New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-09
A World" Cartoon Specified by
Hylan in His Suit


the pleadings and the proceedings,
as l have followed them, is heavy
task requiring comforting between
my counsel and myself and many
other reasons, to an extent quite I'M
usual, and over many days and
weeks.
~ fully intended when these &C.
tions were set down to have the con-
ferences and attend to the matters
which l believe and which my coun-
sci, Frank Moss, advises me are es-
sential to preparation to trial, but
day after day the conferences have
been put off, and it is literal fact
that we have had no conference what
ever at which the details of the case
have been taken up and discussed.
81 believe, and am so advised by
my counsel, that preparation will re-
quire at least q month of time, and
in the exigencies of the public bust
ness I have not been able to find it
and cannot find it during the month
of June.
~ have felt that in pressing these
suits l was exercising important per-
sonal rights. but have been prevent
ed by the unavoidable expenditures
of time and energy in the Office of
Mayor from preparing these trials.
"For the reasons I have stated,
request that the cases be passed over
until the October term"
Hearst Charged
"World" With Delay
Meanwhile, though the Mayor was
sparring for time and the attorneys
for "The World" were anxious to
proceed with the trial, William Ran
dolph Hearst pictured the reverse
condition in his "New York Ameri-
can" of Wednesday, March 13, 1918.
AS Howard Taylor, counsel for
the Press Publishing Company,
points out in an affidavit, sworn
May %:
plaintiffs request for delay when
the cases actually appeared on the
day calendar demonstrated, in view of
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York American of Wednesday, March
19, 1918, that his attitude regarding
the suits is disingenuous toward the
court and the public. The article is
as follows:
Mayor Wants Early Trial Of Libel
Suits
Counsel for Mayor Hylan in the
libel suits against "The New York
World" growing out of charges made
in the last campaign, is seeking to
Jaycox yesterday motions were made
by both siS>s for preference in hear
ing the two actions of the suit. The
court permitted consolidation of all
matters relating to the Black Dia-
mond Automobile Company in one
action and those relating co the
charge of treason in another. Samuel
M. Fleischman, counsel to the Mayor,
said last evening:
"The Mayor is willing and anxious
to try these cases, but The New York
World has repeatedly blocked all eff
forts to get these cases on trial"
"When this newspaper article ap-
peared deponent communicated with
Mr. Samuel M. Fleischman, called his
attention to the fact that his sup
posed statement as to the defendants
attitude was the opposite Of the
truth, and asked him to publish
correction. He did not do SO. 1t now
appears that not only has The New
York World made every effort to get
these cases on trial, but that the
Mayor is not anxious and willing to
try them
"The defence in these cases has pre-
pared them for the trials ard is ready
and desires to proceed with them
4 in Action No. at once, and in Ac-
ton No. upon the conclusion of the
. trial Of Action No. l."
When the court denied the Mayor