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'-deliberate and intentional liar.The Shipley JCase.Last Saturday morning, before the Shipley case was given to the jury, the Union-Herald came out with an article beaded thus: ‘•In Close Quarters—Evan S. Shipley on trial for the brutal crime of Incest, with an almost impregnable wall of evidence against him. At the time of the arrest there was great excitement and there were but few but were constrained to believe the old man guilty.”The jury, at the time the paper was delivered in this city, were either on the street or at their places of residence here, and some of them, no doubt, picked up this paper and read it.We may do the man who wrote the article injustice, but we think he well knew that that paper would fall into the hands of some of the jury, and we think this was what he intended and desired. This article was calculated to prejudice the minds of its readers and to prevent a fair trial. It was calculated to interfere with the impartial administration of justice. We think the man who wrote it intended that it should have that effect. We suppose he must have intended the natural consequences of his own acts to follow. If not, what did he intend and what was his object?In England, the writer of such an article during the progress of a trial, would run some risk of being sent for by the Judge and put in ji*il for contempt of court. We think an editor who professed to edit an honest, impartial and respectable paper, ought not to allow such an artmle to appear under the circumstances. He has the right to publish the testimony, but his comments are uncalled for until the trial is over.The editor of the Union Herald, Mr. Harry Lutz, i8 at this time, in Court, to answer for ia libel upon a very respectable citizen—Mr.Dill Weigand—and Judge Lincoln has decided that the article written by Mr. Lutz w a libel. Mr. Lutz might have been indicted for the same offense, and if he had not been able to give bail he might have been put in the same jail with Shipley. If that articleis libellous, as Judge Lincoln has decided it is, Mr. Lutz is yet liable to an indictment.Now suppose during the trial of the case against Lutz, either civil or criminal, some paper in this city should come out with an article to tho following effect: “In CloseQuarters—With an almost impregnable wall of prosecuting evidence against him—Harry Lutz on trial for the brutal crime of libel— At the time the charge was made against Lutz, there were but few but were constrained to believe the young man guilty—Those who have listened to the trial of the case so far, are of the decided opinion that Harry Lutz is in exceedingly great danger of a verdict against him,” c., c.We have paraphrased the above article from the article in Mr. Lutz’s paper, in order to show him how he might be able to take his own medicine. Mr. Lutz would complain loudly of such conduct if such an arti* cle were written about his case, and think it a most unjustifiable interference with the course of justice. The tables would be turned on him and he would then see the other side of the case which he seems now unable to see. . . .The writer of the above article has certain pet Republican lawyer*, on whose side he tries to write to create a public sentiment in favor of their cases. He also gives his pet lawyers big “puffs.** This is probably one reason for writing the above article. He has another reason—the firm of Page, Abernathy FoUom brought that suit against Mr. Lutz* for libel, and are now prosecuting it against him. The Union-Hcrald can get even by giving a “dig” at the cases of Page, Aber-netby Folsom. That paper took the same course in the case against Reichelderfer. If the inn who wrote the article which appeared last Saturday, should some day findhimself indicted either justly or unjustly for a crime against a woman as Shipley is, he would raise, a howl if somebody, during the trial, should write such an article as he wrote in the Shipley case, and circulate the papers where the jury would be likely to see it. Shipley is supposed by the law to be innocent. It is by no means certain that be is guilty, and so far a the article of the Urdon Herald is concerned, it makes no difference whether be is innocent or guilty, be is entitled to an impartial trial. The people of this county can wait until the jury have decided the case.The following sentence in the above article, was an absolute lie, and the writer knows it:* “Grant Shipley was called and stated 'that an agreement bad been made whereby the girls were to swear so as to clear their father.’ ”Page, Abbknbthy A Folsom^P. Jtorney week fective The boxes i cessitai which M. I as onement, lt;cam pmA. 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Circleville Democrat and Watchman
Circleville, Ohio, US
Fri, May 07, 1886
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