New Britain herald., 1914-07-24
SUED ....
 BY. WILLIAM BARNES Latter Claims $50,000 Damages for Lb6I.

New York, July Civilian Barnes, as was announced in some Of yesterdays papers, has begun $5O,- 900 libel suit against Theodore Roose- welt. He wants damages because of the reference to him in the pro- Hinman, anti-Barnes and anti-Mur- phy statement put forth by the col, onel on Wednesday night and pubs lished yesterday morning. The sum- mons and complaint were served on the colonel last night by James S. Y. Twins, son of William M. Wins, MT. Barnes attorney.
 MT. Roosevelts only comment was this was two hours before the
 papers reached him: Let MT
 Barnes go ahead. I have never said anything yet and could not make it good. That's all''' He will say nothing more until he has consulted counsel
 F The trial, if there is one, will be in Albany county, the home of Mr. Barnes. unless the colonel gets a change of venue. Young MT. Wins
 said last night that MT. Barnes is
 anxious to have the issue decided be- fore the september primaries. MT. hOOScVClL W1SnSS to dQOpC
 obstructive tactics he continued, for a year and a half or two years.
 But if he wishes to have the issue settled on its merits he can bring tober."
 The supreme court of Albany moves faster than that of New York, "a 1 oH ctoy> >1ox that the case could be tried before
 the election in November. MT. Wins
 prepared the summons and complaint yesterday afternoon and MT. Barnes certified them at the Republican club at 6 o'clock. Y
 | Barnes Has Little Joke. Chairman Barnes in his conversa- tion with MT. Wins laughingly re- marked that he had been Kept in office as surveyor of port at Albany by MT. Roosevelt during the seven years he was in. the White House.
 This comment. MT. Twins said. was in reference to the sentence in MT. Roosevelt's statement where he said that Barnes and Murphy "held no offices" | MT. Barnes remarked to me while
  Twins said at Oyster Bay, "tf1at MT. Roosevelt had done the unusual thing
 last year by suing Michigan editor who called him a drunkard. He added that he was simply following the precedent then established by the ex-president."
 M, When the newspaper correspon- Isdents visited Sagamore Hill before the papers were served the colonel was seated on the front porch with Archie and Quentin, his two younger sons. His khaki riding suit was soaking wet. "Hullo," said the colonel, in well coming the interyiewers. Its the 1 libel suit, Is it?" i He smiled as he dictated his brief statement and did not seem worried. MT. Wins reached Sagamore Hill a I few minutes after o'clock. Col. Roosevelt left the dinner table and greeted him cordially. MT. Twins 1 said:
 "Tm sorry, colonel, to disturb you l in matter of this kind 1 That's all right the colonel as-
 sured him.
 Neither of them mentioned MT. I Barnes. The colonel held out box of cigars. but the young lawyer said. l "No, thanks Col. Roosevelt held 1 onto the legal papers, but did not
 read them while MT. Twins was pres l ent or ask any questions.
 l MT. Barnes is suing his former | friend the colonel because of such l sentences picturing the '.rottenness" l of the state government as directly
 due to dominance in politics of MT. l Murphy and his sub-bosses @* 1 MT. Barnes and the sub-bosses of MT. Barnes But in his formal com l plaint the state chairman lays er1- l phasis on no particular sentence of | the attack. The entire Roosevelt l statement is embodied in the com 1 plaint.
 Charge of Malice Made. The document also says that the references to MT. Barnes in the state rnent were 'slibellous, false and ur1- true," were made maliciously and with intent to injure, and for the purpose of defaming and injuring the legitimate political influence and ac- tivity of the plaintiff in the perform ance of his duty of citizenship"
 Charles F. Murphy, who shared
 with MT. Barnes the colonels invec,
 tive, has no intention of suing. He
 was so happy yesterday because Mr.
 Roosevelt had split the republican
 and possibly the progressive party
 with his nomination of Hinrnan that
 he spoke with cheerful affection of
 Teddy"