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Schneider Pulls His Revolver.[From Wednesday's #aily.]Mr. R. J Boy lan, Jr*againBt whom the A,r, has contained serious ^-flections for several days, went to that office this morning and asked for retraction, stat-W that their reflections were untrue and unfounded, and that he would so prove.He also stated that Mr. Schneider .had a spite against him, and that the News was lending itself as a vent for his spite. He told them that he expected them to set him right in the matter, which they refused to do. Mr. Boy lan resented this, and made a pass at Schneider to him, whereupon Schneider jumped back into the corner and drew a revolver. Hot words followed and Mr. Baldwin, who iB conducting the paper while p. *er-rig camps out. jumped between them,and Mr. Boylan, who was unarmed, witndrew. Mr Schneider then went and Bwore out a warrant for Mr. Boylan to have him bound over to keep the peace. jlThe trouble all grew out of a httlepieee of talk Mr. Boylan related in an amusing way and citing Mr. Flanders and Clement as proof that Mr. Schneider went to their camp at the feeder one Sunday, took three drinks of whisky from their bottle, fell into the river, and ran about shooting turtles while his clothes were drying. '■Au idle little scandal, which Mr. Boylan denies, was told by Pete Oblbues the other day and was published next day in the Nem. Mr. Boylan inBtituted euit for criminal libel against Mr. Ohlhues, and alleging that Mr.jjchneider had published it for spite, went to the Nem office to get them to correct it. , The result was the encounter narrated above. M r. Boylan should not hUTft gvm* near them but should have included them in his suit, which in bis onlyI “gal and satisfactory so urce of defense. Vhe gossip against Mr Schneider for d*, oking and Sabbath des “lt;.ration was a tri v'al matter, and nobody cares about it,II j„' .a matter which people g'v® little at-tentnV to, whether he is shlt; »Mng turtles between drinks on a Sunday on *be nan kakee river, or whether he it saying his prayers, xt 8 hardly the sam e w Bovlan. The charges were uh lt;re serious, tfcut it is af.'egvd they are wholly u.n,™“‘ An idle joke is .of no consequence ...published scandal against a priva t8 . ’zen tiecomes a serious matter, anlt;Mr Boylan offered to prove it untr U8*lljeair uujfimi puciwi •• i .Nat# should make honorable amen 118 1 him. At any rate it should carefully 7 1termine whether Mr. Sehneider was a 'usriiuue WliriUCI 1U1. uuuuomci . »ated by spite in circulating the scam “1’and whether he has made the paper \ ®conveyance of a false accusation again Mr. Boylan. Even if it was true It was ;i small piece of business, since it could ii ’ no way serve the public go,od. If Mr. Boylan was a newspaper man, and had the same medium of delense, it would not seem so bad, though its publication is bad, to make the best of it. We hope, however, that the l*»ys will not shoot each other.Mr. Schneider also had Mr. Boylan arrested for carrying concealed weapons and threatening hiB life. Boylau did not have a revolver when Schneider drew his, but subsequently got one to protect himself.Schneider says he has permission to carry the weapnu from the Mayor. They evidently believe that the New* folks are permitted to carry weapons and stick them under people's noses the way Ferries end Schneider do, and that anybody who aims himself against their weapons should be summarily arrested for carry ing concealed weapon*, yueer lot.
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The Daily Press
Joliet, Illinois, US
Fri, Jul 24, 1885
Page 5
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MD, USA 10 Jul 2024
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