Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1912-11-28
COL. ROOSEVELT STARTED SUIT
 N FOR LIBEL.

N FOX LIBEL.
 Criminal and civil actions for libel were instituted by Colonel Roosevelt in the circuit court of Marquette, Mich, against MT. George A. Newett, publisher of the Iron Ore, weekly newspaper published at Ishpeming, Mich. The action was taken because of the publication by Mr. Newett in the Iron Ore of Saturday, October IF, of an article headed ''The Roosevelt Way" which included, among other islanders, the following paragraph:
 Roosevelt lies and curses in most disgusting way. He gets drunk, too, and that not infrequently, and all his intimates know about it.
 It had been well known to Colonel Roosevelt and his friends, for long time, that his opponents were conduct ing an insidious campaign of islander against him and seeking, by innuendo and covert suggestion to create the inn pression throughout the country that he is heavy drinker, and that he is Frequently intoxicated. Knowing the cruel falsity of this charge, those ing it have proceeded with character istic craft, under cover and in the dark No respectable person of re- sponsibility, so far as he is known to Colonel Roosevelt and his friends, had dared to make this charge in an open andfresponsible way until MT. Newett made it in his newspaper. For long time reports have been coming to Col. Roosevelt and his friends that these re- ports were being circulated as widely as his political opponents could pro- cure Colonel Roosevelt had always been loath to give any recognition to this slander, or to take any positive action about it. Some weeks ago, however, it was presented to him in i. such a light that he decided to give some recognition to it and he wrote the letter, which was widely printed, in which he disclosed, fully, his habit regarding all beverages and said that he drank about as much as Dr. Lyman Abbott. As the campaign for the pres idency continued, however, it develop ed that Colonel Roosevelt's political opponents were exerting themselves more and more to spread this out rageous falsehood about his personal habits, For some time Colonel Roose- yelt's friends had been upon the alert to secure incontrovertible evidence of the utterance of this libel by any re- ., sponsible person. The publication of the libel in, the Ishpeming Iron Ore was the first case that had come to the notice of Colonel Roosevelt or his friends of such utterance of the libel by g responsible individual. Prosecu- .tion immediately. followed.
 Colonel Roosevelt was in Chicago from Saturday, October 12, to Monday, October A. The Iron Ore containing this libel was published as of the date Saturday, October 12. On Monday, October l4, as Colonel Roosevelt was preparing to go to Milwaukee, a copy of the paper was put in his hands, together with the information that the publisher of the paper was a responsi- ble person. Immediately upon reading the article in question, Colonel Roose- welt gave directions to proceed against NIT. Newett at once. Colonel Roosevelt left for Milwaukee at o'clock that afternoon. While on the train, tele gram was, prepared which was sent to a friend of Colonel Roosevelt, in ] Detroit, asking him to retain compe- tent couBsel, to have the circumstan- ces. of. the publication of the libel in vestigated, and to prepare at once to proceed against the publisher of the Iron Ore. Before there was time for any response to be received to that telegram, the attempt to assassinate Colonel Roosevelt in Milwaukee was made. as 4l ea
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