The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-03
4FINGY. CONNoRs, 57 TO-DAY, WANTS S1OO,OOO FROM GOLFERS.

To whom it may concern: You've gotta quit kiclkin my dog around. yours truly, William J. Connors.
 This is the birthday message of the distinguished Buffalo newspaper pub fisher and politician to those who have sought to rnalign his fair fame and impugn his honor. MT. Connors, who, 1t is alleged. is sometimes refer red to as eFingy,' is said to have broaght q s1a0.09o libel suit against Golfers weekly, which publication is reported to have published in it's eol- umns an article thought to have been written by will Irwin, which contain ed what purported to be character sketch of the Buffalo publisher, and which is alleged to have been of g Ii belIous nature This so-called libel was. 1t seems to be admitted, publish ed in Golfers in July, 1908, ct a. time avlen. it Is said. the Democratic party was gathering in Denver for the Ma tionai convention which nominated william Jennings Bryan for the pres idency. Mr Corners. it is thought. was then chairman of the New ' ork state Democratic committee. and he alleges that the publication of the all legged article at that time waf design ed to work injury to his infiuence- MT connors is said to have brought suit a~afust Golfers, and the attorneys said to represent the weekly are be- liered to have filed an alleged answer ronfaihing articles which. it is assert ed. had been printed in Buffalo and New York papers. and which are all 1red to have contained allegations similar to those reported to have been written. by MT. Irwin.
 Some of the statements in the all legged Golfers article to which Mr. Connors is said to object described 1dr. Connors as a ~dock scrapper. z as ..tfle stoutest man in a free fight, z as the raerffesf roisterer on q spree and that he was .sthickset young toueh.ss The complaint further all leees that the alleged article was in tended and was understood to charge MT. Connors with various crimes, among thern.= it is alleged. Secret murder s.assault,s .srioting,' Icon spiracy.r and svioiatfon of the cleo lion laws
 All of which. 1t is believed. is a pretty kettle of hshI indeed. and no- body. it is thought can blame the much-rr1aligned MT. Connors for ob- jectins to such assertion It IS. in a measure, a -refufatfon of the charges. that MT Connors has appealed tQ the courts for redress. instead of using his nsss. It is alleged that eleven post ponements of the suit have been granted to Golfers Weekly, but it is thought that the matter will be brought to trial within a few days. It Is alleged that the case will be- tried in Buffalo,
 MT. Connors - and now we come down to the facts recorded in Who's Wno,'' and may abandon the lan- Euage of allegations and suppositions was born in Buffalo ffty-seven years ago to-day. As proprietor ot Inc Buffalo Courier and the Buffalo Enquirer, a leading stockholder in many of Bunalo's great industries. and a prominent politician. MT. Connors is now one of the wealthiest men of his native city, and he attained his pres ant er1inence by his own efforts. His schooling was brief, and at thirteer he went to work on steamboat As a contractor he laid the foundation o1 his fortune He bought the Enaui rer in 1895. and the Courier about two years later A few months ago he made a tour of Europe, and returned with a better opinion of his native land than ever He declared tha he never could have guessed that wha pass for newspapers in Berlin ar' really such, and asserted that Aneri can cattle cars are better than man, first class passenger carriages in Flu rope.