial, which
termed her as "tall ungainly fe-
male" and the cartoon. which she
says pictured her as a woman OF illI
repute, 30 brought her into the scorn
and contempt Of her neighbors that
she was compelled to give mp her con-
tract with Kansas City firm TO take
all of the waste paper she collected
AS the result, she says she Is out of
500 in a business way and asks for
| a Judgment for this amount in ad-
dition TO the $4,000 in damages.
Tho petition is OF a sensational nat
ure, the plaintiff quoting the editorial
which she says was published In ma
licious manner, aimed and Intended
to bring her into disrepute, and de-
scribes In detail the cartoon which she
says was also libelOus and slanderous.
The petition, in part, Is as follows;
That on or about the first day Of
| December, 1909 this plaintiff made
and entered into contract with the
city OF Tulsa, through W. H. Wright
as agent and superintendent Of health
OF said city and duly empowered and
authorized to represent said clay, for
a valuable consideration, according 10
which contract this plaintiff was 10
cause 10 be collected and removed all
trash, paper and refuge that should
accumulate in the streets and alleys
| of fhe said city: that as a part OF the
remuneration TO this plaintiff under
| the said contract plaintinf was TO
have and receive all paper by her
collected In and removed from the
streets and alleys OF the said city. that
plaintiff made and entered into n fur
ther contract with the Kansas City
! Waste Paper company, paper house
In Kansas City, whereby plaintiff was
to bale and ship all such paper to the
said paper house, and plaintiff was to
receive for the said paper from $3.50
TO $3.50 each for three cars OF such
paper, which plaintiff could easily
have collected and shipped from the
waste paper OF the said city.
THAT on the 2sth OF January, 1910,
the said Democrat Publishing company
and the said William Stryker, the edl-
tor and manager thereof, caused 10
he printed, published and circulated
with the intent upon the part Of the
said defendants 20 slander and de-
fame this plaintiff, and TO cause her
to be looked upon with ridicule and
contempt, the following words: "And
| indeed there has been no more dis
gusting sight the past few days than
to see tall, ungainly female pol1ing
! around among the dirt and filth Of the
city alleys and directing the men work
ing with her, Why DR.. Wright should
want woman appointed to such
Job he has not explained. Can It be
that he is trying TO substantiate his
! REPUTATION as a ladies' man."
For being subjected to the con-
tempt rldlcule and slight OF her neigh
bors and the people of the community
where such newspaper was circulated,
the plaintiff asks $4,000 In damages
for the alleged malicious and false
publication.
| Second; For second cause Of ac-
tion against the defendant, the plain
| tiff alleges that on the 31st day Of
January, 1910, said defendants caused
TO bo published in the foresaid news
paper, a picture or cartoon, falsely
| and maliciously meant to represent
and picture this plaintiff with a large
plume in her hat, a large hat on her
head, sitting on high seat OF wagon.
which wagon as labelled Tho DR.,
Wright Trash Wagon" with one arm
around the neck Of q man, the driver
| Of said wagon, which said wagon as
being drawn by a high headed bob
tailed horse and loaded with a large
package designated Health CertifI-
Gates and n picture of n box OF bot
ties labelled beer" said wagon being,
according 10 said picture, followed by
three or four women, one carrying
rake, one pItchfork and one n broom
and said collection of women being
designated as Trash Collecting Bri-
gade," and above the aforesaid car
toon in large black letters appeared
lntSe WVTuS' why NOt thNe IL Done
in the Wright Way2"
Plaintiff says that the foregoing de-
scrbed words and picture by inuendo
and suggestion referred and pointed
to the former publication, said de-
fendants meant to, by inuendo and
suggestion charge this plaintiff with
being an immoral person and with be-
ing unlawfully intimate with one DR..
Wright, and to be associated either
effectively or subjectively with the.
unlawful issuance Of "Health Certlfl-
Gates" which were certificates issued
by the physician Of the city Of Tulsa
to women OF immoral character and to
inmates Of houses Of prostitution.
For this cartoon Mrs McCaullcy
asks $1,000 damages. She further al
leges that by reason of said false. ma
licious and slanderous publication
that she was compelled TO abandon
the contract with the paper house
thereby losing an opportunity 10 make
1900 for which she asks the defen-
dant TO pay.
Naval oranges 10 cents per dozen
Saturday only at Covey Bros. Gro
Gerry. Phone 9S6. adv